The two ‘Through Life Support’ contracts, with the Ministry of Defence will sustain more than 300 jobs  and will lead to the creation of 100 apprenticeships. Tony McDonough reports Cammell Laird has welcomed the first Royal Fleet…

SwapBots is an interactive AR app that enables children to digitally customise physical toys and its development has been helped by the Liverpool city region 'Activate' programme Liverpool digital firm Draw & Code is launching…

Peter Taaffe, managing partner of Liverpool city centre-based BWM, has sounded the alarm after just 4% of firms had signed up for a pilot of the Government’s Making Tax Digital. Tony McDonough reports Tens of thousands of businesses…

Using indicators such as occupancy and revenue-per-room the Colliers’ UK Hotel Market Index ranked Liverpool third out of 34 cities behind only Edinburgh and Belfast. Tony McDonough Liverpool is now a UK hotspot for hotel investment…

Liverpool City Council’s strategic plan for the south Liverpool site also reveals 975 of the properties will be classed as ‘build-to-rent’  and a further 270 will be for sale. Tony McDonough reports Around 600 of the initial 1,845…

Make UK the manufacturers’ organisation and business advisory firm BDO, have released their latest research into the sector across the region. Tony McDonough reports Weaker global growth and uncertainty over Brexit has hit confidence…

InnovateHer is a Liverpool-based national initiative which launched in 26 schools across the North West in 2018 and now has grown the number of schools in the region to 55. Tony McDonough reports A Liverpool-based social enterprise…

Steel stockholder and processor, Hi-Tech Steel Services (HTSS) enjoyed the 12% uplift in 2018 thanks to its involvement in the LCR 4.0 project which provides access to digital expertise. Tony McDonough reports A specialist Merseyside…

Maggie O’Carroll, CEO of Liverpool-based The Women’s Organisation, said changes were necessary to  'buck the trend' of low start-up rates among women. Tony McDonough reports There needs to be more “dedicated spaces" for women in…

Located at the intersection Margaret Street and Hodson Place, the tower dates back to the late 1850s and was built by Liverpool’s first water engineer, Thomas Duncan. Tony McDonough reports A mystery buyer has paid £71,000 for the…