A tech venture backed by Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram to take on the might of big delivery giants such as Amazon, Deliveroo and Just Eat is up and running in Liverpool city region. Tony McDonough reports More than two dozen…

Based in Liverpool, stock-market listed SysGroup provides IT and cloud services and has acquired a Bristol IT business in a £1m deal - its second acquisition this month. Tony McDonough reports IT and cloud services business SysGroup…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Naama Borchard, a container vessel coming from and returning to Israel. Agent is Borchard Lines. Celtic Voyager, a cargo vessel carrying MDF from Spain. Agent is NW Trading…

A £5.9m project to upgrade a key gateway into Liverpool city centre will finally be completed in the next few days. Tony McDonough reports Work on the £5.9m revamp of County Road in north Liverpool is now entering its final few days.…

In April 2021 US-based global bakery giant CSM offloaded its European business and it became Baker & Baker in Wirral and the business has seen £380m of sales in its first year. Tony McDonough reports A Wirral bakery products…

Supermarket chain Lidl is offering ‘finder’s fees’ worth potentially more than £20,000 to  people in Liverpool to help with its push to open new stores in the city. Tony McDonough reports Supermarket chain Lidl is offering to pay…

A new system for managing aircraft around Liverpool Airport will create greater flexibility for air traffic controllers. Tony McDonough reports Air traffic controllers at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) will be trained on a new…

Gas, electrical and plumbing training firm HybridTec is creating a ‘green academy’ as part of £450,000 of investment in its north Liverpool facility. Tony McDonough reports A specialist training firm is to create a new 3,100 sq ft…

Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram is committing Liverpool city region to invest 5% of its annual economic output into research and development - almost double the Government’s UK target. Tony McDonough reports Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Norbay, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning to Dublin operated by P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea). Norbank, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and…