High-end supermarket chain Booths has recorded a steady rise in annual sales and earnings. The Preston-based chain said sales were up by 1% to £282m in the year to the end of March, a period when there were no new openings. Pre-tax profits…

Digital marketer Chris Burgess has joined Liverpool-based communications agency Influential, from the Chester identity software company GBGroup. Burgess’ core experience lies in B2B digital marketing where his jobs have spanned digital…

Liverpool web design agency agency Group Dane is taking their work state-side as they launch a new website for Picture Vision Pictures, the American TV production company. Based in Nashville and New York, Picture Vision has created TV…

Jimmy McGovern is to produce a new drama for the BBC about Reg Keys, the former paramedic who lost his son in the Iraq war and opposed Tony Blair in the 2005 election. The Radio Times reports that the drama – with the working title Reg – is…

Work on the East-West rail route will commence before the completion of the HS2 project to the benefit of Northern cities. That is according to Sir David Higgins, chairman of HS2, who attended a major event in Leeds on Monday where he was…

Morecrofts Solicitors has appointed the first non-legal partner in its 200-year history. The firm has promoted David Parr, who has led Morecrofts’ four-strong finance team since joining the business at the end of 2011. The appointment…

Statisitics  from the CBI Quartely Industrial Trends Survey has reported growth in the maufacturing industry, is experiencing a decline in growth over the past 3 months compared to last quarter's strong growth. The survey, comprised  of 448…

A 2013 Campaign For Real Ale report found the number of UK breweries had reached a 70 year high, a figure that was predicted to accelerate this year. A Mintel 2013 report reinforced these figures, stating that the alcoholic drinks industry…

Tesco chairman Sir Richard Broadbent has said he will leave the supermarket giant as a result of last month's inaccurate profit guidance. Broadbent said that the overstated profit guidance was “a matter of profound regret” and that he would…

Liverpool’s own Sefton Park is set to become the stage for visually-stunning illuminated theatre production this Halloween, as the hugely popular Halloween Lantern Carnival returns to the city’s cultural calendar. Taking place on Saturday,…