Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Xin Zhi Sea, a bulk carrier carrying steel coils from Taiwan. Agent is Normac Shipping. Encounter, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is CMA CGM.…

Liverpool planners give green light for the opening of the famous Ivy restaurant brand in a Grade I-listed building in the city centre. Tony McDonough reports Owners of London’s famous Ivy restaurant will open their first outlet in…

Developer Nexus Residential secures £20m investment towards £35m cost of residential development just outside Liverpool city centre. Tony McDonough reports Nexus Residential has secured a £20m cash injection from specialist investor…

Domestic retrofit firm Next Energy donates almost £20,000 to a care home and two primary schools in Liverpool city region Merseyside retrofit energy specialist Next Energy has made a triple charity donation totalling £20,000.…

Sisters Jody Nelson and Joanne Brown-Nelson secure £245,000 funding for their Liverpool city region ‘gymnastics academy’ for children and aim to create 20 jobs. Tony McDonough reports Sisters Jody Nelson and Joanne Brown-Nelson have…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Aila, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is CMA CGM. Nordic Italia, a container vessel coming from and returning to Spain. Agent is CMA CGM. Birkenhead…

Liverpool City Council leader Liam Robinson meets apprentices working on the £140m conversion of the city’s historic Heaps Rice Mill into a mixed used development. Tony McDonough reports Leader of Liverpool City Council Liam…

Organisers of the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards announce winners at a ceremony in Liverpool city centre in front of hundreds of guests. Tony McDonough reports Hundreds of guests attended the Merseyside Women of the Year…

A palm oil refinery located on the banks of the River Mersey is reporting a surge in annual revenues to £284.5m with pre-tax profits almost trebling. Tony McDonough reports A palm oil refinery in Liverpool’s northern docklands is…

Wirral health tech venture Simed Global is close to taking its ‘transformative’ medical testing device to market after four years of development. Tony McDonough reports Birkenhead health tech firm Simed Global is set to take its…