Councillors on Liverpool City Council’s planning committee have given the green light to the proposed £500m stadium for Everton in Liverpool docklands. Tony McDonough reports City planners have unanimously given the go-ahead to…

Set up in December 2018 as an independent, sector-led body, the Liverpool City Region Music Board is now looking for new members Liverpool City Region Music Board is looking for new board members to join the panel of experts and…

A key part of Sefton Council’s recovery plan for Southport, the £1.4m market scheme is expected to take 12 weeks to complete. Tony McDonough reports Work is under way on the transformation of Southport Market which will see 10 new…

Knowsley Chamber of Commerce chief executive Lesley Martin-Wright talks about how we all need to inspire the next generation and how she was inspired by US poet Amanda Gorman How often, in a time when the extraordinary has become the…

Bob Prattey joined ACC Liverpool, which comprises the Liverpool waterfront convention centre, exhibition centre and M&S Bank Arena, in 2005, three years before it opened. Tony McDonough reports Bob Prattey is to step down as…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Atlantic Sky, a container vessel coming from Belgium and sailing on to Canada. Agent is Atlantic Container Line AB. Yeoman Bank, a bulk carrier carrying aggregates. Agent is Denholm…

Based in Liverpool, Hill Dickinson has offices across the UK and overseas and says its corporate and banking team has smashed its previous deals record by £1bn. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool law firm Hill Dickinson’s corporate…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveils a four-stage roadmap that will 'cautiously but irreversibly' see the COVID-19 restrictions lifted. Tony McDonough reports Britain could be back to normal by June 21 with all restrictions on mixing…

The charitable arm of Everton FC, Everton in the Community, provided support to more than 45,000 individuals and families in Merseyside in 2020 thanks to record revenues. Tony McDonough reports Everton Football Club’s charitable arm,…

A study using data from Companies House and the Office for National Statistics shows there was a record number of new businesses set up in Liverpool city region in 2020. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool city region entrepreneurs…