Around 60 South Liverpool residents are to take part in the six-week programme Land at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is to become a hive of activity when a group of local people embark on a beekeeping course. LJLA has teamed up with…

Ciiku Sondergaard is a director of 4Wings in Liverpool which runs projects for refugees and survivors of domestic abuse. Tony McDonough reports People from overseas have a valuable contribution to make to the Liverpool city region economy.…

247 Professional Health has scooped two awards in this year’s Corporate Vision Magazine 2016 Recruitment Awards. The Southport based recruitment company, which currently operates more than 20 franchises across the UK, was named ‘Best…

The Brink is set to showcase an annual film festival based around the subject of recovery in line with Recovery Month. As part of the Recovery Street Film Festival, budding filmmakers from the recovery community have been invited to send in…

Chris Shirling-Rooke says centre for small firms could be open in Wirral's Dockland's by 2018. Tony McDonough reports. A £30m incubation centre for maritime and energy entrepreneurs on the banks of the River Mersey could be up and running…

Tony McDonough looks at how Mersey businesses can now trading overseas. Britain’s new Secretary of State for International Trade Dr Liam Fox ruffled a few feathers when he accused business people in this country of being too “fat and lazy”…

Latest Lloyds PMI report reveals a rise in orders and exports Firms in Merseyside and the North West are defying the Brexit vote doom and gloom with orders and exports both on the rise. The latest Lloyds Bank PMI report shows business…

Award-winning business journalist boosts teams at Liverpool city region business news site Award-winning business journalist Tony McDonough has joined the team at YBnews as a media consultant. Tony joins head of content Andrew Wright and…

The event, the largest of its kind in Europe, will take place at the Titanic Hotel in October Impressionist, comedian, ADHD Foundation patron and long time supporter, Rory Bremner Experts in mental health, autism and ADHD will gather in…

More than 50,000 people in Liverpool do not realise they have high blood pressure – and now a new campaign is urging local residents to get it checked. High blood pressure is second only to smoking as the highest risk factor in causing…