Liverpool City Region Combined Authority approved the loan to Liverpool John Lennon Airport on Friday as it looks to protect it from the severe impact of the coronavirus crisis. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool John Lennon Airport…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Atlantic Sail, a container vessel coming from Belgium and sailing on to Canada. Agent is Atlantic Container Line AB. Aragonith, a tanker carrying paraffins from Finland. Agent is…

Developer Capital & Centric secures £11m from the Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram to help deliver the £54m Littlewoods Studios film and TV complex in Liverpool. Tony McDonough reports A £54m film and TV studio complex in Liverpool is…

Liverpool-based social enterprise The Women’s Organisation gives evidence to a new House of Lords report that claims Universal Credit is failing millions of people. Tony McDonough reports Current rules on claiming Universal Credit…

Glass Futures will be based in St Helens, the UK traditional home of glassmaking, and will aim to completely eliminate carbon emissions from glass manufacturing. Tony McDonough reports A £54m Merseyside-based world-class centre for…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Energy, a container vessel coming from and returning to Portugal. Agent is Containerships CMA CGM. RMS Vertias, a container vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is BG…

More than 700 young people have applied for this year's apprenticeship programme at Cammell Laird's Birkenhead shipyard. Tony McDonough reports Merseyside shipyard and engineering business Cammell Laird is to increase its…

Office take-up in Liverpool city centre in the the second quarter of 2020 plummeted due to the coronavirus lockdown, new data from Avison Young shows. Tony McDonough reports New data from property consultancy Avison Young reveals the…

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

Owner of Wirral Waters Peel L&P has installed a a series of specialised nesting rafts that will provide shelter for local populations of terns and cormorants. Tony McDonough reports Wirral Waters is the centre of a multi-billion…