Liverpool family-owned agricultural and consumer products business Billington Group sees annual revenues push back above £600m with shareholders pocketing dividends of £3m. Tony McDonough reports Agricultural and consumer products…

Tess Swerdlow worked in marketing before pivoting to train as a Pilates instructor and is now opening a new wellness studio in south Liverpool. Tony McDonough reports Entrepreneur Tess Swerdlow has opened the Noa Wellness Studios, a…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Precision, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Vespertine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Klarika, a…

Celebrated chef and founder of Bay Tree Cookery CIC, Michelle O’Dwyer, is named Merseyside Woman of the Year 2026 with other women in business also recognised. Tony McDonough reports Since founding Bay Tree Cookery CIC Michelle…

Organised by Rise Construction Framework the ‘Raise Up’ Youth Summit was hailed a success in 2025 and will now return to Liverpool in 2026 after securing Football for Change as headline sponsor. Tony McDonough reports Football for…

Liverpool office and laboratory space operator Sciontec reports record annual revenues of £3.7m and 90%-plus occupancy and says plans for its £69m HEMISPHERE scheme are ‘gathering pace’. Tony McDonough reports Operator of Liverpool…

Councillors could order a bar in Southport to remove its terrace this week with planning officers claiming it creates a ‘harmful impact’ on the neighbourhood, despite 2,700 people signing a petition to save it. Andrew Brown reports A…

Peel Waters secures third and final planning consent for its £18m expansion of an industrial and employment site on Wirral waterfront that could create space for up to 200 jobs. Tony McDonough reports Peel Waters is to push with the…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Mazarine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Amadeus Amethist, a cargo vessel carrying steel coils from Belgium. Agent is Denholm Port Services.…

At either end of a stretch of Liverpool’s Lime Street between Elliot Street and Ranelagh Street sit the former Lewis’s department store and ABC Cinema - could a £5bn project give both buildings a new lease of life? Tony McDonough reports…