Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation is delighted to announce the appointment of Max Steinberg CBE FRSA, as chair of the board of trustees. The position is effective from January 2016. Professor Ray Donnelly MBE FRCS, founder and…

Parenting magazine Family Go Live is expanding into retail with the launch of an online shop www.shopfamilygolive.com With product categories including Baby & Toddler, Toys & Games, Furniture, Clothing and Gifts,…

The drag race is on, as tickets have already sold out for the first performances of the debut LGBT play by new theatre company Break A Leg Productions, which went on sale in November. The Ruby Slippers is a play about love, friendship,…

A Liverpool start-up, which has developed a way to reduce shipping costs by more accurately predicting sea levels, has received a £200,000 investment from The North West Fund for Venture Capital, managed by Enterprise Ventures. Sea Level…

Audiences of The Capstone in Liverpool have plenty to look forward to during the Spring Season 2016, including Liverpool International Jazz Festival, Milapfest, Liverpool Mozart Orchestra and a host of entertaining theatrical and dance…

Liverpool City Council is set to continue to shield people on low incomes from an increase in the proportion of council tax they pay. The council had been consulting on whether it should stop sheltering the poorest households from the…

Hotel developer and operator, Signature Living, has announced it will create 600 new jobs on Merseyside throughout 2016. The jobs bonanza, which will include positions across construction, hospitality, leisure services, digital, design and…

A beer festival coming to St George’s Hall later this month is promising to lift the post-Winter blues. The Winter Ales Festival, sponsored by Liverpool Organic Brewery, will bring more than 200 real ales and ciders from up to 100…

KTN Entrepreneur’s Forum, the series of events in the North of England run by Freshly Squeezed Events Agency in collaboration with the Knowledge Transfer Network, continues to go from strength to strength. Organisers of the forum share the…

Businesses backed by the SME investor Enterprise Ventures raised over £86m on AIM in 2015 - demonstrating the quality of its maturing, early stage portfolio. Enterprise Ventures, which has an office at Princes Dock, now has eight listed…