Liverpool value retail giant B&M reports rise in full-year revenues to £5.6bn helped by sales in France while its UK stores struggle with poor sales. Tony McDonough reports Value retailer B&M is pledging to improve sales at…

Industrial property specialist Redsun Projects has sold phase two of a Liverpool city region trade counter development totalling 50,396 sq ft. Tony McDonough reports Redsun Projects has sold phase two of its 50,396 sq ft Knowsley…

German heat pump manufacturer Stiebel Eltron appoints new MD to its UK operation in Wirral following the departure of Mark McManus, who set up the subsidiary from scratch 17 years ago. Tony McDonough reports Heat pump specialist…

A 200-year-old pub in Liverpool city centre, that in Victorian times played host to ‘Tom Thumb’, reopens after £200,000 refurbishment. Tony McDonough reports Located just off Bold Street in the Ropewalks area of Liverpool, Newington…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Ambition, a cruise vessel coming from Ireland. Agent is Denholm Port Services. Boyne, a tanker carrying ultra low sulphur diesel from The Netherlands. Agent is Graypen. Containerships…

A 30,000 sq ft fitness centre is to open in Liverpool city centre later this year on the site of a former Wilko store, creating up to 20 jobs. Tony McDonough reports A new 30,000 sq ft fitness centre will open on the site of a former…

In its financial accounts published on Companies House, League Two club Tranmere Rovers reveals widening financial losses and chairman Mark Palios offers a takeover update. Tony McDonough reports Tranmere Rovers chairman and joint…

Developer reveals plans to build 730 homes on land known as ‘Spookies Wood’ in Knowsley where a ‘vaporous entity’ is said to lurk among the trees. Tony McDonough reports Property firm Hallam Land Management has unveiled plans to…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: SJ Colombo, a bulk carrier carrying steel coils from Vietnam. Agent is Normac Shipping. CEG Universe, a cargo vessel carrying scrap metal from Ireland. Agent is Normac Shipping.…

Liverpool barrister Bill Braithwaite was called to the bar in 1970 and ‘took silk’ in 1992 and, as he retires, colleagues at Exchange Chambers toast his ‘extraordinary career’. Tony McDonough reports It was less than a year after…