A developer is seeking planning permission to convert a Grade II-listed Merseyside building into a hotel and restaurant, creating up to 50 jobs. Tony McDonough reports Mikhail Hotels & Leisure Holdings has unveiled plans to…

Boutique fund manager Charteris Treasury has hired well known Liverpool wealth management professional Derek Gawne to head up its first office outside of London. Tony McDonough reports Boutique fund manager Charteris Treasury is…

Well established in Huyton and West Derby, estate agency Whitegates is now using digital technology to open a 'virtual' Liverpool city centre branch. Tony McDonough reports One of Liverpool’s best-know estate agencies, Whitegates, is…

Writing for LBN, Southport BID chief executive Rachel Fitzgerald says Southport could be a UK digital hotspot by tapping into a transatlantic internet cable that comes ashore under the town Close to 90% of UK homes now have broadband…

Health and fitness products company PAM Group has bought the former Vernon’s Pools call centre in Aintree for £3m and will create 25 jobs at the site. Tony McDonough reports Health and fitness products company PAM Group has acquired…

Formed in Liverpool in 1998, design studio Uniform counts leading brands Primark and innocent among its client base and is now restructuring its business. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool design studio Uniform is to split into three…

In a new agreement Everton FC has secured global payments provider Sokin as its latest commercial partner Everton Football Club has signed up fintech innovators Sokin as its Official Global Payments Partner. The multi-year agreement…

LFC Foundation, the charitable arm of Liverpool FC, has joined up with Islamic Relief UK and the Liverpool Mosque Regions Network for to supply food packs for vulnerable people Liverpool FC Foundation, Islamic Relief UK, and the…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Amelie Borchard, a container vessel coming from and returning to Israel. Agent is Borchard Lines. Vos Endurance, a survey vessel in for a crew change. Agent is RCV Business Solutions.…

Supermarket chain Lidl had planned to demolish the former Abbey Cinema in Wavertree to build a new supermarket and create 30 jobs - but now the plans have been withdrawn. Tony McDonough reports Plans for a new supermarket at the…