Housing association Magenta Living is building 14 new modular homes in the upmarket Wirral suburb of West Kirby, eight of them for social rent, in a £3.9m scheme. Tony McDonough reports Magenta Living has secured £640,000 from…

Liverpool-based business lobbying and networking group Downtown in Business steps up campaign for a crackdown on serial ‘phoenix companies’. Tony McDonough reports Downtown in Business (DIB) is calling on the Government to take…

North West construction businesses gather in Liverpool to back campaign by TV fitness legend Mr Motivator to tackle the growing crisis of child bed poverty. Jennie Lewis reports Businesses from across the construction industry came…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Precision, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Vespertine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Viking…

Little Lights Liverpool Baby Hospice, formerly Zoe’s Place, has appointed its first chief executive with work on its new £6.1m home now under way. Jennie Lewis reports Little Lights Liverpool Baby Hospice has announced the…

Low-cost airline easyJet announces two new Nordic winter routes from Liverpool John Lennon Airport starting in November. Tony McDonough reports November will see new routes launched by easyJet from Liverpool John Lennon Airport…

National accountancy firm MHA announces senior management promotion in its Liverpool audit team National accountancy firm MHA has announced Helen Roby has been promoted to senior audit manager in its Liverpool audit team. Helen is…

Cost of building new Marine Lake Events Centre in Southport soars to above £100m as Sefton Council reveals when it expects the venue to open for the first time. Tony McDonough reports Sefton Council has admitted the expected cost of…

Liverpool-based SME debt and equity funding provider MSIF announces new strategy to include the launch of a new debt fund and the outsourcing of its next private equity fund. Tony McDonough reports Merseyside Special Investment Fund…

A new restaurant will open in Southport this summer on the site of the former Bistrot Pierre and owners are seeking servers, bartenders, supervisors, chefs, line cooks and kitchen porters. Andrew Brown reports Work is taking place…