A north Liverpool independent shoe retailer - Bobby’s Shoes - is on the market for £80,000 with owner Robert Sealey retiring after 45 years. Tony McDonough reports After 45 years in the shoe business Robert Sealey is selling his…

£75m Glass Futures facility in Liverpool city region installs AI-driven ‘digital twin’ of its glass furnace enabling the testing of new ways to make glass. Tony McDonough reports Glassmakers will be able to use a new AI-driven…

Cash-strapped Liverpool city region local council applies for permission to demolish its seven-storey headquarters and sell it for redevelopment. Tony McDonough reports Halton Council is pushing on with plans to demolish its current…

Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird joins Liverpool’s arena and convention centre in changing its iconic name - but the recent history of rebranding howlers, including Royal Mail and Gap, suggests they may come to regret it. Tony McDonough…

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. Ultra…

Saviour of Liverpool retailer TJ Hughes, Anil Juneja, pockets more than half a million pounds in dividends as his separate Liverpool-based wholesale venture sees profits more than double to £1.55m. Tony McDonough reports A Liverpool…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Mazarine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Ambition, a cruise vessel. Agent is Denholm Port Services. Le Champlain, a cruise vessel. Agent is…

Ballooning costs and political infighting led to the collapse of Merseytram 20 years ago - now, writing for LBN, local manufacturing entrepreneur Greg Johnson says we CAN revive the trams, a plan Mayor Steve Rotheram claims would cost £2bn…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Vespertine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Kaire, a cargo vessel carrying urea from Finland. Agent is NW Trading (Logistics). Centurion…

SME funding specialist River Capital backs acquisition of soft play centre in Aintree with six-figure loan and the new owners plan to hire more staff and expand services. Tony McDonough reports A trio of investors have acquired…