A scrutiny panel for Liverpool City Council has outlined a national blueprint to strengthen regulations for development schemes amid a number of high profile failures. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool is to push the Government for…

A £2m programme will see cycle lanes and extended footpaths installed across all of the Liverpool city region's six boroughs. Tony McDonough reports Six new pop-up walking and cycling routes are to be installed across all six…

Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership secures £15.5m from the Government’s Getting Building Fund for three major schemes. Electric buses, a testing facility for new medical diagnostics, and support for a £70m…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Naana Borchard, a container vessel coming from and returning to Israel. Agent is Borchard Lines. Victorine, a ro-ro vessel coming from Ireland and sailing on to Spain. Agent is CLDN…

JLR currently employs around 4,000 people at its Halewood factory but this number is likely to fall as the coronavirus crisis forces it to seek an extra £1bn in cost savings in 202/21. Tony McDonough reports Carmaker Jaguar Land…

Modular homes developer SPACE|MODULAR hands over four factory-built family homes to Liverpool City Council. Tony McDonough reports Modular homes builder SPACE|MODULAR has handed over four factory-built family homes to Liverpool City…

New poll from accountancy firm BDO shows almost half of North West firms say recovery from the coronavirus crisis could take one to three years. Tony McDonough reports Almost half of firms across the North the West believe it could…

Beldi, after the Moroccan word meaning traditional, homemade and local, will serve Eastern Mediterranean and North African cuisine at Wirral's £3.64m Beacon Arts Village. Tony McDonough reports A café serving Eastern Mediterranean…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: OOCL Belgium, a container vessel coming from France and sailing on to Canada. Agent is RCV Business Solutions. Norbank, a roll-on, roll-off vessel coming from and returning to Dublin…

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has approved £5.5m for its social investment vehicle Kindred with another £1m coming from independent trust Power to Change. Tony McDonough reports Community businesses across the Liverpool…