The creator of popular soft drink Vimto, Nichols is understood to be the secret benefactor prepared to gift the Mr Smith's nightclub building in Warrington to the town as a youth club. A council report revealed this week that an anonymous…

Camping retailer GO Outdoors is set to create 55 jobs at a new store on the former Outdoor Megastore, Rimrose Road site. Outdoor Megastore went into administration and shut down their operation in September, losing around 20 jobs as a…

Accelerating in growth, Liverpool and Cheshire-based biotech firm Redx Pharma has sold its agro-chemical business, Redag Crop Protection. Redag has accumulated more than £1m in a fundraising, led by Manchester-based corporate finance…

A new business has opened up in Liverpool with two former partners of a European patent attorneys at the helm. The business in question is Bartle Read at Liverpool Science Park, established by Robin Bartle and David Read. The business…

A new coffee bar and lounge has set up shop in Liverpool city’s commercial district under the banner-head Barley & Beans, promising to bring caffeine to the masses ‘with a difference.’ Located at 17 Hatton Garden, the independent brand…

UTV Media (GB)’s popular Liverpool radio station, Juice FM has appointed a new content director in James Brownlow. Mr Brownlow’s previous job credits include a position as programme director at stations such as Galaxy Manchester & North…

Planning application for a development of 99 houses and a new supermarket in Sefton has been submitted by Wincham Investments. The plot is bounded by Hawthorne Road and the Leeds-Liverpool Canal, and is former industrial land that has been…

John Grime has been appointed from Redrow Home’s Yorkshire division to be the new managing director of the North West. Grime has two decades of experience in the house-building sector, having joined Redrow's forward land department as a…

On Friday, QualitySolicitors Jackson Canter held a party on the third floor of Walker House, Exchange Flags to introduce their staff to the company’s new offices, which they are scheduled to move into come December. The…

A leading cancer research charity has pledged over £400,000 to aid three young researchers, as they embark on a series of PhD studentships designed to fund the next generation of cancer research. North West Cancer Research (NWCR)…