Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Amelie Borchard, a container vessel coming from and returning to Israel. Agent is Borchard Lines. Aland, a tanker carrying gas oil from Belgium and sailing on to the Netherlands.…

Secretary of State for Levelling Up Michael Gove has given the go-ahead for a £180m logistics scheme that could lead to the creation of up to 4,000 jobs. Tony McDonough reports A £180m logistics scheme that will see the building of…

Senior officials from Liverpool City Region Combined Authority will visit the world’s largest tidal power plant in South Korea to seek ideas and inspiration for the Mersey Tidal Power project. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool city…

A Liverpool development consortium has secured planning consent for a new visitor centre and museum on the site of a former NATO arms dump in Cumbria. Tony McDonough reports A new visitor centre and museum to be built by a…

A free-to-join online panel event this week organised by The Women’s Organisation will showcase a trio of women who are excelling in what have been traditional male industries A trio of women who are trailblazers in their…

A multi-million pound disposal of part of Unilever’s research campus for residential development is close to completion, LBN has learned. Tony McDonough reports Consumer products giant Unilever is close to concluding the…

A £3m project to transform communal areas of Bruntwood Works’ The Plaza office building in Liverpool is close to completion. Tony McDonough reports Bruntwood Works is close to completing the £3m upgrade of communal areas of The Plaza…

UK-wide peer-to-peer business lender Assetz Capital has established a Liverpool presence for the first time as it looks to target SMEs in the city region. Tony McDonough reports Peer-to-peer business lender Assetz Capital has hired…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Seren, a cargo vessel carrying magnesium oxide from Turkey. Agent is Clarkson Port Services. Ocean Don, a platform supply ship in for a crew change. Agent is GAC Services (UK). Fri…

A £7m contract to provide facilities management at the new Merseyside Police headquarters and a further 78 buildings has been awarded to a Salford-based business. Tony McDonough reports Merseyside Police has awarded a £7m facilities…