The £3.4 million roadworks project will tackle congestion near Liverpool along busy sections of the A5036. This four-month project from the Highways Agency will see remodelling of the Bridge Road roundabout (on the western end of the A5036…

Vast Visibility, the digital marketing and technology firm, has moved from its original home in Southport to new headquarters at Peel's No 8 Princes Dock in Liverpool. Vast Visibility specialises in comparison software for a diverse…

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…

Both Liverpool John Lennon airport and Leeds Bradford airport bosses have committed their support to Heathrow Airport's expansion, calling them the "best proposal for the country" in an open letter to the Airport Commission. Andrew Cornish…

Birkenhead company, Park Group, have reported am "excellent" first half with increased sales and reduced losses. The company, which operates a gift voucher and prepaid gift card businesses and consumers, typically makes a loss in the first…

Conlons Opticians, headquartered in Liverpool, has been purchased by Vision Express. Conlons currently has a network of 19 stores in the North West and Scotland. As part of the deal, ten shops will continue to trade with their current staff…

Niall Booker, chief executive of the Co-op Bank has said that it would come as "no surprise" if the bank failed its Bank of England stress test later this month. The stress test on eight banks will be published on 16 December, and the Co-op…

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…

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…

The German discount retailer Lidl has announced plans to demolish the Grey Chaser Pub on Longmoor Lane, Fazakerley, and replace it with a store and car park, despite 110 letters of objection lodged against the proposal. Principally,…