Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine teams up with medical research charity LifeArc in £2.7m push to tackle infectious diseases across the world. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) is entering a new…

Services on the Merseyrail Kirkby line will be partially reinstated in the next few days after being limited due to work around the new Headbolt Lane station. Tony McDonough reports Merseyrail is to partially reinstate services on…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Victress, a cargo vessel carrying aggregates. Agent is Hurt Plant Hire. Atlantic Sail, a container vessel coming from Canada and sailing on to Belgium. Agent is Atlantic Container…

A building that once housed one of Liverpool city centre’s best known department stores is to become a £25m hotel with a famous Parisian brand. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool’s former George Henry Lee department store building is…

More than 4,500 people in Liverpool city region will receive free tablets, internet access and on-line skills training in a new digital inclusion scheme. Tony McDonough reports A new digital inclusion scheme will see more than 4,500…

A company controlled by billionaire Home Bargains owner Tom Morris reportedly acquires 28-acre former distillery just outside Liverpool. Tony McDonough reports A former 24-acre Merseyside distillery that changed hands for £16.1m in…

Liverpool social enterprise The Women’s Organisation will take its Women in Leadership Skills roadshow across the city region in September. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool social enterprise The Women’s Organisation will hit the road…

Merseyside clinical negligence law firm Fletchers Group announces the election of six new partners. Tony McDonough reports Southport-based law firm Fletchers Group has announced the election of six new partners. In June the firm…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Silver Moon, a cruise vessel coming from Ireland. Agent is Denholm Port Services. Gunerler, a cargo vessel carrying urea from Egypt. Agent is NW Trading (Logistics). Norbay,…

In 1996 a £1,500 Prince's Trust grant allowed Andrew Dwerryhouse to launch Merseyside brand marketing firm Wild Thang - now he is to help fund the trust’s next generation of entrepreneurs. Tony McDonough reports Brand marketing…