Set at £9.50 an hour the Real Living Wage is voluntary and Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram is urging local firms to sign up. Tony McDonough reports Businesses across Liverpool city region are being being urged to…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Clementine, a ro-ro vessel coming from and returning to Portugal. Agent is CLDN RO-RO SA. Amber Spirit, a cargo vessel carrying urea from Finland. Agent is NW Trading (Logistics).…

As National Apprenticeships Week gets under way industry body Mersey Maritime says apprenticeships are a fantastic way of increasing the productivity of your business. Tony McDonough reports Industry body Mersey Maritime is urging…

Thanks to the Liverpool City Region Skills Brokerage Service more than £1m in transferred Apprenticeship Levy cash will be used to fund hundreds of apprenticeships More than £1m has been transferred from Apprenticeship Levy employers…

Skelmersdale-based CoreRFID has secured a deal with a safety equipment specialist in North Carolina to automate its manual processes Asset management software firm CoreRFID is expanding into the US after winning a contract from a…

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and the six local authorities have agreed to increase the COVID-19 support for taxi drivers to £3.5m. Tony McDonough reports Taxi drivers across the Liverpool city region are to get access…

A further 280,000 sq ft of industrial space is to be built by Redsun at its Aviator scheme following the completion and sale of the 125,000 sq ft first phase. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool developer Redsun has applied for planning…

Tristan Folkard becomes managing director of Verb Marketing in one of a number of promotions in the expanding Liverpool city centre business. Sophie Sorrell reports Liverpool marketing agency Verb Marketing has promoted Tristan…

Latest North West analysis from NatWest showed a big fall in business activity in January leading to job losses as the new COVID-19 lockdown was imposed. Tony McDonough reports Firms across the North West reported plunging levels of…

Entrepreneur will turn his dream of building a waste-to-energy green power plant in Ellesmere Port into reality after securing £14m backing from a Dutch investor. Tony McDonough reports A £14m energy plant that will convert organic…