Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership secures £15.5m from the Government’s Getting Building Fund for three major schemes. Electric buses, a testing facility for new medical diagnostics, and support for a £70m…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Naana Borchard, a container vessel coming from and returning to Israel. Agent is Borchard Lines. Victorine, a ro-ro vessel coming from Ireland and sailing on to Spain. Agent is CLDN…

JLR currently employs around 4,000 people at its Halewood factory but this number is likely to fall as the coronavirus crisis forces it to seek an extra £1bn in cost savings in 202/21. Tony McDonough reports Carmaker Jaguar Land…

Modular homes developer SPACE|MODULAR hands over four factory-built family homes to Liverpool City Council. Tony McDonough reports Modular homes builder SPACE|MODULAR has handed over four factory-built family homes to Liverpool City…

New poll from accountancy firm BDO shows almost half of North West firms say recovery from the coronavirus crisis could take one to three years. Tony McDonough reports Almost half of firms across the North the West believe it could…

Beldi, after the Moroccan word meaning traditional, homemade and local, will serve Eastern Mediterranean and North African cuisine at Wirral's £3.64m Beacon Arts Village. Tony McDonough reports A café serving Eastern Mediterranean…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: OOCL Belgium, a container vessel coming from France and sailing on to Canada. Agent is RCV Business Solutions. Norbank, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning to Dublin…

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved £5.5m for its social investment vehicle Kindred with another £1m coming from independent trust Power to Change. Tony McDonough reports Community businesses across the Liverpool…

Michelle Bridge, director of Building Bridges CIC in Birkenhead was one of five winners in the Merseyside Women of the Year Marvels Awards Michelle Bridge has kept her community supermarket going six-days-a-week throughout the…

Liverpool City Council saw its original landlord licensing scheme scrapped by the Government in January but is now consulting with the public on a new crackdown on rogue operators. Tony McDonough reports A three-month public…