Originally the training arm of glass giant Pilkington, the now independent Waterside Training gets up to 500 applications each year for around 45 electrical and engineering apprenticeships. Tony McDonough reports While some…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Pavo J, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is Containerships CMA-CGM. Stolt Fulmar, a tanker carrying aqueous urea solution from the Netherlands. Agent is…

An oil tanker has docked at Tranmere Oil Terminal on the Mersey after travelling from the Russian Port of Vysotsk. Tony McDonough reports A large oil tanker that left the Russian port of Vysotsk on March 29 has docked at Tranmere…

Tourism agency Marketing Liverpool has secured funding from VisitEngland for the second year to promote Liverpool city region as a visitor destination. Tony McDonough reports Marketing Liverpool has secured funding from VisitEngland…

Family-run Algeos was founded as a leather-dealing business by John Algeo in Liverpool in 1881 and now it is a manufacturer and supplier of orthopaedic products. Tony McDonough reports A Liverpool manufacturer and supplier of…

Annual sales at Liverpool-based national value retailer Home Bargains soared by 20% to £3.3bn with profits, staff numbers and store numbers also up. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool-based value retail giant Home Bargains says sales…

Entrepreneur Jen Perry launched mobile afternoon tea company and bakery school Room Forty in 2016 and it has just won the latest in a string of awards. Tony McDonough reports Mobile afternoon tea company Room Forty has been declared…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Minerva Alexandra, a tanker carrying crude oil from Libya. Agent is Graypen. Atlantic Sail, a container vessel coming from Belgium and sailing on to Canada. Agent is Atlantic…

More than 50,000 containers were handled at the Port of Liverpool in March - a record for the Seaforth terminal. Tony McDonough reports A total of 52,300 containers (89,400 TEUs) was handled by the Port of Liverpool in March,…

Five Liverpool buildings and refurbishment projects are on the shortlist for the RICS Awards which recognise outstanding achievement, teamwork and companies. Tony McDonough reports Five Liverpool buildings have been shortlisted in…