Liverpool value retail giant B&M lowers full-year profits forecasts but pays special £150m dividends to shareholders as it posts a Christmas trading update. Tony McDonough reports Value retailer B&M says sales in its UK…

170 businesses signed up for Halton Business Support Service in 2024 and the borough council is urging more to seek support in 2025. Tony McDonough reports Businesses across Halton are being urged to sign up to take advantage of the…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Aila, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is CMA CGM. Birkenhead to Belfast: Stena Edda will depart the Twelve Quays terminal at 10.30am. Stena Embla will…

Leading chef and restaurateur Gary Usher closes 10-year-old Wirral restaurant just over a year after issuing a ‘use us or lose us’ plea to diners. Tony McDonough reports Wirral restaurant Burnt Truffle has closed its doors for good…

Commercial property venture Langtree - which operates the Sci-Tech Daresbury complex in Liverpool city region - reports pre-tax losses of more than £2.2m amid fall in asset values. Tony McDonough reports Property venture Langtree…

Southport law firm Fletchers Group acquires Liverpool city region practice with more than 100 staff. Tony McDonough reports Personal injury and clinical negligence legal specialist Fletchers Group has agreed a deal to buy Merseyside…

Liverpool law firm Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors, which can trace its roots back more than 200 years, is reporting the best financial year in its history. Tony McDonough reports Bell Lamb & Joynson Solicitors (BLJ) is…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Lucia B, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is Samskip Multimodal. Scarabe, a bulk carrier carrying biomass (woodchips) from the US. Agent is Peel Ports…

Founder of Liverpool retailer Home Bargains, Tom Morris, pockets more than £1bn in dividends windfall as value chain rings up annual sales of £4.2bn. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool discount retail chain Home Bargains is reporting…

Work starts in Wirral on new £8m logistics warehouse for photographic print specialist Max Spielmann. Tony McDonough reports Work has started in Bromborough in Wirral on a 77,400 sq ft storage and distribution hub for photographic…