Developer Beetham sells 0.21-acre Liverpool plot to Home Bargains tycoon Tom Morris, paving the way for a 35-storey residential tower - first of a planned skyscraper cluster. Tony McDonough reports First details of a new cluster of…

An expert team is assembled to fix and reopen the Victorian pier in Southport but Sefton Council still needs to raise another £10m before the work can go ahead. Tony McDonough reports Sefton Council is still seeking at least £10m to…

There has been a 28% surge in the number of Liverpool city region businesses in ‘significant financial distress’, new data shows, with tourism and gyms seeing the biggest rises. Tony McDonough reports There were more than 6,000…

Two major highways improvement schemes worth a total of £11.8m are set to begin in Birkenhead in May. Tony McDonough reports Two major highways improvement schemes will get under way in Birkenhead in May. Costing a total of £11.8m,…

Analysis: Plans for a third runway at Heathrow are being revived and have the potential to have a significant positive economic knock-on effect for Liverpool city region. Tony McDonough reports In February 2020 the Court of Appeal…

Multi-million pound plans to transform the Garrick building in Southport town centre into ‘the UK’s only theatre spa hotel’ secure planning approval. Andrew Brown reports Council planners have given the go-ahead to a proposal to…

Liverpool gin producer Turncoat Distillery is relocating its production to Love Lane Brewery - bringing together two businesses that have both undergone recent rescues. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool’s Turncoat Distillery has…

A £15m project by National Museums Liverpool to allow public access to the historic Canning Dock in Liverpool for the first time secures planning consent. Tony McDonough reports National Museums Liverpool (NML) has secured planning…

Dutch urban design specialist West 8 and Manchester architect BDP are chosen to develop a 25-year ‘ambitious and visionary plan’ for Liverpool waterfront. Tony McDonough reports A team of international experts with experience in New…

Video game developer Wushu Studios signs deal to relocate its 150-strong team from the Baltic Triangle to Liverpool commercial district. Tony McDonough reports Video game developer Wushu Studios is to relocate its team into Exchange…