Around 1,500 Liverpool city region businesses who received grants in the first two rounds of COVID-19 support are to be given extra funding. Tony McDonough reports A £10m fund will offer top-up grants for 1,500 business in Liverpool…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Arklow View, a cargo vessel carrying scrap metal from Ireland. Agent is Normac Shipping. Norbay, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning to Dublin operated by P&O…

A £1m cash injection from the Liverpool City Region Town Centre Fund will look to kick-start recovery in a district of north Liverpool with grants for small businesses on offer. Tony McDonough reports A £1m fund to kick-start the…

Ma Pub Group, operator of one of Liverpool’s best-known pubs, Ma Boyle’s is investing around £250,000 in the new venue in the heart of the city's business district. Tony McDonough reports A new cafe bar with a “heavy nod” to the…

In an interview with LBN, former Liverpool ONE estates director and now co-founder of the The Momentum Group, Chris Bliss, says city centres can thrive post-COVID-19 but smaller towns will struggle. Tony McDonough reports City…

Workspace provider Bruntwood Works' Merseyside estate includes the Cotton Exchange and Plaza buildings in Liverpool and Burlington House in Crosby and it says inquiries are rising. Tony McDonough reports Workspace provider Bruntwood…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Spar Octans, a bulk carrier carrying steel coils from the Republic of Korea. Agent is GP Shipping. Sara Borchard, a container vessel coming from and returning to Israel. Agent is…

Developer Caro says fit-out work on the 127-apartment scheme just outside Liverpool city centre is under way and completion is expected in the second quarter of 2021. Tony McDonough reports Caro Developments says it has reached the…

Based in Liverpool, Real Good Food sells food ingredients and cake decorations all over the world and has seen trading hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Tony McDonough reports Food ingredients business Real Good Food (RGF) is reporting…

Online retailers such as Amazon have sparked a boom in the take-up of logistics space across the North West as COVID-19 keeps consumers away from the high street. Tony McDonough reports Online retailers such as Amazon have created a…