Dutch urban design specialist West 8 and Manchester architect BDP are chosen to develop a 25-year ‘ambitious and visionary plan’ for Liverpool waterfront. Tony McDonough reports A team of international experts with experience in New…

Video game developer Wushu Studios signs deal to relocate its 150-strong team from the Baltic Triangle to Liverpool commercial district. Tony McDonough reports Video game developer Wushu Studios is to relocate its team into Exchange…

Merseyside Vimto maker Nichols says sales in the first three months of 2024 are down 5.9% to £38.8m but still projects ‘profitable growth’ for the full year. Tony McDonough reports Softs drinks maker Nichols is reporting a 5.9% fall…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Antje K, a cargo vessel carrying rapeseed pellets from Belgium. Agent is Clarkson Port Services. Viking Venus, a cruise vessel coming from Ireland. Agent is Denholm Port Services.…

Two Impressionist masterpieces by Degas and Monet are gifted to the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool thanks to an inheritance tax transfer scheme. Tony McDonough reports Two Impressionist masterpieces have been gifted to the Walker…

Liverpool councillors give unanimous consent to £110m mixed-used development in the city’s northern docklands that will comprise 507 apartments across four blocks. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool City Council’s planning committee…

Public protection officers in Liverpool make the largest seizure of illegal vapes from a single premises the city has ever seen. Tony McDonough reports Police and public protection officials have seized 3,500 illicit vapes from a…

A new venue opens in Liverpool city centre that is a coffee shop by day and a neon-let cocktail bar by night. Tony McDonough reports A new hybrid coffee to cocktails venue has opened its doors in Liverpool city centre. Switch…

60 tonnes of food waste from the University of Liverpool could be recycled by the end of the academic year and converted into renewable energy. Tony McDonough reports A drive by the University of Liverpool to reduce its carbon…

Housing provider Your Housing Group awards £29m contract for construction of 158 affordable Liverpool city region homes, part of a 1,600-home scheme. Tony McDonough reports Your Housing Group (YHG) has awarded a £29m contract to…