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…

Michelle Bridge, director of Building Bridges CIC in Birkenhead was one of five winners in the Merseyside Women of the Year Marvels Awards Michelle Bridge has kept her community supermarket going six-days-a-week throughout the…

Liverpool City Council saw its original landlord licensing scheme scrapped by the Government in January but is now consulting with the public on a new crackdown on rogue operators. Tony McDonough reports A three-month public…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Vos Inspirer, a supply/support vessel in for a crew change. Agent is RCV Business Solutions. Victorine, a ro-ro vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. Agent is CLDN RO-RO SA.…

Sefton Council secures a £1m grant to breathe new life into Southport's Victorian market and revamp the Lord Street lights. Tony McDonough reports A plan to breathe new life into Southport’s Victorian market has been given a £1m…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Cielo Di Valparaiso, a bulk carrier carrying rapemeal from Ukraine. Agent is Clarkson Port Services. P&O Nedlloyd Borges, a container vessel coming from and returning to Ireland. …

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority approved the loan to Liverpool John Lennon Airport on Friday as it looks to protect it from the severe impact of the coronavirus crisis. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool John Lennon Airport…

Shipping movements on the Mersey today, include: Atlantic Sail, a container vessel coming from Belgium and sailing on to Canada. Agent is Atlantic Container Line AB. Aragonith, a tanker carrying paraffins from Finland. Agent is…

Developer Capital & Centric secures £11m from the Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram to help deliver the £54m Littlewoods Studios film and TV complex in Liverpool. Tony McDonough reports A £54m film and TV studio complex in Liverpool is…

Liverpool-based social enterprise The Women’s Organisation gives evidence to a new House of Lords report that claims Universal Credit is failing millions of people. Tony McDonough reports Current rules on claiming Universal Credit…