Browsing Category
Maritime & Industry
Record number of cruise ships set to sail along River Mersey
In 2015, Liverpool Cruise Terminal is looking set for another record breaking year as as many as 54 cruise ships are set to berth there which will bring in more than 80,000 international visitors into Liverpool. Most of these ships will…
Read More...
Read More...
Ground broken on Tower Wharf project
Eric Wright Construction has been appointed as the main contractor and is now on-site for Birkenhead's £11 million Tower Wharf development scheme. The main contracter, based out of Bamber Bridge, will build the four-storey, flagship office…
Read More...
Read More...
ACL to build new shipping HQ in Liverpool
Atlantic Container Lines (ACL) have started work on the first purpose-built shipping company HQ in the Liverpool City Region in ninety years, since the development of the India Buildings in 1924. The headquarters for ACL, in Duke Street,…
Read More...
Read More...
HMRC construction tax countdown proves to be the ‘toughest yet’ according to Haines…
HM Revenue and Customs has recovered more than £130 million, following a crackdown on tax avoiding builders, plumbers and electricians. As a result of HMRC’s efforts in making construction companies bring workers in-house under the Pay as…
Read More...
Read More...
Nictotine business Nerudia to build £11 million site in Liverpool
Nerudia, in partnership with Contraf-Nicorex-Tobacco (CNT) are to build a large manufacturing site in Liverpool; creating as many as 150 jobs. David Newns and Chris Lords are the businessmen behind one of Britain's first e-cigarette…
Read More...
Read More...
2 Sister’s green energy deal grows new jobs for H2 bio-refineries
An energy-from-waste deal led by Liverpool’s H2 Energy could create as many as 150 jobs, overhauling the energy requirements at the 2 Sisters Food Group, whose turnover is valued at £3 billion a year. H2 Energy have been contracted to build…
Read More...
Read More...
Evgen Pharma set to float thanks to North West Fund
Clinical stage cancer drug development company, Evgen Pharma who are supported by The North West Fund, is set to raise £20 million by floating an initial public offering on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock…
Read More...
Read More...
Peel Group to deliver 40-storey Liverpool Waters tower
Two Yorkshire developers have entered into a joint venture and signed a deal with Peel Group to build a residential tower as part of its Liverpool Waters scheme. Wakefield's Cadick Group and Harrogate's Generate Land are the groups behind…
Read More...
Read More...
First interim profit for Findel in six years
The North West home shopping and education business, Findel, has reported strong progress in the first half of the latest business year with its first interim profits reported in six years. Findel, which is headquartered in Hyde and has…
Read More...
Read More...
Seadrill is revealed to have accepted £600,000 subsidy to open in Liverpool
It has emerged this week that offshore drilling company Seadrill received a £600,000 grant to open an administrative centre in the heart of Liverpool. Seadrill dominates the drilling industry as the world's largest oil and gas rig operator,…
Read More...
Read More...
