Organisers of the Liverpool City Region Tourism Awards 2024 are inviting entries with the ceremony to take place at Liverpool Cathedral in February 2025. Tony McDonough reports Entries are now open for the Liverpool City Region…

A trio of firms start work on the £90m transformation of St Helens town centre that will include new homes, a hotel and market. Tony McDonough reports Main contractor Vinci has awarded the first three contracts to firms to start work…

Free family festival - Last Days of Summer - will take place at the end of August on Liverpool waterfront as organiser Liverpool BID Company unveils full programme. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool BID Company has revealed the full…

Wirral Council embarks on an £8m public highways programme with 450 locations earmarked for improvement. Tony McDonough reports Wirral Council says it will spend £8m this year on improving the borough’s public highways. Each year the…

Merseyrail announces temporary changes to services as the rollout of the Liverpool city region £500m train fleet enters its final stages. Tony McDonough reports Merseyrail will run eight-car services on the Southport line from…

With its mission to ‘transform 1m lives’ well under way the John Haynes Foundation announces the date for its annual Gala Dinner in Liverpool this autumn. Tony McDonough reports Hundreds of guests will gather at the Hilton Hotel in…

Plans for a £450m vaccine manufacturing plant at the AstraZeneca site in Liverpool may be in doubt, a new report claims, as the UK Government looks to cut support for the project. Tony McDonough reports A new report claims plans for…

Liverpool property firm Ascot Group sells former Johnsons the Cleaners headquarters in Bootle to Plus Dane Housing for £22m residential development. Tony McDonough reports Housing association Plus Dane Housing will build 104 new…

A Liverpool office building that has been empty for 20 years is to be brought back to life as a residential development with a roof extension, new plans reveal. Tony McDonough reports A developer has submitted plans to convert an…

Fuels giant Essar acquires 66-acre site adjacent to the Stanlow Oil Refinery close to the Mersey as it gets set to invest £3bn into ‘low carbon’ hydrogen production. Tony McDonough reports Fuels giant Essar has taken a major step…