Velocity Leisure has acquired an 8,000 sq. ft. soft-play centre located in Prescot. Spaceworld, which now operates under husband and wife duo Steven and Cheryl Cosgrove, will become the third venue in Velocity Leisure’s expanding portfolio…

Dutch company WEC Lines is to begin weekly calls at the Port of Liverpool from 10 February, providing a new option for shippers looking to access central and northern UK markets. The brand new service will connect Liverpool with Lisbon,…

Founder of Liverpool’s biggest business accelerator programme has announced that just two years since launching Spark Up is attracting record levels of investment and helping drive scores of start-ups on to success. Liverpool Chamber CEO,…

Sixty local jobs have been created at the new Pullman Liverpool hotel on Kings Dock, which is set to open its doors in February. The four-star hotel, which is part of the AccorHotels group, is the first Pullman hotel to open in the UK…

Integrated PR and communications agency Influential has made two new appointments to its PR team. Chris Bradley has joined the company as an account manager and Robert Jenkins has been appointed as a senior account executive. Chris is an…

Bruntwood has welcomed a pair of new arrivals to its co-working facility at The Loft in Liverpool’s Cotton Exchange. REK Publications, which produces titles such as Good News Liverpool and Seen Liverpool, has been joined by PR & content…

Morecrofts Solicitors has completed a major refurbishment of its office in Woolton. The Church Road building has undergone a £30,000 revamp that includes a new visitor reception area and enhanced staff facilities. Morecrofts’ Woolton office…

Knowsley Health and Wellbeing Board is launching a new health campaign that urges people to start thinking, talking and taking action to reduce the devastating impact of it, but everyone’s asking: ‘What exactly is it?’ It, of course, is…

Internationally renowned record label bosses, leading industry brands and acclaimed UK journalists are among the judging panel to preside over Merseyside new music prize The GIT Award 2016. For the second successive year, The GIT…

New research from leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP suggests the UK's mid-sized businesses overwhelmingly believe Britain's relationship with the European Union (EU) needs reform. Based on a survey of 125 senior…