A Wirral venture - FutureMeds - that operates 27 clinical trials hubs for major pharmaceutical businesses, targets global expansion amid 38% rise in annual revenues to £37.2m. Tony McDonough reports Wirral-based clinical trials…

Port of Liverpool operator Peel Ports begins search for a new chief executive as Claudio Veritiero quits after almost five years in the role. Tony McDonough reports Claudio Veritiero is standing down as chief executive of Peel Ports…

Contractor HH Smith & Sons reaches practical completion of restoration of Grade II-listed Liverpool city region Victorian town hall, part of a wider £30m town centre regeneration project. Tony McDonough reports More than 130…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Mazarine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Peregrine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. Keewhit, a…

Founders of Liverpool sportswear brand Montirex, Daniel Yuen and Kieran Riddell-Austin, share dividends worth just over £9m amid soaring sales and profits, adding to the £2.6m they pocketed last year. Tony McDonough reports Daniel…

In what is the largest investment secured by a newly formed University of Liverpool spin-out, AI ‘materials discovery’ venture Matter Machine Technologies raises £4m to accelerate its commercial development. Tony McDonough reports A…

Liverpool manufacturer and supplier of specialist equipment and systems to the global pharmaceutical industry, ChargePoint Technology, is reporting a rise in annual sales to £28m following a multi-million pound expansion. 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. Fluvius Axe,…

Liverpool Bay is now home to the world’s first offshore platform dedicated to carbon capture and storage and will service a controversial multi-billion pound carbon capture project. Tony McDonough reports Eni CCUS Holding has…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Vespertine, a cargo vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLdN Ro Ro. BG Green, a container vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is BG Freight Line -…