An analysis of the North West’s largest businesses has revealed impressive statistics; contributing around £10.5bn to the regional economy over the last three years, a 52% increase since 2010. The figures are contained in North West Ltd; a…

The North West Fund has reached an important milestone in investing £100m in three hundred businesses. Launched in late 2010 with £185m from the European Investment Bank and the European Regional Development Fund, (although this was reduced…

Spice Girl Mel C is to return to Liverpool this week for the official opening of the new 30 James Street Hotel. The grade-two listed building was once home to the White Star Line HQ, the shipping company responsible for building the…

Newhall Publications, the family-run business behind Candis magazine, has rebranded in a move which will take the company into the UK’s £4billion* multi-media content marketing industry. Under the name Newhall Publishing, the Hoylake-based…

St. George’s Hall Beer Festival, sponsored by Wrightsure, opened its doors this week to hundreds of hungry revellers and members of Liverpool’s business community. The festival is set to continue over the weekend and will provide a showcase…

Ed Miliband has plans to implement a mansion tax which will cost wealthy home owners an average of £12,000 each to fund the NHS and hire 36,000 new doctors, nurses, midwives and care workers. The labour leader used his keynote speech at the…

Hundreds of happy couples are flocking to the city this weekend to visit one of Liverpool’s most iconic luxury hotels to plan their big day. The Titanic Hotel, Stanley Dock, Liverpool will welcome its first wedding show on Sunday, September…

CREST Medical, a storage and distribution business dealing primarily in medical supplies, has acquired a 10-year lease on a 101,000 sq ft warehouse in Warrington. The company is expanding from another unit at Chesford Grange, doubling its…

The £550m ($930m) acquisition of Lime Pictures’ parent company, All3Media, was finalised this week after regulatory clearance. Discovery Communications announced in May it had bought the UK’s largest independent production company in a…

Liverpool Community Health NHS Trust (LCH) has launched a new campaign to encourage its health staff across Liverpool, Sefton and Knowsley to get the flu vaccination to protect their vulnerable patients and colleagues this winter. …