A £20m Liverpool city region low-interest business loan fund invites new applications with only £4.6m having been invested so far. Tony McDonough reports A £20m business fund set up in 2020 by Liverpool city region Metro Mayor Steve…

IT services firm Techedia opens its new £1m office in Southport town centre with new jobs in the pipeline. Andrew Brown reports In a boost for Southport’s growing digital sector, IT services firm Techedia has opened its new office in…

In 2018 Wirral entrepreneur Gary McDermott sold the drainage services company he founded in 2003 - now he has bought it back for £3m. Tony McDonough reports Entrepreneur Gary McDermott has raised £3m to buy back the firm he sold to a…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include:   Phoenix J, a container vessel coming from and returning to The Netherlands. Agent is BG Freight Line - Rotterdam. Wilson Heron, a cargo vessel carrying steel from Portugal. Agent is…

More than 200 years old, The Royal Institution is one of the oldest existing buildings in Liverpool and it is being relaunched as a new cocktail bar. Tony McDonough reports First opened in 2014, The Royal Institution building in…

As the first of the new £500m Merseyrail train fleet departs Liverpool Central for Kirkby Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram tells LBN ‘we want to buy more trains and extend the network’. Tony McDonough reports At 10.50am on Monday, January…

Liverpool ‘bingo rave’ venue Bongo’s Bingo will see two previous Eurovision winners performing on stage the night before the contest comes to Liverpool. Tony McDonough reports Former members of Buck’s Fizz and Katrina of Katrina…

Financial advisory firm Sedulo, which in 2021 invested £1.4m in a new Liverpool operation, has announced two senior appointments Sedulo has hired two professionals from accountancy firm Grant Thornton to take up senior positions at…

A Liverpool city region start-up tech business that is helping to tackle infertility secures investment of almost £500,000 and creates 12 new jobs. Tony McDonough reports A technology start-up that says it can achieve higher success…

Backed by Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jamie Carragher, Liverpool charity Football For Change is offering grants of up to £10,000 to transform the lives of young people. Tony McDonough reports Young people and community projects across…