Chief executive of Southport BID, Rachel Fitzgerald, on how her Your Southport campaign is looking to instil pride and a sense of ownership in the coastal town In the run up to Christmas last year we decided to take a different…

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority’s Skills & Apprenticeship Hub has launched fully funded training across a range of key areas to help bridge the skills gap in the region The Hub, funded by the European Social Fund and LCR…

Sean Keyes joined Liverpool civil & structural engineering firm Sutcliffe in 1990 and with National Apprenticeship Week under way the now managing director talks about the importance of training  Having joined Sutcliffe in 1990,…

A £1.6m transfer of Apprenticeship Levy funds from large firms to smaller ones, facilitated by the Liverpool city region Skills Brokerage Services, will benefit businesses to the tune of £43m Firms across Liverpool city region are…

As Southport BID unveils its festive programme chief executive Rachel Fitzgerald says it will provide a platform to accelerate the town recovery from the effects of the pandemic Our team here at Southport BID has now officially…

Demand is growing for skilled people to work in the care sector and Liverpool City Region's Skills Brokerage service is ready to help care providers address their recruitments and skills needs Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Liverpool City Region's Skills Brokers say changes to the Apprenticeship Levy system will make hiring apprentices even easier and they are urging employers to get in touch Changes to the Apprenticeship Levy system are about to make…

Martyn Kendrick, regional director for the North West at Lloyds Bank, makes the business case for going green In 2019, the Liverpool city region joined local authorities across the country in declaring a climate emergency and pledged…

Wirral mind coach, author and founder of 2minds, Alison Blackler, combines her professional expertise, and her own lived experience, to analyse the often complex dynamics of relationships Most adults spend much of their life in an…

Liverpool City Region's hospitality sector is facing a chronic skills and staffing shortage but the free-to-access Skills Brokerage can help local employers plug the gaps. Tony McDonough reports Liverpool City Region’s hospitality…