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Neptune takes over Baltic site

Thorncroft joins New East Manchester

Manchester United owners considering bond issue

Provexis raises £2.1m in open offer

Smith predicts big year in the east

Caldeira expands Chinese operation

Mando launches housing site

Sportech completes refinancing

ReBlackpool reveals headland plans

Web expansion for clothing retailer

Three in at Chester’s Grosvenor

Manor paves way for student living scheme

Howorth sold back to management

A Clas act for Clayton Square

Parker to speak at Insider dinner

Claremont celebrates wins and completions

Kilpatrick clocks up third deal

Social landlords hook up in jobs campaign

Entrepreneur to invest in buy-and-build plan at NetServices

Teage heads BDP’s Liverpool One move

Rochdale shortlists for council project

AECOM appointed on MMU campus

Colliers markets ex-TUI call centre

JP Murphy takes 12,000 sq ft up the Junction

Events companies merge

Deals a go go for Merepark

Colourful deal for Pochin

Clare picks Yorkshire for second office

Artemis wins two new clients

Council to issue CPO on fire station

Rathbones expands at Port of Liverpool

Jimmy Carr to host Insider Property Awards

Border Agency signs at The Capital

Chapel Street the key for Salford, says Bedford

Paver Smith boosts Manchester presence

ICE opens North East office

Soft landings in Liverpool from January

Formation completes wealth management sale

Rochdale firm gets busy in Shanghai

FedEx signs at Manchester Airport

Enegi plans £1.24m fundraising

Pozzoni wins planning in Dukinfield

Confidence returning to region’s housing market

BCC acquires Lythgoe site

Franklins opens in St Paul’s Square

Liverpool student rents climb

Festive flavours at Nicepond

Formation reaches settlement over Aldgate scheme

2ergo launches newspaper app

Deals continue to flow at MIOC

Yesteryear founder bids to rescue business

TSL commits to MediaCity move

Peel submits plans for Wirral Waters

Management team acquires truck distributor

Harris Partnership signs at Carver’s

Bramall lands £1.6m Halton job

Muse submits Talbot Gateway plans

Altair revisions go in

Coffee shop chain secures EFG funding

Businesses selected for investor programme

HCA and AGMA have £370m conversation

Corridor on the hunt for developer

North West launches £100m urban development fund

Relief extension scant consolation in PBR

Doric Anderton paid £672,500 for rival

Marshalls lands Home Office for Birchwood

Edward Symmons markets two

Ubiquity nets new clients

Knight Frank heads to the garden centre

Eatonfield reports loss but remains optimistic

Switch showcases city’s unsung design

Norfoxtoo raises £1,000 for Kirkby farm

Macc for good – Quorum completes

JD sells JJB stake

Euro Garages buys in the Midlands

Lancashire Tea directors buy back the business

Bidder no longer pursuing ServicePower

Green Compliance eyes acquisitions

HGF on the move

Pavilions 90 per cent full as two sign

Five more in at Carlisle’s Lanes

Tenon to join forces with RSM Bentley Jennison

Management paid less than £1m for Dams

Mando launches arts website

Mooney Everett gleans EFG funding for expansion

Halliwells reaffirms Liverpool commitment

Thomson joins BNP Paribas

Ocon shows its caring side

Days Inn approved in sector that “has legs”

Games hub confirmed for MediaCity

Fashion designer secures new funding line

Absolute passes the test

Brake manufacturer raises £80,000 through placing

Orega and SACO team up

Bury buys Knowsley Place’s second phase

Empty rates changes cutting supply, says Bizspace

Deal gives Impact cross-border opportunity

Formation Group to sell off wealth management arm

Mayfield masterplan revealed this week

Muse Developments, Blackpool

ICE boosts its ranks

UU occupies Grasmere House

Fort sold for £101m

Scottish Widows, Runcorn

Sheppard Robson confirmed on MMU campus

Sir Mark Elder

Liverpool One wins again

Steel group gets £41.5m from Lloyds TSB

University completes County Hall portfolio

Blackpool bids for Tower

Council office to anchor Wythenshawe regeneration

Funding boost for creative sector

MOSI plans £7m revolution

Cowgill Holloway merges with Liverpool firm

Merlin heads for Portland Street

Ask goes for college knowledge in Ashton

NorthernNet to revolutionise creative industries

Watersports building complete

Midas to sell wealth management business

Go-Ahead sells off aviation holdings

Ainscough man predicts winners and losers

Provexis announces £2.1m open offer

Legat Owen gets three more for Tesco

Second blow for Tesco - Project Jennifer proceeds

Weber Shandwick closes Leeds office

Green light for Greengate

DTZ advises on two freehold shed deals

Zeus joins forces with Howson to bid for Accuma

Woolston eco park approved

New debt facility for Sceptre

Chester gets £600,000 public realm boost

University in for planning

Land ahoy

Life is a rollercoaster

Strap yourselves in

P3 appointed as Magnus gets flexible

College secures expansion funding

Venmore launches Hilton apartments

PwC Manchester hires ex-Ballymore man

Electronics spinout scores double deal

Reverse deal to build healthcare platform

Huyton next for station upgrade

Clipper to manage Worsley site

Promethean appoints IPO team

LSH added at The Observatory

New refuge for Code

Accrington business secures new lending package

Investment on the up, says GVA seminar

Russells wins in Runcorn

CBRE to market Polygon site

Manchester appoints architects on big civic scheme

McLaren gets motoring at airport

Saturon buys G&J Greenall's site

Healthcare duo seek £1m for new venture

St Modwen to press ahead with Skelmersdale plans

Ocon completes university building

Acies lands church work

Vaughan to run Cityco

Ciref looks to raise cash under new name

Anvic orders The Works

Knightsbridge appoints Cube3

Eastlands first in at Qauattro

Fringe festival's economic impact revealed

DTZ advises on two freehold shed deals

Expect no change on empty rates, warns RICS man

£3.75m awarded for Salford housing

Lack of deals means North West law firms slip back

Hayward joins Golley Slater

Brava gets down to business

Manchester to benefit from investment surge

Deals keep coming in Warrington and Widnes

Ancoats public realm wins award

Eatonfield lands brownfield deal

Progress made on JMU works

The Market lands G Plan contract

Ground broken on £40m Openshaw scheme

Zenprop buys in Manchester

Peppermint wins Styles & Wood brief

Williams to leave NDY Manchester

BFS wins Barclays funding

Media Square hit by declining client spend

Nolan Redshaw to sell Rossendale United

Agents appointed at Southport Business Park

Knight Frank picks up double instruction

E4L is bought by CES

MBL in digital deal

Lovell lands £3.5m housing job

North West business still bullish on property

Intercytex sell-off continues

Pozzoni heads to London

YFM to manage transitional equity

Private equity circles Matalan

Costcutter signs in New Broughton

Parkwood to offload five PFI interests

First Street agreement approved

Spofforth for sale – cheap at half the price?

Prospect eyes North West prospects

Harrison takes marketing reins at Bruntwood

Aldemore acquires Absolute

Simpson Memorial work nears completion

Barclays funds Altrincham school development

Neptune chooses BAM

Straw joins Meridian team

Birse launches Bickershaw work

Matmi delivers for ITV

Mason Williams brings in digital offshoot

PVA or winding up ‘most likely’ at LLW

Holiday contract for Flame

New business puts Hasgrove on the front foot

Six sign up with Langtree

Purple patch for Chanters Green

Structured debt team gets new head

Matt Riley tells Mandelson and Sugar - call me

AFM set to cut staff

R&D funding for Thermoseal

Four firms launch new networking forum

Survey highlights MediaCity’s importance

North West schemes win Sea Change funding

Architects celebrate 30 years

Your Space CVA approved

Congestion still the pinch point, says DJ

Pioneer scheme in for planning

UU raises £87.75m in gas company disposal

Eric Wright proceeds with caution

LDC chief plans small-scale investment move

Financial services targeted as deal value is down

AFS likes the taste of Jam

Tithebarn developer enters administration

Cuckoo gets a lift

ManCon to be members site

Wildflower centre secures £200,000

£25m facility moves ahead

Food manufacturers secure GBI funding

MEN Arena to be sold

Maclean completes Booth Mechanical deal

TV chef announces restaurant plans

Biennial gets go ahead in 2010

TIF debate to fore at retail conference

Muse does deal with Red C

Liverpool announces boat show plans

Lancashire submits planning bid

Development’s bounceback continues

Think launches Faces

UU sells Philippines water share

Norcros announces fundraising after posting loss

Pie Factory gets Toasted

Interview: Robert Hough

Tax is going to get taxing

The tax tide is turning

Direct Lamp relaunches after RBS funding

Smaller towns hardest hit, says conference

Multibuild CVA approved

£80m Preston scheme in for planning

Manchester launches Christmas marketing push

27 November deadline for cinema site

Preston Bus to be sold, rules Commission

Ionix moves for Excel assets

Bids invited for cinema site

Gallery eyes Mann Island move

Peel Ribble scheme approved

St Modwen hits the BCSC with a bang

Russells starts Longs job

Zeus wins APOD account

West Brom appoints receivers on MCR assets

LRW wins approval at John Lennon

Concept wins arcade brief

AD takes another 21,000 sq ft at Alchemy

Two added at BNP Paribas

Cuckoo courts Police Mutual

Walsh joins Prospect team

Blue Rainbow over Edinburgh

Work starts at Kingsway HQ

Ampersand scores with Newcastle United

Fields of dreams for Belle Vale

Muse posts £3.9m profit

Gates doubles JJB share

WICED win for Sutcliffe

Irish Centre plans approved

Ordsall scheme approved

Downing completes Leeds project

Widnes deal is child’s play for PAG

Lancaster creative link-up launch

Touchpoint completes Soya rebrand

Everything’s gone green for Orbit

Blacksmith strikes a deal

Claremont delivers at Royal Liver

Touchpoint completes Soya rebrand

Overbury eager for MediaCity start

Branton Bridge assets bought by Calibre

Hills Decorative secures funding package

Berkeley James appointed at Southport

Opal swoops for UK Telco

New Northgate plans by May, says Chester

New Mind shuffles the pack

Consent won for Brunswick office block

Bowman to build Hollinwood Homes brand

Development – to return soon?

Bruntwood signs three

Eye Hospital to be banner Corridor project

Neilson takes The Raft

MediaCity does its bit for locals

EV completes rebranding

Lindley Pate assets to be sold

Curtins lands McCloud contract

Mullenger joins MAG

Plans go in for Piccadilly hotel

HKR designs scheme for RLAM on Ancoats site

Agencies warn of drug driving

Losses double at In House Group

Wellman joins Berg

Bayer decommissioning enters final phase

PKF set for move

Chester’s Northgate abandoned

Bells secures research grant

BrightHouse opens in Southport

JD takes another chunk of Heywood

Liverpool and Manchester to fore as BDP shines

Flame reaches the Finnish

Beverston awarded £200,000 grant

Bglobal in £2m share placing

Mando seals the deal with UU

Code proves a curtain winner

Inal ventures forth

Dovecote opens doors

Lord St

Bellway wins HCA cash for Liverpool houses

Merseyside deals hit 1 million sq ft in October

Pets win prizes - Davies targets 400 stores

Eatonfield raises £7.4m

First deal done at Didsbury Point

King Street demolition complete

Whole lotta roses for Uniform

Bus company gains asset finance support for fleet

Champagne on ICE as six contracts are won

Two more in at Hurricane Court

And then there were five – Daresbury shortlist named

Woods joins Wood at CBRE

Amion appointed to DCLG team

Holiday Inn to open at MediaCity

Glendinning jumps aboard the Enterprise

Care home opens its doors in Southport

Abergele next time

Order, order – deals done at Speakers House

One in five deals are distressed

Royal Hotel set for revamp

LSH reports return of the investment market

Ampersand wins Doodson brief

Marston’s renews at Linkway

IAS wins website award

Inal Metals secures finance package

Rochdale station plans submitted

Aquatic superstore sold by administrators

Manchester businesses still looking to grow, says DJ

Matalan considering sale options

Liverpool secures HCA funding

ISG wins Reaseheath work

Confidence up in shops and sheds

CableSense secures investment

Homebuy on offer at St Paul’s

Ninth deal for Perspective

£9.2m refinancing deal for Calypso

Emirates opens lounge in preparation for A380

Simpson leaves Peel

Hotel opens at JLA

Weber Shandwick goes Whamoosh!

DTZ to market Stockport site

SKV wins PR gold

Birse gets to work at Bickershaw

LSH lets Brook House

The Gym’ll fix it for you

Hetherington joins Northwest Vision board

Rock lands retail heavyweight

Deal done at Waters

£5.2m to kickstart creative quarter

2ergo scores for Arsenal

Big shed deals on the up - for now

GyroHSR picked to give Sage advice

Manchester Airport Group still keen on a Scots airport

Amaze expands London presence

IP sold back to EMCC director

Duchy completes Bowland scheme

Amaze expands London presence

Booth joins Amion

Virtual freehold offered in Castle Street

Beevers takes on North Wales venture

115 jobs saved as packaging firm is bought

Investment boost to Intrinsic

Food business snapped up

Edward Symmons markets Hoylake shed

Bruntwood chief calls for long-term focus

Chess moves in for 35th deal

Splash wins with RIBA

NWDA funds Kaltek expansion

Working paper calls on VC industry to collaborate

Manchester a hot prospect for healthcare

DPP lands North Liverpool brief

General Physics swoops for SW firm

One Stop Hire aims higher

Two North West winners at RICS awards

Liverpool mutual insurers in merger talks

Unicom expands into Wythenshawe

Curtins climbs the charts

Multibuild announces CVA for subsidiary

BDP lands Ironbridge commission

Fudge gambles with new site

TEG Group sells Verdia share

Kier to start WICED contract this year

Bright sparks for digital sector

Redmond to open LJLA hotel

Orbit brings three to Sovereign House

Rathbones in talks with Lloyds

HGF signs at Merchants

Ashton scoops building of the year prize

Grosvenor pulls out of Preston

Deal of the week

English Lakes reveals Windermere plans

Pochin's makes progress

PDS International takes 60,000 sq ft

Kleinwort Benson changes hands

Paver Smith looking to expand

New Broughton secures HCA funding

Cayman Islands float for Marlwood

BDP wins again as Stirling D-Day nears

CBRE sells former AMEC HQ

GVA hires Ganguly

Murdoch steps down

BBC given MediaCity keys

Small businesses urged to consider PR

Two in at Ellesmere Port

BDP launches book and exhibition

Knowsley let for price comparison company

River to run Expo brief

Brimelow trio buy Duo Plastics

Manchester up as big six bounce back

Derwent Forest scheme inches forward

Cammell Laird picks HQ

Lord Street retail under the hammer

Activity on the up, says Savills

Manchester holds foreign appeal, says DTZ

JJB to raise £94m in rights issue

Amaze acquires MCL Digital

Central Park lands £20m bakery

Five deals signed at Belle Vale

Dones take the Peninsula keys

Public sector sale not radical enough

Amaze acquires MCL Digital

£50,000 for rubber investment

Pochin scores with WAG

JJB fundraising back on track

Dylan Harvey buys some time

New name for Irwell project

Tesco and Lancs launch charm offensive

Don't trample on progress, says Froggatt

NWDA steps up at Daresbury

Tote is back on the market

Interview: Alan White

The BBC is our business

Mandelson refuses to support Vauxhall sale

LFT sold out of administration

Daisy eyes more deals

Sanguine to bring Hotel Indigo to Liverpool

Work starts at Chetham’s

Deal of the week

CBRE markets south Liverpool site

Co-op Bank walks the walk with Kingston

Deals market coming back, says Mills

Management back to buy Dams

Accountancy firm buys Cheadle Royal space

ALControl announces refinancing

Liverpool gets proactive with MIPIM

Artisan to return at Kings?

Grays to grow following MBO

Big Issue sells HQ

DWF launches new construction service

Knight Frank wins first Alliance instruction

BTG forms US joint venture

MediaCity – the missing links

Bridging Finance reports lending increase

Opal spreads its wings again

Sheffield manufacturer swoops for Syddal

Manchester hopes up after healthy quarter

Studio North cooks up new site

Turtle Wax gets £1.6m from RBS

Healthy wins for Kenyon Fraser

Pochin fits the bill for ABode

Lettings boom but sales slow, says City Residential

Dow Schofield Watts forms Indian JV

This is the one for Bolton

Blacksheep completes law firm brief

Champion to leave AIM

Deal value down but volume shoots up

Loft wins in Portugal

Balfour Beatty wins in Blackburn and Bolton

Belvoir hits back

Rochdale development conference this week

Sheppard Robson lands Essa job

Ashtenne completes refinancing

New bidder for ServicePower

MedicX to add three

Pilkington sells off French operation

City and Peel edge closer to agreement

Creative Lynx scoops six awards

Enterprise House sold

Calf Hall space ready to go

Chamber rues Parkside delay

Sales talk at Matalan

McDonald's keeps it Fresh

Jones on board at GVA

Scorpion secures £500,000

Positive moves beyond £10m

Pets at Home steps towards IPO

Habitat added to Peter’s Lane line-up

Beever and Struthers announces merger

Debt for equity swaps will increase, says Jones

SKV scoops three for Blackpool

Keep on top of rates, warns CBRE

Wine Cellar chunk sold but 320 jobs lost

DPP gives planning changes cautious welcome

Brava bagsy new client

Clinic deal done in St John Street

Pizza chain to open in Arndale

AMS buys out JV partner

Alexander Young is sold

JLL appointed at Octagon

WSL appoints agents at Manor Park

Bolton names Kier

Heavenly design for Cuckoo

Two more in at Belvedere

Arley moves into Coppull

Rippleffect relocates to City Tower

Two deals at Junction 8

Claremont wins AMS contract

Edward Symmons markets bingo hall

Morgenrot invests in Purple Wine

Lever Prize shortlist announced

Thomas Hardy acquires Kendal site freehold

Four Seasons agrees debt for equity swap

Building work starts on £30m school

Gym’ll fix Piccadilly fitness

Liverpool climbs property ladder

St Modwen bags Lancashire hat-trick

Brava wins arts project

Brother sets sail with The Raft

Working capital support for bedroom designer

Ribbon cut at Greggs’ Openshaw factory

Ego to open Manchester outlet

Christian heads to the Lowry

Visualspace in share buy-back

Jordan lands dongle advice brief

Slow but steady recovery, predicts Steventon

PAG sells Accrington site to Tesco

Maple Grove appoints Morrisons man

F6 confirms Liverpool talks

EFG funding enables Subway expansion

Omega – back to the drawing board?

Larger firms going serviced, says Orega

In4tek sold to Civica

UU to build pumping station UU to build pumping station

Castle Chambers nears completion

Eric Wright hires public sector specialist

Region’s screen heritage gets funding boost

MediaCity gets green credit

Bowdon goes in for Makin money

Manchester occupancy down again

DJ picks three for college contracts

A Hard Days Night for Think

Tempus space ready to go, says Pinkus

Provexis confirms fundraising talks

Shortlist of six for Saints stadium

More head for serviced space at Sandhills

Land Secs sells Chester asset

KBC backs kitchen acquisition firm

Peel plans prom at War Museum

The Hut secures private investment

Loaf makes bold move

Key Event comes to Liverpool

Timstar sold to Demco

Date announced for Dylan Harvey Residential meeting

Mosley Street scheme lands WT

Fudge wins Bury brief

Kilpatrick completes first Castle Street refurb

Four more units go at Cross 580

Mando completes MBS site

St Modwen exits Harpurhey

Midas sells broking subsidiary

DxS gives NVM record return

Irwin Mitchell builds Bauhaus presence

Makin Metal Powders sold

Lees Lloyd Whitley in administration

Connock calls for Venture Fund clarity

Redrow looks to raise £150m

Antler is up for sale

Media City now has to deliver, says Greenaway

Four in running for building prize

OFT probe finds 103 firms colluding on price

Cool move for Gates

Rippleffect goes punk

Theobold joins DBK

Wirral reveals £10m coastal plans

Pochin's posts £9.4m loss

Northern Industrial sign three new tenants

Flame launches mobile division

MAG gets help to manage currency risk

Verve finds its pulse

Savills appointed at Halton Lea

Recruitment firm acquired

New homes plan for Bolton

Thwaites sells London hotel

Primark heads to The Rock

Combie joins Marketing Manchester

Edward Symmons to market Tiggis site

BAM gets Co-operative nod

Partners to submit Elisabeth House plans

Lighting deal drives ambition for more

Top Shop opens at Liverpool One

Government confirms Tithebarn public inquiry

Logo X swoops in Birmingham

IT firm calls in asset financiers to support growth

Moutter goes green

Duerr looks to spread its business

Absolute gets right to it with Twinfin

Muse completes Cheadle Royal sale

P3 sees confidence return

Five lettings at Winwick Quay

K3 raises £1.5m through placing

Long-term gloom ahead, says report

Buyer found for Philip Myers

Stockport looks to the future

SpaceWorld takes Prescot space

Government to take time over Tithebarn

Winning start for Wigan Life Centre

Peel supports fundraising plans

Northwest Vision launches production scheme

Barclays lines up new debt for college expansion

New start as Gibson buys franchise

Lancaster firms complete student scheme

Commercial lending increases

Refinery cooks up Magnet website

Rochdale unveils town centre plans

Four tenants find the Blackbox

Archial wins Orford sports design

Wired for expansion

Priority Sites completes Cockermouth scheme

Wirral Waters, Merseyside

St Paul's Square, Liverpool

Lease negotiations at the top of the list

Ashtenne secures industrial letting

Great Bear heads to Broadway

Construction firm falls foul of market

Co-operative Insurance, Manchester

Interview: Dave Whelan

The truth and the legend

Planning approved for Co-op

Ascent PR opens in Manchester

CBRE to sell Holden Vale

N Brown fattens up with High & Mighty

Colliers on the M6 hunt

Edgar Brothers expands at Orbit's Lyme Green

Vauxhall deal fails to quell job fears Vauxhall deal fails to quell job fears

Fudge gets creative

N Brown on the hunt?

Savills reports increasing development

Uniform to guide Liverpool

Boot sale in Bromborough

Miller Metcalfe gears up for growth

HCA bombarded with partner applications

AHD rebrands

PZ Cussons selects fit-out partner

SKV wins Leonard Curtis work

Edge Hill takes space in Manchester Edge Hill takes space in Manchester

Vella joins Miller

Equity needs debt to move forward

TJ builds industrial holdings

Robson Lloyd acquired by GVA Grimley

Fancy going to Church?

BDO notes upturn with caution

IFA umbrella increases buying power

Aldi to open new Manchester store

Alexander joins Northwest Vision and Media

Noble takes TouchStar assets

RBS in childcare boost

Bridging Finance increases lending

Robson Lloyd acquired by GVA Grimley

Morecambe Bay plans win support

North West housing on the up, says report

Myconostica attracts £1.7m

Langtree makes another connection

Simpson Millar acquires Lancaster firm

University announces next big build project

Drinks supplier signs up at Linkway

NetPlay secures five-year deal

Norwel on the move to Cheadle Royal

Agencies gear up for PR awards

Astral tries again with controversial Parkside scheme

Investors grab The Rack

Premier completion for Patrick

TheEword in SEO top ten

Paver Smith serves up ace

Bridewell bought by student housing group

Hall complete at Salford Lads’ Club

DebtMatters sells chunk of business

Private equity winners unveiled

Peel goes for Booths at MediaCity

Quinn wins latest battle in planning war

Adshead joins GVA

CBRE appointed by Merseytravel

Kendal acquisition for Armstrong Watson

Able willing to grow

New clients for Punk

Blackpool gateway scheme reaches landmark

CPUK hosts VIPs

Competition Commission mulls action over Preston Bus deal

Claremont confirmed for Shoosmiths fit-out

Umbro HQ sold for £8.7m

Citypress wins home delivery brief

Optare goes to the market

Ten Alps signs deal with BBC Worldwide

Rebrand for Quay Accounting

APEM takes off with asset finance deal

Manchester market climbs towards recovery

MKM sells loss-making subsidiary

MECH uses its head

Aggregate Industries acquires Rand

New Media City site launched

Orega gets its man in place

RHJ Holdings raises its offer

Maghull hotel approved, but Hanlon will wait

Colleges make the cut

Leach Rhodes Walker wins in Wales

Orbit grooms another tenant

Offer withdrawn for RTS

Funding for Azurri expansion plans

Bibby’s new approach for Nisa

Opal wins student housing gong

Charities get to the point

Grey space to play its part, says JLL

Freshfield plans relocation

Seddon remains profitable in tough year

Chesnara on the acquisition trail

University looks to build lab capacity

Merseyside work fuels Allenbuild spurt

Premier sees the Central perks

MBS appoints Weber Shandwick

SIAS maintenance division is bought

Splash lands commercial lettings

Creative Lynx joins HCA panel

International call for music talent

Shipping firm signs at Quay West

BBC selects North West companies

Barnfield up and running in Burnley

New remit for The Foundry

Carillion selected for GMP headquarters

Apartments sold through LPA receiver

Finger on the pulse

Uniform heads triumphant Expo bid

Peel goes for the hard Cell

EFG supports start-up acquisition

Image Foundry extends games offering

Neptune finally gets the nod in New Brighton

Tangerine uses its loaf

IFS refocuses following buyout

Four23 sprints to marathon win

NHS on the move to Piccadilly Place

New twist in Vauxhall sale

Pochin at the double

Barclays debt finances Shaws

P&H joins the Quest

Client wins for The Scott Partnership

Two recruits for Ekosgen

Home Delivery Network swoops in Scotland

Garden Festival site funds agreed

AJ signs up at Linkway

Carillion consortium wins BSF work

Vauxhall sale still no nearer

Funding win for malaria research

Building Blocks goes to The Gallery

Atrium goes for new-look student rooms

Sutcliffe wins care project work

Rotunda takes shape in Bolton

Fresh Mints scheme launched to find graduates

NESTA to help small businesses get creative

MC2 secures Intrinsic account

Fat expansion planned

Redrow shares climb on war chest talk

Manchester Building Society writes off £2.5m as profits fall

Manchester Central adds a touch of spark

Redbridge lands city centre hat-trick

New lease of life for Sella

Orbit signs TRG at Middlebrook

Cube3 gets fashionable

Ekosgen appointed on Irwell City Park

Kenyon Fraser wins reservoir work

Exclusive - Grosvenor buys Rapid Hardware site

Solid Nobles continues progress

JLL appointed on Trafford Park site

Richer Sounds heads to Manchester

Organic delivery business absorbs rival

Anglo Irish faces big hit on Blackpool

Cuckoo grows its flock

Councils sign in North Wales

Rippleffect scores five in Bolton

Shepherd welcomed back into St Paul’s flock

Clinical deal for Bluemantle in Cheadle

Wine merchant pops cork for expansion

The Foundry secures rebranding work

Loan scheme rolls out £650,000

McGrigors expands in Manchester

Laser collaboration gets funding

Fudge to soak students

Travelodge replaces Premier Inn in New Brighton

Multibuild goes to the pictures

Seddons makes showhome investment

James Fisher expands nuclear business

NWDA submits revised venture fund plan

Brothers continue Subway spree

Montagu looks to sell Survitech

Council’s Liberty move approved

Engineering group falls in tough market

Land Banking director disqualified

Work starts on Barrow link road

Working space in Workington

Wine for my men!

Barnfield appointed by Biffa

Peel Media expands management team

Nichol joins Wythenshawe team

Funding secured for St Paul’s Square

Wyre gets ready for action

Lottery grant for LSTM project

HMV Manchester building sold

STAN rides away with Chitech work

Deals keep coming for Daisy

Accuma Group confirms takeover talks

Take-up should beat 2008, says CBRE

Hill Dickinson beefs up Manchester property team

Funding boost for markets

Care home build all set

Wirral Waters first phase approved

Northwest Vision and Media adds to its board

Peel gets approval for energy site

Floating visitor centre approved in Lancashire

Tenon ramps up in Rochdale

Creative service launched in Merseyside

W Howard acquires Polyco

Prospect targets corporate rentals with Quays apartments

Zolfo Cooper reports on Millennium progress

Floating Concepts takes a bite

Get In The Game to launch in Liverpool

MC2 wins technology brief

Electric dreams at Birchwood Park

Sheppard Robson wins Mandela competition

Assets up for grabs as swimming pool firm goes under

Dulux campaign to push eco credentials

Kier starts work for Stoke City

BSA secures research grant

Airangel gets funding to expand

Salmon Harvester buys Leigh site

Slow but not as slow, says Savills report

Mental health account win

Morley gets moving in Haydock

New funding to get Warrington moving

McCanns takes its vitamins

Arley sells out in Hale

Henderson buys Stanley Green retail

Co-op funds Alpha expansion

MIDAS looks to assemble large sites

Website firm signs in Knowsley

IAS is fit for a king

Cross-regional buyout for ITI

Air Energi buyout over the line

Neptune appoints Curtins

Yorkshire Bank increases North West lending

Cattles Invoice Finance deal agreed

Housing continues its gradual comeback

magneticNorth secures Visit Manchester work

Down on the farm

Eagle-i refocuses activities

Hughes takes on York Pharma

BrandSpankin’ new websites

Daresbury seeks private help

Moorgate building sold for £13.2m

Residential success for CPUK

Cunningham to boost JLL team

Momentum appointed by stationary giant

Holidaybreak buys £9m site

PAG completes Sale offices

Creative sector shows strength

Bury gets rocking with a rebrand

£1m care home acquisition

Artemis wins Roxtec contract

Unger joins Kenyon Fraser

ERT appoints The Scott Partnership

Peel decision delayed

Digital chance for graduates

Mando continues recruitment drive

Marketing support for businesses

CBRE calls for payment holiday

Rippleffect leads the way

Rejuvenate takes the stake, twice

DTZ reappointed on Sunlight House

Studio North wins public sector briefs

Rejuvenate takes the stake, twice

Merchants to open on Monday

Symmons on St Helens shed

Zut keeps it clean

EFG drives motorhome expansion

Deals down but reasons to be optimistic?

Mosley Street deal highlights hunger, says JLL

Paragon snaps up Ward Knowles chunk

Festive treat for Refinery

Agent takes up new space

MAG appoints agency roster

Blankstone Sington moves to the Flags

Corporation Pop keeps it street

Building firm targets Manchester

Mann Island project on track, says Parry

Dylan Harvey Residential enters administration

Sir Alex Ferguson

Crash and Burnley

Business has much to learn from football

Daisy hits the acquisition trail

Two more in at Margolis

Five east Manchester schemes go to HCA

VSS buys Birkenhead’s Desk Centre

Banc Media arrives in Salford

DTZ appointed at Princes Dock

JD Sports buys Canterbury brand

Developer floats new apartment idea

Charitable sports venture appoint Shandwick

Robinson Way set for MBO

HCA seeks partners

Rippleffect goes gaming

IPB heads to the North East

Ear wins two contracts

Bibby Line considers options

Benefits firm carved out of JP Morgan

TBWA Manchester gets saucy

Tucker Building opened by Archbishop

Multibuild hits the G spot

Deal slump in line with expectations

Sport Media sells Flip

Bradley calls on Pittilla

Vacant property rate set to rise

Parkerson takes a step up

Digital campaign to drive Corus

Terrace Hill buys Heaton Retail Park

Talent divisions buyout confirmed at Formation

Hive reaches topping-out landmark

Necessity to drive deal activity

Hasgrove confident of hitting targets

Deal brings colour team back together

North West retail feels the pinch

Grimleys reports on Merseyway revival

Ubiquity makes it ten

Agrilek sold to Spice subsidiary

Business of Media Summit – line-up announced

Buyers ready, sellers not, says CBRE

McLaughlin welcomes Kickstart money

Yorkshire acquisition for GHA Livigunn

Matmi dives in

You’re welcome, says AECOM

New website launches for digital community

A rebrand with verve

RBS funds physio expansion

Agencies get a slice of the pie

GAP keeps it simple

Morson man buys St George’s House

Landmark reached at Blackburn’s Mall

Salford wins media academy status

Fudge heads to the studio

Liverpool Fabrication lands big Rolls-Royce order

Ardeth engineers Gage deal

Keepin’ it Rhyl with DPP Shape

Barclays supports Langdale refurbishment

Sweet deals at Candy Park

Yields settle as foreign buyers circle

Venture Finance backs textile business

GVA to masterplan in Stockport

Jones Bros delivers the goods at Marine Lake

Sutcliffe appoints Patterson

Wirral Command Centre in for planning

Devon sent opportunity for Gladman

Healthy times for Bell Pottinger

Bruntwood goes green on top

Paver Smith goes Dutch

Lovells takes space at Varley

Yorkshire Bank supports Go Goodwins contract

MHA secures £20m funding

2ergo expands into India

Shout it from the green rooftops

Expansion of Chet’s approved

Salford looks to bridge the gap

NWDA names 35 strategic sites

Gordon John swoops for rival curtain firm

Stage9 looks to Lancaster

Blackpool - Vegas of the North after all?

Jobs saved in WH Crossley sale

Enterprise powers up with Bethell acquisition

Buyout nears for Cattles Invoice Finance

Insolvency spike expected

Watson Wyatt seizes the day at Belvedere

Gym’ll fix it for One Park West

Fluid cooks up Heathcotes brochure

Liverpool One makes Stirling shortlist

ANS invests in cloud mailing firm

4,000 sq ft goes at Ship Canal House

Green win for Artemis

CBRE finds space for Liverpool

New cultural ad campaign goes national

Pochin deal fit for an emperor

New marketing units for Co-op

Roberts sets up with EPC specialism

£80m move at Lancaster University

New Mind thinks big

Model support from LDC

Smith & Sons brings Travelodge to Bromborough

Herbert T Forrest secures housing contracts

CPUK builds Southport centre

Sheppard Robson secures planning in Lancaster

Deal squeezes new life into Sunjuice

“Stunning” Tithebarn to launch today

Bizspace seeks North West partners

Uniform reigns in Spain

Holidaybreak supported in rights issue

BRC calls for proactive management

Barclays supports motorbikes

Patrick builds national portfolio

Pilkington sells Swiss operations

£410,000 for Surface placing

Cobre strikes in Garstang

Viking signs up at airport

Bell Pottinger wins LapCabby account

Tushingham Moore swoops for George

The toast of Manchester

New city, new site

Cheshire names its priority sites

Manchester museums launch cultural website

Peel’s Port Salford moves on

Newcomers to the Kenyon Court pit lane

Strong first year for Zeus

Allied Carpets stores saved

McLaughlin welcomes funding boost

Knight Frank stokes investment market

Housing group goes for the treble

Hospitality sector refused credit, says FPB

Financial boost for Connah’s Quay project

Stockport College takes more at Wellington

Loan programme success, says NWDA

CBRE gets the nod in St Helens

Steve Stuart launches turnaround service

DTZ to help Trafford achieve housing goals

European funding for Tate Liverpool

Funding boost for medical start-ups

Liverpool businesses failing with websites

Qire targets debt collection markets

Website start-up creates savings for firemen

Switch Media expands

Two new recruits head for Brabners

Hawley reunited with Corporation Pop

Acies completes work in Tranmere

British Salt in deal with EDF

Application in for Preston's Cottam Hall

Two new recruits head for Brabners

Manchester Cathedral goes commercial

New signings on Bold Street

Aldi to anchor Raven Court

Nuffield Health hits the internet

Bird sees the light

Regeneration milestone for Speke

Affordable housing in Blackpool

Wok Master chooses Quad

First-half growth at Paver Smith

Hotel funding boosts Parklodge

Planning approval for Tithebarn

Austin-Smith:Lord submits green high school plans

Just the job for Sportsdirect

Morgan Ashurst takes off with Airbus

Proventec cleans up with placing

Four Seasons sale delayed

Canterbury Europe in administration

Signs of life in the housing market?

Co-op plans submitted

Fudge takes NVM logo brief

Architect firm recruits

Double letting at St Petersfield

Strong first year for MPA

New Rochdale housing on the horizon

Vergo signs for 12 stores

Hahnemann offices brought to market

£3.7m in rural grants available

Venture moves into fast lane

Grosvenor bullish on One Park West

Lovell to lead green study

BugWorld crawls in for 25 years

Speedy comes in below £100m

Orega deal completed at Piccadilly Place

Tregaskis climbs aboard The Raft

Parklands School marks completion

Redrow warns of lower results

Bilton notches three Warrington deals

Cowgill Holloway sells Elvi

Peel marches on as MediaCity milestone reached

Mason Media motors on with Setanta

Co-op Bank backs Ask MBO

Safety first for TBWA Manchester

Amaze wins Crimestoppers brief

IRC makes its target

Wallasey Golf Club makes £400,000 investment

Hurstwood takes it to the bridge

Pre-pack saves Martin Dawes

Four Seasons up for sale

Liverpool to showcase design talent

City Talk wins gold

Nobles wins in Manchester

Hemisphere says sorry to passengers

Law firm takes EFG loan

Costain wins huge Sellafield contract

Mando completes United Utilities work

Streetwise ASL recognised

Work underway at police HQ

EY pulls Robinson Way sale

HOW goes it in Prestwich

Repossessions could dominate city housing market

Funding boost for screen heritage

Pochin tops out in Chester

Heaps of funding

Nikal seals the deal in Birmingham

Raynes reigns at WiP

Hurst boosts dealmakers

Nicepond launches eco packaging

Ask submits Compstall plans

First slice for innovation hub

Deals market holds steady

Peel Media appoints MediaCity chief executive

Trafford Surveyors wins Blemain work

Beachcroft heads a rush to Spinningfields

Crewe Hall Farm catches RedEye

Northwest Vision and Media appoints new director

Nasitra launches new student service

Technology fund absorbed by UMIP

Advertising sector struggles, says Begbies

Timebank extends offering

Park life for RMS

Skem development site up for sale

North West Construction buys site for HQ

Pets at Home considers float

Bglobal secures £15m finance deal

St Modwen deals start flowing

Champagne at Stella Nova

Ascribe chalks up first private deal

Chemist kicks off New Broughton scheme

Waitrose appoints Bell Pottinger North

Peppermint smells good for Zouk

Stewart launches licence fee broadside

More new names for Liverpool One

Proventec takes £500,000 loan

Rawlinson joins NorthEdge

Seconds out at Lostock Office Park

City sign Endemol

Pre-packs good for jobs market, says R3

Heron phase two to launch next week

Summer Pops makes the switch

Studio North wins two accounts

Manchester’s Royal Buildings sold

Yorkshire Bank launches new finance offer

Next signs up for Warrington shed

Pochin on board as Leverhulme ups its game

Two renew at Stakehill

LSH brings two to Barclay House

Eden Square up and running

Business picks up at Chapel Street

Agents appointed, Minton looks for more

Rochdale Council looking for regeneration contractors

TBWA Manchester sows the seeds

£11bn promise from Lloyds

Intercytex takeover talks stall

Buyouts slump as receivership exits increase

Daisy agrees £200m AIM flotation

£100,000 EFG loan for Aimes

Interview: Graham Hallworth

Better City, Better Life

Editorial: Time to Think Big

Tithebarn launch set for July

RLB makes the government team

Sure thing for ISG

Mobile Inspiration looks to Saturn

Daresbury joint venture moves closer

Rattle wins PR work for new JD site

Losses widen at Vision Media Group

SACO heads to The Hub

Indigo wins on appeal

ic2 officially open for business

Take That bring in £10m

Concept heads to the farm

Another new venture initiative, but who’s going to run it?

Premium Bars enters exclusivity agreement

Funding gives clarity for Vision

Midas restructuring complete

BSF closes on phase three

Lenders need to act for the long term, says Hames

Lamont on board for Eternitas fund

Chetham’s School of Music goes Tangerine

NWDA announces new £20m fund

PAG builds Yorkshire portfolio

UCLAN finds a buyer for Harris Institute

Langtree joins forces with One North East

Eshton wins consent for Burnley business park

Nine businesses secure creative funding

Castlefields up and running

Child’s Eye Media scoops RTS award

MAN Diesel starts work on headquarters

Sainsbury’s signs on for Great Homer Street

Liverpool sports club lifts trophy at Old Trafford

Bums on seats the key, says Colliers report

Cheadle's Boundary House for sale

Morgan Ashurst appointed in Wigan

Henty plans acquisition spree

Empire strikes back

CBRE sells Parkway for £4.7m

HCA declares Key Event a success

Two new clients for de Winter

Development zones win support in government

Knight Frank lets Tiger Court

Bell Pottinger in the driving seat

Claremont starts on Royal Liver phase two

Blackburn Innovation Centre fully let

Shiverpool brings Digital Salad into the mix

Northern Quarter office scheme takes shape

Clinton buys 196 Birthdays stores

Colony burns bright for MC2

Stax up in Worsley

Two more Modus businesses enter administration

Peel holds the key in Wolverhampton

Jacksons milks funding

Ill health forces merger

It’s Curtins for Adlington

The fastest premium bond building in the West?

Burne climbs into AEW hotseat

Creative Lynx celebrates revenue growth

New client wins for Ph Creative

Finch flies to Chapel Street

JudgeGill has a ball

Inclusive gets RBS backing

Merseyside ACME heads to The Capital

Intrum gets out of Scotland

Size matters for Weber Shandwick

IRC goes to the market

Fudge wins University of Salford work

EFG still useful, says Barclays

FE Mottram seeks buyer

Grant furthers research at Biofortuna

Merseyside ACME heads to The Capital

Mark Thompson's Blue Sphere up and running

DJ gets sporty with UCLAN

GyroHSR makes four appointments

Residential rents fall at top and bottom

Preston Vision appoints Lewis-Ward

Waters on the hunt in south Manchester

Artemis secures Scientiam account

GMC adds to Spinningfields presence

TEG Group buys Norfolk rival

BSF deal agreed in Crumpsall

Airbus secures £28m investment

Three freehold deals for GVA

Halton Borough Council signs at Turnstone

Maestro House on the market in Widnes

Liverpool makes top European top 25 shopping cities

Claremont to fit out nuclear centre of excellence

Broomhead urges Quinn Glass resolution

Insolvency sales remain high in construction

Digital industry celebrates the 11th Big Chip Awards

Construction firm gets funding boost

Cartwright pleads for planning help

Vergo to chalk up more acquisitions

EFG funding for Cool Van

Nobles takes over medical project

Building skills the key for Wirral

All or nothing for Cuckoo

Buyers coming back into football - Deloitte

Matmi launches charity game

Seven more Modus companies enter administration

Russley Care Homes Group expansion

Multibuild completes refurb for Peel

Barhale to extend Chester’s greenway

Woodwards heads to The Capital

Parkersandford signs up Whelan

Holidaybreak plans rights issue to support acquisitions

Premier Inn complete at Manchester Airport

Boardroom reshuffle for Eatonfield

Mixed reactions to Digital Britain report

Apartment scheme completes at Port Sunlight

Ascent in talks over Media City move

TBWA gets in the saddle

First tenant in at Science Park part two

St Modwen starts Connah's Quay demolition

Littlewoods site schools plan makes progress

Gem of an account for McCann

Blackburn to get £4m car park

Hearsavers acquired by Welsh rival

Retail build gets RBS backing

CL5 secures funding for expansion

Expansion is priority

CL5 to open a Manchester office

Weber Shandwick wins housing brief

Woodward to select Big Chip winner

Paddy Power hits the North

Funding for Blackburn swimming academy

Hill Dickinson’s website gets a Mando makeover

Fudge completes government learning site

Aerotech secures NWDA grant

Oldham housing renewal marches on

Outside completes restaurant site

Aquarius looks for next step

Straight to the MAN for PAG

Konica signs up in Warrington

Harrison Drury expands commercial property team

Flowered up in Widnes

Edward Symmons to sell Bolton apartments

Funding boost for creative and digital sector

New production company launched in Manchester

Carillion gets moving in Stockport

Top honours for culture duo

Chess makes two moves

Support grows for Mersey Gateway

Vaughan back in control of Chester

War Museum picks Topotek

New business space in Upper Parliament Street

Matmi launches new Vimto site

Gardner goes for BIMBO

EV scores seconds on Rosebud

AM acquires Pristine

Assura sells Stobart shares

Tax rate will trigger deals, says Clearwater

Citypress cleans up with account win

Didsbury Point tries again

Silk FM sold to Dee 106.3

Cuckoo launches new site

Massey joins Zeus

Orbit at the double in Stanley Green

DTZ lands Defra contract

ANS ready to take on debt to buy

Professional Liverpool calls for further discussion

Silk FM sold to Dee 106.3

Trouble ahead for Liverpool market?

Working capital funding for Cheshire Digital Services

Two digital briefs for Code

Funding for restaurant operator PBL

Zeus retains TMC account

West is best says King Sturge

Tiger Tim Products secures £8.8m asset finance line

Bankers told to accept losses and move on

New partnership for MC2

RAM takes the rest of TrainTV

RAM takes the rest of Train

MC Ridyard acquires B Rogers Electrical

Racecourse Retail Park changes hands

Deals market to return in 2010, says DTZ

Two in the running for Game of the North

University secures £8m Media City grant

Hangar Seven gets support

University secures £8m Media City grant

Sandersons wins management contract

Housing hopeful, but a long way to go

MBO carves out Mavinwood subsidiaries

Green Thumb signs up in Knowsley

Ice opens London office

CW Advertising to work with children’s charity

Grimleys gets to the Highpoint

£730m waste deal for Cumbria

Skillset to map creative sector

Sport Media implements cost savings programme

Mann Island funding deal agreed

Sellafield land sale process begins

New fund for distressed businesses

Turret puts money where its mouth is

Lloyds' funding spree

Police approve Central Park HQ

Marker Wallace rebrands as Nicepond

SASS launches Brents ad

Posh underwear for Salford

Acquisitions vehicle builds RTS stake

Altrix parent in takeover

Schools for Littlewoods site?

Latics complete first summer signing

Paver Smith secures college work

Co-op looks abroad with new fund

Patton takes Impact global

KPMG takes on third Modus shopping centre

Alternative Manchester festival launched

Five alive for Orbit

Pennine Telecom acquires PAS Partnership

Code heads east

Stripes looks to new deal product

Doors open at One Park West

Park Inn comes out fighting

Ribble Valley moves to Yorkshire

Amion moves to the Flags

JJB completes refinancing

ICE to address US conference

Bailey added to the Big Chip bill

Change we can believe in

Under Siege

Peter Cowgill

Merseyrail awards £4m advertising contract

FWP goes for Cumbria planning

Garden centre sale in Ormskirk

Council building programme to support 8,000 jobs

Funding package for Crystal Fires

Grimleys retained by Crown Paints

Matmi hopes for monster success

Manchester offices cheaper than Euro rivals

“Bad design costs money,” Insider event told

Mediaburst snaps up Promptext

Amaze delivers Toyota brief

Golley Slater wins new account

Freehold sale in Bury

Gap’s got the power

Braemar to float farm fund

Mediaburst snaps up Promptext

NWDA pumps £6.1m into Widnes

Christian Wewer of AEW appointed as Manchester sheriff

Central Park signs up NHS

Ropewalks up with the best, says BDP man

Modus the tip of the iceberg, says KPMG man

£6m sought in Man City deal

More pain before gain in housing, says JLL

Businesses refused traditional lending

Lookers announces new £210m banking facility

Real prospects for Funnel

Tesco gets the nod in Farnworth

Mando wins charity brief

Bruntwood makes a grand entrance

Knight Frank completes Royal Mail deal

Liverpool One set to welcome seven retailers

Atomic gets to the point

Catalyst Healthcare hands over second Manchester hospital

Textiles firm buys Sleepdown site

Shieldtech restored to AIM following cash injection

HL Interactive launches venture with Countrywide

Expansys turns to Peter Jones

Edward Symmons launches insolvency team

Trafford letting to John Crane UK

Emissions-saving grants announced

DTZ shows Olympic spirit in Birchwood deal

Mersey Gateway land assembly progresses

Grant for GreenUrban Technology

Sports Direct sells JJB stake

Speedy goes for rights issue

Acies appointed in Edgbaston

DTZ goes for McDonald

ICE’s got talent

NWDA stumps up for East Manchester site

Bamber Bridge shed comes to market

Consent confirmed for Northern Quarter hotel

Paver Smith growth boosted by client wins

Mason Media doubles team

Utilise Training secures £700,000 Co-op funding

PSP Holdings takes 60 per cent stake in STAN

Corporation Pop gets the gold

A stake in STAN

Taylor sells linen business

Barclays refinances Grove Lodge Care Home

CBRE appointed in Preston

Peel appoints receivers on Manyoo site

Barnfield completes Hilton contract

Mortgage Needs expands

Eatonfield wins consent in Scotland

NWDA loan for Ambleside company

Mere scores with Everton

First Street lands council relocation

Formation confirms buyout talks

Businesses urged to seek international opportunities

Liverpool wins at Construction Awards

Manchester and Cleveleys head CCI winners

Energy policy misguided, says BPF

Funding for Wigan restaurant

MBLA house wins with RIBA

Formation confirms buyout talks

Women’s business centre moves forward

Loan safeguards Qualité future

Red Hot World Buffet takes space in Liverpool One

The Market Creative secures Earex brief

Multibuild lands Birmingham contract

Buyer found for JH Birtwistle

Calls for interest in £2m climate change fund

Music businesses to pitch to top executives

RMS goes back to school

Cuckoo supports legal launch

Knight Frank Manchester on the move

Claremont appointed by BDO

Reasons to be cheerful from GVA man

CPUK defies the doom merchants

Work starts on Reaseheath development

BDP wins two RIBA awards

Modus subsidiaries enter administration

Co-op rolls out plans for new HQ

ASL takes talents to Ripley

Meadow acquires Nene Valley Foods

NWDA loan for Acton Bridge Nursery

UCA acquired by McKinnon & Clarke

Accrol Papers receives £175,000 NWDA funding

Hemisphere designs prisoner of war exhibition

Opal work bears fruit

Repossessions to drive auction rooms

Detailed New Brighton plans go in

Go To Doc goes to Tameside

Cattles tight-lipped over sale

Seddons secures £10m housing work

Chester Textile invests with Lombard funding

P3 keeps the deals coming

Perfect move for Christian

JD goes Continental

Intercytex confirms offers

Clyde Court receives funding from Barclays

Vote now for the region's tastiest website

Arkwright House gets the nod

Photolink secures first international account

Walkers MCR bought out of administration

Helpful Hands acquires Dormus

Momentum picks up for VC super fund

Close Brothers goes for £75m

Working capital slug for HH Valves

Lookers in funding talks

VC investment for TransGlobal

UCLan submits forensic science plans

BDB wins Sterlin account

Shining steel at Belvedere deal

Deals are on the way, says Chesnara

Award win for Lateral Visions

JudgeGill completes store redesign

Futureworks names new director

New tenant at Oldham Central Trading Estate

RPL signs for Bispham shed

Landmedia buys remaining 50% of Avondale

Homebase for Burnley

Museum brief goes to Pentagram

Miller lets to IFE Services at Pavilions

The Scott Partnership secures WordLogic brief

Promotion Space Group wins shopping centre deal

Tithebarn project set for restart

No win-no fee marketing consultancy launches

Expansion grant for Hopscotch

Fight for LRC is over

First Street makes the grade

Dance festival goes Punk

RTS confirms takeover talks

Landmarq keen for more

The Hut looks for equity support

Party outfits supplier takes more space

Growth for Kenyon Fraser

2ergo swoops Down Under

Tangerine targets technology

Lottery win for Paver Smith

Mediaburst unveils new SMS opportunities

NWDA invests in Nelson

Alard’s Leigh scheme in for planning

NWDA grant for aerospace

Healthy acquisitions for Phloubateer

Pelican dishes up tasty advert

RICS reports confidence in housing market

Emission busters get cash

Norfolkline up for sale

Turleys wins Sainsbury’s consents

Property still appeals, says Eddisons

Margolis booms on freehold sales

Development slowdown slows, says Savills report

Redrow restarts with caution

Context to promote property website

Amaze wins Conran brief

New management team at One Central Park

Residential auctions show growing confidence

Royal Liver considers disposal

Consents allow work to start at Central Village

Creative Concern unveils Foundation branding

Hurstwood refinances

Done invests in Spectrum

Warner keeps retailers coming in Bolton and Middleton

Skillset to continue creative work

Stobart goes for Carlisle

Film industry receives funding boost

TVR factory starts to fill

US buyer snaps up Henty Oil

Hall to speak in Salford

TalkTalk takes Tiscali UK for £236m

Key Forensic Services received £65,000 NWDA grant

Fothergill joins GyroHSR

HCA chief - developers urged to bid

Wholesale deal for Mando

Artemis launches PR audit service

Farmgen mulls appeal

Five account wins for CW Advertising

Peppermint refreshes Rajan brand

Marketing award for Liverpool One

Nanoco sees value soar

TBWA Manchester keeps it clean

Time to buy property, says LSH

Stewart consolidates in South Africa

Liverpool PR campaign shortlisted for European award

Sheppard Robson wins architects award

Orbit signs tenants at Granite Building

School of Sound Recording receives funding from Lombard

Regenesis to leave AIM

Capital investment for Mando

Peel bulks up MediaCity team

Vision Media agrees terms of sale

Tangerine turns red

JW Lees buys up ten pubs

SKV to produce Bury film

Jam wins conference account

GVA report highlights future grade A shortfall

EMS wins two-year Infinera work

BDP gets into Egypt

Growing AFL calls in Mazars

Brandspace wins sporting deal

AV Hill Building to open today

New Braemar fund open to investors

FACT prepares for TV roll-out

Deal values hit nine-year low

Roland Dransfield wins four new clients

Seize the grade A day, says DTZ

James Fisher merges RMS and Pumptools

Clear launches McArthurGlen campaign

HL Interactive goes its own way

Mando launches Brookson site

Cattles confirms talks

NWDA grant allows Kapak to grow

Ice skates to client success

Investor networks move in

Paint job for Code

Maghull revisits Hope Street hotel plan

Rents to fall further, says RICS

Aberdeen takes CFE role

Wilson to work with Thomas

PAG signs up US firm in Wilmslow

Evolve takes Ireland stake

Knight Frank lands Hastings instruction

Lewin joins Taylor Young

Finch scores at Old Trafford

ReBlackpool submits promenade plans

SPL to produce PZ Cussons film

Work stops as Felton ceases trading

Ingenious wins education work

Hill Dickinson swoops to boost international capabilities

Chester gets to the point

NCC completes Swiss acquisition

Sinclair welcomes civil service relocation study

Old Trafford gets to The Point

Digital tourism campaign lures Londoners

Styles and Wood refinances

Tesco moves into Cheadle

Search for the heroes

Insider Interview: Rob Cotton

A special plea

Offers continue for LRC

Contracts flow for Liquid

LDC backs nuclear

Sullivan returns to Manchester publisher

New agents on Metropolitan House

Wylfa land sold to power giants

Brabner steps aside

MG looks south for merger

CBRE sells unit at Easter Park for £1.37m

Context wins Qire account

KMP undergoes rebrand

New faces at Corporation Pop

McCann launches Aldi campaign

Mando gets Microsoft accreditation

Harris Partnership gets busy for Aldi

PDS signs up at Haslemere

Life after J4B for Ci Research

Park Inn set for June opening

Short-term loan fund launched

Amaze makes its connections count

Crystal Amber takes JJB stake

Agent appointed at Martland Mill

Yorkshire Bank increases loan book

Nine agencies make COI list

Muse makes a Miele of Cheadle Royal

Priority Sites fires up another deal

MADL becomes MAG

Lancashire County Developments uses Loaf

New routes for Gyro

Exchange Flags takes the prize

Alpha Plus Fostering bought out

Lose the fear, urges Amaze man

Care build starts in Warrington

Provident signs in Bury

Edward Symmons markets Huyton sites

Redtree picks up Odeon

Ultimate buys Intempo

Llama completes Mmwah rebrand

MC2 completes Ellesmere Port rebrand

Muse signs Doncaster development deal

Northwest Vision and Media awards creative contracts

Pochin secures Yell at Crewe

Photolink wins hotel account

Peppermint appointed by M&Co

Miller joins Brand Attention

Insurance firm receives funding boost

Fudge wins websites brief

HT Forrest grows revenue

Changes at Chameleon

Origin rallies to branding win

Beevers and Youngman suspended from WH Ireland

Cologne smells good for Perception

NWDA pumps £3m into Mann Island

Barclays sets out lending plans

J4B goes to IDOX

Social funding boost for Space

BCL Legal acquires The Lexicon

NWDA plots Liverpool-Manchester green growth

Code wins Hed Kandi work

Reading Room secures Groundwork brief

Housing gets a mixed bag from the Budget

Drivers Jonas lands MMU role

Matmi to work on £5m Vimto relaunch

YFM invests in EA Technology Ventures

New launch at Cantina site

Jackson chooses Chapel Street

Hyper Island to deliver digital and creative education

Cuckoo expands its team Cuckoo expands its team

Corporation Pop launches virtual tools

Neptune completes ic2 at science park

Multibuild secures Peel contract

New committee for CIPR

RLAM unleashes Big Foot at Atlantic Park

Paver Smith to promote LFC mobile

Asset funding for ice cream expansion

Curtins provides green advice on Isle of Man

Mobilis bought out

Digital strong for Hasgrove

FWP punts housing plan in Oldham

Amber buys Cains pubs

Scrap investment limits on VCTs says stock exchange

Debt Advisor on the move

EEF moves to Buckshaw

TBWAManchester appoints Lewtas

NWDA acquires Time Square site

Luzio hits the Hut

Hill Dickinson to act on Peacocks store acquisitions

Care scheme for Blackley

Cosatto calls 999

Calls for stamp duty suspension

IPOs remain scarce but is value returning?

The Market Creative launches trends report

Edward Symmons to market Halton Mills

Lowry Outlet signs Sweet Emporium

Ineos to reset banking covenants

Charity adopts Context

Euro Garages continues forecourt spree

CL3 bares all with clients

More museum work for AEW

Pall Mall scheme goes in for planning

Chesnara buys Swedish rival

Care franchise acquired

Patrick Properties acquires Stakehill unit

New Booths store for Grange

New eco advice service for developers

Maceplast buys Swinton shed from Howlynn

RICS reports slight return for housing

Concise funding for relaunch

Planning given for Preston College

St Johns revamp put back until 2012

Clear completes TV ad campaign

Write choice for CXL

Challenges ahead for new Pochin's boss

SEGRO chalks up two Heywood deals

IAS wins engineering account

Wilson Cooke completes Sitel rebrand

Work starts at Rising Bridge

Arley gets cracking in Wigan

Funding aids contract win

AWD sells non-core unit

Ainscough to build in Leyland

Lime to sponsor Everyword Festival

Shaws of Darwen acquired from administrators

Kings Point launched in Oldham

Barrow's Victoria Hall fully let

Second offer in for Local Radio Company

St Modwen celebrates good health in Colne

Paver Smith wins two clients

Office costs to fall in Manchester

Source Hire takes space at Concept Green

Bruntwood’s Dale Street revamp completed

Pochin signs up council in Shropshire

Skylab in online strip

Crowning glory for Hickson

SKV to launch Blackpool campaign

Amaze wins PCT briefs

CL3 takes Lewis’s online

Buyer sought for Whiterigg Alpine

New training scheme launched

Think teams up with girl band

Broca acquisition by 2ergo completes

Urban Splash appoints hotel operator for Morecambe

DLA to aid distressed developers

Danbro acquires Safe Business Solutions

TVP launches innovative construction insurance

NetPlay teams up with Virgin

Chef Kisby acquires Cabbage Hall Inn

Betfred to sponsor snooker

Housing back in 2010, says Atisreal

Thomas Cook secures Gold Medal stake

Pharmacy flurry for Cole

CAL Systems secures EFG loan

Bolton's Grosvenor Casino relaunches

Studio North wins Parasol brief

Ph Creative embarks on expansion plans

Prodo launches text service

Allenbuild scoops considerate constructor award

NW Biogas seeks equity for waste plant

Auk adds to petrol portfolio

New Liverpool contract wins for Lovells

Deutsche Bank on board at Four Seasons

Photolink work wins two awards

New northern MD at Close Invoice Finance

Accountis acquired by InterServe

Nolan Redshaw appoints Brown

2ergo to roll out emergency text service

Chester council takes space at Deeside Industrial Park

Recognition for BFAW

New funding for price comparison site

Funding for Barrow link road

Lovell to go green in Wales

Little Chef owners buy LSB division

Offer made for Renovo

Google accreditation for Amaze

Driven cleans up with Acdoco win

Volex division sale completes

Preston all atwitter for networking site

Nemesis goes into liquidation

HGA secures Zenos work

Queens Park plans approved

Alsop High to be first BSF school

P3 secures three new instructions

Pad Communications secures nightclub contract

NWDA invests £4.9m in Weaver's Triangle

CL5 launches in Liverpool

Aquarius launches new fund

Direct Heating Spares acquired by BSS for £5.7m

Is credit on the way back?

Ex-Ask men team up to buy 53 King Street

Award for LIFT project

Mando flush with toilet work

Seven units let for St Modwen in Wythenshawe

SAA gets Orrell scheme up and running

Regional agencies make COI roster

Paver Smith wins city schools brief

EFG small print remains a barrier

Client wins for Ubiquity

NWVM confirms its new role

RBS backs Razors' move with £100,000

JLL suggests light at the end of the tunnel

Brabners and Bremners to merge

Envirofone goes to battle with Matmi

Vimto to launch new marketing campaign

Russell Homes buys Middlewich site

Stockport's Merseyway to be managed by GVA

Regional director role for MC2's Jones

Family butchers merge on Merseyside

Ashley named as JJB shares hit market

Eatonfield loses cash but wins consent

Sweet treat for Mere

Boom and bust

Sound of progress

Navigating choppy waters

Open your mind

The Phil extends sponsorship deal

Birchwood rolls on

Money for honey

Manchester wants justice, says Sinclair

Government nuclear arm up for sale

Good month for Think

Llama gets to work for law firm

Imagine all the people…

Edwards & Co swoops for Hamer

EFG cash goes to property firm PMC UK

Rexel sell Salford property

Offer in for Silk FM's owner

Northern Trust launches Stoke scheme

FWP gets Leicester scheme through planning

Morson HQ construction up and running in Eccles

RIBA shortlist for Chavasse Park

McFadden moves to Gyro

Cable calls for greater banking supervision

Record number of entries for Big Chip Awards

Confidence growing in property market

The Hub towers over competition

Think about the future, urges p3

New regional manager at Cattles

Morgan Ashurst gets a LIFT

Edwards to focus on Liverpool as Midas agrees bank facilities

Metier offers £10,000 finder’s fee in Skem

Campbell defends business finance schemes

Tobins on the move to St Andrew’s

Weber Shandwick gets Lowry brief

Appointments the word for theEword

New appointment at Venture Structured Finance

Further losses as Intercytex mulls sale or merger

Lowry Outlet Mall marches on as shoppers seek bargains

Bluemantle gets dizzy in Disley

Repossessed homes driving the property market

Web launches for Manchester Science Park

Arup marches forth with sustainability seminars

RMS wins five new clients

Whelan back in the game as JJB soldiers on

Genesis snaps up rival

EFG scheme just a "smokescreen"

Commission takes space at Churchgate

BRC and Brabners plead for flexibility

LOVE launches Afflecks site

MCR completes on Portland Street

Start-up Punk wins three clients

Private equity activity to gather momentum

Join the social club, says Prodo

Tesco shed sold for £11.85m

Knutsford’s Parkgate to be extended

CBRE report looks forward, not back

EFG loan for Print2group

JJB deal edges closer

Family law team demerges from Goodmans

The price is right when selling a business

Co-operative goes Cuckoo for branding

BDO appoints Out There Events

Specific Media opens Manchester office

Accrington park plan launched

Davenham refinances £215m

Nimans swoops for Yorkshire competitor

Compulsory mediation: the answer to dispute resolution?

Turing Building makes RIBA list

“No reasonable offer refused” say Strand House agents

DJ survey highlights reasons to be cheerful

Langtree secures letting at Wellington

Business angels make a connection

Gap Personnel secures finance package with Lloyds

Quoted future for merged P81 Group

Works Business Centre signs TouchStar

Transitional loan for North West Engineering

Edward Symmons looks to sell Hoylake site

Colliers lets Great Jackson Street site for car park

Manufacturing and engineering lead business sales

Get flexible on Quarter Day, says Tenon

Hotel plans on Duke Street

Rochdale mill site cleared

Morgan back at Redrow

TBWA launches coffee campaign

Corporation Pop to develop Second Life course

Lovell appointed on Netherley housing scheme

Profile Communication appointed by Storage King

Code bears all

Last call for Big Chip entries

Hive of activity for Dinosaur

Nice to tweet you

WH Ireland merger talks off

New sales at Stonebridge Park

Rippleffect site sees traffic growth

LOAF rises to baker’s challenge

Poole Dick to lead Chesterfield project

Administrations provide opportunities

Langtree signs another two in Newton

PM supports Mersey Gateway plan

Willan signs YRC at Global House

Brookes Bell rings for Finch

EYE completes airport study

Bolton Council agrees car park deal

Eyes down for Context

Tidy work for Rippleffect

Stage 9 wins first industrial client

IPOs fall but costs mount

Cowburn back in the fold

Studio North wins healthcare brief

Liverpool Hope puts faith in Curtins

BDP named to Keighley team

Carlisle Renaissance team named

Grosvenor event to celebrate Liverpool One office completions

New lease of life for Liverpool insolvency practice

Recovery dependent on state schemes, says Smith

NWDA grant for Laila's Fine Foods

Phototherapeutics acquired by PhotoMedex for $20m

High praise for New Concept Gaming

Unity residential scheme full up, says Rumford

What next for Four Seasons?

Chapelfield launches web PR service

Travelodge expands in Salford Quays and Liverpool

VMG takes out loans as it waits to sell off TrainTV

Liverpool market remains strong despite the gloom

Buy now if you can

Gregg Davison starts at Pinsents

Confusion over Enterprise Finance Guarantee

Cybertill facilitates online launch

Acquisition for Cornthwaite

Double award win for BCP

Code completes Cheshire Oaks site

Property Tectonics lands Glasgow contract

Planning application in for Widnes supermarket

Planning granted for Mere hotel

Zut gets mobile with Mediaburst

Blackpool development deal signed

Phase one of Fort extension completed

Law firms announce merger plans

ISG contracted on two Liverpool visitor attractions

Pelican launches frozen food campaign

JJB deadline extension expected

Netfonics finds Motive

NICE takes further space at City Tower

North West plans £1bn construction hub

MAN Diesel sells Stockport site to CDP

CBRE acts to sell or let The Chapel in Liverpool

RMS slices competition

May start named for Central Village

Photolink completes new Cash Generator site

Opal takes Airtime

Mason Williams looks for maximum impact

Kingmoor submits planning bid

Legion Group sells for £1

Robinson Way could fetch £100m

Work starts at LCCC

Airport City 'could only happen here'

Preston North End nets new loan

St Modwen secures two pre-lets in Wythenshawe

Plan now for distressed deals, says insolvency body

Nikal to progress Altair scheme

Webrevolve secures US work

Brown Shipley taps up entrepreneurs

Contract success at McCafferty

Freer joins marketing agency

Bowden Investments acquires stake in Hedz International

MBO at TerraConsult

Camelot hotel saved by Lakeside Collection

Leadership the key to strength, says Bernstein

Write Angle move for Livesey

LSH to sell Radcliffe church

Toy designer moves to RMS

ITV rules out MediaCity move

Edwards sells Canal Street building

Cash boost for North West cricket

Bell Pottinger finds the golden ratio

Ian Simpson blooms in Knowsley

Right up your tweet

Funding still hard to secure, says CMGUK

Pearson secures Betfred transfer

Deadline extended for Big Chip Awards

Double dose for Lumenata

Zenteum heads to the farm

DTZ identifies port opportunities

Artemis director joins WiN board

Finch to spearhead tourism drive

Insider at MIPIM: Salford round table

DTE recruits to drive deals

Mason wins Mansion account

Public stimulus for Redtree

M&A buzz heralds stronger AIM

Taylor to present Preston vision

Rebrand for Chester's Mall

SGI acquires Blackpool business centre

Safety first for Tangerine

Carlton Press in administrative receivership

Whale of a time

Staff can keep jobs as Kelvin Graphics sold

Aardvark plans concrete growth

Can recovery boom be supported?

Pochins secures Midlands letting

Stapleton’s Tyres commits to Warrington

JJB reports bids

DPP calls for one true voice

Liverpool’s chance to shine

Darbyshire Group acquires TPT Construction

Viscount available in Lancashire

ACME to merge with Liverpool Vision

Clarke backs tax breaks for venture capital

Sport Media allowed more time

Unity architect chosen for Royal Court

New site for Bolton businesses

Liverpool One churn empties old units

Ethos crosses the Pennines

Braemar snaps up Castlefield lease

Pozzoni becomes a star of Brookside

Wates completes Middleton job

Madame Tussauds gets Frank

Infinity mulls Ask stake

Labour of love

Cash is king

New age equity

Venture forth

Space heads to Dubai

Lottery funding for youth centres

Rathbones on acquisition trail

Deverell joins Salmon at MediaCity

Bluemantle lets at Wirral Business Park

Shed KM works on Soapworks

Co-op sells stores to Sainsbury’s

Code completes Vertex relaunch

Urbis encourages staff creativity

Lettings down but not out, says Vision report

Fit-out contract for Sale business

B2B hits the small screen

LSC approves Bolton education projects

Austin goes to school

Account wins for GAP

Optimistic PDS acquires Acorn

Education contracts for Bardsley

Swans invests £2m in fleet

Preferred bidder for Hope Academy

Timpson in hotel funding deal

Big Chip countdown

Nobles in good health

Big Chip launches new blog

Redrow founder seeks board return

Digital double for SKV

Hit the Hut

Design team selected for Irwell City Park

Consultation starts on World Heritage Site framework

Photolink launches free creative service

Knight Frank to market Sarah Point

New lettings at Junction 8

Ask completes First Street

Two lettings at Connect Business Village

Citypress wins construction account

Stewart Milne commits to Wigan

Ascott-Jones arrives at Brabners

Zeus looks for property deals

The Translation People acquires Alden Translations

Ethos wins credit union account

Amaze to continue HCA work

WH Ireland agrees Blue Oar deal

Industrial take-up rises 20 per cent

Russells secures £4m contract

Jonathan Dover joins Hill Dickinson

DTZ to market Derwent Forest site

Llama wins Good Green Tea account

Nanoco reverses into Evolutec

Property Tectonics appointed for Lancaster survey

Sheppard RobsonSheppard Robson completes 3 Hardman Street

Liverpool FC appoints CBRE

TBWAManchester toolkit goes nationwide

WH Ireland sells Lancaster office to Hargreave Hale

Safe deal for Artemis

Construction skills shortage looms

Retail empire expands

GTP Group receives £185,000 NWDA grant

Atisreal man predicts long road back

All full up at Whitehills

ASE deal as Concord flies high

Cobra bites off Manchester broker Thornway

Barrow business park ready for business

Bowdon acquires AMF Engineering

BVCA launches green team

Mando completes Merseytravel site

Visit Manchester appoints Code

Paver Smith launches training academy

Trade Man's World sells first franchise operation

CBRE sees potential for more investment deals

Vernacare lets Bolton shed

Pau Brasil signs on Deansgate

German acquisition by Carr's

Alvaston looks to get off PLUS

Distressed investors set up new fund

MadeWith bags two ahead of launch

Austin-Smith:Lord completes Eccles job

Redrow looks to future as house sales halve

Kelvin Graphics in liquidation

Johnstone’s signs at Widnes Trade Park

Small buyouts increase

Directors buy assets of Greenberg Glass

Agents named at Liverpool's Wellington Building

Hi-Tech Steel secures grant funding

Tepnel offer to take effect on 8 April

Perception wins Calcot Manor account

DWF hits the spot

The Market completes SSL International project

Tero steps up at Stride Treglown

Morrison’s signs up for New Brighton

Future of Daresbury building uncertain

MMU to invest £70m in Hulme

Hotel funding in Lake District

CQ2 overhauls theme park’s website

Land Securities in £755.7m rights issue

Acies completes College of Law contract

Advantage International Corporation in MBO

Education tie-up for Centra

Prospects on the up in Hunts Cross

Chess makes next move

Planning application in for Blackley

Levenshulme scheme in for planning

Pendle Vision boosts online presence

Great Northern plan shelved

Beech appointed joint managing director

Trafford Centre hotel gets green light

Time for action in Cumbria

Newman the new man for Chapel Street

New account for Pittilla

Copperleaf scoops Spinningfields contract

Paver Smith gets social

CBRE counts the market

Tangerine makes Trax

New head for BBC North West

Start-up demand on Mountheath

Warburtons calls 999

Oulet Mall attracts Bella Italia

Scott Wilson takes over at Brunel House

Armstrong Learning acquires Access to Music

Ensor heads marketing at MIDAS

MBO at Projen

Paver Smith wins St Modwen work

Bluemantle lets Metropolitan House

Co-op kicks off £70m ad campaign

Margolis reaches completion

Paver Smith wins St Modwen work

Source IDC drives a deal at Atherleigh

Knowles gets the nod at St Modwen

Further growth ahead for ICE

Improvements at Warrington Bank Quay complete

Funding for veterinary hospital

Ogden appointed CBRE’s northern head

SKV expands its online marketing offer

Concerns for VC industry

Infinity’s property fund up and running

Progress now to make regeneration work, warns Motley

Pochin conducts quarry blast

Places for People in 36,000 sq ft deal

Land purchase starts for Whitehaven sports village

Curtins finds success north of the border

Phoenix Medical Supplies acquires CSfD

Council rubber-stamps Town Hall redevelopment

i3 acquires Fibre Associates

Whitehaven office development moves closer

Funding concerns continue

Spencer lets Skem shed

Is this the new game for private equity?

First loan to Norlec

School contracts for Nobles

Wigan names its Leigh team

Developer close to deals as Widnes landmark reached

Care home expansion

Bangor Uni plans land sale

Addison hit where it hurts

Finch wins Warwick Castle account

DBK launches insolvency service

Banks club together for Innospec

North West banks in business

Edward Mellor acquired from administrators

Survey maps new reality

Medical acquisition for Tenon

Placing to raise £5.7m for MSS

Volex sells wiring harness arm

Miller on the river

LSH deals show shed market’s health

Knight Frank scores a Century

Inclusive snaps up Don Johnston

Funding brings forward MMU expansion

Co-op funds nursery expansion

Money from the land

Property Tectonics lands London contract

Give pre-packs a chance, says Begbies

Halstead takes 286,000 sq ft in Oldham

Two awards for Liverpool One

Harvey unveils office and hotel plans

NWDA grant for Clark Door

Remploy comes to Rochdale

Is funding still available?

Yearsley acquisition spree continues

Pinsents fit-out starts

Regional hotels saved

T Jolly moves into new Millennium

HWP secures two in Prenton

In the garden of Eden

BDP goes for green building world title

Paver Smith picks up Pazang

Grant for innovative clothing research

Paver Smith picks up Pazang

Merger talks fail at Worthington

Creative Industries Development Service to close

Curapel looks for partners

Mersey Gateway funds will be found, says McDermott

2ergo buys Broca for £4.9m

Deals there to be done, says Chowdery

Ratcliffe steps in to buy Loanmakers

New digital head at Photolink

Work to start on Enterprise Academy

Peppermint wins Cole account

McCann cements deal

Bank announces SME funding

KBL completes two deals

Double letting at Spinningfields

Consent given as Cheshire moratorium lifted

When you're smiling

Everyone loves a bargain

Get better, stay healthy, keep smiling

Dare to bear

Public support key to Wirral Waters

MBO for MLR

Construction prepares for contraction

PTM acquired by Garlock

Hilton comes to Stockport

Housing contract for Jackson Lloyd

Speedy builds up at The Parks

Amaze takes new lease in Castlefield

Rammon wins High Court judgment

Scantec recruits Artemis

PAG lets Central Street space to Travel Jigsaw

Liverpool at MIPIM

Funding line for Pendleston College

Medalytix raises £2m

Greeman Insulation expands into Birmingham

Biss Lancaster finds Mecca

Suite deal for Freemont

Pochin completes Robinsons project

Bruntwood signs three at Oxford Street

Mobile launch from Mediaburst

Market pushes out the speculators

Quorum sells in Heywood

Knight Frank appointed in Rochdale

Good news for Grosvenor

Atlantic sure thing for Hi-Tech

Hi-Tech on the move

Ainscough-Johnston looks for nuclear family

Give it the green light, says Tepnel

CMP agrees price on Tudor take-private

Arndale owner Prupim gets flexible

KDC signs in Sharston at record rent

UMIP fund down

Trust adds to Ashton space

AIM will consolidate, says Houghton

PAG goes green in Leigh

Nippon refinances debt slice

Millennium in administration as market tumbles

PCS acquires Mapleford Nursing Home

Manchester appoints GB Building

Planning approved for Wigan college development

Iotech acquired by Swiss group

Imagine FM bought by Damian Walsh

Redundancy for Newman

Factoring solution for Wicked Imports

Bashar Issa’s building ablaze

Neptune to go for planning at New Brighton

Two lettings for Gladman in Wigan

Holiday park deal for Barleymow

Tall Trees Lodge acquired

Deal values hit five-year low

Bolton at Home takes Courtyard space

Daisy acquires customers from 4Com

Booths replaces Waitrose at The Square

Balfours wins gateway contract

Ekosgen appointed by Wigan

Riding joins Northern Trust

Pochin’s plays it safe

Armstrong Watson Computer Solutions in MBO

King joins GVA

CBRE appointed on Rapid site

Hicks looks to Kuwait for LFC exit

Schools to take up the science park slack

Simply Pool acquires Excel Leisure Products

Wildflower centre shortlist announced

New tenant at Trafford Park

Kuits acts for Land Securities in Diageo deal

Lloyd tides Eatonfield over

EV exits H2O

Alliance full up in Wigan

Takeover approach for Tepnel

HWP the flexible friends at the Strand

CFS and Britannia confirm merger

Oddfellows’ fit-out complete

Knight Frank announces ratings wins

Asset-based lending comes out fighting

Langtree signs Lloyds in St Helens

Trefick takes 21 per cent of Lookers

Recycling ripe for consolidation

Investor backs generator company

Service Source sells stake

Buyer sought for Dragons’ investment

MBO gets over the line

JMW continues growth plans

DSW spreads its risk

Northern Trust buys in Cumbria

CBRE appointed at Ship Canal House

Cleardebt confirms acquisition

Heritage event set for FACT

Medlock Valley shortlisted for award

Lomax takes up dual Manchester role

TDG takes Crewe Gate Farm warehouse

ClearDebt in acquisition talks

Accrington approval for Tesco and PAG

P3 joins the Jensen Court team

Easter celebrates good Christmas

Broca in offer talks

Opportunities remain as distressed figures rise

Building 3 completed at Riverside Park

After Adoption relocates to City Gate

Arley introduces mortgage protection

Eight on board for St Modwen in Blackburn

Can the council make Great Northern work?

Weak pound attracts Europeans

BDP appointed to produce Chester masterplan

Walsh joins MEPC board

Extension funds raised for MSIF

Fire centre completes at Lingley Mere

Funding for BAS

Work gets underway on Maryport business centre

Three new tenants at Unicentre

Pozzoni gets planning on Altrincham care scheme

Redrow suffers housing sales slump

Petlife in £500,000 MBO

Ph Creative acquires search company

Velvet on target

Hilton signs at John Lennon Airport

Bishop heralds great year for Manchester market

GVA appointed on Vics sale

University confirms MediaCity move

We shall not be moved, says Smith

Nolan Redshaw at the double

North West firms submit Leicester plans

MBO rescues two Manchester hotels

Pochin lands Stobart contract

Hotel operator signs in Liverpool

Hill Dicks goes to Iceland

ASL completes Runcorn refurb

Three new tenants at Radius

Care home work set to start in Ulverston

Funds cut losses in Spinningfields disposals

Haverigg Tannery site on blocks

Wire Communications sold to Phonebox

Two sign up at Lyntown

Games companies secure funding

Lawrence Hunt expands its Spar franchise

Kenmore completes Knowsley letting

Sulzer Pumps invests in Bootle

GB signs £43m joint venture

Paver Smith makes Manchester move

Arley Homes presses on

Warrington refurb funded by RBS

Kier moves to Estuary

Gravatom acquired by ONET

BIMBO for Flextex

Who controls North West PLC?

Go west

A glass act

Andrew Industries sells another subsidiary

Parasol acquires Quay Accounting

Wilman Interiors agrees takeover of Nono Designs

Planning permission for Kingsway unit

Sefton schools get £8m

North West deal values slump

NetPlay acquires two websites

Stagecoach eyes Preston Bus

Argent offers flexible leases at Lever Street

Barnetts survey looks for the positives

IGC acquires Budd Communications

FWP launches creative land use division

Wilmslow Wine Bar opens with £300,000 funding

Four Seasons rejects merger

Receiverships on the up

Mayfield ends 2008 with £1.9m boost

Bruntwood secures two deals at Exchange

New Greggs factory complete

Gabbie acquires Strategic Retail assets

Mitchells Hotels & Inns acquires York Brewery

Klondyke acquires Brookside Garden Centre

Birkdale blind school scheme wins consent

Brunswick scheme in for planning

Tesco completes store sale and leaseback

Shed KM’s Edge Hill plans go in

Rochdale grant awarded

MBO at CEL

Grant for Barrow start-up SH Lighting

Property industry calls for easier 2009

Modus looks to exit Ciref JV

Timpson buys photo developing shops

BSS signs at the Grange

WH Ireland a white knight for Blue Oar?

Recomac sold to director

Stobart secures permission for Carlisle project

Intercytex acquires Axordia

Nifes acquired by Spice

Morewood wins promotion at Henry Boot

Ineos acquisition blocked

The Duke opens One Park West

The Quarter back on as Vermont re-emerges

Preston Tithebarn secures Cineworld

Expansion funding for Greens

Peel’s racecourse plans refused by Salford

Yorkshire investment in Travel Offers

A Knight’s tale at the Port

Kenmore completes 196 Deansgate

Gold Medal sold to Thomas Cook

Grant for Valueworks

Lloyds backs Swinton with £175m package

P3 orders the works

MADL signs two

Edward Symmons goes to church

Wrather looks to improve Arkwright House

Splash lets 10,000 sq ft in Northern Quarter

Merseytravel close to Mann Island deal

Ascribe leaves AIM in MBO

Opposition to Centros mounts in Lancaster

MBO for life jacket manufacturer

MAG hangs on to Humberside

College campus approved

NWDA pump-primes in Penrith

Watkin Jones on site

Tesco signs up with Downing

Kings of the castle

All Points North holding on

Mycio steps sideways into regeneration

Mercury rising at Trafford Park

Scrap site gains approval

Wirral Business Park TravelodgePlans in for Wirral hotel

New name, new deal for Modus

Ellfin acquires Elmwood Home Care

Le Frog jumps into new ownership

Artisan completes in Rochdale

Colliers reports 2.5 million sq ft on the market

LRW wins for Wigan

ECI raises £430m fund

Innovation the key to Growth Point success

Abu Dhabi hopes for East Manchester

New director at Russell Construction

DIY chain Rightway acquires rival

West Lakes Renaissance looks to North East

North West to benefit from housing fund

Bank funds new £1m Clifford Jones Timber facility

Beswick education academy gets green light

Old Trafford win for CBRE

Work completed on Crewe hotel for Ramada

Sale secured for Palgrave Brown site

Nichols acquires 50 per cent of Dayla

Warrington approves Orford Park masterplan

Claremont stays on track

LSh secures Northern Rail contracts

Felton wins medical contract

Colwell joins Ford Campbell

New signings at Digital World Centre

Car repairer celebrates £2m HQ

Lettings secured at Crewe Hall Farm

Crewe's plans for Lyceum Square

Asten Fold scoops development award

Campbell Woolley is launched

Approval for Baxter park site

ANS seeks acquisitions

Tesco plans refused in Great Harwood

£1.1m for City Park

Second phase of Centurion Way completes

NWDA launches £10m business support fund

Yearsley acquires Innovate depot

BASF swoops on pest business Sorex

Nano ePrint receives UMIP funding

St Modwen exchanges contracts with NHS East Lancashire

Folio Hotels enters administration

Co-op sheds stores

Contractor appointed for Greengate public spaces

Urban Splash lets Matchworks unit

Winckley Square under the microscope

Artisan closes in on BASE

Richard Wynne appointed to ACES

Kinnarps takes unit at Christie Park

We want nuclear

2008 a hell of a year

One hell of a year

University of Salford sells student accommodation

TP launches online business broker service

Hyde Point fills up

Salford signs deals with Malaysian construction board

DJ looks to plug BDO gaps

GT commits to Royal Liver Building

Three bodyshop chains merge

LSH appointed in Wilmslow

Allcare acquires Southport healthcare business for £1.15m

Stobart buys into Thames Gateway with airport acquisition

Fused Group acquires Smart Devices

DTZ cooks up a deal at the Dock

Investors jump on ACAL

Two lettings at the Gerard Centre

Hat-trick for North West in London Awards

Avantage launches Handforth scheme

Glacer space up for grabs

Funding for Flame

Orbit lets Heathrow space

Stockport scheme wins consent

Miller signs in St Helens

Fuel for thought

Festive cheer at Heywood

Squirrel Storage buys warehouse at ISIS

JJB pulls out of four leases

HOW submits four plans in Macclesfield

CBRE completes Axis

Lyngate Care Home acquired for £1.4m

First through the door for Weightmans

Skem shows good prospects

Neptune shows New Brighton hand

Rattigan heads to Rochdale

Way clear for Peel in Barton

Cumbria County Council backs Stobart

Stand strong and support each other, says Adams

Everton go on the attack

Oceans Apart signs for five years

NCC Group makes £10m signing

Acal buys Manchester service company

Edmundson goes Dutch

DTZ goes for Webb

Floating Concepts makes waves

Acorn Financial takes next step on growth path

SAA studies Blackburn

Give us clarity, says DJ seminar

Arthro to leave AIM

Claim filed against Pannone

AFM funding for Wilson Duffy

JD takes JJB stake

Are you claiming enough tax relief?

Empty rates changes not enough, says industry

LSH appointed by Bury Council

Springhill Care Group expands into South West

Funding for technology company

New Year launch for Elan’s schemes

Work starts on Widnes Town Hall revamp

Everton inquiry goes on

Russells gets busy for Aldi

INTO Manchester builds presence

It’s a Breeze for Claremont

Heath expansion kicks off

Lane lands top regeneration job

St Helens unveils new growth strategy

Liverpool will benefit, says BBC boss

Pochin’s to build on Olympic spirit

Atlantic Park launched

Read the small print, urges Bodycote

David McLean Homes in MBO

All change at Tenon

NatWest funds hotel upgrade

David McLean Homes in MBO

Manchester technology business acquired

Gleeson out in more bad news for Oldham

St Modwen brushes off Tesco proposals

Beva sells unit to Rossendale Bus Company

Cains pubs back on the market

Cash boost for Endress

Jobs axed as Palgrave Brown is broken up

Begbies sells debt business

RBS sticks close to its clients

Childcare Options acquired

Nikal submits plans for Birmingham

Back to school for Austin-Smith:Lord

Residential rents fall but demand stays healthy

£1m funding for payment specialist TransGlobal

In House acquires 75 per cent interest in Breatheasy Finance

Swordfish acquired by Monumental Games

Wilson Bowden presses on in Macclesfield

RIBA launches National Wildflower Centre competition

Acies appointed on Royal Liver Building

Kids Allowed receives £7.5m loan

Four sign at Exchange Quay

Meek reports on Blackpool progress

Arley Homes on the attack

Warrington the winner as Royal Mail consolidates

Get to the Point

Backhouse bounces back

Waterman’s studio set for conversion

Hasgrove raises funds in placing

Tesco plans Middlebrook expansion

AIM quietest for four years

Hasgrove raises funds in placing

AIM quietest for four years

West’s Deansgate scheme in for planning

M&A downturn hits Eversheds

Westbrook named Dealmaker of the Year

Insider Dealmakers Awards 2008: Deal of the Year

Westbrook named Dealmaker of the Year

Funding for 3MG in Halton

North West at risk from RBS slash

Planning consent for Property Alliance

Urban Splash finalises job cuts

North West at risk from RBS slash

MSIF managers clinch top deals award

M&A downturn hits Eversheds

Ultimate Finance move for Baty

Ridge at Horton House

PCT takes space in Blackburn

Back to school for Urban Vision

Multibuild contract in Southport

Zeus grabs MJ Quinn

The future lies in technology, says Diggines

Bradford Pharma receives Liverpool Seed Fund investment

Building society sells broking subsidiary

Bradford Pharma receives Liverpool Seed Fund investment

Building society sells broking subsidiary

Knight Frank on board at Boatyard

Zeus grabs MJ Quinn

Urban Vision heads to the Midlands

The future lies in technology, says Diggines

Bibby continues diversification drive

Panel to help small businesses

Housing market confidence remains low

New team at CBRE

Gelert takes on The Bear

Eatonfield sees profits fall

Planning for depository in Blackpool

Venmore takeover deal completes

Evans completes centre in Bolton

BDP heads for Cyprus

Penrith project on hold

Henshaws acquires Macclesfield site

J Freeley completes chimney demolition

Regeneration still needs support, says Parkinson

Arena acquired by international group

Insolvency rise points to property gloom

Co-op backs post office renovation

Wharton Wade acquires John Stephenson and Son

ATG Access acquires US division from Boon Edam

Stake acquired in Think Print

Government must revive property industry, hears Insider forum

St Baldreds Hall sold to developer

Taylor Young appointed in Widnes

Royal London Asset Management launches No 1 Atlantic Park

CBG raises £1.65m

The man with the plan

People would be brave to write off JJB

The audacity of hope

Birchall has the Upperedge

More moves in IRC shares

Massive appetite for acquisitions

Sportech boosts online strength

Braemar looks to the future

In House in the news

PAG sells site to Zuber Issa

Everton’s lips are sealed on Kirkby

Arthro Kinetics mulls delisting or closure

Housing market remains “fragile”

Bank backs Buddha Lounge

Deal values down but family buyouts up

Baxter Healthcare expands in Liverpool

Access road receives £10m funding

Way ahead planned for Cunard Building

Barron joins Colliers

Not the end of the world, says professor

More lettings at Brookfield

MBO for Print Search

Developers complete Flintshire business park

Employee ownership scheme at Home Insulation Services

Money for the region as fund tendering begins

Iliad wins consent in Yorkshire

Funding for fish and chips

Consent for two Citybranch schemes

Whittaker builds UK Coal stake

In House still in the market

Demand down, incentives up, says RICS

Sports health group buys again

Healthcare group expands

Whelan goes back to the high street

Manbat buys in east Manchester

Venmore fights to survive

Lime Street funding pot approved

TEG moves to Buckshaw

Tenant secured at Didsbury Towers

Optare to move to Walker Park

Four Seasons secures breathing space

Morgan Ashurst completes mosque contract

VC fixer joins fund manager

Langtree launches Wellington phase three

Braemar looks to student accommodation

Management buys Kaupthing arm

Ilford in at Midpoint

Byotrol leads war on bugs

British Waterways opens Pier Head

Buyer sought for surfacing expert Recomac

Leese looks to boost regeneration in Wythenshawe

Manchester toasts good health

LSH joins docks rates battle

Edward Symmons swoops for Knight Frank man

An Oscar winner in waiting?

MCR battles to secure future for Greenberg

Delamere Dairy secures £5m

New First Street plans approved

Christmas Decorators secures £50,000 funding

Tenon fund targets distressed investments

No doom and gloom for Liverpool, says Drivers Jonas

McLean partners look to future

Redrow picks up award

Empty rates question raised in Parliament

Opportunity knocks as investment dips again

Housing market close to bottom

David McLean in administration

Norcot flies under new backer

North West shares suffer as markets plunge

Promotions at agencies

Fallow International Freight chooses Trident Business Park

Bluemantle Preston scheme gets planning persmission

Cheshire Oaks building for sale

Tote sale halted, for now

Sandbrook wraps up phase one

Appointments for Altium

Magnus up and running in Spring Gardens

Linley refurb offers new opportunity

SA Webster expands with RBS funding

JD speculation unconfirmed

TJ Morris to expand into Scotland with RBS funding

Council approves Whitworth Street West plans

Langtree secures letting at Connect Business Village

Pochin secures Co-op as anchor tenant

Ramada plans approved

MBO for NDK International

Directors buy back Taecanet

Co-op funds Ask’s Bury scheme

Co-op deal with Somerfield approved

Wigan secures funding for Leigh study

Crowberry receives Rosebud funding

Administrators selling Avalon Packaging

LSH secure lighthouse contract

Beva buys in Blackburn

Cumbria Vision report backs on Stobart

There’s money on the floor

Davenham prepares for losses

JJB sells stake to Ashley

CPM Wolverine takes unit at Chester Gates

Kingsway Partnership submits planning application

Application in for MediaCity bridge

Britannia - Action at the fire station?

Gateway scheme wins RICS award

Waddington named at Prospect

Don’t target the successful, warns industry

Management buys Servisional

Merchant Taylors scheme gets planning

Vision Developments buys again

Phase three complete for Langtree

Price gap remains wide, says YB man

Abandon housing plan, says DTZ’s Thomson

Manchester urged to lead the green way

Linpac signs in Heywood

Halliwells to shuffle the pack

Colliers to act for Paddy Power

Wirral firmly behind Peel plans

Big deals boost the stats

Eco move in Oldham

Clearwater looks to India

Barrow Marina Village moves closer

PDP signs in Accrington

Smith and Sons sign deal with Auction House

Oval builds in the North West

Beva sells two Littleborough units

DevSec joins Alliance

Piccadilly Place wins award

Time to get together, says PE boss

Give us some privacy

42s in the news

Peel back the layers

Loanmakers seeks funding as rights issue fails

Baker Tilly builds recovery team

WEC Group acquires 5750 Components

Multibuild completes Premier Inn contract

Cushmans instructed at Trinity Business Park

Argent and GMPVF confirm joint venture agreement

Landround considers its future as dispute rages

North West deals – down, but not out

Goodman completes deal with manufacturer Prowel

Bibby secures £340m banking facility

Ice Blue gets go ahead for Preston scheme

RedEye receives £185,000 funding from NWDA

CFS considers merger with Britannia

DTZ to market Priory Court

What a Hullabaloo!

Python Properties on target to complete Bank Quay House

Capitol Retail Park scoops retail award

Carpets Direct secures funding from Rosebud Finance

Refurb of Dale Lodge Hotel completed

MBO at Lythgoe

Bluecoat leads the way at architecture awards

Beva sells industrial unit at Knowsley Park Way

Nikal lands Colgate site

Codex buys translation business

Funding line for Axiom

Co-op reveals eco-town plans in Harborough

Muse appoints HOW in Blackpool

New hospital for Cumbria

Dales Group puts three companies into administration

English Partnerships sets deadline for Preston bidder

Official opening at Maple Court

John Derby House refurbished as Atherton House

Whittaker increases his stake in Land Securities

Bilsdale Properties refurbishing The Parks

Clearwater launches Accelerate

Cautious welcome for bailout as rates cut

Planning permission granted for £1m school extension

Pennine Forge receives Rosebud Finance loan

Bodycare investors stay on board for MBO

Four North West buildings receive heritage honour

Landsbanki in receivership

Invista Canmoor Active Industrial Fund buys in Haydock and Warrington

Rossendale Pet Crematorum acquired by CVS

Linden House at Royal Liverpool University Hospital demolished

The Dutch Bakery receives £300,000 funding

Overbury completes ghd project in Leeds

MI Diesel Products in administration

King Sturge secures lettings

Manchester City Council wins construction industry award

Pochin wins Salford project

Proventec acquires CryoJet Industrial Services

CAW acquired by Waste Recycling Group

The Johnston Partnership receives £225,000 European funding

Calderpeel closes Deeside office

A concrete relationship

JMW hires Richard Wolff from Halliwells

Pinsent Masons hires Gregg Davison from Hammonds

Carrier acquired by Kuoni

Cattles seeks a home for invoice finance team

Founder gives Eatonfield a £750,000 lifeline

ScreenReach in talks with potential investors

Video Tec acquires Security Management Plus

NWF sells garden centre division to Northcutt for £14.5m

MBO at Cleanbake

MI Diesel acquired by Euro Car Parts

Cash for communications

Stroud Engineering Supplies receives £200,000 funding from NatWest

BWA Water Additives acquired by United International Bank

The Sparling secures funding package from Barclays

Renold completes acquisition of 75 per cent stake in LG Balakrishnan

Ascribe acquires WCI's healthcare division for £650,000

Precision Products acquired by Bonds

F2 Chemicals acquired by Showa Denko

Whale a Round seeks buyer to avoid administration

Reedley Marina opens following funding package from NatWest

Tampopo secures debt agreement with Co-op for expansion

Dow Schofield Watts launches debt advisory team and private equity fund

Premises Networks acquired by Telent

Swedish government makes move on UK wind energy

MCW Group acquired by Keycom for £2.1m

Demergers boost corporate value

Plcs find cash in non-core sales

Dusanj brothers buy back Cains

Manchester and Abu Dhabi could bid for Gatwick

Volex may sell or float its Singapore-based power products division

Lloyds TSB and HBOS: what now for North West deals?

LSB in sale talks as losses mount

Ariva receives £800,000 investment from UPF and MSIF

Healthcare Enterprise raises £400,000

BTG buys Protherics for £218m

Region braced for further market volatility

“No quick fix” as market uncertainty continues

Funding for franchise

Rapid Realisations reports £3.4m profits

Aberdeen’s Growth team: We’re still open

Will Loanmakers leave AIM?

Begbies Traynor raises £13m via placing

Aberdeen team moves to be Spirit of Leeds

Offer period over for In House

Andrew Industries sells two of its commercial and manufacturing arms

MTP Media completes MBO

Branlow acquired by engineering giant

Starchaser Industries awarded £130,730 grant

Apax Plastic Moulders in administration

Profits up at Tenon with more acquisitions in view

When will the rollercoaster hit the bottom?

Purple Reign

Jet set have wings clipped

Revelation Consultants launches

What future for AIM?

Close Brothers to take regional mid-market by storm

LAG Prichard secures £22.5m for Liverpool's Baltic Triangle

Barburrito secures expansion funding from Rapid Realisations

Stanmore Insurance Brokers acquires Beecroft Insurance Services

Star secures £4.5m from Barclays for new data centre

Roevin Translation Services acquired from Adecco

PwC's David McKeith to retire

Asset-based lending figures rise

Intercytex raises £2.75m through share placing

L’Isolante K-Flex UK acquires BevEx

Spice on acquisition trail following £50m share placing

The Cheshire Building Society to merge with Nationwide

IPS secures £200,000 from KTP grant

LateRooms acquires Hotels-London.co.uk

Bluemantle in £85m refinancing

Clearwater names new non-executive chairman

Saturn Communications Group acquires Cinema Scene UK

Prankster Penk buys Revolution radio

Sceptre Leisure acquired in reverse takeover by Gamingking

Harman Technology lines up acquisition opportunities

Funding slice for Mellors

Elysian Capital to start northern office

Redwood Press secures £700,000 financing package

James Hargreaves in MBO

RSA Insurance in bid speculation

CLM Group receives £600,000 grant from NWDA

FR Monkhouse receives funding package from Bank of Scotland

Warwick International in £129m club-backed MBO

Man City: Arabs move in

HSBC launches asset-based lending team

Manchester directors take shares in The Harris Partnership

Bodycote sells testing business for £417m

Advanced Medical Solutions receives £275,000 grant

Proventec acquires 60 per cent stake in Frank

MBI at Knowles Surfacing

Specialist Lettings Management acquired by Countrywide Residential Lettings

Marketing Management Services International makes bid for Cains

Playmates receives £1.6m funding from The Co-operative Bank

Sella Office Seating acquires West Midlands rival ACF Office Seating

Funding delivers expansion for QTS

There's something about our Marie

All the young dudes

Korova Corporation places two companies into administration

Flagging confidence hits professional services

Neat3D taken over by MWH

Food for thought

Associated Perforators and Weavers receives £800,000 funding boost

JJB shares up as takeover speculation mounts

Cains pub closures begin as ownership story unfolds

Endless agrees to back MBO of Crown Paints

Sliders UK secures £750,000 funding for new factory

Competition Commission recommends BAA sell two London airports

Rik Heap joins Leonard Curtis in Manchester

Braemar Group launches OEIC to invest in European solar energy parks

MBO for Anaco

Advanced Medical Solutions begins trading on PLUS

New technology manager at EV

Managed Support Services sells Swinton property for £1.3m

Interesting Imports secures £150,000 finance package from HSBC

North tops Corpfin deals table

Ascribe mulls take-private MBO

Peel secures £250m refinancing led by Lloyds TSB

HML plant to boost turnover

WH Ireland posts pre-tax loss

Close Brothers appoints Dan Sheahan in Manchester

Man City reported to have borrowed £35m against revenues

Peel acquires holding in Pinewood Shepperton

Deloitte North West reports 11 per cent rise in fee income

Protherics receives takeover approaches

Vision Support Services plans funding round

Secured Mail receives £1.6m investment from Aquarius Equity Partners

NWF Group to sell garden centres division

ANS disposes of non-core business

Co-operative Group set to sell off 107 Somerfield stores

Two North West pubs sold

Administrators receive interest in Cains Brewery Company

BoSIF to sell part of Ainscough stake

Payzone responds to sale speculation

Olympic opportunities - David Conn investigates

CCN acquired by Can Media

Crucial Plan sells Borrowdale Gates Hotel

Infinity Asset Management opens in London

Offering up the Orient

Enter the Dragon

Kings Business Transfer acquired by BBTA

Redwood Distribution acquires Edmund Bell

Porters Horticultural secures £750,000 funding

Ten Alps acquisition of Films of Record

Chess acquires two customer lists

Renshaw in £40m refinancing

Pharmalucia receives £82,000 funding

Ultimate Products acquired Active Asia

Vision Support Services acquired Hilden Group

Oakdate Bakeries completes £6m MBO

Renold acquires 75% in industrial chain business of LG Balakrishnan

Crown Paints in £70m MBO

Care Concepts secures £1.2m funding

Broca acquires Sure on Sight for £350,000

Hilton Ventures raises £1.15m

London Scottish Bank sale of London Scottish Invoice Finance

Dorma acquires Dunelm Group for £5m

New Concept Gaming secures £250,000 funding

Arnold School to merge with United Church Schools Trust

Little Monsters Mayhem secures £90,000 funding

Moneysupermarket.com in takeover approach

Harman Acoustics receives £75,000 funding

Bibby Line acquires MA Olevent

Stagecoach in talks with R Bullock

Vincents acquires Jeff Brailsford Rimmer

Rosebud Finance backs Lancashire Deli

Sports minister calls for Tote sale

Edward Robinson & Co acquires Westmore Brennand

Byotrol director buys further stake

Co-op acquires Somerfield for £1.565bn

Vertex acquired utility service business from Alliance Data Systems

Ufundus acquired by BT for £20m

AWB Plastics acquired by Silvergate Plastics

How power works

Power to the people

Financiers prepare for distressed future

Steve Jackson increases his stake in local business Recycling.co.uk

Outgoing invests in Student Seed

DLA Piper appoints new corporate head

Shearings acquires three hotels

Peninsula Business Services secures £30m funding package

20:20 Mobile completes £107m restructuring

Fusion Capital launched £2.5m Kenyan investment fund

The Priory and Four Seasons in merger talks

Indmar Sheet Metal acquired by Kanban for £250,000

Shanks Waste Management sells commercial waste business to Veolia

Ten Alps acquires Twenty First Century Media for up to £750,000

Harry Irving and Company acquired by Petlife Ventures

Nationwide Franking Sense secures £1m funding

Simon Raine joins Bank of Scotland in north

Asset-based lending sees popularity rise

Rosebud Finance invests in three businesses

Nemesis Networks receives £290,000 funding

Albion Distillation Services acquired by Veolia

Forshaws Solicitors and Davies Ridgway Solicitors merge

Storage King franchise secures funding

A hash of it...

Can you afford to wait?

To boldly go...

Get out of town

Sweet truck haul

Wired for sound

Twelve months is a long time in business...

Going out in a blaze of glory

Up and atom

Driven to work

He's having a laugh

Is it still cool?

Vegetarians at the gate?

Where dreams come true

Pie or Pancetta

This is the modern world

Not just another "ology'

Are you ready?

The unlikely eco warrior

Radio award causes rumpus

The tide is turning

Can't stop the music

New kids in the bloc

A risk worth taking

Business warms to academic assistance

The executive's chef

Has the IVA had its day?

Rich 100

Pole Position

Working Lunch

The changing face of crime

Swimming with sharks

Time Computers to invest and expand...in Dubai

Editorial

Eager Beevers

Littlewoods: Barclays are in for the long term

Growth 100

Manchester United

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Cover Story - Don't forget your toothbrush

Working Lunch

Advice

Commercial Property: The price of being busy.

Cover Story: Does education pay?

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Safe as houses

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Rail Rage

Buyout Boomtime

Brands

WORKING LUNCH: LYNNE D'ARCY

NORTH WEST TOP 500 COMPANIES

CHRISTMAS QUIZ: THE ANSWERS

And a merry Christmas to you too

WORKING LUNCH: MARK GARNER

CUMBRIA REVIEW: A DESIGN FOR LIFE

CHRISTMAS QUIZ

DEALMAKERS: DEAL OF THE YEAR

WORKING LUNCH: TOM CANNON

MERSEY REVIEW: LIVERPOOL TRAM ROW

NORTH WEST RICH 100

WORKING LUNCH: JIM ROWLEY

CITY OF MANCHESTER SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP

WORKING LUNCH: DAVID AUCKLAND

TECHNOLOGY BEATING THE VILLIANS

GOING FOR THE JACKPOT

WORKING LUNCH: MICHAEL TODD

INSIDER PROPERTY AWARDS EXCELLENCE IN PROPERTY

MOOVERS & SHAKERS

THE GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

WORKING LUNCH: EDDIE BERG

THE NORTH WEST FASTEST 50 GROWING UP FAST

99 QUESTIONS FOR THE FOOTBALLBUSINESS

TECHNOLOGY MIND YOUR MANNERS

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TECHNOLOGY IT STARTED WITH A BRICK

LET'S GET MOVING

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WORKING LUNCH: JOHN PRESCOTT

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OFFICE OF THE FUTURE

WORKING LUNCH: URBAN SPLASH IN GRAZ

NORTH WEST TOP 500 COMPANIES

INSIDER PEOPLE HEALTHY AND WEALTHY

Cover Story: The War over Wind

WORKING LUNCH: PATRICK CRYNE

Advice: Accountancy Review

Cover Story: North West Rich 100

Working Lunch: Dave Atherton

Insider People: Smells like team spirit

Cover Story: Liverpool City of Culture

Working Lunch: Mr Internet

The Mix: Rewarding Regeneration

Cover Story: The North West Power 100

Commercial Property: Rewarding Regeneration

Working Lunch: Fran & Steve Smith

Cover Story: The Innovations Catalogue

Commercial Property: Ground Breakers

The Innovations Catalogue

Commercial Property: Corporate Hospitality

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Cover Story: Something we're good at...we'll drink to that

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Cover Story: Busted! Companies Face More Migrant Swoops

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Obituary: John Flint

Cover Story: Whatever happened to Granda TV?

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Cover Story: The trouble with MyTravel

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North West Top 500 Companies

ASIAN BUSINESS REVIEW

COVER STORY: RICHMAN, POORMAN

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Little City Blues

Alta Gas and the great fresh air fraud

Cover Story - The North West Power 100

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Who is Paul Raymond Versace? Man of mystery

Cover Story - Destiny calling

Wintry spells some sunshine

Which way forward for Hurstwood?

On your Marks for a merger

Back to the future

Shifting sands

Drowning in debt - but someone's winning

Holding her own

Tanks on your lawn...

It's good to talk

How Beatrix Potter opens doors in Japan

The privatisation of Manchester Airport - deal of 2006?

Agent for Change

Brands on the Run

Would you like this dance?

Where's the money gone

Murphy's law

End of year review

Are you being served?

Barrow's got some front

His royal blue Wyness

The money shot

Spin the wheel

Learning from the global village

Stand by your brand

A break in the clouds

All or Nothing - Blackpool's big gamble

Crisis in the countryside

Leaving on a jet plane

The wars of the Roses towns

The Tory charm offensive

The greenwash code

Is the debt door open?

Peak performer

We're not playing games

And who are Pierse?

Be amazed, be afraid

Catch me if you can

For art's sake

Introducing Plan B

Pubtalk

Fly the flag

Air power

When pleasure meets business

Under the hammer the truth about private equity auctions

Walk the Line

Big Brother is Watching You

North West Power 100

"I play to win" Rugby, business and the life of Brian

Off the rails

Modus makes the money go round

An innocent man

Cruising for a bruising

Best defence

The King of Cakes

Thoroughly modern masons?

Idols for a new generation

It takes two

Wembley winner for Betfred

Selling a business

Manchester goes to New York

THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS

The retail revolution

The nuclear option

People in glass houses

Branding brainstorms

We don't want to be Tesco

Wealth creation

Why blogging is great

International bright young thing

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More money, much sense

"Sell the airport to pay for transport,' says Peel

Empire builders

Money makes the world go round

MCR appointed as administrators at Ethel Austin

Guardian gets £7m in cash, but what about Channel M?

Daring to dream

Private investors back buyout at Trumeter

Fishawack makes US move

Sceptre moves south

ClearDebt considers £3m placement

Waterloo benefits from £90,000

Deals start to flow for Splash

OFT clears Home Delivery Network deal

Blackrod House set for £300,000 expansion

Promethean to press ahead with £500m IPO plan

Harrington Brooks looks to grow

Opal paid £4.7m for UK Telco

Palm deal saves Cheshire Recycling

Bidders failed to meet Hargreaves’ valuation

SSL increases BLBV holding

RTS acquires Hatch Science

Matalan taken off the market

Green grant for Gateway

CNP to grow with GBI investment

Duke Street acquires Payzone holding

Lynton invests in lasers

Refinancing deal at Halliwells

Takeover talks continue at Assura

Deal value drops to 1994 levels

Printer secures EFG funding

GMG sells regional titles to Trinity Mirror

Number five for Daisy

£60m funding line for LJMU

Air Energi acquires in Papua New Guinea

Chess dials up another deal

Co-op Bank lands the big fish

Flowcrete buys in Ireland

Fletchers agrees funding line with RBS

Klarius to chalk another deal

Barclays beefs up North West property team

Peel sells Scout Moor share

Balfour Beatty swoops in Stockport

NetServices receives takeover interest

Morson acquires power business

CableSense secures more cash

Market moves

Asset finance to drive Go Instruct growth

PNE takes new loan

Shop Direct extends European reach

Networking groups come together

Liverpool investment – room for improvement

ASL wins consent in Dublin

Boddies site up and running

Universal approval in Ardwick

NYK deal a boost to Liverpool shipping

CBRE predicts healthier if smaller take-up

LPC back onsite at Hulton Square

Northern Trust pays £60m dividend despite profit fall

Conduco moves to MSP

Locals split over Old Trafford plans

DPP Shape delivers West Gorton plan

Festival site restoration starts today

Green light for One St Peter’s Square

Heaton Park scheme approved

MEN Arena – DevSecs the favourite?

ERNIE job complete, Second Chance moves

Seven up for SEGRO

Runcorn housing nears 600 mark

Edward Symmons chills out in Skem

Burnley dare to dream with expansion plan

Private buyers to fore in North West, says LSH

Mobberley golf scheme approved

Morgan Ashurst wins more education work

Smith & Sons names auction date

Bate in for Hough at New East Manchester

LGC Standards takes space at The Green

Losses widen at St Modwen

Public sector largest lettings in 2009, says DTZ

New Brighton gets funding boost

Y1 secures skyscraper funding

New Look upsizes in Bootle

Opus sells in St Helens

CBRE predicts investment market upturn

Claremont completes AMS contract

A Lidl more action for Russells

P3 on the hunt at the Observatory

Savills on board at Exchange Quay

CPUK to build Preston scheme

Magnus signs ReThink

Knight Frank appointed at the Triangle

Accrington housing deal agreed

Liverpool goes big at MIPIM

Council sets out its stall on housing

Daisy ticks off number six with BNS deal

Deckers refinances for expansion

RBS puts finance lines into Authentic Food Company

Daisy ticks off number six with BNS deal

OFT to examine Trinity Mirror deal

Brabners advises on multimillion-pound deal

Issa Quay sold

C&M lands two public-sector projects

Peel harvests a deal in Wallasey

MIDAS moves to the airport

Concorde puts its faith in pod

MCR celebrates value deals

FCH and Sanguine plans approved

Kinsella's Spanish plans at Liverpool One

Vacant space hits Peel’s property division

Bus station decision aids Tithebarn chances

Landmark announces £30m plan

Ability Group plans more Liverpool investments

Three bidders make Daresbury shortlist

Morris Homes eyes upturn in the market

New tenant at Quay West

Carlisle plans expected to get go ahead

Public sector boosts office market

Liverpool FC take Chapel Street space

Mount Pleasant set for £6m revamp

Iris launches sports bra site

Three wins for Paver Smith

Refinery completes DIY rebrand

New client for Mere

Code hooks up with Car People

ICE appoints creative director

Deep Red wins six-figure brief

Four become One

Corporation Pop lands Creamfields gig

Barclays loses out in Latitude pre-pack

Flame burns out

Manchester agency completes ear drop rebrand

Paver Smith turnover up 36 per cent

Rippleffect creates new networking site

Aka wins Tate brief

Jam gets stuck into new clients

Peppermint launches new school site

Cooper's goes through MBO

Weber Shandwick takes two more bites

Creative Concern wins Whitworth work

Cultural website relaunched

Future technologies are already here, says Richard

Co-operative restructures its marketing department

Four more at Mando

Business booms for Mills

Roaring success for Brava Design

Mando wins Tarmac brief

Just the start for Journey9

Encouraging trading for Sport Media

Falling Pixel signs up in Manchester

Scruffs win for Democracy

MediaCity research centre secures funding

Losses expected at Media Square

Perception appointed by Mandarin

Sales spike following site launch

Clock strikes three contracts

Paver Smith wins on the horses

Leader’s course is no accident

Biss Lancaster gets slice of the pie

New board to lead Baltic transformation

Cammell Laird renews Artemis deal

Big Yellow turns to Blueleaf

Down by the river

A little Berghaus in your soul

Townsend signs with Punk

Mills Media lands Kickstart photo deal

Something to KRO about

Hollywood comes to Lancashire

Righttxt opens Liverpool office

Businesses selected for @North scheme

Cumbria to run advertising campaign

Eatonfield takes out short-term loan

Second police base confirmed for Central Park

Opus buys £3m Runcorn site

CBG sells personal lines business

BCW awarded £75,000 grant

DGOS completes fifth acquisition

Royal Liver in new takeover talks

Energize makes Bridgewood investment

Guy Machinery buys Lindley Pate assets

Matalan to look at refinancing plan

Making Space snaps up care home

Four businesses secure efficiency grants

Barclays offers cheaper European loans to colleges

The Hive reaches completion

Lancashire gets to The Point

Two more in at Christie Park

Profits slide at Morbaine

Glad all over about Wrexham

Burnden Group sold in pre-pack deal

Eatonfield on the hunt for equity

Accident management firm supported by RBS

Royal London confirms takeover talks

St Modwen and Jones do deal at Vulcan

No surprises in Tory planning green paper

NWDA commits £3.6m to Quays public realm

Keys handed over on Ask’s Bury scheme

Aintree ad launched

Meridian acquires rival recruiter

Old Trafford hat-trick for Edwards & Co

Edwards & Co lets two in Sale

Brammer aims for £35m rights issue

R&D grant for Reaxa

ClearDebt acquires rival’s assets

Furniture firm in cross-regional deal

Flannels CVA accepted – three stores to close

MBO at Southport printer

Elite Telecom acquired CAN Networks

Indian group buys Multipart

Pentagon secures £2m investment

Perspective buys Charles Reynolds Associates

Deal for dough

Royal Mail takes short-term space at Heywood

Mather & Platt foundry acquired by Westley Group

Johnson sells loss-making Workplace Engineering

Bowmer & Kirkland lands Neptune job

Southport telecoms business buys rival

Smith & Sons on board as Riverside tenants expand

Sakura raises the Flags

Peacocks signs as The Rock rolls on

Nice and EASL does it

UKL&P goes for glory

C&W gets busy

Cushmans closes valuations in Manchester

New Brighton, Wirral

Aquatic superstore saved

Styles & Wood mulls fundraising or sale

Norcros sells interest in H & R Johnson (India) for £3.7m

Expect slow M&A recovery, says McGrath

Leisure M&A deals set to surge

Orchid deal saves Premium jobs

Morris & Spottiswood goes green

Formation continues non-core sell off

Accountancy firms SB&P and BPR merge

Smith & Sons names next auction

Rhyl Tyre & Battery in £320,000 MBO

Hays Travel buys in Bolton

Mather & Co to serve up tennis experience

Ludlow chalks up second deal

Management buys television firm’s assets

Book business gets prepacked

R Bullock & Sons sells 22 buses and routes to Stagecoach

HCA to set a date with Liverpool

2 Hardman Street, Manchester

Ma2 acquires local rival

Tangerine and Juice hook up

Glass sell-off

Management team saves DAMS

Tangerine and Juice hook up

Cheshire West & Chester Council, Chester

KBC backs new team at Disley Tissue

Supreme Imports powers on

Grant supports acquisition for Dresser Mouldings

Morris & Spottiswood wins £6m contract

Home Delivery Network buys DHL parcel division

GM Procure and IMPACT Manchester to merge

Seddons lands BMW job

Alliance & Leicester in takeover approach by Santander

Taxi firm on the move

Forty Spring Gardens, Manchester

Findel kicks Burnley Bridge off with a bang

Dobson & Crowther receives funding from Lombard

Perspective makes it ten in IFA market

Capita Symonds buys Multi-Tech

Beever and Struthers boosts restructuring team

F&C rings up the deals

Sceptre moves south

Smith & Sons announces last 2009 auction

Values down 7.2 per cent, says Cushmans

Manchester & London proposes merger

B&M confirms Liverpool move

Tool firm refinances

MKM Group to delist following sale

Total Trade acquires H&B Heating

Clover to grow with Lifeways

Eatonfield raises £7.4m

Ship Canal House earns its Stripes

Styles & Wood completes Lidl fit-out

Flagship M&S store approved

Tithebarn, Preston

Ask Property Developments, Manchester

Central Park, Manchester

London Road fire station, Manchester

The Capital, Liverpool

Carlisle Airport, Cumbria

Management team step up at debt business

Edge Lane, Liverpool

20 Chapel Street, Liverpool

St John’s Centre, Liverpool

Modus, Manchester

Altair, Manchester

Liverpool FC, Liverpool

Media City, Salford

The Co-operative Group, Manchester

Tithebarn, Preston

Rumford Investments, Liverpool

Hotels in Liverpool

Great Northern, Manchester

BAM Properties

2 Hardman Street, Manchester

JD Sports strengthens Canterbury control

N&J Ventures takes gym space

Edwards & Co completes Eccles deal

Smith & Sons delivers at Post Office

Smith & Sons pleased with auction success

Maven takes CFE investment to Direct Data Services

Perspective goes Platinum

Thomas Cook takes the rest of Gold Medal

Arts & Business calls for entries

G&J Seddon receives education tribute

Stockley’s Sweets gobbled up

Styles & Wood ends takeover talks

Bickershaw funding released

Kuehne & Nagel signs at the Port

Relocation for Reads & Co

James Fisher & Sons secures £25m funding package

New finance company to run venture fund

Wallace Reader & Son in MBO

Seven up for 80 Mosley Street

B&E Boys continues storage conversions

Plastic Buyout

WH Ireland sells Australian stake

Rathbone picks off Lloyds chunk

Russiandoll snaps up Kodak opportunity

C&W on the move again?

Dream a little dream as Mamas & Papas signs up

CorpAcq gets stuck into plant deal

McCabe picks up Modus businesses for £37m

Confidence returning to buyout market

Health centres secure funding

Cumbria lands graduate funding

Further loan for Preston North End

Piccadilly Basin operator bullish on future

Bardsley restarts three schemes

Best Buy in at Aintree

Moore praises Liverpool’s exceptional offer

Plant Impact raises £2.1m through placing

Montague completes Survitec deal

Search for an Ethel Austin buyer goes on

Bruntwood profits up as Oglesby predicts turn

Deals a go-go on Bold Street

New build space offered at St David’s

North West logistics sector rides high

Segro well placed for 2010 upturn

Confidence returning to Manchester deals market

Redrow plans to go under local scrutiny

NorthernNet appoints Weber Shandwick

Splinter to work with ACC Liverpool

Lakestar targets £5m sales

Design Foundry powers Bemoneywise launch

Tangerine wins Sikken account

Two wins for Mere

Studio North wins university work

Deadline extended for Big Chip entries

Stobart heads regional superbrands

Bradshaw to leave Amaze

Deadline extended for Big Chip entries

Endless enters the schoolwear market

Outsourcery buys Reality Telecom business

Survey reveals expectations for private equity

AMS rejects offer and names non-exec

Stobart raises £61m from asset sale

Sunlight shines on DLG

Occupancy costs fall across UK cities

Developers back in the game, says LSH

Sainsbury’s exchanges contracts on Project Jennifer

Resolution passed at The Plaza

Think on the move

Keller signs with Langtree

Smith & Sons reports added appetite

Pelican and Zeus in PR wins

Frank ceases trading

K3 goes into the cloud

NWDA pumps £10m in to kick-start Chapel Street

Cyprotex reveals bid approach

The Brandsco targets new investment

HSE launches site inspection programme

Cobra strikes with two deals

ISG courts approval

Liverpool’s BSF programme approved

Mothercare heads Land Securities deals

Newman joins ICE

Web agency wins Liverpool Innovation Park brief

Assura sells medical services division

Going to the Chapel

Wratten buys printing business

K3 buys Pebblestone Netherlands assets

Diamond wins support for LED expansion

Matalan founder in line for £250m dividend

Peel prepares for ports battle after £612m bid fails

St George's sold for £87m

Ray of Sunlight on Quay Street

Cop shop kicks off

HOW goes it in Leicester

Chartered Institute of Marketing appoints De Maestri

Parker Sandford cleans up

Pinkus punts Rodney Street opportunity

New Mind launches Cardiff site

BAM and Stockport reach for the Sky

Things will improve, says Kenmare

Pochin pumps up the volume

Stockport County sales moves nearer

PR agencies get stuck into new clients

Don’t be afraid to walk away, says Jones

Claremont lands Convergys work

Bite for Bark Street in Bolton

Digital agency milks it with rent-free incentive

Nolan Redshaw lands Leslau instruction

P3 instructed in Eccles

Work starts on Vanguard House

Chilled approach for Ormskirk

Two more deals at Gawsworth Court

HOW lands urban extension job

Leigh to leave Bruntwood

Bidders enter Alder Hey race

Nobles wins two

Top priority in Speke

Swedish company acquires Farfield Group

ALS secures government-backed investment

Buckles buys Wigan financial adviser

Nick Munro secures loan for growth

North West housing schemes receive £10.5m boost

Lancs crosses fingers ahead of Thursday decision

ISG lands three school contracts

Austin Smith Lord completes John Moores job

Polartech bought by US business

Spinning around

Grundy looks to new markets

Funding boost for as demand hits feed supplier

Eatonfield raises £100,000 through share sale

Acorn set to grow

Gardiner moves to JLL

Thumbs Up for Wates

DJ report highlights lack of investment stock

Broughton community hub started

Morgan Ashurst joins Liverpool’s MIPIM push

Edward Symmons markets Stanhope Street property

Cultural leaders make Women to Watch list

Eatonfield secures £900,000 from JV partner

Another award for Liverpool One

Student accommodation a safe haven, says CBRE

Savills reports positive signs

Costain signs at Stanley Green

Hymn from a Sports Village

Dicken heads to Abu Dhabi

Code to lead Manchester Day campaign

Cube3 launches Knightsbridge sites

Tangerine wins Cami account

Brava wins Bland commission

Promethean valued at £400m

Old Trafford plans approved

East Manchester agreement signed

Record entries for Big Chip Awards

Work to start on £9m college scheme

Sainsbury’s Crosby scheme in for planning

DSG breaks onto the scene with two acquisitions

Hemmings loans Preston another £570,000

Lloyd in Portsmouth talks

Vauxhall secures £270m loan

Bolton housing programme kicks off

Cushman & Wakefield sells two for CDP

Midland wins two more gongs for Splash

Redevelopment starts at Mytton Fold

Edward Symmons markets Woolton site

Standard Life snaps up Threesixty

Rochdale manufacturers in £20m deal

Counterline secures manufacturing loan

LDC enters the Matrix

D&S Engineering sold for £11.6m

NCC lines up Meridian

Travelodge wins waterfront hotel approval

Ultimate acquires luggage brand

Taxing issues

Stobart Group sets up renewables venture

Going outward to look inward

Doodson takes stake in US firm

Perspective snaps up second IFA firm

Private client firm joins Brabners

McCann to buy Blue Banana

Preston Subway stores bought

Cyprotex rejects takeover bid

Heaney Watson keeps it in the family

Carbon Digital gets on with the show

Qualoria secures research grant

Port operator agrees to meet Peel consortium

Another loan for Preston

Gabriel Ash sold to Scandinavian business

Ley Rubber secures £100,000 grant

Food maker wins EFG top-up loan

BNP Paribas wins consent for Arla

Peel goes for resi consent in Walkden

Harvey’s scheme up and running in Blackpool

Council opens up United Glass site

Mansion fund makes first acquisition

EY appointed on Parkgold site

Two sign at Buckshaw

Co-op Bank funding gets Indigo up and running

DTZ to lead Knowsley review

EC Harris signs at Piccadilly Place

Start spreading the news…

Review backs Mayfield plans

Essa Academy wins planning

Engineering business bought in secondary buyout

Ceridian buys Lancashire software provider

ENER-G takes two stakes

IPOs, secondary fundraisings and 2010 trends

Pilkington parent agrees £380m refinancing

Birley Fields makes £28.5m step forward

German consultancy lands at Daresbury

Acresfield sold for £18.8m

DevSec slashes losses and looks forward with Axis

CBRE adds Chevron to the M56

Liverpool a wise bet, says King Sturge man

Nuvia doubles Birchwood space

Bernstein heralds transformational east Manchester project

Argent launches new partnership

Travelodge wins waterfront hotel approval

Finsa takes new Birkenhead site

3 Hardman Street sold for £183.5m

Dyson calls for more grade A space

Allied London confirms Spinningfields agreement

Blackpool leisure projects approved

NetPlay TV revises Virgin agreement

Mando wins Microsoft work

BBC commissioning fund for producers

IT Answers launches new division

NorthernNet launches media access bureaus

Smoking Gun for husband and wife team

Unicom moves into mobile market

Mando launches new brand

Two in at Mason Media

James Fisher boosts Norwegian presence

Synova gets teeth into dental buyout

AMEC adds Entec to its acquisition list

Eastern promise

Deal to sell Antler hits the buffers

Rensburg Sheppards valued at £412m

£7.5m Capstone building opens

Shed stabilisation due in 2010, says LSH

Come and join us, says George Davies

Lang reclaims Abito for Infinity

First Hub construction framework announced

Wythenshawe scheme wins consent

Landwood sells 90 for Begbies

Bite sees London as next move

NWDA launches broadband consultation

Switch makes BBC list

2ergo names joint MDs

Opus, St Helens

Richmont Properties and Y1 Developments, Liverpool

Issa Quay, Manchester

Fund managers for venture fund by June

Blackpool leisure goes public – a deal made in Manchester?

Provexis agrees £25m funding line

First VCLF interim investment as plans for long-term fund revealed

Planning in for family housing scheme

Work starts on Salford housing

“A considered recovery” ahead says Barclays man

Approval for CBRE residential site

DJD brings 30,000 sq ft to market

Qire takes space in 20 Chapel Street

The future of regeneration

Matalan completes £525m refinancing

Eatonfield seeks time and investors

WYG goes West in Salford Quays

Austin Smith Lord commended and shortlisted

New website for iconic theatres

Why Blackburn Rovers are for sale for £25m when Manchester United will cost £1bn

Regional Venture Capital Funds - "risky and experimental"

United not for sale, says Gill

Manchester venture capital hunts technology boom

Lancashire dealmakers go back to basics

Greengate funding secured

VCLF completes first loans

Deals volume down but value up, says Experian

Takeover talks end at Assura

Au Naturale negotiations continue following Ethel Austin sale

Your Space enters administration

Uniform rebrands RopeWalks

Balfour Beatty named as fire station builder

Baytouch secures contract wins

New funding for Newtown

Knight Frank in at Salford Quays

Everything’s gone Greengate

"Pleasing" year for Luxfer Group

Lloyd inspects Pompey books

Maple Court chosen by NFU

Symmons seeks offers on resi portfolio

New business wins fuel Paver Smith growth

Beetham Organisation, Liverpool

Allied London, Manchester

Property Alliance Group and Moorfield

Henderson Global Investors, Manchester

Aerium, Manchester

Aviva, Preston

Prudential, Cheadle Hulme

Gresham invests £12.3m in LAS

Raising the game

Antler looks to refinance after ending sale talks

YFM reports success with Sheet Piling

King Sturge says industrial rents to return

Nikal off the mark in Wells and Brum

£9m confirmed for Salford housing

ASL promotes three

i3 Group looks for US expansion

Marlwood disappointed by maiden results

Mooch shows Blyth spirit

A Rock with a Vue

Funding carrot dangled in Deeside

Administrators sell shipping company’s assets

Think tucks into new clients

MEGA win for Scraperwiki

Carr’s to beat full-year expectations

Conveyor belt manufacturer completes MBO

Eatonfield draws down £250,000

Deals market increasingly bullish, says KPMG

SJA set for expansion

Hopes raised for Stockport sale

Moves expected in Anfield boardroom

Starbucks in at Piccadilly Place

DevSec takes stake with Citybranch

CityBlock reveals new scheme

Manchester hotel secures planning

Mobile distributor reports sales rise

Coventry as bold as ICE

Echo Arena flexes its apps

There’s an election on – beware of business gimmicks

Montpelier looks south for expansion

Retail administrations fall as Ethel Austin details emerge

Furnace sells cremation division

Chet’s appoints McAlpine

Handforth joins Styles & Wood

Southport retail revamp announced

Smith & Sons in the house

Envirofone rebrands to attack new territories

Code cracks on with Northern Knowledge

In style Finch wins advertising brief

I’ve come for my award

Moore and Smalley expands Midlands presence

Hillserve sold for £5m

JD Sports reports 61 per cent increase in profits

Jigsaw is the right fit for Chase

Bolton space let to NHS trusts

Splash among the deals as Matchbox let

Manchester take-up on the mend

Standard Life buys in Bury

Travelodge will add £1.5m, says developer

Grosvenor reports deals at One Park West

Christian spirit returns to Big Chip

Do we have a venture capital industry in the North West?

Boyers: Never been a better time to sell to foreign buyer

Pro Manchester to lead new venture capital champions group

Are banks the reluctant private equity?

The Hut Group secures £14m investment

Online push leads to growth finance for Pinewood

Palm Group paid £800,000 for Bridgewater subsidiary

Development lull due to electioneering, says Savills

County Council swings into action on Tithebarn

Hall or nothing for HOW

TSK wins Information Commission work

Edward Symmons offers resi opportunity

Revenues up 13 per cent at NCC

Hasgrove looks to expand European operations

Cruden Group posts small loss

JLA works with Human Recognition Systems

Solid first quarter for Moneysupermarket

Styles & Wood reports profit and looks to future

PZ Cussons expects to meet expectations

Signs of life in deals data

Buyers are back in town

Venture capital and Manchester’s future

What next for Crown Paints?

Santander – the insurgent bank

The great £140m question

Towering ambition

Is private equity getting its mojo back?

Sheds you win

Cheap at half the price

Gateways to heaven?

All in the planning

The bold and beautiful

A good time to buy industrial space?

Are you localist?

New rateable values - are you affected?

Landlord and tenant involvencies

Small deals - getting the market moving

A question of choice

Solving landlord and tenant disputes

The incredible shrinking bank

All quiet on the Preston front

Out-of-town property

Planning policy

Regional exchanges

Opposites attract

Eat, drink and be Bury

Break clauses, rent reduction and subletting - David Baybut, Stephensons Solicitors

Empty Rates legislation - Mike Hymanson, Lewis Hymanson Small

Planning permission & development in 2009 - John Adams, Drivers Jonas

Repair and maintenance obligations - Robert Moss - Beachcroft

The sustainability agenda's impact on developers and occupiers - Mike Cooper, Buro Happold

Activity in the North West industrial market - Mike Walker, Colliers CRE

Take-up in the North West office market - Ken Bishop, DTZ

North West property values in 2009 - Mark Rawstron, GVA Grimley

Co-op considers OFT appeal

In my Mersey paradise

Lucky for some?

Independents day

Liverpool appoint Broughton to oversee sale process

Get a room

You can’t handle the truth!

The right switch for Lamp

Paradise won?

Something old, something new

Date set for Project Jennifer hearing

This town is coming like a ghost town

BuilderScrap named as third MIA winner

Bold in Oldham

Property Alliance signs easyOffice

Aztec in Manchester move

Core, blimey!

Grosvenor hit as property values plunge

The main chance in France

Bird gets to work for Ronnie

The sophistication station

Sit up and take notice of Blackpool

Seconds out

All change under Kerslake

The harder they fall

Reasons to be cheerful

TIF: Hearts and minds

A time to buy?

The Tote - not the time to sell

How likely is a capital gains tax rise?

Venture Fund saga – the latest installment

Pre-pack – a moral question for our times

Who's got the Y Factor?

Seals goes to US buyer for £35m

John West owner to be sold

Daisy eyes more deals

Wilkinson to head up Perspective portfolio

Bibby Offshore secures £34m loan

Journey9 roars off with Jag

LSH appointed on Disley scheme

Pochin’s battles through the tough times

Cussons takes possession at MBP

Sanguine wins consent in Hoylake

Fringe performs well as public sector dominates deals

Long-term view good for city living, says Bevan

Robust performance for Piccolino owner

Mercury sees light after sales fall

Norcros expects to beat market forecasts

Nine businesses make Profit Track list

House of Payne

Klarius plans expansion through the tough times

North West now fourth most competitive region

Sceptre Leisure sells rental business

ClearDebt raises £2.3m to complete asset purchase

Pets deal pushes buyout figures to post-recession high

Iceland gone to Barclays

Premier Inn signs at Liverpool One

Eurocell in at Gateway

Pochin starts on Ellesmere Port social housing

Williams to leave Eatonfield

MIDAS puts its PR dream team together

Strong profit growth for Urenco UK

Football museum to close in Preston

Cost to business mounts as flights stay grounded

Barn to run (and run and run)

Insider election debate: parties clash on RDA future

Provexis shareholder reduces stake

Entrepreneurs take pride in the Lion

Dart at the double

Bardsley scores with Merseyside treble

Stanley House first phase nears completion

Hitchcock Wright offers rent-free Liverpool office

Forshaw invests and looks to future

Ubiquity celebrates client success

Businesses celebrate Queen’s Award success

Davenham to discuss financial situation

BBC preparing to change relationship with North

Twelve add weight to Shanghai campaign

World Cup bid must fund development

Assura performs but restructuring will bring loss

DSW forms due diligence partnership

International investors key as deal flow hots up for Clearwater

AIM on the up, says Cobbetts

Alder Hey list whittled down to two

Peel wins consent to revamp Stockport retail

BDP strengthens Abu Dhabi presence

Cushwake hires as Bray sees positive signs

Northern Trust JV starts in Chorley

St Paul’s reaps Homebuy rewards

CBRE markets Hoylake bar opportunity

Manchester United named most valuable club

Timpson to kick off Vital Topics series

Liverpool unveils pavilion details

Artemis to provide PR support

Hive on the move to MediaCity

Hughes buys into Tangerine dream

Bluerow and MPA join forces

Bmibaby looks to expand Manchester offer

NCC Group moves for £15m SDLC

Four Seasons resumes debt talks

GB Oils offers to sell fuels business

B&M secures new funding line

Royal Liver sacks finance director

Brown Shipley joins Hardman Street gang

Wates lands LJMU contract

ASL looks to add landscape architects

NCC Group moves for £15m SDLC

NetPlay bets on bingo win

Rock and roll for Roland Dransfield

Duo launches telecoms comparison site

Duschenes wins big at Insider awards

Securing private equity or bank backing in a recession

Personal financial planning

Ask the Expert – rescue and recovery

Finding funding from banks, funds and angels

Investing in media companies

Selling non-core divisions

How to take your company private

What corporate finance can do for you

Company Voluntary Arrangements - the process

Distressed businesses

Getting involved with private equity investors

Private equity investments

Floating & raising funds on AIM or Plus

Mergers and Acquisitions

Brokers, buyers and international links

Bank credit

Working with private equity

Accessing finance

Invoice finance techniques

Funding overseas deals & ventures

Succession planning, multiples and asset finance

Sourcing start-up and growth funding

Tax breaks for private equity investors

Getting deals done in 2009

Pre-pack administrations - the processes

Getting deals done in 2009

Sourcing funding in a recession

Acquisitions - pricing & employee rights

Price expectations & family buyouts

Refinancing and banking facilities

Corporate Finance - buyouts & partnerships

Growth funding & going private

Buying & selling in a recession

Shareholder rights in a deals process

Setting up franchises

NVM launches investment firm with former DxS chairman

Turbulent times for Daily Sport owner

Businesses should seize Shanghai opportunities

Grant won to help technology businesses

Key deal for Wesleyan

Redrow expects return to profit

Calderpeel team wins Gloucester PFI

Bardsley spreads its wings

Camelot in at Tiger Court

Grant won to help technology businesses

Small businesses given web push

Region’s richest worth £12.8bn

Provexis signs collaboration agreement

Corporate Finance - buyouts & partnerships

Invoice discounting & factoring

Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme explained

Securing funding in difficult markets

Raising finance: EFG & acquisitions

Legal implications of delisting & floating on Plus

IPOs in 2009 & the costs of delisting

Raising funds for technology businesses

Seeking technology funding

Cutting back on due diligence costs

Buying & selling franchises

Administration & vendor due diligence

Lloyds Banking Group – a jewel in the public crown?

Manchester told to get retro as green investors line up

General Physics buys rival

Castlerock sold to directors for £838,000

Merepark secures funding for Lewis’s scheme

McAlpine awarded £19.7m BMX contract

Pochin lands Harper Adams work

Peel gets to work with Liverpool Waters

Abitibi moves to Pioneer House

Strong trading for Promethean

Carbon Digital in Warrington move

N Brown targets US after posting record results

Business distress eases but Begbies warns of fragility

In good shape

Mental health group secures £300,000

Engenda continues acquisition hunt

Dachser expands regional presence

Four Seasons continues debt talks

Covenant Healthcare looks to dispose assets

Warrington’s reasons to be cheerful

Morris wins HBF plaudits

Bodycote to meet expectations

Steinberg steps in at Vision

BlueCoffee reports good first year

DLiB looks to be North West’s number one

Australian group swoops in Northwich

Forth rejects third takeover bid

Safety training group is sold

FCH’s latest Liverpool hotel wins approval

Manchester seizes JESSICA initiative

Rock 73 per cent of way to target

SEGRO lands two more at Trafford Park

BAM Construction hits sales of £141m

Duke Street scheme approved

Think to launch Faces in London

Imerja lands Business Link work

TDG owner hails progress despite sales fall

Enterprise wins £56m social housing deal

Timpson kicks off Vital Topics

Furniture maker faced £1m losses

Revenues up at McBride

Asset-based lending

Eastern promise: October 2008

Relaxed, but hungry

The votes are in

A cheerful mood in tough times

A man with two cows

Care in the community

The AIM slowdown

A virtual halt

MTI invests in PowerOasis

GT advises on Fircroft refinancing

To the Manor born for Medline

RIBA president praises city’s architecture

Footfall up as Liverpool One wins again

Brendan Flood and Mosaic

Technology spin-outs: 2 March 2009

Business Finance Conference 09

Eternitas – a fund for the times

CorpAcq: 23 February 2009

A date for your diary

Unsung heroes: 16 February 2009

Urgent need for new model VC

The North West's slumdog millionaires: 9 February 2009

Are you local?

Lessons from Lancashire: 2 February 2009

A glimpse of the future

Fame and fortune down Oxford Road

Imaginative restructuring: 26 January 2009

Whelan back in the driving seat

The public good: 19 January 2009

Why Kenneth Clarke is backing venture capital

Technology: 12 January 2009

Are banks the reluctant private equity? 5 January 2009

A healthy deal: 22 December 2008

The Football money-go-round

Why sell a business now?

Insider Dealmakers Awards 2009

Green shoots for Daisy

The long march

Regional venture fund – it’s a start

The Fisher Kings

A turnaround culture

Technology outlook may be brighter

Venture Capital and Loan Fund

Lancaster 2.0

Turnaround funds

The countdown to the North West Dealmakers Awards

Liberal Democrat tax policy is "dotty"

NetServices set to be sold as it seeks a new direction

Frazer launches corporate finance boutique

Begbies Traynor extends banking facilities

Property fund announces first close

Refinancing boom gives DLA healthy quarter

Moulding the new kid on the Block

Retail dominates investment market surge

Colliers acts for JV in Chorley deal

Web agency secures LIP blueprint

Original Factory Shop eyes expansion

Expo underway but attendance fails to meet expectations

Businesses upbeat but tax burden remains a concern

Ashley House to acquire SPS

Simon Woolley to set up specialist law firm

Flying without wings

Rowlands merges with Field Cunningham

Greece bailout needed to save exports, says Boyle

OFT clears GMG Regional Media sale

Rathbones grows funds under management to £14bn

Marco Pierre White to open in Liverpool

Date set for Avenue opening

Memorial service for Robert Shaw

St Paul’s Square celebrates sales success

Qualoria heads to US for official launch

Robinson named the new chief executive of MIDAS

DTE sells division to Chorlton Cloughley

Eatonfield to run out of cash in July

B3 eyes international expansion

Whittaker declares “a major problem” with Sharp

Morgan Sindall positive on year ahead

Five sign as The Rock gets ready

Two in at Richmond House

Five websites up for tasty prize

William Hill bets on Altrincham agency

Seven up at IAS

PR agency celebrates first year

Still not made your mind up?

Deva Stadium given to fans

Specialist technical division boosts James Fisher

Robinson to head MIDAS

Insolvencies, turnarounds and CVAs

Business leaders react to hung parliament

Decisive action needed, says Graham

Glazers reject bid for United

API expects "positive" year

Barclays confirms investment halt

Colliers lands Punch instructions

Hobs expands in Bristol

Cable Street buyer sought

Ten Alps buys farming publisher

United Utilities to sell Australian subsidiary

Bibby Distribution boosts its fleet

Eatonfield draws down another £150,000

Administrators look for Vergo buyers

Deloitte appointed on Albany scheme

JD signs at Kingsway

Travelodge approved for Boddies site

Quality on the up as Spinningfields wins again

Two more in at Lumina

North West outperforms other UK regions

Six-strong move for Bowdon

Football finance - end-of-season round-up

BIMBO works for J Mills (Contractors)

Car dealer Lookers reveals record start to the year

RD saved and sold in pre-pack

Golf sale fetched £26,800

HSBC weighs in with New Brighton funding

Resi ready to go, says RICS

CB Richard Ellis to dispose of Wigan sites

MAGD ready to rock

Wates at the double in Liverpool

Here be dragons as Pochin wins in Wales

Bakery chain enters administration

Jobs at risk as RBS to cut 2,000 from insurance division

MOSI on down

Stobart strong in a "difficult" year

Cautious welcome for Cameron

Manchester can work with new government - McKenna

MCR set to close nine Vergo Retail stores

MEN Arena sold for £62.2m

Peel starts to forge China links

Flooring firm secures working capital support

Barker joins Mason Owen

Capital move for café

Chief executive leaves Nimans

A whole new world for CW

Celebrity clients join the Masons

Website to showcase Baltic Triangle

Torotrak seals Danish deal

BiOxyDyn secures UMIP investment

What next on capital gains tax?

Holidaybreak narrows losses and expects to hit targets

Cash-strapped Eatonfield calls general meeting

Sportech makes confident start

Recruitment upturn boosts ReThink

Chinese agency in talks for Runcorn bridge

Bardsley stays strong ahead of restructuring

AGMA rubber stamps JESSICA bid

Cult in at The Rock

Three more in at Russells’ Wigan scheme

Going to the Chapel

City Link on the move in Warrington

Forshaw growth continues

BiOxyDyn secures UMIP investment

Control Key takes flight with Concorde

Whelan’s dream for Wigan comes to fruition

BAE wins £150m Typhoon contract

Volcano ash fails to dent Travel Counsellors sales

Braemar buys Beetham Tower freehold

Last chance to enter innovation awards

UK Coal takes £10m Peel loan

Preston nets new loan from Hemmings

Tesco-led scheme makes progress in Leigh

Five alive for Countryside

Sales up 54 per cent at Active Profile

The Hub leaves Preston

Peppermint and Jam on the menu

BDP lands Town Hall contract

RBS in talks to buy Manchester bank

Peel subsidiary looks to raise £50m after rescheduling debts

Preston “disappointed” by winding up order

Profits up at Endress & Hauser

Agents predict harder terms for occupiers

Bolton sets its stall out

Orbit relaunches a King Street floor

Winwick Quay’s famous five

WYG gets busy for Peel

Pennine dials up £1m deal

Carter makes case for credit at Future Everything

Expansys appoints new chief operating officer

Chess notches another deal

Venture funds to target key green, creative and bio sectors

Vodafone sells Warrington call centre

XCAP Securities launches in Cheshire

Profits swell at Durex-owner SSL

Account wins boost Brammer

Liverpool property - glad to be rid of HIPs

National debt should be main priority

Royal Liver takeover nears

Estee Lauder buys Bumble and Bumble rights

Tithebarn inquiry starts today

KPMG greenlights Rossendale project

Knight Frank appointed by Bizspace

Pets win prizes as SAA wins consent

GVA appointed for Mersey city region plan

ASL’s Mold court redesign unveiled

Chess notches another deal

Vodafone sells Warrington call centre

Banks for the memories

£95m US swoop for TravelJigsaw

Antler deal is on again for LDC

Speedy cuts losses but warns of difficult times

Enterprise clocks over £1bn, again

Profits up 147 per cent at Liverpool-bound B&M Retail

Ninety-seven redundancies at collapsed haulage company

EFG loan to support Zentek contract

Four businesses secure proof of market grants

Landmark expands ground rent portfolio

Bouwfonds buys Central Village car park

Liverpool FC take more Chapel space

EFG loan to support Zentek contract

Liverpool Sound City gets underway

LDC confirms Antler deal

Brabners in joint venture with The Steve Stuart Partnership

Business leaders come out in support of NWDA

Renovo remains on track with Juvista trials

Liverpool takes three of five RIBA awards

Union threatens Glen Dimplex with legal action

NWDA grants £2m to go green

Sambro takes old Birthdays shed

Contracts signed for Blackpool’s final touches

Nolan Redshaw on board as Rock gears up

Slavery Museum expansion approved

LandSecs scales down St John’s ambitions

NetPlay to meet expectations

Dawson does the double

ASL presents remoulded court

Sustainable development and the future of construction

Ninety per cent in favour of NWDA

Cable confirms the NWDA will not be axed

United Utilities delivers “sound” results

Rensburg Sheppards grows funds but profits dip

Ford and Gurney to leave WH Ireland

Insider Property Awards – shortlists announced

NWDA approves Jodrell Bank funding

Pochin hands over to WAG

Peel offers Princes Dock space to market

Design Foundry wins three

Exports essential - BDO report

Arvia raises £250K from MTI fund

Biofortuna raises £1.1m for product pipeline

Blackpool braced for economic boost

Osborne outlines spending cuts

Morson meets expectations in challenging market

Buyouts hit high, but deal flow remains light

£3.5m investment secured by ACAL

Costain secures Lancashire contract

Colliers rebrands and appoints four directors

Flowers Direct is sold

What future for LDC and Barclays Private Equity?

Goodey calls for VAT cut to help sustainability agenda

Questions over LDC-Antler deal

OFS 'up for sale' after Spindler denies plans for exit

Lloyds backs Promethean growth

Akcros refinances Icelandic debt

Pannone heavyweight to join JMW

Holiday Inn deal signed in Manchester

New Fylde body sets out priorities

McGee appointed at Central Village

Vision on the up

Sharp signs up the first eleven

Mills Media pulls off congress contract

Daisy signs with Kcom

Bglobal buys Utiligroup in £12.8m deal

Rock and roll star

Aquarius reaches final close on new fund

Moores “hugely regrets” selling Liverpool

Chamber launches stations plea

Business groups welcome Queen’s Speech

Unicom announces sales rise

Galliford Try wins Orford contract

HCA cuts its cloth ahead of Emergency Budget

Unicom announces sales rise

Acquisitions boost K3

MediaCity needs to create regional excellence, says Bennett

RBS brings investment banking to Manchester

JJB narrows losses but recovery won’t be easy

Closing down sale starts as Lewis's shuts for good

MIDAS reports record year

Carbon Ceramics secures R&D grant

Surgicare acquires Plastic Surgery Partners

Eatonfield draws down more cash

Galliford Try wins mosque contract

Council seeks Collyhurst assurances

St Modwen markets Akcros plot

Austin Smith Lord storms on

Allenbuild reports £75m order boom

2ergo posts loss as it changes direction

MediaCity needs to create regional excellence, says Bennett

City expects boost from best-in-class boxes

PZ Cussons to sponsor Manchester Festival in 2011

Restaurant legends in software deal

Peel consortium drops £640m takeover bid

James Fisher sells tanker in $10.9m deal

NWDA serves up two more R&D grants

Two deals for body armour specialist

Production starts at Liverpool palm oil plant

Salford launches Energy House

WNS signs at Hercules

GMP headquarters tops out

Colliers to sell £2.5m warehouse

Lime set to enter US market

New faces at Cubic Motion

3i sees opportunities in regions

Peel signs with Covanta

Stobart secures £100m ten-year loan

Williams returns to profit

Provexis signs commercial agreement as losses narrow

Rafferty remains confident despite profit fall

Norcros to sell Australian stake

Shake-up at The Raft

Lavin takes Terrace Hill hotseat

JLL sells Cabot holding

GB lands Whalley Range contract

Sports specialist FWP lands Swindon job

Smith & Sons celebrates Riverside success

City Gate space up for grabs

Shake-up at The Raft

Countdown to Big Chip – get your tickets

Think adds four clients

Mall Tales

TEG Group to buy Midlands rival

The regime of support will change, says Broomhead

Hemmings makes move for PNE

Good first-half for AMS

WICED project wins funding

IS Pharma hails “exceptional” year

Peel buys Bridgewater paper site

CBRE client picks up Somerfield stores

GB lands another Manchester contract

Langtree fills Chalon Way

Orega looks for more North West space

Brava adds three

Fisherman’s Friend nets higher sales

Losses widen at NetPlay TV

Renshaws drives sales at The Real Good Food Company

Business leaders welcome red tape proposals

Tough first-half hits API Group

Orwelco deal saves 35 jobs

Rayware snaps up Typhoon assets

Alliance sells Chorley retail

Council asked to rubber-stamp Co-op deal

Ice Plant reaches milestone

Tesco set for Toxteth

Baltic Triangle resi scheme proposed

999 the best of nine for BBC

Daisy agrees £75m banking deal

Communicate Better broadens its offer

Grounds for concern

Trevor Hemmings - the only option for PNE?

King cleared of insider dealing

Eatonfield draws down more cash

Buckshaw Link takes off

Derwent Forest developers named

LGF moves to Richmond Street

Juice and Tangerine show No Fear

Gazprom takes full ownership of TruRead

Buyout talk at Holland's Pies

Call for development sites

Laws joins M&G

Bookie paid out £379,500

Deloitte reports healthier hotel figures

Profits soar at Aircelle

Digital skills programme boosted by NWDA

Braemar to be sold for £4m

New ideas on tax for a new economy

Redrock finds new home

Pochin reaches PC in Winsford

BDP looks for a Bowness bonus

Smaller deals dominate Manchester market

North West football revenues hit £840m

Eight join Daresbury SIC

Furness CEO to chair Barrow Regeneration

Giant wind farm gets approval

Some cities

Morson buys rival from administrators

Aerelink buys Rapier in expansion bid

CBRE man warns of long and painful workout

Just the job in Bury

Colliers to let office building at Manchester Airport

Downing leases office space to Mencap

Loggenberg eyes global market with £250m plan

Post-recession insights

Begbies swoops for Tomlinsons

Daisy snaps up Fone Logistics

Nanoco looks to get big in Japan

Sir Michael Bibby - we will acquire

LDC 'to sell stake in Ego'

CBRE paves the way for Loxit move

Morgan Sindall rebrands divisions

Ashton Arcades consent extended

First tenants at Heron Phase two

Private sector development creeps back up

DSG adds number three

Ice, ice baby

Shanghai Expo - 115,000 visitors and counting

Holland's Pies boss wants his job back

Lancashire County Cricket Club given keys to The Point

Refurbishment at Pimbo estate finished

Nobles wins contract to redevelop the Baltic Triangle

UU continues non-core sell off

Looking for the answers

Insider’s Property Week starts here

Losses narrow at Plant Impact

Leaders call for NWDA to be saved

Expansion slows in North West according to latest PMIs

Manchester Airport offers daily flights to Singapore

Ultimate Products buys order book

Bedford to lead DJD office

Grid secures Partington consent

Lovell awarded contract to build £3.6m housing development

DTZ appoints Keyes

Inner City recruits and promotes

Building Blocks set for international expansion

The new £185m North West Fund

Let’s push things forward

N Brown buys £11.5m lingerie retailer

PFI still the best way to deliver, say big hitters

Pilkington’s Group enters administration

Sales up at Byotrol

ReThink income up in 2010

NWF secures RBS finance

Protomed gets NWDA grant

Interserve to lead £150m St Helens BSF

DTZ in triple acquisition in Manchester and Lancashire

Orthodontist signs in Liverpool One

Glorious secures Exide brief

Muirhead takes Ask chair

Liverpool and the space race

Total care doubles operation

The challenges for the new North West Fund

Get smart to get funding, says Smith

Cornish takes over at MAG as Muirhead leaves for Ask

Begbies extends offshore reach

Circulation boost for Sport Media

MEN Arena deal completes

Hemmings builds Preston stake

Train to game

Isis wins support for software project

Bruntwood signs four tenants in Sale

The Market Precinct for sale

Pennant moves in to Parkway House

Charles Stanley heads to the Chapel

More lolly for Zeus PR

Jungle drums

Daisy sells off non-core interests

Perspective ticks off 15th deal

Biotech duo to target diagnostics opportunity

Road to recovery will be tough, warns Jones

APG assets are sold

Co-operative pays members record £50m dividend

General Motors withdraws loan request

PH Property pays £1.75m for Crosby House

ADT completes £2.7m fit out in the capital

Businesses offered leadership funding

A positive approach

Stockport County bought

Capgemini buys remaining SSS stake

Property verdict: positive but realistic

Seven NW winners at entrepreneur awards

Projects escape spending review

Colliers hits hiring streak

CBRE brings two to Trafford

The Rock signs up Miller Homes

Emergency services - Osborne must not miss opportunity

Rothwell lands top university job

Finalists announced for innovation awards

Proventec looks for funding as shares suspended

More redundancies at collapsed Pilkington’s

Administrators close five Vergo stores

Hemmings builds PNE stake to 75 per cent

ASL starts redundancy consultation

RICS calls for taper relief

Peel sells airports stake

Daisy buys again as loss announced

Crain Communications to close Manchester title

Anderson to target London investors

Royal Liver deal edges nearer

Losses widen at Norcros

Digital Projection eyes bright future

Downing wins again

Green joins AECOM

Provexis raises cash from Evolution

Kickstart for Netherley housing scheme

Osborne outlines “unavoidable” emergency Budget

Carr's buys animal feed businesses

Straight to the point

Taxi firm hails acquisition

Budget delivered “key victories” for small businesses

Will CGT hike hit deals activity?

Asset values return for Midas

Port rate decision welcomed in Liverpool

Property professionals welcome Budget measures

SMG secures new arena lease

Student scheme approved for Chatham Place

Arndale appoints new marketing agency

MBL Group invests £2m in U-Explore

£2m investment in U-Explore

Online retailer targets further growth

Florrie secures more regeneration cash

Funding support for food sector

Hamilton Brady attracts Consilium investment

McBride to restructure as revenues remain flat

Old Trafford plans avoid call-in threat

Trust agrees deal in Blackburn

Bluemantle pulls in M&S and Focus

Pharmapac receives final grant instalment

Crewe strategy outlined

PAG’s Camellia refurb pays off

Eatonfield raises £300,000

Low carbon on agenda for AGMA

NetPlay warns on lower revenues

Ineos reports widening losses

North West’s finest named at food awards

Midsummer murder on the high street, warns Colliers

Greggs cooks up further expansion

Barnfield buys Wardle Storeys site

Zut agrees web streaming deal

Halliwells confirms “advanced discussions” underway

JJB completes CVA

Iliad wins funding for £38m student scheme

MCR moves on as firm expands

Manufacturing picks up, says survey

Sweet success for Hayden’s

Pochin secures pub work

Work set to start at Astley Business Park

Robin Simon moves to Mosley Street

K3 adds more Pebblestone assets

Electricity North West buys UU subsidiary

Time for Hill Dickinson to pause for breath

Leaner Assura Group returns to profit

Balfour Beatty wins Oldham BSF work

Tata looks to raise £673m

Apico gets into gear with funding

Plans in for new fish plant

Two lettings for Royal London

Lyceum building up for sale

Big Chip Awards recognises cream of North West talent

Kellie's eye

NWDA forced to claw back £52m

James Fisher sells Norway assets

Davenham to delist from AIM

Thwaites sales fall 14 per cent

Baker Vauxhall outlets sold

Byotrol seals US deal

RSM Tenon buys Vantis assets

Johnson Service buys PFR contracts

Offer talks continue at Optare

Learoyd Packaging secures £1.25m

Office market falls but city centre holds up

Asset deal boosts Dunlop Heywood

Sisi Investments takes Spectrum space

Royal Mail takes Brunswick space

Consultation begins on international gateway

Smooth Radio to go national

IPB gets Dobbies nod

Bolton still a manufacturing centre, says Entwistle

Lloyds to cut jobs in Chester

Deals volume drops 14 per cent

Pannone opens new London office

NWDA sees 30-fold return on investment

Manchester Energy Company sold

All smiles as Co-op Bank funds dentist deal

Pochin secures Chester contract

LPC Living signs up Travelodge

West Lancashire Freemasons Charity in at Paramount

Optegra eyes Didsbury Point

Consultation underway into £200m Speke development

Hugo is boss for Liverpool

In Focus: EV excited by technology space

Strong year for Pets at Home

Land Rover unveils new Halewood model

Begbies swoops on Vantis assets

RBS boss Stephen Hester: Turning round the super tanker

Impact Holdings boosts profits

DTZ expert: Manchester a property "cold spot"

Blackpool names BSF contractors

SEGRO lets two more

Work starts at JD Sports warehouse

£3.5m Linley House refurb complete

Finch takes on Peppered Sprout duo

East Manchester development secures £5m funding

Williams Tarr wins £3m casino contract

Smart gets in the Zone

Urban Land Institute to visit Chester

Work to start on Southport scheme

Alder Hey appoints Couch Perry and Wilkes

Localised Vauxhall contracts will safeguard jobs

Talking Point: After the NWDA, what next?

GB Group to move to AIM

Shields to leave James Fisher

Structure Vision in software launch

Swine flu sales boost Novartis

NCC records 18 per cent profit growth

Berg hires from Heatons

Nanoco signs up with CBG

YFM backs second Fishawack deal

Medtech chief targets new funding

Hislop joins TEG Group

Buy and build continues at JGG

Showjumping provides £1m economic boost

EXCLUSIVE: Bank of Manchester to back start-ups

Aidan Simpson scoops RIBA prize

AssetCo sells Leyland warehouse

Manchester nightlife and leisure top for Twitter

Hangar Seven makes London move

Sharp signs up two more

GVA launches financial consultancy team

ProLogis abandons St Helens plans

GVA launches financial consultancy team

St Modwen boosted by North West success

Moor replaces Roper at Knight Frank

Edward Symmons markets Liverpool church

Wigan Council reveals £55m deficit

Manufacturing seeing “a remarkable upturn”

Liverpool hit hard by BSF cuts

In Focus: Entrepreneur investors look Sharp

Barclays chief warns over regulation

N Brown confident despite “subdued” conditions

eXpansys agrees £38m deals

Entrepreneur Chris Sheffield sets up new VC

Liverpool’s area-based grant cut by £9m

Easy Read On-line wins public sector work

T Clarke to wind down Preston operation

What next for Professional Liverpool?

Residential buyers ‘biding their time’

Profits up at chemicals distributor

Dwek to leave Worthington Group

Pannone brings forward reshuffle

Pochin resigns as managing director

Energetic returns to Liverpool Innovation Park

Tertiary Minerals reports positive fluorspar study

Signs of recovery for hoteliers

Fewer businesses declared insolvent

Hammonds reveals annual results

Nobles wins six contracts

Ashford to replace Morris at MMU

Keyworker Homes set for Macclesfield development

Hammonds hits “top end” of expectations

Liverpool city region gets SmartGrid

Strata reaches new level with YB finance

Scientiam partners with retail academy

Nuclear key to future, but how to deliver?

Sanguine reveals Days Inn plans

Tague on Tour: Waiting for the next move

Lookers expects record results

Renold reports continued growth

Further £220m cut from HCA budget

Murray joins VPhase as non-executive chairman

Car Transplants secures £3m finance package

Hemmings builds Preston stake

Byotrol and McBride in joint venture

Investec considers sale of Rensburg division

Cheshire West and Chester awards £500,000 contract

Knight Frank sells Trouw site

Crossland’s academy gets green light in Bolton

Bruntwood signs three in Bolton

Liverpool lures overseas visitors

Sefton hit by £53m budget reduction

Mechan looks to China for growth

Lamberet sells vehicle rental division

Hanleys bought in pre-pack deal

St Helens economy continues to grow

Liverpool to lose out on 1,500 jobs

Stuart defends MSIF and questions new loan fund structure

Dailys sold to US multinational

Proventec secures cash injection

Solid year for Begbies as insolvency stats revealed

JJB weathers England flop

Insolvencies fall but businesses still distressed

Argent and GMPVF issue OJEU notice

Zurich trades Wilmslow for Manchester

MAS-NW to coordinate national nuclear work

Insider Power 100 – Out this week

Design review makes itself pay, says Amion

HEROtsc unveils growth plans

Rochdale business fined £140,000

Sign Lights

BuilderScrap

Kleen and Green

Kleen and Green named Merseyside innovation winner

Preston celebrates sporting success

Shoosmiths names new head of office

Edward Symmons bets on Bootle site

Tech sector outperforms the market, says ICON

Mammoth gets a slice of the pie

Liverpool Boat Show secures new investment

D1 Oils completes Bromborough sale

Building solutions firm plans expansion

Wigan economy on the up

Ingham sells Burnley care home business

Heat Trace secures manufacturing grant

Bodycote reports increased demand

Moneysupermarket to hit expectations

Brammer growing ahead of the market

Optare secures €3m order

CBRE buys 40 Springardens

Innovation Awards winner ready to go

£32m Plus Dane contract awarded

Something for the weekend

Redundancies expected as 20:20 expands in Europe

CBI president calls for university link-ups

Profit warnings down but EY warns of tough times ahead

Flamco opens new conference centre

Praxis buys Deeside site

Activision contract a Blur for Catalyst

Goodey remains in Salford chair

Accountants need to “get a grip” of own finances

NW businesses storm Track 100

Market stabilisation in Manchester and Liverpool

Translation People on the move

Profit warnings down but tough times ahead

Talking Point: Local Enterprise Partnerships

Administrations fall eases double dip fears

Prisk outlines business support plans

Dragons’ Den Jones – Enterprise Academy needs you

Can you put a price on innovation?

Dates for your diary this week

Morson buys Babcock business

Retail businesses boost deal volume

Deansgate Securities sells Boddingtons plot

North to be hit hard by spending cuts

Liverpool third most at risk from public sector cuts

Rok gets to work on housing scheme

Former Halliwells managing partner joins Heatons

Kimberly-Clark completes Chorley supershed deal

Profile: Nancy Rothwell – leading Manchester into tough future

Ethical enterprise project launched

Region’s operating conditions continue to improve

Heywood secures SPZ status

MIDAS beefs up its board

Nutrition Point scoops business prize

Lamberts instructed in Ancoats

FWP wins consent for Moy Park

Corner makes MediaCity move

Former Mando duo launch Error

Liverpool pavilion passes 250,000 mark

Ballard to leave university role

New Manchester exhibition opens today

North West housing slows as caution takes hold

Revenues surge at Bglobal

In Focus: A new future for regional private equity

Nimans restructures business

Turkish manufacturer opens in Manchester

Liverpool Convention Bureau highlights green credentials

Cornish to leave MAG

Beckett takes Investment Property Forum role

Pochin gets to work in Congleton

Retailers confirm Mall move

North West work boosts DTZ

DeskCentre makes Wirral move

GMG Radio agrees We7 deal

Student scheme secures £2.3m funding

Arrowsmith joins Ralli

Adam set for growth after Maven investment

Are we heading for a double dip?

Resi rents climb, buy-to-let to bounce back?

Colliers sells Newsquest site

Tesco tries again in Kirkby

Pendle Place in Skem gets on TRaC

Tague on Tour: Fringe benefits

PSG makes Liverpool move

Hemmings loans Preston a further £500,000

Princes strengthens Polish ties

Stewart Group appoints Walker

Renovo makes Juvista progress

Revenues dip at Topps Tiles

Cyprotex reports strong second quarter

North West third for foreign investment

Rothwell calls for better private sector links

Deloitte makes Wright move

Transport group calls for radical action

BVCA announces regional winners

Claimant count falls in the North West

Council urges government to support Mersey Gateway

CNP secures funding package

Students are the future, says City Residential

Oglesby offers reasons to be cheerful

Kier and Ryder deliver for Carmel college

DJD: Manchester office market flat

Mills & Reeve grows turnover

Talking Point: The death of “the region”

Mason Owen markets Observatory

Big shed deals boom in North West

Vision+Media welcomes £2m games fund

BBC makes breakfast move

Suttons wins three-year deal

Positive outlook for ANS

Peel announces power plant plans

Vision+Media welcomes £2m games fund

Finalising the sale & transferring ownership

My Home Move buys in Bolton

Study outlines Knowsley potential

ICON opens new pharmacology unit

Nightline to open Altham office

Asia works for IPEC

Novartis reports higher earnings

Administrators called in at Dutton Carpets

DTZ appointed at Liverpool Innovation Park

Salford secures HCA grant

Something for the weekend

Booth honoured with LLD

BBC to move additional 118 staff

Tasty deal for Dragons’ Den contestant

LSH sells spec office space in Tameside

Sixty-five jobs under threat at Westlakes Scientific

Peppered Sprout debts totalled £620,000

Pets boss: don't give up equity cheaply

Stobart JV in £2m acquisition

Tague on Tour – Don’t slow down

SPX provides private sector boost

Recovery continues at JLR

Confidence returning, says Ashcroft

Infinity JV buys the Albany

Profits up at DWF

Infinity JV buys the Albany

Yuuguu works for Powwownow

Scales takes Chamber role

Blooming Marvellous deal for Mothercare

Riello picks Active Profile

Brand new North West Top 500 Database 2011

Anderson backs McElhinney appointment

Warrington and Cheshire to bid for LEP status

Plans in for Blackpool library

Reported fraud in the region soars

Halliwells to be carved up this week

Selling to management

Talking Point: Embracing change

BAE wins £100m contract

Agriculture boosts Carr’s revenues

Record year for on song MBL

Contractors shortlisted for Royal Liverpool

Hill Dickinson poised for Halliwells assets

Dates for your diary this week

Manchester business linked to £30m fraud

Rock opens to fanfare

Russells gets busy on The Green

Investment announced for ex-Modus centres

Stagecoach to continue Preston Bus sale

Co-operative launches £21m apprenticeship scheme

Work set to start on St Helens stadium

Lowry bridges the GAP

Mando completes Riverside brief

All change for Skinner

Work rolls in for Rok

In Focus: A few nagging doubts about the North West Fund

Rochdale heavyweights push for interchange approval

D-day for HBJ Gateley Wareing bid

Insolvencies fall 28 per cent

Anderson welcomes government's Big Society plans

Up to 820 jobs to go at Wigan Council

IFE Services takes flight

Gorvins takes 15,000 sq ft in Stockport

Government spending review “critical” for Speedy

Spencer instructs Knight Frank

RH fights through freight market’s woes

Co-op Bank lends £1.35m to housing co-operative

Quorum sells Quest unit

Lawson relocates from Yorkshire

Rosewood expands its portfolio in Wirral

Gentronix completes rights issue

Council to find £380,000 for Expo

RSM Tenon to meet expectations

Sales rise at Dairy Crest

Hemmings loans Preston another £200,000

Sky Properties submits Eco Park plans

Co-operative Bank refinances Spar retailer

NWDA praised by National Audit Office

Hale Barns plans to go on display

Housing associations launch procurement partnership

Hill Dickinson boss: tough lessons for law firms after Sheffield deal

Lancashire warned - stick to one LEP

Bruntwood hits a six at Cotton Exchange

CBRE completes switch to Belvedere

Bridging Finance rebrands as expansion continues

Blackburn appoints Bardsley for next stage

Glaisyers launches immigration department

Eco Environments relocates in Bootle

Penrose vows to support tourism

Halliwells – the deal breakdown

Tague On Tour: For the love of Peter

SSL to be sold for £2.5bn

Promethean World buys SynapticMash

Hill Dickinson boss: tough lessons for law firms

Fairpoint snaps up £8m Moneyextra

Shop Direct narrows losses after restructuring

Starwood to sell Campanile hotels

LateRooms confirms Peninsula switch

Space to spare at Hareshill

Baa Bar expands to Nottingham

PSP chief: Entrepreneurs can take jobs strain

Agents to market former Ethel Austin HQ

Suttons invests £7.2m in its fleet

Work set to start on library revamp

Franklins to double in size with Manchester move

Regional body could sit with LEP structure

Power warns firms after Halliwells demise

Chamber loses £700,000 but promises quick return to health

It’s all White for Quorum’s Linkway

Chamber loses £700,000 but promises quick return to health

Regional body could sit with LEP structure

Different ways to value a business

Alternative options to selling the business

Market improvement for GB Group

North West manufacturing sector in better shape

SAS Daniels appoints first non-lawyer equity partner

Government outlines plans for GONW abolition

Businesses reach franchisee final

SDG secures planning in Congleton

Something for the weekend

Call for entries for entrepreneur awards

EIB set to confirm preferred JESSICA bidders

Profits fall at ABB but demand improves

Shaw ready to drive EWC growth

Jobs saved as Duttons sold

St Modwen secures Northern Case letting

James Halstead expects record profits

United Utilities in line with expectations

IDSS buys fire detection business

Oldham approves regeneration spend

New fad for Rippleffect

Businesses honoured at DLIB awards

St Helens Council lobbies against waste plans

Role of the legal adviser

Trade sales

Communicating the sale with shareholders and staff

Assessing offers

Pavilion welcomes Huawei chairman

GMG rejects radio bids

Caldeira on acquisition hunt after posting sales rise

Howarth to formally launch Cammell Laird contract

Regeneration schemes hit by NWDA funding cuts

eXpansys shareholders approve £38m deal

Growth will struggle to reach 1 per cent

Talking Point: Is the economy back to normal?

Crown paints it black

Work stalls on £100m marina development

D Morgan buys former TDG depot

Euro Garages launches Beehive site

Kingmoor secures planning in Carlisle

Council leaders announce fresh pay cuts

Ruling gives healthy boost to Provexis

GMG rejects radio bids

Furniture retailer enters administration

Metaldeck launches concrete division

Grimleys instructed on Tower Ballroom project

Enterprise secures £33m-worth of deals

TEG to build first anaerobic digestion plant

Hammer time as LSH names first auction date

Briggs wins Port of Liverpool contract

Building the management team

Ener-g set for 12,500 sq ft expansion

ATG Access completes Canadian deal

Briggs wins Port of Liverpool contract

Halliday Meecham delivers for Spire

UK leads way as property investment climbs 11 per cent

Shoosmiths swoops for Halliwells trio

NFU Mutual reports spike in rural crime

In Focus: Dealmaking community has the Y Factor

NWDA is closed for business

NWDA outlines Merseyside cuts

Forum welcomes carrot and stick approach to lending

Profits up at PZ Cussons

Solid first-half for Promethean

Full list of NWDA cuts

Ai Claims motors on

IS Pharma on acquisition trail after sales rise

Morson to hit expectations

Council welcomes new Pilkington jobs

Paver Smith up for a scrap

Bibby Financial expands client base

CBRE to find a buyer for Shop Direct site

Manchester: full steam ahead for MIPIM

Trafford Council forced to make £60m of cuts

Roger Hannah gets weaving in Burnley

Lees becomes corporate director at Barclays

Artemis notches three wins

Reinvesting the proceeds of the sale

Tague on Tour: The tri-generation game

Tributes to Professor Alan Gilbert

Preston Vision looks beyond funding blow

FGH ready for growth following Dragons' investment

Clubmoor secures £1m lottery win

Blackburn law firm becomes Garricks

Rathbone confident after growing funds

Bodycote back in profit after restructuring

Norcros remains upbeat but cautious

Piccolino owner hit by World Cup trading

HWP markets Mainland opportunity

Headstart welcomed to Turnstone

Ideal moves for care homes

Policy gap is stifling housebuilding, says Morgan

Selling to private equity providers

Role of the financial adviser

Positive start for Scapa

James Cropper weathers the storm

Lloyd buys Modus site for second bite at cherry

Confidence slumps and double dip fears grow

Fatsoma secures EFG loan

Jones departs JJB

Mando launches digital labs

Thai Union nets John West in £568m deal

Talking Point: Look before you LEP

Housing groups confirm amalgamation

Plus Dane merges Liverpool subsidiaries

Two become one as City Link slims down

Edward Symmons markets Formby resi site

Corridor boss says vision not altered

Healing touch for Deloitte

Edge Lane plans take step forward

Mason Owen instructed on Knowsley’s V7

Knight Frank at the double in Rochdale

New GM at John Lennon hotel

Bardsley gets busy

Bibby lands Atlantic service contract

Finalists announced for IoD awards

Renshaws boosts Real Good Food Company

Mixed reaction to stock exchange proposals

AGMA consortium to lead regeneration fund

GB Group confirms AIM move

VPhase receives European boost

Business Link still open for business, says Watson

Something for the weekend

NetPlay moves to halt share decline

Cost cuts aid BAE growth

Something for the weekend

Ashok Leyland buys Optare stake

Businesses turning to alternative funders, says Absolute

Leaders shake hands on Wirral Waters

MAG still interested in BAA airports

Greater Manchester leaders told: your time has come

Bibby-owned retailer eyes expansion

Hasgrove expects sales rise but wary of cuts

Accumuli narrows down targets

Tague on Tour: This cut may sting a bit

Morley up and running in Haydock

3d enters the Matrix

Swansway secures planning for Crewe development

Farmland prices remain high

HMRC convicts chip shop money launderer

Bus and Coach World relocates in Blackburn

Skin Clinics set for Bold move

Merlin unveils Blackpool plans

United Utilities continues non-core asset sale

Multibuild set for Lincoln development

Citrus Suite wins BBC brief

Memmott takes Chamber role

Blackburn care home secures RBS backing

ICL expands in Liverpool

Forbes adds Asda to client list

Unite warns on Barrow job losses

Europa Plaza seeks council talks

FPB calls for better access to finance

Quality Factor enters the Matrix

Expo plans to ramp up business engagement

£14m boutique hotel opens in Liverpool

As many as nine LEPs for the North West

Liverpool takeover back in spotlight

Talking Point: Small businesses hold key

Nestlé moves for Vitaflo

Juice teams up with SEO specialist

Haywood confident Blackpool EDC can continue

TJ Morris on course for £1bn turnover

Waldie to lead HBJ Gateley Wareing’s Manchester office

Wyatt returns to EV

Medicash signs up DWF

St Modwen launches Persimmon joint venture

Co-op defends Bristol redundancies

Contracts flow for Suttons

Entrepreneurs are seizing opportunities, say NatWest and RBS

Planning committee set to decide on Wirral Waters

MSoft wins healthcare deals

Broughton hopes for quick sale

Gas fire manufacturer goes up in smoke

AGMA rubberstamps Metrolink projects

Cussons moves into new HQ

AMS strengthens management team

Pochin completes Widnes job for Tesco

In Focus: Half-term deals review

New deal for Grosvenor Chemicals

Overwater opens up

Santander set to buy RBS branches

Neptune revamp could start this month

Liverpool One signs up Desigual

COI to cut 40 per cent of its staff

Record month for Professional Liverpool

Lombard drives Selwyns investment

Rochdale Council outlines £14m cuts

Cumbria Tourism hit by funding cuts

Shine takes to Sharp Project

Morris & Spottiswood secures NHBC renewal

Wates completes Clarence demolition for LJMU

Hurstwood does Leigh deal, offers Rawtenstall space

Nobles lands Queenscourt health contract

North West says hello to 14 new businesses

Tague on Tour: Passiv aggressive

Done turned down Red Knights three times

Increased revenue at moneysupermarket.com

Nichols drinks to record profits

Peel gets green light but warns on call in

Travis Perkins takes Spectra space

Contract win for Promethean World

Revenue boost at moneysupermarket.com

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Dalglish-backed football business enters administration

ID:SR completes Peninsula fit-out

Assura Medical takes space in Daresbury

£81m sponsorship is cost-effective, says Standard Chartered

Liverpool City Council defends chief executive pay offer

North West underperforms in Colliers retail figures

Jobs boost as ServiceSource picks the Plaza

Voyager welcomes new tenants

Alliance wins resi consent at Eatons site

New Asda confirmed for Birkenhead

Manchester gets ready for Y Factor

Western Gulf confirms Blackburn Rovers approach

Hoteliers and manufacturers worst hit, says R3

Nanoco secures milestone payment

Nutrition Point nets Lloyds deal

Berg Legal to fight for UKHA tenant creditors

Eversheds wins council tender

Splash commercial arm in the deals

BD Sport secures betting partner

Manchester in good health, says CBRE

Chinese government linked to Liverpool FC takeover

Everton reveals Goodison plans

Laing O’Rourke lands council contract

Strong trading for Victrex as Peacock departs

Foils business dents API Group growth

Sims buys Widnes waste sorting centre

AECOM to take over Davis Langdon

Council starts CPO process

Redsun completes Bromborough and celebrates a deal

Oceans Connect creates 200 jobs

Something for the weekend

Flint sets sail with Mersey Rural Leader grant

Work starts on Cunard restoration

FPB welcomes government’s red tape action

Tague on Tour: Rock around the docks

Dobson joins Pannone

ISG wins £9m Bury contract

SIS relocates to MediaCity

Redefine CVA rescues Wigan's Grand Arcade

Cyprotex buys Apredica for £2.68m

Leaner Brammer posts profit

UKHA tenants unlikely to receive cash owed to them

Chinese interest could spark further investment, says Taylor

Five In House businesses enter administration

Multibuild fined £20,000

INSIDER TEAMS UP WITH THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE

Halliwells paid £200,000-a-month fees

INSIDER TEAMS UP WITH THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE

Tower Supplies seals envelope deal

Cassidy Brothers hopes sat-nav toy can steer growth

University agenda must change, says report

HEFCE funds green-thinking projects

Institutions will fail, say higher education leaders

Queen’s take on Rutherford to boost research and enterprise

Private Sector Partners signs up to academic link

Halliburton gets closer to Aberdeen

BPP becomes 'university college'

Man Utd supporters want clubhouse

Cobbetts weathers the storm as profits rise

Golf sale in Knutsford

Investors targeting technology and IT sectors

Corporate insolvencies continue to fall

Liverpool secures £9m HCA grant

Liverpool Day gets funding approval

BT to close Barrow call centre

BSF schools get go-ahead

£5m obesity conference for Liverpool

Talking Point: Banking on recovery

Co-op looks to sell IFA business

Hyder and BDP get to work on Victoria

Strong first-half for Frenkel Topping

The summer of discontent

Mortgage fraud quadruples in first-half

Maysons launches in Burnley

Atlantic Chambers appointed to NWLC

M2 launches cloud computing service

Elaine Cunningham expands in Liverpool

City fans get square

University launches new centre

Holiday Inn readies for MediaCity opening

MAG names Cornish successor

Public still in dark over spending cuts

Lights out and job losses for Associated Lighting

Business parks market needs private sector boost, says GVA

HCA confirms housing funding

Indonesian delegation seeks UK investment

Increasing redundancies of little surprise, says Stopforth

In Focus: In play

North West is better prepared for public cuts, says Hurst

Stable markets boost NWF profits

Cautious welcome for business lending taskforce

Devsecs forms MEN Arena JV

Council expects £25m academy plans

Huws Gray buys Ainscough

Panalux takes a slice of the pie

Nanoco names new chief financial officer

Harris Associates ups JJB stake

Hoarty joins Barclays in Liverpool

Austere Christmas for retailers, says PwC

TRaC expands in Skelmersdale

Greater Manchester arrest following VAT fraud raids

BCL reports increased demand for newly-qualified lawyers

Chamber names Building of the Year shortlist

Ribbon cut on Salford public realm

£30m Westmorland M5 scheme approved

Paragon heads to Belvedere

Tague on Tour: Newton’s cradle

£25.3m package for Greater Manchester housing

Hammer time for Bridging Finance

Worst is over for tech M&A market, says Clearwater

Lancashire LEP row hots up

Patrick buys Bow Chambers and signals city centre intent

JLR boosts Tata profits

Peel meets mystery Chinese investor

CapReg considering Great Northern deal

Worst is over for tech M&A market, says Clearwater

Annyalla Chicks into Wrexham

Dry weather set to boost Dee Valley

Bibby Distribution buys MRS assets

Roxtec oiling up equipment deal

Primark and Next set for Burnley site

£18m cuts at Liverpool John Moores

InforMed sold in £11.4m deal

CPUK order book shows good health

Businesses looking to invest, finds Yorkshire Bank

Gardner flies into Hawarden

Knight Frank scores Rodney double

Northern Trust reveals new Ingol plans

DTZ hires two

Two-tier market to continue, says Savills

QVC helps drive Liberty revenues

Reds stadium hopes for green light

M&G instructed in Birchwood

Aztec on the spot at Lexicon

MOAF reports take-up 10 per cent up

LEP argument rages on in Lancashire

Nicely does it for Cyprotex

Homeserve in USA deal

Holidaybreak confident despite sales fall

Head Over Heels in Handforth

Hut Group acquires Findel businesses

Liverpool Waters could be compromised, says Chadwick

Hut Group acquires Findel businesses

Plant Impact encouraged by trial results

Preston gallery to close

Willmott Dixon secures £11.5m contract

Manchester landscape architect rebrands

Something for the Weekend

Brabners boosts property litigation team

Turnaround continues at Vauxhall parent

Savills’ Barnes joins CBRE

Nationwide and Helaba to fund library revamp

Centriforce looks to exports for sales growth

Construction starts on £90m university building

Admiral to open Manchester base

Vision+Media in coalition call

Ward Hadaway heads to Sharp Project

Partnership Projects in Scottish sale

Marsh deal completes at Belvedere

Golfers to rumble in Liverpool One jungle

Ward Hadaway branches out

Cameron urges cities to follow Liverpool’s lead

Rovers takeover nears as WGA moves in

Jobs saved as Optasia bought from administration

Integra People expands in Warrington

Springhill completes £5m first phase

MBNA to make 80 cuts in Chester

Route Development Group flies high in £9.3m deal

HOW submits Northwich plans

3d Marketing secures £200,000 deal

£25m Knowsley scheme gets go-ahead

Crewe takes corporate recovery role

Bradshaw acquires Oakbase stake

Jobs axed as Audit Commission scrapped

Talking Point: Is the recovery relapsing?

Lack of finance still a problem, says FSB

Chamber calls for trade priority

Liverpool won’t be rushed into quick sale

Davenham’s AIM cancellation fails

Barclays sells Zenith stake

CBG set to miss expectations

Surface Transforms cuts losses as revenues grow

Culture boosts economy by £33m

Park nets £1.9m in VAT claim

Pilkington’s creditors owed £30m

Comfortable first-half for Mechan

New strategy at Enegi sends shares up

Lending remains subdued at Manchester Building Society

IPD reports full year of capital growth for UK property

Ford Campbell moves into Triangle

DTZ man calls for more industrial sites

BDP appointed by Arriva Wales

Law firms named on LUPC framework

‘More talent needed’ for digital sector

Chess’ acquisition machine rolls on

Jobs under threat at car parts maker

In Focus: The club that Jack built

GyroHSR wins Causeway account

Nutrition Point strikes Dialachemist deal

Bank lending falls further, finds Absolute

Northern Feather takes Wigan space

Fletcher leaves Altium

B&M buys 36 Opus stores

AstraZeneca staff vote for strike action

Mary Portas brings retail courses to Liverpool

Bglobal takes flight with Thomas Cook

Kelly replaces Ratcliffe at RBS

Lowry Outlet Mall makes it four

Pennington Choices buys asbestos specialist

Two in at City Works

The Hut Group remains silent on Confetti administration

Connaught Fencing bought in pre-pack deal

Chamber confirms support for Pennine Lancashire bid

Clarion opens Merseyside practice

Dale Street hotel plans recommended for approval

Everyman leads host of schemes for Liverpool planners

Ask resubmits Urmston plans

Nobles recruits three

Southdale makes North West move

BLG signs for 31,000 sq ft more at Chancery Place

Morris & Spottiswood completes Aegon contract

Intrinsic in jobs boost

Splash narrows losses to £10.3m

Restructured Assura boosts revenues

Tague on Tour: Let’s put our heads together

Lookers continues to break records

Robert Pinkus at the double in Preston

Mason Owen markets Rodney Street space

B2B to make London move

Bromborough training centre on track

Oldham science centre for Kings Point

Norkem expands down under

Windtex powers up for growth

Endless completes Amdega investment

Coppock set for JJB departure

Public sector job losses creating a ‘two-speed labour market’

Balfours and Enterprise sign up at Lingley Mere

Arley heads for Chorley

Tritech on track following AECOM deal

Envestors sold for £2.45m

BPP looks to retain northern talent

AMEC wins £60m Cheshire contract

Strong profit rise at Maersk

Manchester Airport ready for A380

GM unveils flotation plans

Blackpool rocked by Oyston resignation

HBJ Gateley Wareing signs for Ship Canal House

Ardwick sheds booked for library and museum storage

BPE takes majority stake in Allied after £75m buyout

Williams Tarr wins £2.5m contracts

Neptune hands over Wirral seafront

Paver Smith set for Manchester growth

Sainsbury’s Crosby scheme on hold

Sales still major manufacturers’ concern

Brooks takes Corridor role

Sellafield awards waste contract as NMP posts profit

Tangerine wins BoConcept contract

Something for the Weekend

Something for the weekend

P3 instructed by Pannone

Clearwater advises on agricultural deal

St Modwen has the Quay

NPL retail scheme wins consent

Onteca hopes for monster sales

Ph Creative opens in Spain

Cumbria unites behind LEP proposal

Howarth Morris expands in Sale

Stobart set for further growth

BFS lending reaches £5m mark

Retail sales grow, but Deloitte sounds warning

£26m Salford stadium gets go-ahead

Turner joins Driver Group

Blackpool calls for rail investment

BDP to carry out Rossendale study

Talking Point: Positive sentiment tempered by uncertainty

East Manchester scheme worked - report

Four out of ten ex-Woolworths still empty in North West

Tate Liverpool and war museum attract overseas tourists

CMS Group scoops contracts

AIM activity to pick up next year

LEPs could become talking shops, warns Collinson

Liverpool Marina acquires boat show stake

Encouraging start for James Fisher

Campbell’s eyes United Biscuits

Ascot secures finance package

Lenders agree Four Seasons restructuring plans

Demand for Liverpool hotels hits record levels

Tokyo drift for Switch

TUI moves for English language school

Name Your Number opens UK base

Prest Financial buys IFA business

Upbeat picture for Manchester retail market

B&M expands in Swansea

Mashood launches latest venture

AGMA reveals LEP plans

Two in at Cheetham Hill

GB beats the odds with 12Bet.com

Nolan Redshaw sells in Bury

In Focus: The mystery of media investing

Fruitapeel in jobs drive

Restructuring can ensure MKC’s survival, says Garner

FPB criticises parking levy

NHS trust takes Sycamore space

Solid first-half for Promethean

CareTech buys Branas Isaf

Metflex makes Great Harwood move

The If Agency launches a shark attack

Blues unveil £3m City Square

GETC work set to start

Liverpool John Moores signs up for energy conference

Four businesses get in The Loop

Law firm signs up to Medicash

Oak to grow in Prescot

Pilkington owner looks to raise up to £380m

M-Tech wins legal fight with Oracle

Tague on Tour: Room to grow

Green light for £28m Everyman

JLA keeps on growing

Farnworth market plans take shape

Union confirms AstraZeneca strikes

Overseas buyer set for Liverpool, says Harris

CityBlock gets to work in Leicester

Hotter Comfort set for high street expansion

Sheppard Robson storms into Leeds

World Cup would be major boost - city leader

Profits tumble at Watson Steel owner

Deadline approaching for Morgan Awards

Plant Impact to start Brazil trials

CBG Group adds prosthetics company to client list

Gresham House looks to finalise Newton-le-Willows sale

Latitude agrees new Warrington lease

Joint venture wins £85m NHS contract

William Coulthard sells Baric

SpiriTel wins £5m Punch contract

Experts on hand for budding entrepreneurs

£100m development takes step forward

Hammonds in merger talks with US firm

4 St Paul’s Square a vote of confidence, says Steinberg

Crossley looks to international expansion

Bid win could create lasting legacy for Manchester

Big Brother profits rise

Co-op warns on economic recovery

SGR acquisition slows Sportech progress

Styles & Wood expects better second half

Steinberg: Shanghai will pay off

Bell Pottinger expands across the Pennines

Countrywide owner on the deals trail

Government changes boost solar business

Cammell Laird forms nuclear partnership with Nuvia

JLA braced for record weekend

Easyjet launches new Manchester routes

Brown Turner Ross launches new department

Something for the weekend

Halton makes case for Mersey Gateway

Five retailers ready to rock

Turnaround continues at M2 Digital

Bernstein: We need to go with the grain

Loftus pleased with Deloitte performance

Insider event - Doing Business in South East Asia

Parkwood returns to first-half profit

PNE to give AIM the boot

Palm oil producer pleased with Liverpool plant

Lettings market remains buoyant, says RICS

Charter Walk enters administration

Receiver appointed at Profile Park

Amber Taverns looks to double in size

Optare wins £2.7m London contract

Cruise retailer in recruitment drive

Hirst takes director role at Barclays Corporate

Liverpool Science Park looks to grow space

Somerset suggests nuclear-themed LEP with Cumbria

FSB hits out at LEP plans

Small business group hits out at LEP plans

Liverpool can maintain hotel demand, says Andrews

Deals market shows signs of recovery

In Focus: Safety in numbers

Scanlans makes Manchester move

BCC raises growth expectations

Tenants sought for Garstang units

Tague on Tour: The legal merry-go-round

Tague on Tour: It's hip to be square

Regen boss to be shared on Merseyside

LEAD boosts small businesses

Givaudan to leave Wirral

AIMES secures £50k loan

MCR secures industrial lettings

Manchester office market is challenging - report

Construction work underway in Preston

Stiebel Eltron in green deals

CBRE to let Warrington site

Media entrepreneur opens route to China

North West Precision Forms bought out of administration

Absolute Invoice Finance changes name

2ergo trading as expected

Johnson maintains progress though store closures ahead

Robinson has the MIDAS touch

£2m swallowed up by Phagenesis

Maxwell Hodge offering business advice

Shred-it heads for Wales

Blackpool Council in £500,000 technology project

Metcalf leaves after four decades

£4m networking hub set for Liverpool

Haircut and a pint on offer in Birkenhead

Bribery and corruption breakfast places on offer

PR advice... there's an app for that

Businesses urged to 'try before they buy' graduates

Rival Manchester architects merge

Insider Business of Sport Summit 2010 – last few tickets remaining

Finnair in blogging scheme

LCDP puts on St Paul's Square show

Insider boards world's largest passenger plane

Large plane landing boosts Middle East ties

Wates opens up in Liverpool

Busy football transfer window for Brabners

McBride buys Czech business as revenues grow

Professional Liverpool makes Chadwick redundant

Businesses hit by late payment

Port Arcades revamp set to start

Prendergast set for mayor role

The Scott Partnership makes China move

Insider Business of Media Summit 2010 – last few tickets remaining

Site Electrical fits for Eric Wright

Epistem signs Japanese agreement

GVA Grimley expands niche division

Terry Christian to return as Mr Nasty

Manchester set for new academies

Smoking start for Guttridge

Creative Concern to foster care project

In Focus: Ahsan Ali Syed, remember the name

Dave Whelan: give youth a chance

Something for the Weekend

Nutricia eyes global expansion

Something for the Weekend

RBS to cut more North West jobs

Martin Yaffe collapsed owing £2.5m

EXCLUSIVE: Peel to submit Atlantic Gateway LEP plan

Steady first-half for ServicePower

Funding boost for Rochdale development

TalkTalk boost for UK Grid

Peel confirms LEP plans

GMPVF buys in Stockport

Businesses welcome north Liverpool taskforce

Shred Easy plans site investments

Macclesfield directors disqualified for 16 years

Companies looking to increase workforce

Eastlands work set to start

Talking Point: Crossing the Atlantic

Rosebud fund ups lending amount

Deadline day for LEP bids

Liverpool Chamber confident of LEP success

PwC looks to continue momentum

Proventec restructuring moves closer

Hed Kandi signs in Liverpool

Williams Group buys Stockport dealer

Bruntwood confirmed with MSP at Eye Hospital

Six businesses make region’s Business Thinking final

Contact named as HSBC regional finalist

Creative Break launched in Merseyside

Port of Liverpool increases capacity

Pavilion hits the 500,000 mark

Prism Ideas in university link up

Development lull could harm Manchester, says Colliers

Social clubs can save, says Knight Frank

Pickles and Cable praise Manchester’s creativity

In Focus: Brits fear buying "abroad"

Hiley joins Barclays Corporate

Tesco chief to sit on shadow LEP board

CMS Group boosts its ranks

Mere set for £15m makeover

Northern Diver secures funding line

Norcros gains momentum

McHale takes Liverpool housing role

Meeting with buyers

Preparing sales documentation

Profits up at A-Plant

TEG Group co-founder resigns from board

Tague on Tour: Show me the way to go home-building

Waitrose openings set to create 105 jobs

Liverpool centre looks to halt brain drain

Alpha aims for UK expansion

Scantec boosts its headcount

Yorkshire Bank names new managing partner

Artemis secures CBI work

Transition team to oversee shift of NWDA power

Look to Asia, says former trade minister

Innovia Films clarifies funding position

Hope Street Hotel moves to Co-op Bank

PH buys two Prestbury sites

Scales to launch Merseyside’s transport plan

AstraZeneca disappointed over strikes

Profits up at AMS

Business Link to cut 194 staff

Vindon buoyed by increased demand

Carlisle fraudster sentenced to 18 months

No consultation from Peel, says city council

Chinese company moves for CBI

LT Print confident of growth

Amaze wins BBC commission

LPC wins consent for Morrisons-led Ordsall project

New green-friendly business centre for ACC Liverpool

Total Recall for Heywood

LSH takes BBC site to market

BECTU moves to MediaCity

Universities head group to boost knowledge economy

Beva lets at Walker Park

Selbourne secures Seetec

Gill to provide regeneration guidance

Hawtin sells Wirral stake

Peel LEP bid strangled at birth

Brathay buys timber stake

Smartcards at the ready as Scales rolls out transport plan

Stride Treglown joins forces with EK

CBRE lands Hardman Square instruction

Liverpool a bright spot in North West retail gloom

Stadium revenue is key, says Fletcher

Liverpool One appoints new agencies

HMV man to join Holidaybreak

Something for the Weekend

SITA buys Darwen complex for £3.2m

Nolan Redshaw sells 96,000 sq ft in Bury

NIS Holdings expands nuclear offer

Unions warn on further defence cuts

Provexis looks to Fruitflow commercialisation

Aquoral launched in the UK

Hargreaves tops Insider Rich List

Tesco gets green light in Padiham

Franklins makes it two in Manchester

Liverpool can weather storm, says Anderson

RBS moves to force Liverpool sale

Ocon wins Liverpool contract

Blackpool Council looks to curb spending

Halton work up for grabs

Preston’s share offer closes

Premier Foods prosecuted by HSE

Strathclyde spins out number five

Abertay goes down to the capital

Don't cut R&D now, says Smith

Union warns on job recovery

Food and drink M&A set to increase, says Grant Thornton

Wirral braced for golfing boost

Kiddle joins DWF’s real estate team

Tague on Tour: Dale force wins

SI Sealy lands Co-operative work

Connaught jobs go in Merseyside

Controversial Hope Street plans to be approved

Developers wary ahead of spending cuts

EFG lending falls, finds Aldermore

Britannia plans recommended for approval

Confident start for PZ Cussons

K3 on the hunt following ‘encouraging’ results

World Cup hits IRC trading

Calyx deal saves jobs

Economy growth slows, finds Markit

LEPs like ‘donkeys at the Grand National’, says PSP

IP frameworks needed to drive revenue, says Cable

MBA scholarship for Africa

Daresbury's dream

Cumbria hot property nets cool £1m

Enterprise looks to long-term growth

Public cuts fail to dent Enterprise

Like Technologies set for expansion

Confidence and persistence key for regions, says Lyons

Warmer Heating hot for IQ

Wrightbus arrives in Preston

Report: 5,835 jobs to go in region

Stamford Quarter bucks Altrincham trend

Holiday Inn set to open on Oxford Road

Tushingham Moore brings two to King Street

In Focus: Finance and creative can talk the same language

Stiebel Eltron launches solar range

Halite Energy brings in former UU chief

Sea2Sky makes Daresbury move

Fraud Breakfast - last few tickets remain

Liverpool food festival aims to showcase local quality

Revenues fall at CBG Group

RTS looks to better second-half

Battery supplier powers on

Hemmings loans PNE more cash

Edge Lane work gets underway

D’Allessandro moves to Sanguine

Barclays strengthens business division

Britain good for business, finds Yorkshire Bank

LUMS launches £3.8m innovation scheme

Downtown reveals Livercool shortlist

City centre perceptions improve

Eddlestone to lead Hammonds leisure team

Ashurst gets Mace brief

Healthcare businesses sign in Blackpool

Sub-£100,000 market dominates Smith & Sons auction

Property growth slows, says IPD

Hallworth joins Total Fitness

ITIS receives bid approach

AstraZeneca in fresh pension row ahead of strike

CBG in black after sell-off

Fairpoint reports interim growth

Maghull gets Josephine approval

TCS close to Piccadilly Basin deal

Intrinsic Technology sets bullish target

Devilfish requests share suspension

Tague on Tour: Comfort out of the comfort zone

Carr’s buys agriculture bolt-on

JJB names new trading director

Rescued Southport bakery wins investment

Maxwell Hodge signs two

M&G deal among Bruntwood lettings

13,500 sq ft let at Anchorage

Ingall bullish as Avenue launches

Wereldhave completes Towers refurb programme

...but small business stats rocket in Manchester

Talking Point: The challenge for the media sector

Horler looks to grow Ego after buyout

Wormald replaces Stenton at LDC

Confetti bought from administration

B&M in Liverpool jobs drive

Aldridge comes to The Lowry

Council rejects Sainsbury's plans

Manchester better placed than rivals, says Muirhead

Motorsave refinances with Co-op Bank

Lifeline for Preston Vision

The massive business opportunity in South East Asia

ReThink reports increased demand

Something for the Weekend

Law firm sounds equality warning

Report: Government failing to support entrepreneurs...

Something for the Weekend

Public sector fear for small businesses

Lack of sales still major issue for manufacturers

Paver Smith wins legal brief

Christian Brothers property goes to market

Peel wins consent for major retail scheme

WGA gets more time at Blackburn

Sir Alex Ferguson backs Morson £500m ambition

Baltic films to target investors

Eatonfield looks to renew banking facilities

Liverpool readies for Lib Dem conference

Oxenburgh joins Freeth Cartwright

XCAP begins life on AIM

IVA growth boosts ClearDebt

Report: Government failing to support entrepreneurs

Clarke Willmott to enter Manchester market

Council approves London Road plans

Stockport Council agrees Sainsbury’s deal

Award success for Lime Street

BBC unveils MediaCity building names

Chester Zoo redevelopment given go-ahead

Peckforton Castle reports sales spike

Think wins place on high growth programme

Peel's "game changing" LEP bid lives on

Knight Frank wins more Rodney Street work

BDP to work on Chinese scheme

Council fears for Blackpool’s B&M workers

Phase two full at Sharp Project

Dates for your diary this week

Strong revenue growth for TEG

International orders boost Ultimate Products

Downtown Preston to go county-wide

EM Legal launches in Altrincham

Talking Point: Last orders

Roundhouse buys in Chorley

Three new faces at Scapa

Bury manufacturer fined after employee death

Survey highlights growing north-south divide

Insider Membership Deals

Consider alternative sources of finance, urges FSB

Three become one at Liverpool firm

Regeneration boost for Cleveleys

Smith makes Mace & Jones move

Go Goodwins secures asset finance

Science park plots future growth

GSO walks away from Hicks talks

FC United launch £1.5m share issue

Retail consortium pleads for rates changes

Rebrand for Promotion Space

JD Sports on track after strong first-half

Morson on the deals trail

Proventec AIM suspension "to end in November"

Halliwells collapsed owing £14.1m

Losses rise at All Points North

Park Group ready for Christmas sales push

Morgan Sindall to build £6.1m school

Joints & Points opens new HQ

Redbrick confirms store plans

Whiterigg sold to former directors

DJD to sell big tissue site

Neuro Partners to create jobs

Tague on Tour: Taking stock in Stockport

Liverpool confirms London "embassy" plans

WaggleDance launches in Manchester

Coen: understanding key to sector growth

Gourmet Village set for Greengate

‘Defining’ year for RSM Tenon

Real Good Food posts loss in “transitional year”

SnackTime snaps up VMI

Boost your client base

Manchester set for £15.5m conference boost

Castle Street set for £2.9m revamp

Business failures predicted to fall

Premier Inn signs at Dale Street

James sets sail for Weightmans

Liverpool FC board would block refinancing moves

UCLan signs GVA Grimley deal

Mays to cash in with new store

Cheshire agency strengthens US offer

£46m exhibition hall back in spotlight

James Fisher in £2.1m deal

NWF builds on record year

Sheppard Robson appointed on £21m eye hospital

UU "on track" after non-core sell-off

Alexander praises Liverpool’s Big Society

Parcel2go targets international growth

In Focus: Opportunities in media and creative

JD Sports takes Heywood space

Plant Impact signs distribution agreement

Easi-Drive sets £30m turnover target

Consultation underway on south Liverpool plans

Flamefast ready to burn bright

Proweld secures EFG boost

Something for the Weekend

£2m expansion plan for holiday village

Euro cash bid for Preston CBD

Moorfield Media cancels Hubbub conference

Targetfollow hits out at bank

New authority faces £578m spending cuts

Something for the Weekend

Tickets selling fast as professionals tune up for Y Factor

Land Rover in 1,000 new jobs drive

YFM backs Connect2Media

Peel’s on-off LEP bid is officially off

Sportech deal nearing completion

Firm fined after employee death

Hotel owner in administration

Heathcotes wins boat show deal

Clegg’s praise for Liverpool

Northwich earmarked for £10.8m leisure centre

EPIC plans in Ellesmere Port

Airport hotel wins gold

Insolvencies down but few reasons to cheer

Top Gear in Sainsbury’s deal

Work underway on £8m Childwall health centre

Santander to create 400 new jobs

Autoy faces £17,500 fine

Miliband to speak at Climate Clinic

Manchester retail sluggish, says Cushwake report

Manchester in £2.5m student boost

FSB calls on Ed Miliband to think small

Shining deal for PZ Cussons

Zeus exits XLN investment

Think about quango cull, Broomhead warns (with full list)

Think about mass quango cull, NWDA boss warns (with full list)

Female entrepreneurship on the rise in Merseyside

Quango axe is wielded (with full list)

£10m Cumbria harbourside plans on display

Newly qualified lawyers snapped up

Techno conference heading to Liverpool

Cowgill Holloway advise on Eden deal

BLG expands in Chancery Place

Nutrition Point in marketing drive

S:Park off the mark in Stockport

Work starts on Manchester landmark

HBJ ships out of Spinningfields

Apprentice star shares secrets

£4.7m windfall for Atlantic Park

Cash pumped into Fairbanks

KBC Business Capital sold

Manufacturing boost for St Helens

Exopack doubles its pre-tax profit

JJB Sports reports "steady progress"

Sanguine looks to grow – but not in Liverpool, for now

LSH completes move to “vibrant” Spinningfields

Record profit for Ai Claims

Nobles lands Aintree NHS contract

Insider editor to quiz Rod Aldridge

Roxtec lands big Kent contract

Bribery Act – your chance to shape the legislation

Modus asset management team forms Spectrum

Liverpool goes for a Brazilian

Dormex on the move with Barclays funding

Westmorland heads Paver Smith wins

Acquisition put into Perspective

Rice to open new restaurant

Tague on Tour: Food for thought

Airangel wins hotel deals

Three more sign at Heron

Peel buys Hulton Park estate

DJD to project manage Blackpool hospital

Topps Tiles expects turnover increase

Sceptre in revenue boost

£3.6m deal boosts Richard Whittaker move

Anderson bullish as Liverpool Day unveiled

MIDAS will hunt down investments - Robinson

Management buys out Royden

Co-op sells IFA business

Graduates hired at PwC

Biofortuna moves to bigger site

Give cash to North West, says PSP

Tampopo opens in Reading

£1.2m Manchester contracts for ISG

Beever and Struthers wins contracts

One Vision appoints accountant

Ph Creative wins new business

Manchester 'up there with Las Vegas'

Old Trafford plans win final approval

LEP bids called before Commons select committee

Zeus man wins charity Y Factor

Hasgrove boosts profits

Record profits at James Halstead

Turnover halved at Optare

Swinton profits down, but acquisitions to continue

Winners unveiled at tourism Oscars

Ethel Austin Properties refinances and looks to future

Bravery needed in hotel development, says Hilton man

Manchester launches Hotel Future

Langtree lets 7,000 sq ft in Stockport

Deloitte graduates get started in the North West

Mersey Maritime Group enters partnership with school

DEAF expands into new office

Pound Empire takes over Aldi site

Businesses want to net more trade from web

Something for the weekend

Suttons hires new road tanker MD

In focus: Banking's phoney war

Beware the 'feeding frenzy' - Home Bargains boss

North West can rival London as finance base

New planning consultancy launched

Matalan tight-lipped on McGeorge

Green light for $83m Sportech deal

Mears snaps up Jackson Lloyd

Talking Point - Liverpool Pavilion should be praised

Horwath Clark Whitehill in name change

Medicash wins ACC contract

McGerty moves to McLintocks

'Aggressive' HMRC hitting small businesses

Fine after employee finger accidents

MediaCo wins advertising contract

Peel submits Liverpool Waters application

Redbridge rides high

Contact Company buys second building

DTM looks for St Helens base

GVA Grimley reports profitable year

Optare secures £8m contract

Maxwell Hodge offering business advice

Sheikh shakes off losses

Rotary acquires CA Sothers

Provexis draws down £2.4m

Digital and private sector answers PR prayers

Speakers confirmed for Cloud breakfast

Go Outdoors takes Piccadilly Basin space

Jobs go as Banson closes

Six-up at Scantec

Liverpool site wins RIBA prize

Morpol nets Brookside deal

Fred Perry aces BREEAM ratings

Halliwell relocates in Wallasey

Halton welcomes Mersey Gateway backing

Talking Point: Let's work together

Lloyds Pharmacy swoops for Betterlifehealthcare

Businesses celebrate BVCA success

Chamber welcomes high-speed rail plans

Manchester climbs world rankings

Congleton powers on with green grant

Eddie Stobart secures Britvic deal

Epistem surges into profit

UU sells PFI interests

Franklins hungry for more after Manchester addition

DPP submits £200m Edge Lane plans

Aintree retail park changes hands

Tague on Tour: A European story to tell

Deloitte sells EAIP properties

Chess makes Shaftesbury move

Surface Transforms' brakes deal

Deal volume slows in third quarter

North West insolvencies fall

Manchester scientists awarded Nobel Prize

Liverpool and beyond for Enfinity

Cheshire West pension deficit doubles

Milestone approval for Liverpool Science Park

Cheshire pair to launch 'Rightmove of business finance'

Russells wins Atlantic Park work

Knowsley consults as support swings Tesco’s way

Corridor launches low-carbon lab plan

Liverpool FC agree sale after boardroom drama

Proventec sells Magma

MBL review could lead to sale

CBG back in deals market

Amiri takes Envestors stake

Internet sales set to soar, says Altium man

Pub chain fined after landlord death

Liverpool braced for Lennon fever

Retail academy expands in Liverpool

Abingworth increases IS Pharma stake

VPhase set for commercial push

Nobles secures £1m contract

Bruntwood buys in Birmingham

Southdale wins Hanover contract

Private equity enjoys strong third quarter

Broughton hits out at Hicks and Gillett ‘abuse’

WHR among the deals

Peel to build Greenhouse at MediaCity

Adidas man backs North West to reap Olympic rewards

RBS agreement will hold key to legal challenge

Davis Langdon’s AECOM deal confirmed

Daisy set to hit targets

Norcros enjoys strong first half

Co-op announces plan for 300 new stores

Grundy takes on North West role

Howarth Morris opens in Liverpool

DJD adds two in Manchester

Steelcase completes £2.5m work

Sale Hotel sold for £950,000

Business Environment Awards shortlist revealed

Something for the Weekend

Something for the weekend

Humber absence from LEP list disappoints chamber

Anderson welcomes Lime Street completion

North West directors scoop IoD prizes

Liverpool directors scoop IoD prizes

ADT in at Prescot Business Park

Whitworth named Peel Ports boss

Co-op Travel and Thomas Cook to merge

Easyjet adds three from JLA

Speedy Hire expects loss after Connaught hit

United’s operating profit set to top £100m

Rice welcomes Tory BID stance

San Carlo to open Kendals outlet in November

HKR Manchester closed as directors launch 5Plus

Don’t rule out further cities, says Hatton

Production starts at Pretek after £8m investment

Incubation conference to be held in Liverpool

Manchester scientists win Nobel prize

MBL shares dive after profit warning

Lancashire businesses disagree with NWDA abolition

theEword secures debt deal

42 Under 42 unveiled

Ph Creative adds to its team

Manchester United’s pre-tax losses hit £80m

ZAPP for Bite Digital

HRS wins Gatwick brief

Green light for Ellesmere Port arena

Wirral Council makes staff cuts

Talking Point: What’s the story from the Blair Lite Tory?

EY: Profit warnings low, but difficult times ahead

Bribery Act creates cause for concern

Liverpool’s ‘plan B’ is vital to city economy

Hallworth shapes up to lead Total Fitness deal

Stobart agrees Aer Arann deal

Output growth increases, finds survey

The art of managing science

Brown takes pride in business focus

Pennon wins energy-from-waste contract

Council to discuss £7.2m care home plans

Breaking News: Liverpool FC High Court D-Day revealed

Burnley Council could axe 90 jobs

Oldham Council confirms 800 jobs under threat

New Blackpool store creates 20 jobs

Two listed buildings named on ‘at risk’ list

LJMU celebrates KTP success

Target Business Assist hits home

Colliers sells Lake District properties

Buyouts hit £13bn for year to date

In Focus: Last chance to vote

DWF confirms Spinningfields move

Liverpool in High Court amid takeover twist

Morgan Sindall wins £18.5m Knowsley work

Metric buys Congleton Retail Park

Ultimate buys Cheshire rival

N Brown gears up for US launch after sales rise

Environmental Engineering agrees joint venture

Hillyer McKeown set for Wrexham move

AFM repays £20m MSIF loan

Residential sales poor in Liverpool

Tata to cut 180 jobs at Shotton site

CBRE reshuffles its management team

Beech Mount undergoes £800,000 revamp

Business failure numbers creep up slightly

Bibby adds TM Logistics to its fleet

Manchester office market is "resilient"

ALS buys Yorkshire rival

100,000 job losses coming - report

Isoqar sold to Alcumus Group

McInerney secures planning in Widnes

£11m footbridge in place at MediaCity

Employability is the "real issue"

LEPs should have ‘all the tools’, says Fletcher

Downing at the double

Peel submits Ellesmere Port plans

Redx Pharma launches following £1.9m funding round

Think globally, Barnes tells 42s dinner

Liverpool await High Court decision

Talking Point: At what price the slice?

Stuart Canvas manufactures move

Language academy makes Barratt home

Timpson embarks on events venture

Irwell River Park secures extra funding

LGV makes Amber investment

Liverpool companies 'facing fewer problems'

North West companies 'facing fewer problems'

Lloyds sheds IT jobs

Edit TV scores PA deal

Recycling company makes Trafford move

Economist warns on slow growth

Manchester set to drive McGrigors' growth

Accumuli looks to accumulate

Sky Medical secures angel’s cash

Hough pays tribute to Broomhead work

Pochin to build Ronald McDonald House

Nolan Redshaw seeks Weavers developer

Liverpool vow to fight new injunction

Something for the Weekend

Something for the weekend

Toughsheet secures £1m deal

Asda set for Birkenhead store

Quango reform - the full list

Southdale completes £2m care home

NCC moves for £14m iSEC

Manchester businesses "cautiously optimistic"

Liverpool appoints China business champion

HOW lands Waitrose work

Birmingham reaps £47m conference rewards

TJ Morris tops mid-market list

Bobby Charlton opens Manchester Academy

People’s History Museum wins Building of the Year

Air Energi secures £30m boost

WHR fails in action against OBI

Henry confident £300m deal will go through

Peel lines up Chinese investment

Wirral to extend apprenticeship scheme

Rees Straw sells Widnes site

Award success for Manchester engineer

Suttons motors on with BOC win

Promethean scoops manufacturing award

Hicks and Gillett to seek £1bn in damages

Blacksheep deal saves 20 jobs

Retail parks targeted as Emerson surges into profit

Ask’s Urmston scheme approved

GMPTE secures Green Bus funding

JLR gears up for growth at Halewood

Voluntary sector expects "huge pressure"

BDO confirms Speakmans redundancies

Business leaders vow to back Osborne

Omega fights CPO

Creatives must collaborate, says Rees

GB Group expects higher profits

Ainscough goes for consent for Nestlé site

Hydratron bought in £3.3m deal

Blue Sky secures EFG loan

Talking Point: Roadmap for recovery

Sharp Project sounds good for 80 Hertz

Shepherd wins Trafford brief

Yahoo search leads to ShP

Train 2000 forges Shanghai links

Character DPM expands operations

Pugh & Co on the move to Haydock

PwC: AIM bouncing back

Manchester and Liverpool climb sustainable rankings

Industrial disputes could hurt recovery

Food Northwest bids to survive funding cuts

Halton wants ‘swift’ start to Mersey Gateway

Edelman scoops entrepreneur award

In Focus: The plan for Total Fitness

Enterprise moves for Access

Modus man launches Pulse

NCC Group set for revenue growth

No fraud charges for JJB and Sports Direct

Mintfest freshens Cumbrian economy

£100,000 pumped in cycle venture

May the force be with LJMU

Manchester hire companies wound-up

New deli backed by EFG loan

Work starts on £550,000 Carlisle station

Agents toast bumper third quarter and call for development

HOW gets busy for Bluemantle

Space makes Parsons Brinckerhoff’s team

LPA work keeps Scanlans busy

Property management key to keeping cuts low, says GVA

Stobart lowers profit expectations

Aztec completes 2Care project

Copley becomes HBJ Manchester’s first new partner

North West braced for public spending cuts

Liverpool set for £5m MOBO boost

Metal & Plastic bought from administration

Unions fear for Woodford site

Cloud computing to become an unstoppable force

Tague on Tour: A BID for success

IS Pharma set to meet expectations

Mason Owen signs two at Whitechapel

North West transport projects boosted by Osborne

RBS backs Omni Serv growth

SDW joins with Blackhurst Budd

Talking Point: Scientific advancement

Leaders welcome Merseyside transport boost

‘More politics than finance,’ says MBS Spending Review forum

Spending review: reaction from the North West

Shieldtech calls in the administrators

David Wilson launches new scheme

Full Steam ahead on Cross Street landmark

Retail big hitter Williams joins DJD

Stax unit sold to WL Coller

Pochin to build Robbies visitor centre

Adams promoted at Altium

Liverpool confirm Purslow departure

RTS proposes sale to Entologi

Matalan confirms McGeorge departure as profits rise

Colliers at the double

Franklins to open in Metquarter

Tayban deal saves 40 jobs

£18m Liverpool school set to open

Speedy in Egyptian supply deal

Daniel Footwear makes Metquarter move

Smiths expands in Blackburn

GSK writes off £147m and sales fall 2 per cent

Totton industrial unit let to Alliance

Something for the weekend

Morston fills ex-MFI Bolton site

Marantomark signs at North Wales Business Park

Spending cuts could be ‘devastating’ for universities

Salford gives Tesco green light

Sales up at Novartis

CP Hart invests £400,000 in Manchester presence

Angry Birds publisher taken under EA wing

RES plans £300m biomass plant

Langtree selected as Daresbury partner

Bingham Davis talks continue

Something for the weekend

Jackson Rich ceases trading with 67 redundancies

Lancaster University acquires The Work Foundation

Getrag-Ford invests in Merseyside

Aldi opens in St Johns

ITHS secures £1.3m finance

Medicash taken in Chess move

Seddon starts £4m care home

Work set to start on Winter Gardens

Mersey Gateway secures £80m

Paul Hargreaves takes Wallasey space

Small businesses expect growth

WFEL secures multimillion-pound deals

Record year for MEN operator

Co-op mulls life assurance sale

Liverpool boardroom takes shape

VPhase scoops electrical award

North West can deliver energy targets

Park looks to Ireland for growth

McBride maintains growth levels

Odeon signs at Central Village

Driver looks to international markets

Management team buys Morgan Lambert

Venkys close to Blackburn takeover

MSIF launches new fund

Cruise terminal could bring £12m boost

Job fears at Novartis

Government scraps Cheshire waste support

Boohoo.com takes big Burnley shed from Hemmings

Ocon looks beyond student flats for growth

Wigan Council approves £200m regeneration plans

Orbit signs three in Stockport

Reeds makes £800,000 investment

CPUK secures Blackpool Sainsbury's deal

Anderson meets NESV for Anfield talks

Downing scheme named world’s best

Magnifico moves for Midlands rival

Bestway opens after record build

GB Group launches geo-data software

Studio North completes law firm rebrand

S Norton hit by lower turnover

LSH hires new head of asset management

Galliford Try secures North West work

Government set to confirm LEP details

Administrators expect Southern Care interest

North West councils face staff cuts

Rippleffect gets arty with Hepworth brief

Thornton Hall invests in new facilities

Tote doubles profits despite uncertainty

Venture Fields designs revealed

Smith and Sons instructed on Haymarket Court

Tague on Tour: We built this Village…

Total Fitness works out growth plan

Mixed bag for North West in transport review

Court-Johnston takes over at Peter’s

TSK wins third DWF brief

Willmott Dixon seals the deal in Rochdale

Browns secures £850,000 deal

Production sweetener for Stockley’s

Sheikh Mansour injects £80m into City

London key to Manchester dealmakers in third quarter

Kuehne & Nagel signs for 40,000 sq ft at Manchester Airport

Parasol sets £500m target

Rochdale and Lancashire prepare for cuts

Merseyrail stays on track

Duxbury takes Cheshire role

AON takes Spring Gardens space

Revenues up and contract win for Promethean

UKFast set for £12.5m green energy push

Styles & Wood expects to turn a profit

Conlon wins £4.5m Netherton contract

Sausage maker set to close

Metroplex units let

Manufacturers fret over lack of sales

Wayne Rooney chippy wraps up new store deal

Curtins closes on Bingham Davis

Rok Liverpool to head AXA work

Mighty lands at Atlantic Park

Helena Partnerships gets planning green light

Mouchel confirms relocation plans

Iprogress reports strong third quarter

Vine House to get fresh

Williams Tarr starts £1.5m retail development

Something for the weekend

Back the successful, urges Bernstein

Dataplex secures £1.3m invoice finance line

Bromley buys KV Taylor

Total Foodservice relocates with Rosebud cash

House prices fall in the region

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AstraZeneca strike suspended but profits down

LEP will boost investment, says Anderson

Driver anxious LEP failure doesn't harm Lancashire

Clegg: radical approach will deliver growth

Profits boost for TJ Hughes

Focus calls in bankers

Deals market booming for Ford Campbell

Fitzgerald to take chief executive role

Character DPM buys Paramount

ANS makes Alpha move

LEP successes hailed by outgoing RDA

Winning Pitch in profits boost

Tills still ringing in Manchester

Northern Trust completes Old Trafford refurb

Work starts on Farnworth Tesco

New boss at Clement Dickens

Nineteen die at work in North West

MBS to hold Business Summit

Character World launches consumer site

Lime 09 adds to Gemini space

'Merseyside businesses need pension plan'

Mouchel losses deepen

Finance package funds Cara's showroom

In Focus: Show me the money

Centric and Barnfield launch Crown Business Park

One Park West welcomes Prego

Forum welcomes procurement plans

Triflora set for festive push

Trader Media sells Warrington printer

Suttons poised for Middle East move

Occupational Medicals bought from administration

Aerospace research in £2m funding boost

Manufacturers set for upturn

Marlwood disappointed by weak trading

CLB jumps aboard at Ship Canal House

Rochdale to lobby government for interchange cash

Fitzgerald ready for 'daunting task'

VPhase set for international push

Coulthurst joins Mason Owen

Vacant stock falls to 12 per cent

Harness the power of the app, says Barclays retail boss

NetplayTV raises £2.5m through placing

Surface Transforms gears up for growth

Epistem secures radioactive deal

Russells appointed on Ordsall regeneration scheme

London calling for Pochin

Telecity reveals £25m Manchester investment

Maritime supplier secures funding package

DJD to deliver regeneration strategy

North West could be 'creative hub of Europe'

Blackpool Council set to make 1,000 cuts

Scanlans markets £500,000 bank

Stobart makes £5m fleet investment

Tague on Tour: Talking telephone numbers

Morecambe set for £3m Travelodge

John Lewis makes Chester home

Scantec secures second Balfour Beatty agreement

Liverpool now second choice after London, says Bliss

Liverpool pavilion beats visitor targets

Ad Hoc opens Liverpool office

SK Events takes it to the Maxx

Taylor Wimpey buys in Wirral

Orlando blooms for Knight Frank

Selvan issues Big Society challenge

I-Paye remains upbeat despite sales fall

Unilever reports third quarter sales rise

Councillors approve school plans

UKbifold expands Heywood space

Rathbones increases funds under management

Cheshire councils to challenge waste decision

Tuition fee rise "good deal for universities"

Property auction raises £3.1m

Think adds spice to fashion mix

Burton Copeland set for growth

Businesses planning for growth, finds ICAEW

Five shortlisted for £5m Bury scheme

Manchester rail division boosts FirstGroup

Mannings set to expand The Quarter

Downing to address conference

Airbus order 'worth $5bn' to UK

Scott looks abroad after £40m order

More than £375m invested in North West - NWDA

£2.1m loan for new Farmgen plant

Quantum buys into Protomed

Confident St Modwen hopes for Merseyside success

ISG in £4.6m Blackpool project

Asda takes £1m/year site in Warrington

Something for the weekend

Construction jobs at risk by VAT rise - FMB

MSoft on European trail

Rok set for administration

Axed quangos will leave empty offices, says property expert

Profits up at Carr’s

Wythenshawe’s assets present opportunity, says Goodey

Printing.com goes Dutch

MBO at Insul-eight

Heathcote sells five restaurants

Investment at Magnesium Elektron site

Mixed picture for North West hoteliers

Insolvency stats show 'calm before the storm'

Co-op Bank refinances Ladysmith

Work starts on Soapworks project

Edmundson relocates in Rochdale

Callender fined £8,000 after hand injury

Businesses launch solicitors’ outsourcing association

Stockley business rebrands

Wirral green lights £5m for JESSICA bid

Baqus falls into the red

Merseyside businesses urged to sign Apprenticeship Pledge

Wro Bar opens loft

Venmore's property sale set for TV screens

Everton’s Bellefield plans to win approval?

Patak’s owner passes £10bn sales barrier

ALS targets Asia Pacific region

MBL wins Sainsbury’s deal

Entologi eyes more deals

Businesses strengthen China links

Hammonds goes global with US deal

Galaxy sold in bargain deal

Futureworks sets up record label

Surgicare deal saves 37 jobs

Private sector growth remains ‘robust’, finds Markit

Preston Vision ends in redundancies

NJL secures consent in Salford

Park Medical makes £2.3m move

St Helens lobbies government over BSF cuts

Villiers meets transport leaders

DaDaFest signs up Txtlocal

Wirral renewable energy centre opens

First-half fee income hits £36m at DWF

Christmas spending set to rise, says Deloitte

IS Pharma raises £12.5m

Daisy moves for £27m SpiriTel

The Hut buys Lookfantastic for £19.4m

Accumuli set for Tuscany deal

Businesses should embrace Big Society, says Dunstone

Next stop Beirut as San Carlo expands empire

Profits up as BDP looks to China for growth

Roundhouse kicks on with Preston scheme

Deal value up at Clearwater ahead of Manchester move

Perspective takes Applewood bite

Burnley net record profit

Green takes BioEDEN role

Barnes steps down at Bglobal

Tague on Tour: Talking shop with the shops

Domino’s stack up for AKS

GL Hearn markets Wigan office scheme

Insider launches Back the Bid rail campaign

JJB sales 'lower than anticipated'

Integrated offer the key, says Bernstein

Downing calls for “world class” shared stadium

Merseyside’s £60m JESSICA fund gets green light

Bank of England "over-optimistic", says BCC

LDC sells Virgin Racing stake

Parkwood meets trading expectations

Vermilion submits £3m banqueting plans

Tech Cell makes £300,000 investment

Matthews & Goodman sells Prescot site

ChoiceQuote set to restructure

In Focus: When financiers get green

University of Salford in Basra link-up

Tushingham Moore in the deals

Losses widen at Bolton Wanderers

Business club launched to support Chet’s

Knowsley Council braced for 400 job cuts

Tata hails JLR performance

Everton get Bellefield green light

LandSecs hails Liverpool holdings

Butler salutes flight to quality as Grosvenor gets busy

Conditions deteriorated in third quarter, finds Bibby

Vision+Media launches IPTV project

ACC Liverpool sows charity scheme

TJ Hughes brings in Lafron

Butler salutes flight to quality as Grosvenor gets busy

Marcus Worthington set for £22m scheme

Board changes at AMS

Apex deal saves 1,700 jobs

QualitySolicitors sign up North West firms

We need digital natives at the BBC, says Salmon

Epistem wins top biomedical award

Vance Miller case cost Oldham Council £2.1m

UK Grid launches Manchester data centre

Something for the weekend

Something for the Weekend

Peel secures Nationwide backing

Howards Opticians sold in £300,000 deal

Nevaeh takes Daresbury space

Prevost to open in Rochdale

Rebrand for Altrincham fit-out group

Liverpool celebrates biomedical success

McCann Manchester launches Liverpool One campaign

Steve Morgan praises "inspirational" entrepreneurs

Manchester’s combined authority given all-clear

Foreign investors linked to Pontin's takeover

Talking Point: Finding the energy

New Boot Room at Anfield

Chambers back £530m rail bid

TMP pulls together big hitters in wind power push

Administrators called in at Crewe nursery business

Gen-Probe adds to Wythenshawe space

Expert panel for Insider logistics breakfast

Bowles on board at Stagecoach Manchester

Alworths eyes North West expansion

Safestore expands Bolton space

First phase opens at Baltic Triangle

Wigan launch for Hometownplus

Kingston Shaw expands with Shrink

Celtic Crusaders enter administration

PH Property sells Trevalyn units

Levington calls for government support

In Focus: What next for LDC?

Green backs wind farm plans

United owners set to pay off £220m PIK loan

Losses widen at Byotrol

Strong demand at James Cropper

Sales up at JD Sports

Begbies moves for Staffordshire firm

Crane Co pockets Money Controls

Housing trust secures £15m Co-op backing

PKF appointed Priory Care administrators

Corridor site adds new tenants

Public-private the future for development, says Bernstein

Travelodge confirms MEN Arena move

FC United share scheme raises £500,000

Durakerb secures £2m investment

Rapport wins B2B conference award

Everton scheme set for approval

Green light for Halewood retail development

Hoist and AJB make Bromborough move

Merseyrail hopes to avert strike action

United Utilities warns on waste agreements

Speedy reports improvements despite widening losses

Northern Foods set for Greencore merger

Rok jobs set to go in the North West

Plant Impact goes Dutch

Business angels network seeks new investors

Business of Finance Summit – last few tickets remaining

PH Media finds its voice

Everton’s £9m plans win approval

St Nicholas House sold for £2.2m

Manchester Airport starts biometrics trial

Glaisyers act on Bellway deals

H&M opens Blackburn store

Work starts on Clitheroe scheme

Eatonfield buys more time

RopeWalks stakeholders look to future

Liverpool Council confirms Neptune deal

Nobles on board at Speke bus depot

Tague on Tour: Best of a badly hit bunch

Sumner in at Atlantic Chambers

Meaty deal for Birtwistle

Provexis scoops Fruitflow awards

Retail is king for North West investors

Old Trafford space let to Eternity Football

K3 acquires £1.7m Panacea

Sportech to meet expectations

Norcros hails resilient performance

Brammer to hit forecasts

Microsoft linked to Bizarre deal

Halsall climbs to top job at Lancashire

Launch of £185m North West Fund nears

Gilbertson leads MGL management buyout

Central Salford to close next March

Cumbrian holiday village plan approved

Peel signs ten-year BBC deal

DSG buys Merseyside rival

Bostock to lead new King Sturge department

Balfour Beatty moves for Rok units

Liverpool set for enterprise spotlight

Uber boosts its client base

Investec to sell Rensburg arm

Hotels show recovery, says Deloitte

Property Alliance goes for Issa site approval

SEGRO lands four deals at Trafford Park

Qire rejects $10m takeover

Knight Frank instructed in Northern Quarter

Peel confirms Riverside plans

Black Box opens in Preston

Something for the weekend

HH Films secures BFS loan

Administrators sell Pennine North West dealership

UCLan awarded wind technology cash

Community Budget – watch with interest

North West Fund can be ‘transformational’, says Wright

Millar scoops top Livercool award

LIPA secures franchise accreditation

Russell Taylor recruits Reeder

Peel tries again in Castlefield

Warner Estates celebrates lucky 13 in Birkenhead

Chester targets Christmas tourism push

UK still healthy for entrepreneurs, finds study

Manchester property market warms up - DTZ

LSTM secures Bill Gates grant

Mogford to replace Green at UU

Rovers aim to go global

Bid together for £1.4bn pot, says Heseltine

Halliwells acquisitions paying off for Hill Dicks

Cheshire East rejects housing plans

Talking Point: Taxing issues

Shanghai delegation lands in Liverpool

Willetts confirms Daresbury joint venture

Onyx targets North West for expansion

Sportech and Betfred eye Tote bid

North West insolvencies fall, finds Experian

MedicX Fund buys Wirral care centre

Council set to approve £8.8m school in Everton

Lancashire’s LEP future still unclear

In Focus: What Jack Walker would have wanted

Team Manchester heads to Rio

People come First for Aztec

ACL Chapel Street move abandoned

Recovering markets boost Renold

Council chiefs back Insider bid

Assura beats expectations

Liverpool readies for Software City

Tetrosyl set for international push

ECF sold to Manx Financial

Bibby expands international footprint

HCA pulls housing PFI funding

Wind farm objections trigger public inquiry

TSK wins BBC work

Dong Energy confirms Barrow jobs

Dee Valley hit by borrowing charges

Pottinger leaves Sportech

United Utilities ahead of expectations

Peel in advanced talks to sell £1.6bn Trafford Centre

Scapa returns to profit

Biwater Services sold to MWH Global

Insider partners with tp deals

AFM ready to invest £25m pot

Chemicals Northwest in CIA talks

Redundancy threat at Cumbria County Council

Tithebarn given green light

UK “in planning chaos” says Thomson

CPUK appointed on £2.6m care scheme

Proventec secures restructuring approval

Paragon launches in Manchester

MPA: Is Manchester’s creative industry world class?

Work to start at Liverpool Science Park

Tague on Tour: Whatever happened to the likely lads?

Greengate plans go public today

Look North Legal launched

£8bn transport scheme unveiled

Davenham narrows losses

Peel confirms Trafford Centre sale

Golden night for Brazen PR

Google issues North West rallying call

Ernst & Young set for North West expansion

Norwood signs £3m Middle East deal

More businesses to take AIM

Ludlow forms joint venture with Burnley law firm

Technology deals on the up, finds Clearwater

Pochin’s eyes recovery

KPMG appoints Bills as head of audit

Envirolink set for offshore wind study

Cornerhouse development 'proves Manchester ambition'

KPMG appoints Bills as head of audit

Scantec lands new contract

Txtlocal moves to new HQ

Forster Dean set for growth

Technology deals on the up, finds Clearwater

Something for the weekend

Qire makes investment bid

Lowry Homes enters administration

FC United get stadium green light

Penning refuses to be drawn on £530m Northern Hub plans

Tate & Lyle sells molasses business

Sterling Green turns a profit

Siemens set for Manchester expansion

NatWest appoints new retail head for the North

General Physics acquires consulting business

Liverpool plant oils NBPOL's excellent start

Hurstwood makes Manchester move

Screwfix takes Bangor space

InfoUK sold by US owner

RPS buys Altrincham rival

Everton agree £12m shirt deal

Pleasure Beach rides to profit

No change for now in property lending, warns Basten

Easyjet launches new Gibraltar route

Sceptre expands southern presence

Online retailers braced for Manic Monday rush

Councils battle for salt supplies

Galaxy hot chocolate boosts Aimia profits

Judges in place for Lancashire Dealmakers Awards

FSA to wind up three Merseyside businesses

KPMG confirms Lowry redundancies

University adds to online portfolio

NWAA signs £1.3m shared services deal

Lovell gets to work in Wirral

House prices fall in the North West

Chesnara agrees £63.5m Save & Prosper deal

TDG sold in £196m deal

Bardsley set for phase two

Burnley gateway to start after European money secured

Liberty relocates to Lowry House

Langtree returns to profit

Wirral Waters gets government green light

Co-op provides £27.5m college funding

Vision+Media welcomes Creative England plans

University handed MediaCity keys

Holidaybreak buys in Germany as profits rise

Higginson to leave NetPlay TV

SEGRO and AKW get busy in Trafford Park

Profit up by 151 per cent at GB Group

Sales up at Topps Tiles

Stuart Canvas bowled over by JMS

TRM Packaging secures funding

Sky’s the limit for Manchester City owner

City Inn refreshes brand identity

In Focus: John Whittaker and world domination

EXCLUSIVE: Done backs Orange to build £1bn investment business

Merseyside transport consultation set to end

Russell Square revamp set for completion

Findel to raise £80m after loss

Lloyd sold in multimillion-pound deal

Clyde Process Solutions bought by Schenck

XCAP reports £3.4m loss

JLL delivers at Croft Retail Park

170 job losses at Chandos Timber

Everton get Bellefield approval – again

Administrators sell Pilkington’s division

PolyBlend buys Widnes premises

Cumbria in running for new GSK plant

Insider reveals TMT 33 line-up

Barton Willmore heads to Manchester

Peel Energy progresses Mersey Estuary plans

Diggines steps down from Vimto role

Tague on Tour: First among equals

Mangalam opens Manchester base

Work starts on Manchester council houses

Work begins on £1.3m Liverpool casino

Moule joins Todd & Ledson

Caremark set for jobs drive

Sugar prices boost Real Good Food Company

Soccerex announces first of Manchester speakers

New chief executive at Styles & Wood

Three businesses win digital awards

Daisy pays £23.5m for NEG

World Cup windfall for North West if England wins bid

Losses widen as Devilfish confirms deal

House prices fall again

Genser opens European HQ in Manchester

Morrison to leave Vision+Media

JJB likely to breach financial covenants

Sanguine reveals £10m Birmingham plans

McGrigors takes Spinningfields space

Shackletons expands with NatWest

GB Group launches new technology

Dobbies set to Speke out loud

Mason Owen appointed on Academy

Production delays hit Coral Products

JMW unveils new branding

Fresh sets £11m turnover target

Northern Hub plans are ‘essential’, says Stopforth

SuperPort key to Liverpool investment

Distress lower in the North, finds R3

Something for the weekend

Promethean to miss expectations

Come and talk to me, says Heseltine

Stena Line acquires Liverpool ferry route

CoorsTek moves for Flowguard

Exports boost James Halstead

Thornber completes Busby deal

Home Instead set for St Helens jobs drive

Bridgepoint backs BAS buyout

Pochin wins Waitrose work

Lancashire warehouse attracts £2.5m price tag

Advance Filtration in at Chancerygate scheme

Kays Medical snaps up rival

Derbyshire Booth relocates in Leyland

MTP reveals Merseyside transport priorities

Hands off rail, says Virgin Trains boss

Hull housing estate transfers to Riverside

Talking Point: Where’s the plan for England plc?

Begbies Traynor expects profits fall

James Fisher expands Australian operations

Small businesses' profits fall

Broomhead takes Liverpool Hope role

Plant Impact makes progress despite widening losses

OFT wants to review joint travel venture

Barburrito looks for capital growth

Cranage Healthcare sold to Sinclair Pharma

Big Chip launches student award

Toughsheet unveils £3m expansion plan

Project Jennifer CPO on the table

Rochdale Council gives housing go-ahead

Preston scheme skates on

Hat-trick of approved schemes for NJL

Suttons expands Belgian offer

Tague on Tour: Love us, TIF

Liverpool welcomes Chinese delegation

AZTEC wins Marie Curie work

College extends Tower space

Brulines swoops for Amscreen

In Focus: How do entrepreneurs access private equity?

Lancashire still divided over LEP bid

Broadband boost for North West businesses

Stockport Council closes in on Grand Central deal

Brulines swoops for Amscreen

Heinz workers vote to strike

The Hut moves for Mankind

Galliford Try named in Halton BSF consortium

Deals boost Daisy Group

Record year for Victrex

Bglobal posts maiden profit

Enterprise wins Severn Trent deal

DJD appointed in Cumbria

Wellocks on the move

Interserve expands following nuclear deal

Property community queries talent exodus

Synergy secures Rosebud cash

Venture Fields can put Widnes on the map, says Taylor

SCA Hygiene fined £120,000

Brookson adds three

New name for enterprise organisation

Northern Rail staff in Christmas pay row

Manchester goes large on MIPIM

Easi-Drive motors on

Proventec readmitted to AIM

Simon urges CSC to abandon Trafford Centre deal

Green light for £200m Edge Lane plans

Formby care home sold

GRI starts ‘global domination’ with Libra deal

Pure Gym the right fit at Winwick

Prison inmates to power energy plant

Betfred scores at Wembley

Rowan scoops B2B award

Eco Environments expands footprint

Floors-2-Go in at Commerce Park

Be proud of city, London mayor tells Manchester

Butlers gears up for festive push

Leach Rhodes Walker picks up A-Cube architects

Manchester refurbs hit the market

Liverpool powers up with energy research centre

OFT warns Manchester businesses

Cuadrilla buoyed by gas find

Council searches for London Road partner

Co-op funds college development

Park Group moves into profit

Liverpool Vision to be taken under council control

India is just the tonic for G&J Greenall

Bright M&A outlook for technology - Deloitte

Universities at ‘high risk’ when funding cuts bite

Dobbies gets green light in Speke

Signs of improvement in Manchester, says LSH

WHR finds Rochdale success again

Tague on Tour: Why does nobody love The Pinnacle?

MBL hit by lower sales

PZ Cussons to meet expectations

LJMU opens research centre

Chamber on the move in Chester

Century House fills up

Something for the weekend

Two Lancs LEP bids amid 'tedious squabble'

Littlewoods refurb completed

Capital of Culture boosted Liverpool economy

Mace & Jones advise on £16m deal

Betfred and Sportech in Tote bid battle

More North West consumers shopping online

A-Plant boosts Ashtead profits

Rika doubles Oldham HQ

BAE axes jobs

MediaCity high school green lighted

Gee-Force clinches funding

Losses widen at Classic Lodges

Planning row holds up Bacup regen

Ensor in profits rise

Social housing success for Mace & Jones

Crown expects profits hike

Liverpool City Council in senior manager cull

Accumuli buys £2m Fujin

Stick with Peel, CSC tells shareholders

Lancashire LEP saga rumbles on

Speciality Coatings seals £7m financing package

C21 ponders joining companies

Savills reports fourth month of falling development

Solar panel plans for Burnley

SEGRO hits a million

GVA Grimley unveils rebrand

Industrious to the Max

Talking Point: Guardian angels - looking beyond the banks

Liverpool's London 'embassy' nears launch

Merseytravel in passenger boost

Chaophraya chews for victory

Tweet your way to success

North West councils facing swingeing cuts

Anderson hits out at spending cuts

APS goes Dutch with Relate4U deal

PINPoint takes TVIA share

Peak time for adventure company

TEG secures anaerobic digestion funding

Cargill invests £10m in Liverpool plant

FWP tees off with £4m Fylde hotel

DTZ completes Burnley study

North West outperforms UK regions

Daisy Group hopes to bloom in Brum

Revenues up at Renovo

In Focus: Private equity's inflation risk, seriously

2ergo ‘well positioned’ for growth

Assura in deal talks

Wirral makes £1m apprentice investment

VPhase powers on with Eaga deal

Kensington set for Cosmopolitan redevelopment

Social enterprise to open in Huyton

Low interest rates hit AJ Bell

Trafford Centre row intensifies

Manchester investor confidence returning, finds report

Royal Mail makes sense of the census in Middleton

What More makes £1m investment

First half sales up at Expansys

AMS expects to hit top end of expectations

Council plans shared vision for Liverpool

Heinz workers set for strike action

Roydon takes 130,000 sq ft in Swinton

Emerson Group buys in Warrington

Cube complete for public-private JV

Cheshire food distributor eyes profit rise

Ainscough business hails Localism Bill

Run Services on the move

Tague on Tour: Eric Pickles and the BANANA republic

Business Doctors expands regional offer

NWH launches new division after Rok collapse

Knight Frank gets a tiger in its tank

Wirral Business Park full as two deals completed

Celebrity chef comes to Liverpool

Begbies hit by fewer insolvency cases

CSC rejects Simon Property proposals

Provexis looks to develop pipeline

Bruntwood signs two at Plaza

Consilia moves for HTG Holdings

Rival cruise city unveils £30m building

Canada calling for Adam

Eaga cuts up to 700 jobs

Pub closures hit leisure and gaming group

Eazycuizine eyes Far East expansion

CEG hits the market with former Kenmore sites

Arley submits Chorley plans

Forrest appointed to Procure Plus framework

Funding boost for EcoLogicLiving

Vision+Media starts staff consultation

Green light for M&S Williamson Square expansion

Sefton workers set for protest

Plant Hire UK makes £10m fleet investment

Everton join AC Milan and Real Madrid league

Aurora strikes Epic deal

ITV to join BBC at MediaCity

Tague on Tour: As one studio door closes…

£1.5m loan package for Optare

Dots plot Japanese success for Nanoco

Shearings invests £10m in fleet

Solid year for KPMG, but Hurst warns on public cuts

General Physics continues consolidation drive

Liverpool reveals London ‘embassy’ plans

Plastering business goes under

ANS buoyed by record order book

Something for the weekend

Hollywood calling for DevSec

Wates joins Inspiral consortium in Oldham

Sale Sharks launch Six Nations lunch

Red tape and unpaid bills hit exporting businesses

Environmental Controls doubles Knowsley space

Chester plans £2m revamp

Easyjet launches ski routes

ACC one of UK’s ten best venues

Meadow Foods the cream of the crop

British Salt sold for £93m

£22.9m loss for Proventec

African joint venture deal for PZ Cussons

Deloitte appointed to explore sale of Crown

Strong year for Princes

NW manufacturing hails £50m investment

Black Christmas predicted for pubs and hotels

Warburton rises to new appointment

St Modwen gets visual with Project Jennifer

Ski website project win for Rippleffect

McShane warns on energy costs

Sweet success for Gawthorne

Morgan Sindall wins award for £63m AZ project

£185m North West Fund opens

Barnsley College makes £750,000 IT investment

Ex-Man U boss takes over Inenco parent

CBI in urgent snow shift call

Utility company service is 'poor', survey reports

Insolvency warning for non-profit companies

FC United share scheme raises £1m

Funding deal seals Andrews Bowen Qatar contract

Warren hopes Lorenzo will aid growth strategy

Imerja wins £750,000 contract

Mace lands Corrie contract

Splash pleased with Olympic listing

Broomhead worries over regional power shift

Jobs saved by Leyland Holding deal

Housing scheme funding clinched

In focus: North West Fund launches at last

Whitehall could damage us - Broomhead

Northern Trust signs two in Warrington

Centriforce in growth plan boost

JLA set for 200,000 travellers this Christmas

Calendar plan for Liverpool businesses

Funding deal behind Wongs move

£150k raised for 'permanent' London embassy

Hammond and Pickles green light Mersey Gateway

Chinese investors on the Wirral

Pinkus goes to the chapel

£4m Gulliver's hotel work to begin

Edit.TV secures Liverpool FC contract

Entrust in 'soft landing' property deal

Business owners neglect personal finances – Haines Watt

Corporation Pop for Creamfields

NWAA signs up more members

What More in New Zealand deal

Watson to leave Business Link

Holgates acquires Silver Ridge Holiday Park

2010 was a 'positive year' - Memmott

£530m project needed to redress North-South imbalance – Network Rail

We must improve Liverpool rail links - Stopforth

K3 buys chunk of Cardiff company

North/south divide for insolvencies

Fostering Solutions moves HQ

Pimbo land on the market

Devil Fish Poker bought for £330,000

ENER-G acquires energy control business

Mace & Jones cleared in negligence case

Co-operative Estates finds its Range in Stoke

BSI bought for £42.5m

Tague on Tour: A sign of things to come?

Jacobs swoops for Aker business

Northern shares up amid takeover speculation

Crewe B&Q snapped up

Six more sign up for Ashton Arcades

Bolton Gate Retail Park snapped up

Pension burden 'nightmare' awaits North West businesses - RSM Tenon

March UK returns to profit amid 'resilient' trading

MSoft in South West hospital deals

DLA advises on £82m property deal

LCCC and Ask pledge to fight off Derwent challenge

Old Trafford row heats up over legal challenge

Losses widen to £13.8m at Eatonfield

JJB in £31.5m fundraising

Manchester has 'weathered the storm' - Sir Richard

More private equity backed buyouts in North West

North West can look ahead 'with confidence' - Hough

Steady progress at Cyprotex

Something for the weekend

Smoking Gun lands Carcraft brief

Children's hospital award clinched

The Rock on a roll

University joy at ITV move

Liverpool Boat Show bullish on prospects

Kawneer provides park cash

French connection for JLA

Manufacturing deal for Furlong

Saturn Energy in hospital warning

Turnover down, profit up at Trafford Centre

Vince Cable tells Insider: growth needed in 2011

Oglesby awarded CBE

Talking Point: Who will be the Pets at Home in 2011?

Deal of the Month launched - December winner announced

Chinese investment and an embassy for 2011 - Steinberg

M&A activity in 2011 'will be stronger' - PwC

Perspective buys another business

2011 will be a 'dreadful year' - Sir Richard

Growth will be slower this year - Memmott

Stable environment for this year - Barclays NW chief

Challenges await property sector - Downing

Talking Point: How to get 110 per cent out of your employees

Liverpool 'confident' for 2011 - McKenna

Two restaurants sign at Central Village

All Facility Services goes under

Hopes raised for an export-led recovery

£340m refinancing at Bibby Group of Factors

Intrinsic moves for Dataplex

Barclays agrees £31m loan with Brookhouse

Unite suspends strike action at Heinz

Squire Sanders merge is the "next chapter" for Hammonds

Blackburn to challenge Tithebarn decision

Four units go as Margolis fills up

Workplace injury toll falls in the North West

Workplace injury toll falls in Merseyside

Cadwalader scoops HSBC deal

VAT hike to hit turnover - FSB

DTZ in sports academy deal

Sluggish final quarter for St Helens businesses

£70m framework unveiled

£100,000 revamp at Cherry Tree

Fourth quarter deal volume down

Vimto-maker expects profit rise

McBride to hit lower end of expectations

Weather dampens dry-cleaning business

McAslan wins MSP brief

Orchard Street buys Bangor retail park

Trafford Council finds temporary home

Howardson grows with Sisis

Cameron reveals business support plans

Manchester set for first MIPIM flight

MAG agrees £280m financing facility

Liverpool One refinanced in £385m deal

Administrators remain confident of Pontin’s sale

Jobs saved through What’s Cooking? sale

Campbell joins Crowe Clark Whitehill

Tague on Tour: Barn to run

Run adds two

Decision deferred on £3.5m Wrexham dragon

Betfred’s sales hit £3.5bn

Festive sales up as JD shrugs off wintry weather

CSC revises Trafford Centre deal

OFT granted Thomas Cook review

Energize in Name Your Number deal

Small business will not be neglected by RGF - Cameron

Tesco chief to help drive Liverpool growth

Something for the weekend

Pochin sells in Crewe

Island Express relocates at Heywood

Intellident sold to private equity firm

Cheshire authorities to appeal £100m PFI decision

Government must deliver on promises, says FPB

Funds under management up by a fifth at Rathbones

St Helens braced for £28m cuts

Cameron visits Wirral Waters site

Tesco chief to help drive Liverpool growth

Incentivising key staff / management

Debt finance

Weightmans in talks with Mace and Jones

Talking Point: Recycling profits

Pioneer property becomes available

International trade breakfast – line-up confirmed

North West administrations fall in 2010

Co-op holds firm in the Insider Top 500

Endless backs £23m Liberata buyout

Deals keep coming for Perspective

Macc Sainsbury’s sold by British Land

Savills joins Belvedere boom

Churchill to build in Sale

German giant swoops for AT Group

Lookers sells three dealerships

Expansys reveals "disappointing" results

Princes breaks into Insider top ten

IS Pharma expands in Ireland

Not all doom and gloom for Liverpool in 2011 - Stopforth

Culture boosts Liverpool economy

Land Rover’s sales up 28 per cent

Asda's Bond joins Euro Garages

NoChintz trebles turnover

In Focus: Show me the money

Topps plans expansion after revenue boost

Carr's looks ahead to strong 2011

Simon Property abandons £2.9bn CSC bid

Tradebe swoops for Britcare

Excellence in Crewe deal

Winter weather helps Shop Direct sales

Government must support enterprise, says Collinson

Insider expands regional focus

Councils prepare for budget cuts

Bolton deal child’s play for Knight Frank

UKL&P and Pochin among the deals at Ashbrook

Strong order book boosts Optare

DTZ appointed on Castlefield Chapel

Etihad increases Manchester capacity

Council commits to Splash scheme in Fazakerley

Link Direct celebrates revenue hike

Kirby joins Victrex

AEW in for £35m Southend planning

Challenging outlook for Promethean

Davenham shareholders reject rebel investor plan

Shipbuilding renaissance continues at Cammell Laird

Tague on Tour: Sweet science

Williams Group revs up with £20m package

Neville Johnson’s sitting pretty

Political parties unite to tackle £91m black hole

Knowsley site secures European cash

Online sales boost N Brown

Knightsbridge Sainsbury's plans move forward

Great time to be a fraudster, says Salmon

£6m refurbishment planned at Sevendale House

Private sector can take public strain, says Ashcroft

Aztec completes job for LILA

Liverpool service sector gives 'cause for concern'

Millbrook Court unit on the market

Proven partnership for Eco Environments

Greggs to open 80 stores

Manchester City Council set for 2,000 job cuts

MCR completes double Malbern sale

Big wheels keep on turning

Quinton makes Dukinfield move

Clarke Energy sets £200m target

Job losses as Burton's closes Wirral factory

Manchester rents to grow this year, says Savills

CPOs issued for Mersey Gateway project

FWP wins more Westmorland work

Fairpoint bullish about prospects

BT jobs saved in Cumbria

North West business chiefs begin 'best entrepreneur' search

Jobs created at Hazeldene ahead of salad days

Sales dip at the Co-op

Saturn expands following Cinven deal

Prism promotes Hills

Kangaroo bounds into PR

BID boost for Winsford Industrial Estate

Lewis's redevelopment moves forward

Fletcher: Right decision on interest rates

Heinz workers to vote on pay offer

Burton's urged to rethink Wirral closure

Downing hungry for more Leeds success

Care UK takes SMI stake

BAE Systems to buy Irish company in £184m deal

Mills & Reeve completes New York Street move

Ener-g powers on

Number of distressed deals falls

Vinden Partnership launches construction finance scheme

Government must create an environment for growth, says Paphitis

Something for the weekend

College gets green light for £5m project

Seddon starts work on Bolton Travelodge

Appetite returns for tech deals, says PwC

Apprenticeship scheme to provide jobs boost

Colliers to lead Ellesmere Port techno park team

Dealmakers wrap: Happy New Year (and why it actually might be!)

CBG targets healthcare with launch of PALM

International trade: Insider needs your business tips

Anderson welcomes Liverpool cruise review

Work starts at Greengate

Acquisitions boost sales at The Hut

CityBlock scheme to start in May

Viridor buys in Bury

Facebook games developer bought by RockYou

Juvela could fetch £100m

£52m Leigh rail plans unveiled

Start-ups win Daresbury space

Lakeland scheme kicks off with HCA funding

Bauhaus fully let as Gazprom expands

Consolidating employment contracts

Leaders urge Whitehall to reassess spending cuts

Key move for property company

Successful completion of Tall order

Contract win for Waggledance

Stockport completes Grand Central deal

In Focus: The age of the angels

Ice Pak acquired by Yearsley Group

NWF fuels up with Evesons acquisition

Bury warehouse sold for £7m

LGC sells chemicals business

Bargain Booze toasts higher sales

Knutsford golf sale completes

ePower plugs into £1m funding package

The Original Factory Shop breaks festive records

NWAA deal to boost aerospace collaboration

Stobart submits Carlisle Airport plans

Rosebud backs Carlton’s Restaurant

Travelodge names dates for Manchester openings

Deloitte urges review of working capital

Manufacturers can drive region’s recovery

Support programme launched for Liverpool creatives

Kirwans opens fourth office

DJD to market college site

Data firm gets a Roundhouse kick

Tague on Tour: Slow and steady wins the race

Marketing opportunities at inaugural BPS conference

Brassington launches new mobile business

Fewer business failures in the North West

Assura makes £28m takeover bid

Alliance recruits Tesco man

Tarimo to leave Investec

FCH wins trio of Birmingham contracts

Orega welcomes seven

Gill joins new look Professional Liverpool

Driver focused on savings after loss

Clearwater launches £20m venture trust

Orrell Filtration bags Hilson division

Easi-Drive makes fleet investment

Cougar Leisure calls in administrators

Farmgen gets to work in Cumbria

Inflation likely to keep rising, says Sloan

Liverpool Science Park launches next chapter

Fleming joins Ice

Unemployment levels drop in North West

It’s a gas gas gas for Lancall

Bell jets in for Insider breakfast

WikiLeaks scandal provides NCC boost

Ash cloud hits MAG's results

EV increases funds under management

LDG expands glazing offer

Mersey Gateway is good value, says Nicholson

eBay dining site launched by ex-Living Ventures director

Waters completes Wilmslow deal

Capita re-signs at Lee House

Stewart Milne buys Cheshire site

European cash to fund museum programme

Deadline nears for China trade awards

Merseyside innovation hunt set to begin

Pochin gets busy on Trafford demolition

Peel Energy submits biomass plant application

RGF panel will be 'Scrooge-like', warns Wrigglesworth

Brunner Mond completes British Salt deal

Administrators secure Hember sale

Thomas leaves university and CCI

Winter weather costs Stobart £1.5m

Activision set to close Bizarre studio

Davenham could be restructured

Deadline close on Northern Foods offer

ServicePower expects to be back in black

Something for the weekend

Liverpool ‘embassy’ will encourage investors, says Wallis

Symphony of work at Photolink

Revenue spiced up at Patak's parent

50 jobs go at Johnson & Johnson

Power Solutions embarks on recruitment drive

Liverpool city centre residential market close to all-time low

Talking Point: Say ‘halo’ to your new investors

Management team buys Canopies UK

United deny Qatari takeover rumours

Sportech confident after ‘transformational’ year

John Lewis to splash out in Cheadle

Construction impacted by cuts - Begbies

Cities report reveals mixed picture for region

Slimma brands the right fit for N Brown

North West profit warnings fall

Deals at the double at Buckshaw Link

Taylor Young wins Leicester approval

Splash tops out in Stalybridge

Merseyside Innovation Awards – the search is on

Banks must have local lending powers - FPB

Government to hear Brunner Mond views

London demonstrates ‘can do’ attitude, says Anderson

Albany leisure space returns to market

Liverpool construction hit by cuts - Begbies

Tague on Tour: In times of trouble…

Nigeria turmoil fails to dent PZ Cussons

K3 expects improved profitability

Rotala completes Preston Bus deal

Pro Manchester calls for angel research centre

Trafford Park site sold for £4.9m

Transactis jobs at risk in Liverpool

New northern focus at RSM Tenon

Phoenix plans defeated in Oldham

Argent schemes win environmental recognition

New chapter for bookshop business

Fresh Group sells rewards division

Forrest eyes northern expansion

Law firm launches mediation arm

Liverpool Chamber launches logistics partnership

Preston architect reaps reward in Blackpool

Netplay expects to hit forecasts

Tague on Tour: MOSI launches with Brian Cox

HCA funding unlocks Oldham scheme

United Utilities expects ‘solid’ performance

Enterprise wins 23-year deal

Deal makes sense for ALS

Ryanair takes off at Manchester

Wirral jobs risk at Phoenix Chemicals

Sandersons seeks North West resi buyers

Momentum builds for Merseyside Innovation Awards

Finance Director of the Year – full line up revealed

“Oven-ready” sites the key, says King Sturge

Funding needs to be aligned, says Bernstein

Champion deal for JD

MST sets sail with Dutch deal

Casdon sales remain bullish

Princes in ‘advanced talks’ with Premier Foods

MG motors into Manchester with Tansey

Barratt secures Formby site

JJB Sports rapped by FSA

Dealmakers wrap: 2011 – a year for tenacious creativity

AstraZeneca beats expectations

Region hit by further job cuts

Trafford Centre deal given green light

Pretek secures £1m order

Developers buy Manchester’s Freemasons Hall

Deloitte appointed to Total Asset Finance

US calling for Team Knowledge

Ener-g set for jobs drive

New leaf at paper company

Entologi acquires remaining Hatch stake

Magnus scores a Cole

Businesses upbeat about profits

US still the land of opportunity, say entrepreneurs

Council buys Royal Mail site in Crewe

Fuel duty increases harming business - FSB

Green energy presents ‘huge opportunities’, says Barker

Talking Point: Watching the Sky

Johnson slams “conservative” housing system

Something for the weekend

DLA Piper merger to create 'world's biggest law firm'

Business leaders back innovation search

Are you exporting internationally?

Green energy presents ‘huge opportunities’, says Barker

Nanoco to raise £15m through share placing

XCAP to deliver bullish statement

API Group sells interest in Shanghai venture

Cogent in US cattle breeding link-up

Greenhouse to grow at MediaCity

Music mogul Waterman to sit on LEP board

Manchester LEP urges business leaders to sign up

North West job losses to hit 10,000 – Unite

Microvisk raises £6m ahead of product launch

Business Link’s still open, says Dwek

Wirral Council seeks business advice

Pontin's bought out of administration

James Halstead expects record first-half

Greene King swoops for Cloverleaf

Disposal lowers losses at Pochin's

Carlyle moves for Integrated Dental Holdings

Wooshii woos Swedish investor

Greenbank secures £24m Leigh funding

New East Manchester to be taken under city council control

Iceland put up for sale

Journey 9 looks to future after “amazing” year

Dwelle wins Eastlands Homes work

William Anelay secures historic contract

Tague on Tour: Ask me, ask me, ask me

Benmore sponsors Liverpool 'embassy'

Calls for Vision and TMP to merge

Venmore set for first auction

Super League decision crucial to Vikings future

Private equity deals to rise in 2011 – Grant Thornton

In Focus: Why Clearwater is raising a £20m fund

Strong first-half for NWF

Himor buys Ship Canal House

Latitude bought by Callcredit

PAG secures forward funding deal for Premier Inn scheme

North Midland secures university contract

Next generation internet – your opinion counts

Shortlist drawn up for £200m Tote sale

Turner Parkinson hails Sheridan "coup"

MBL shares plunge after profit warning

Bibby Leasing secures £26.5m facility

Flurry of applications for £35m fund

Petty’s moves for Lancashire rival

Morson optimistic despite defence cuts

Brandspankin’ brief in Burnley

SMD set for Chinese expansion

Callow to lobby government

Lancashire launches broadband drive

Delay set to hit TEG performance

Rising Bridge opens in Haslingden

Forbes launches mediation service

Enterprise notches up two meter contracts

Insider zeroes in on new regions

IRC to bounce back with "buoyant" performace

Accipio accepts Scan deal

Torotrak reveals cash saving restructure

Russell Taylor on the acquisition trail

Ley rubber stamps Knowsley move

Stewart Group expands global reach

I’ll never sell Zen, says Tang

Eatonfield reassures investors

Newland adds gloss to Crown

Puss in Boots polished off by PochinRische

WHR at the double in Oldham

Cushwake shifts Pinder Fry buildings

JD Sports makes play for rival JJB

Walker joins BPS panel

CBRE retained by Merseyside Pension Fund

Boat Show to showcase Liverpool

High sugar prices boost Liverpool supplier

Smith & Sons auction to be filmed

Aztec recruits five

Unilever reports strong profit growth

Insider is 20-years-old – and wants to hear from you

Truth opens in Manchester

CEG launches Sale’s Jackson House

European Commission delays £196m TDG sale

Equity gets going on Royal Oak site

20:20 Mobile sells Irish stake

Small loans on offer in Stockport

Lack of credit curbs football spending – Deloitte

Barclaycard set to cut 200 Merseyside jobs

Burne completes AEW buyout

Manchester Airport and UU back rail campaign

Partnership will make a difference, says Manley

AMEC buys £9m water and mining consultancy

RSK looks to Qatar

CDP wins Cheshire approval

ILX wins major contract extensions

Manchester and Bristol set to lead property revival

Airport plans new control tower

Paver Smith becomes LLP after pre-pack

Brook Group submits plans for Odeon site

329 jobs saved as HPJ Jewellers sold

University in BT link up

MAG-net to run “Success Factor” event

JJB needs £110m over next 12 months

Something for the weekend

Liverpool's 'Big Society' in tatters

100 jobs secured after LMS sale

Wood recycler set for growth

Ryanair launches two JLA routes

Last few tables for Liverpool dinner as Property Awards sell out

Orbit on the pace in Aintree

Liverpool’s West Tower enters administration

Eight businesses make Buyout Track

Canter Levin and Berg secures LSC contract

Four in at Liverpool One

Insider Membership – Communicate with North West top companies

Talking Point: Get focused on providing value

Daisy adds Barclays to £115m syndicate

Insolvencies fall but dark clouds loom

Biofortuna secures £1m package

Businesses rewarded for Chinese success

Sector focus can drive Liverpool jobs

Government pledges £125m to transport schemes

Banks launch £100m franchise fund

Tennants moves for £17m chemicals company

Deal of the Month – Integrated Dental Holdings

Bardsley builds in Merseyside

New lettings rise at Bruntwood

Liverpool BID plans approved

EV opens Liverpool office

Eco Environments in Sharp link up

Campaign starts to save Wirral jobs

Grosvenor supports Liverpool Embassy

Dairy Crest reports higher sales

Top North West directors debate economic future

In Focus: JD's bid for JJB makes sense

Victrex continues sales momentum

ENW fined by Ofgem

Renovo stays focused on cash management

"Good" first-half for McBride despite performance dip

Borough Care hopes to grow from Acorn

Arley buys Preston site

St Modwen close to Co-operative agreement

Prime rents hold up in Manchester

Green vows to offer Burton’s more support

Avecia sells US biotechnology business

Principal moves for Border Asset Management

Adept4 in Desktop deal

Princes agrees £182m canned food deal

Public cuts to hit East Lancashire economy

Blacher joins Fairpoint board

Interfloor hit by falling sales

Hungry Hardmans gobbles up Rosebud cash

Preston launches CBD plans

Tague on Tour: Room for a small one?

JD snaps up Lancashire sportswear firm

Vital secures £21m refinancing package

B2B International takes Frank stake

YFM expects surge in businesses turning to equity finance

Manchester take-up reaches record levels

BVCA hails the “year of venture”

Business school signs for 25,000 sq ft in Manchester

Insider to hold seminar with Peninsula

Lloyds set to cut Chester jobs

Manchester City Council confirms department cuts

New partnership to encourage Chinese trade

Elstone dismisses ‘meltdown’ speculation at Everton

Fordgate submits Halton Lea plans

Crawford Healthcare agrees £2.7m deal

First Manchester motors on

Sportech signs South African deal and strengthens board

Liverpool set for increased investor interest

Shortlist announced for new Liverpool property award

Gresham House launches science centre

Dealmakers Wrap: 2011 – the year of creativity

GB Group expects to meet forecasts

Norcros maintains strong sales growth

Manchester City climb money league

Export plans can drive recovery, says Drinkwater

E Vials has right chemistry for Wheaton

Business groups cautious on lending pledge

Co-op to create 1,700 management roles

Colliers expects the return of the pre-let

Segro completes two Trafford Park deals

NatWest backs A Longworth buyout

Farmgen submits £3m Cumbria plans

LC Automation completes MBO

Fruitapeel buys All Natural Juice from administration

Flogas buys Metcalfe and Evans

GVA appointed at Lingley Mere

Wolves pushing for off-field success

Corkills celebrates £2.5m investment

Astbury Wren adds two clients

Selbourne secures two lettings

Abacus fined after chemicals explosion

Lancashire's dealmakers celebrated

Findel confirms restructuring plans

Gray to leave Peel Media

Glamorous Travel secures North West Fund cash

Businesses embrace fund as applications hit 300

Manchester announces MIPIM programme

Vital Topics line-up revealed

Rental growth up at Assura

Tactical Solutions sold to St Ives

Something for the weekend

Safe deal for Intersoftware

Cheetham scoops North West director award

Manchester looks to kickstart Water Street development

Businesses set for £8m Colwyn Bay scheme

Hewitts lets Southport space and moves online

Park buys Birkenhead site

JJB proposes second CVA to stave off administration

Speedy Hire rallies despite construction slump

Morson takes full control of subsidiary

IS Pharma in merger talks

Meyer added to Big Chip panel

JD cools JJB interest after CVA plans

Authorities could challenge BSF decision

Optare in £7.4m share placing

Alexander vows to support public sector-dependent areas

King Street bouncing back as Tush Moore signs two

BDP wins £2m Kuwaiti contract

Latics demand action from council

Starkey Laboratories wins £4.5m contract

Renovo’s shares plunge after trial failure

Green light for Corrie’s move to Trafford

Hydra Aptus sprints to innovation win

Aztec does the job for happy Hooka

Linpac fined after St Helens accident

Integra People sets £10m target

Rogers says TMP is addressing funding shortfall

St Helens business scheme in funding boost

DTZ markets Knowsley site

Fleetwood Trawler group dragged under

MIE pulls plug on Liverpool Boat Show

HGF doubles space at Merchant Exchange

Daresbury makes £8m funding bid

CBRE appointed to Dale Street scheme

CashMyGold rapped by watchdog

Banks back Manchester business conference

Lowri Beck powers on with £8m package

Hanson Springs set for growth

ACAL secures £1m Carbon Trust investment

Daisy snaps up rival O-bit

GMB warns on public sector jobs

Bglobal signs Samsung deal

Inside Job with Insider

Green light in Cheshire as Ainscough buys more

Northern Tissue owner rewarded for UK investment

Whitehills now fully let

Work completed on Winter Gardens restoration

Plant Impact appoints new chairman

Construction gets underway on Blackburn school

Vulcan treks to Haslingden

SCP appointed in Colne

Textile manufacturer urges others to go global

Lancashire jeweller opens Pandora branch

In Focus: In defence of the Glazers

Klarius expands Voyager space

FCH wins consent in Kensington

Sellafield cautioned after radiation leak

Council puts Metrolite up for sale

Assura deal nears

IoD appoints new chairman

Denham weighs into cruise row

Property can only follow wider recovery, event told

Crunch talks to fill boat show void

Farmgen awards £30m AD contract

MMU invites bids for £120m campus

NatWest is right prescription for Davey’s

Inflation hits 4 per cent after VAT rise

Medical supplier signs up at Brookfield

Postpone interest rate rise, says Stopforth

Knowsley grants scheme to create 57 jobs

Scientiam appoints new managing director

B&M relocates in Birkenhead

Tague on Tour: Knowledge is king as Bruntwood looks for growth

BAE Systems back in black

PZ Cussons forms new beauty division

Late booking and Egypt unrest hit Holidaybreak sales

Zeus rebrands as Palatine

Construction starts on Travelodge

Sharp Project releases next phase

Cause for optimism in Manchester deals market

Pochin wins Staffordshire contract

Team appointed for Ellesmere Port framework

Peel Media secures £22m from Santander

Redrow chief attacks government scheme

North West submits most RGF bids

PH Jones expands management team

Unemployment drops in the North West

Law firm hails £185m fund after first investment

ILX Group wins £320,000 contract extension

Construction starts on recycling centre

Beetham hotel businesses call in administrators

International traders will attract buyers

Old Trafford war of words heats up ahead of review

Liverpool reveals 'severe' cuts but pledges business support

Handelsbanken in at the Deva

Liverpool FC welcome Hicks decision

BES sets £65m turnover target

JJB set for crunch shareholder meeting

Bakery cooks up Blackpool move

LJMU appoints new vice-chancellor

Maghull gets Central Square green light

Profits up at Rathbones

Automotive Diagnostic Solutions bought by SPX

Something for the weekend

Director change for the NCC Group

Secured Mail delivers for Owen

Bertram to open first Liverpool nursery

Sherpa makes Liverpool trek

Talking Point: Warning over ‘refocus’ of £1bn R&D tax breaks

University seeks developer for Sackville sites

AMEC buys Qedi for £33m

Shareholders back JJB fundraising

MAG could step in after BAA loses legal fight

Essar to buy Stanlow oil refinery for £219m

Retail sales improve but December worse than first thought

Business group aims to get Britain trading

Olympic opportunities for business, says Deloitte

Latics battle boost from council

Whitworth gallery awarded £8m grant

Whelan plans £48m debt for equity swap

Liverpool set for boat show talks

Two firms join legal network

Inspectors to clamp down on Merseyside construction sites

Park celebrates flexecash milestone

Dealmakers Wrap: 2011 – the year ahead for dealmaking

Your questions answered - Finalising the sale & transferring ownership

New events to replace Liverpool Boat Show

Bglobal wins Opus Energy contract

Brammer reports strong profit growth

Energetix to raise £2.5m via placing

Merry pays tribute as Salford completes handover

Paragon goes West for new office head

More businesses showing signs of distress, finds R3

Indian opportunities for region – Heald

Businesses plan job creation

Sanderson Weatherall man moves to GVA

Nolan Redshaw to market Farnworth site

Corcoran takes CBI role

Hankinson adds gloss to painting offer

Lancaster brews up expansion plans

Confidence is increasing but so are distressed deals, says Green

Fat Media gets bigger

Blackpool to cut regeneration spend

Fewer redundancies in Lancashire, finds study

Two in at Millennium

Arley set for Chorley residential scheme

Remsol wins chemicals work

Stenton and Johnson back martial arts business

Your questions answered - Role of the financial adviser

Your questions answered - Communicating the sale with shareholders and staff

Your questions answered - Meeting with buyers

Your questions answered - Role of the legal adviser

In Focus: Inside Job - Wall Street Blues

AppSense secures £43m investment

RSM Tenon posts revenue rise

Manchester ‘family’ set for shake up

First 2011 deal for 20 Chapel Street

Morgan Sindall hails Muse performance

Orbit completes Park Square refurb

Ten businesses up for tourism awards

Original Factory Shop set for major expansion

Wilson Field expands into Manchester

North West Fund signs up as BPS sponsor

Textile company rescued from administration

Hotel Indigo celebrates pre-bookings

Knowsley gets £16m housing green light

New networking site for Liverpool creatives

Liverpool will bear the brunt of cuts, warns Anderson

Willmott Dixon set for Birkenhead school revamp

Talking Point: Women in the workplace

Shareholders support 2ergo’s £3m placing

Losses widen at Surface Transforms

Restructuring pays off for Bodycote

Sevendale wins planning approval

Remove barriers to break glass ceiling, says Murray

Watson Steel wins Olympic gold

Merseyside Property Dinner – book your table

Davenham enters exclusive talks

WFEL set for £60m Swiss deal

Landlord to oppose JJB’s restructuring plans

Big wheel business debts revealed

Cuts make changes necessary - AGMA chairman

St Modwen to market Widnes development

Bank gets closer to interest rate hike

Robat wired for growth following EFG loan

Bakery deal saves 120 jobs

Tague on Tour: Scrubbing up nicely

McAuliffe strengthens board

Demand on the up in Frodsham

Proweld plans new hires after MoD win

Lack of big deals hits Liverpool take-up

Daily Sport on track despite wintry weather

ClearDebt boosted by IVA growth

Lucid rises from Bizarre ashes

Accountancy firms confirm merger

Something for the weekend

Kingdom Security expands into Yorkshire with deal

Fears for grass manufacturer 'trapped' in listed building

Private equity deal value on the rise, finds LDC

Demand still strong for industrial space, finds DTZ

Wirral Council still backs business

Europe-ex-Stock goes for Gulf growth

Sita UK loses £90m waste appeal

Cable to speak at chamber dinner

TSK starts multimillion-pound fit-out

Balfour Beatty signs £48m fire station deal

Pnu Power wins National Grid order

ACL commits to Princes Dock

Sales fall at WH Ireland

Talking Point: Small businesses need help

Bournemouth Airport operator eyes up expansion

Sales fall at WH Ireland

Leonard Curtis plans expansion

Transport investment vital to regional growth - Osborne

Tarimo joins Yorkshire Bank

AGMA approves ‘family’ streamlining

MAG will make airport move – Cornish

Sky Medical completes £2.5m fundraising

JJB delivers restructuring plans to BoS

Sharp move for Tiger Aspect

Glazers dismiss sale speculation

Character DPM calls in administrators

KPMG drops £50m Lexi claim

ACC reveals new arena plan

Biometrics company scoops counter terrorism prize

MV Commercial opens Haydock depot

Seven up for Active Profile

Hall Lane works near completion

Hammond launches high-speed rail consultation

Moneysupermarket's got talent as profits quadruple

In Focus: Time to stop bank bashing?

Driver hits expectations

Strong first half for Ai Claims

Promethean hit by second-half slowdown

Vantage Law secures small loan cash

Technology park key as Burnley makes its case

Cumbria names 12-strong LEP board

Eatonfield buys yet more time

Seize the Localism opportunity, housing providers told

Sky expands in Stockport

'Blood bath' awaits North West areas - Collinson

ERDF funds Wigan business park

Rosebud is a cut above for Truth

Muir Group set for residential scheme

Napthens to expand Blackpool presence

Jex fined over drilled hand episode

£2m contract win for Optare

Printoff buys Lancashire rival

Deadline extended for Big Chip Awards

Sentinel changes hands in £43m deal

A&P Group bought by Peel and Cammell Laird directors

Ascribe moves for 21C

Nobles notches eight wins

James Fisher completes £27.5m refinancing

AIMES secures Technology Strategy Board cash

Countryside starts Norris Green scheme

Work completes on Bolton housing scheme

Manchester offers best value to investors - report

Milliken reports profits hike

Northern Hub is ‘top priority’ – Higgins

Tague on Tour: The space race

Balls set for Liverpool visit

£4.8m plans revealed for Toxteth

Ph Creative makes Peak appointment

Abode finds new home in Crosby

Qatar Airways increases Manchester services

Talking Point: What does venture capital mean?

Russells starts on Premier Inn scheme

Infinity buys MIOC for £13.5m

Manchester stays stable, says Cushwake report

Man City and council push forward Eastlands plans

Amec to grow regardless of recovery

PHS buys Shred Easy

JJB needs more cash for CVA

Sales up at IESA but margins squeezed

Latics narrow losses but auditors raise concerns

DWF reveals growth ambitions

Nutrition Point changes name

Jaguar Land Rover agrees £2bn supply deals

Businesses take Hale space

Warren Partners grows its team

Noble Engineering bought in pre-pack deal

Government will look to preserve Tote jobs – Penrose

Tuff X relocates after loan fund cash

Focus disposes of stores in Asda deal

Travel agency merger referred to competition watchdog

Tague on Tour: Much to do to make Localism work

Rental demand boosts Bluerow

Liverpool reveals MIPIM plans

Renovo’s share price falls further

BPF welcomes JJB’s restructuring plans

Something for the weekend

Fight for ‘transformational’ rail schemes - Hammond

Coral on track despite cost increases

Communicate Better swoops for Liverpool company

Perspective company enters JV

Yearsley on the acquisition trail

Fairhursts on the move to King Street

Two more sign in Oldham

Malbern hit by high-profile administrations

Talk up the city, urges Steinberg

Hammond disappointed by number of transport bids

Board changes at Stobart

Profits up as K3 moves for Sense

North West gears up for MIPIM assault

Special offer for Insider readers

Douglas joins Insider logistics panel

Work starts on Bolton academy

Decision expected over Old Trafford plans

Deal of the Month – AppSense

Weir & Carmichael wraps up innovation award

Argosy takes MediaCity space

Icona completes funding round

Marks & Clerk to consolidate in Manchester

Provexis hopes for food supplement project

Welding Units galvanised for expansion

Innovation park launches marketing scheme

Businesses urge Vision and TMP merge

In Focus: Reading Osborne's pre-budget body language

AMS celebrates “outstanding” year

Johnson confident after restructuring

Clegg unveils more RGF details

CBRE reveals industrial stats

Etihad to double service from Manchester

Big four sign up for BPS conference

FC United to explore stadium options

BAM hands over Cheshire scheme

Lime and Objective make Sharp move

Tangerines unfazed by losses after joining elite

BCC lowers UK growth prediction

Weightmans completes Vizards Wyeth deal

Gladman agrees £50m finance package

Management team buys Media Sales Network

Lancashire pub toasts expansion plans

Enterprise gets to work in Peterborough

Knife and Spoon secures Rosebud cash

Consultation starts on Burnley plans

Optare wins £3.6m bus contract

Champ Chicken in the Hen House

Deal of the Month – JD Sports’ acquisition of Kukri

Emirates increases Manchester capacity

TEG wins London waste deal

Bibby relocates in Salford

Another record year for Lookers as profits soar

Greencore bows out of Northern race

Use brand Blackpool to drive tourism, says Varney

Dunsop Bridge scheme given green light

Co-op quarter rebranded as development partner sought

Rentruck gets Barclays backing

Chess to move into ISP sector

£35m Co-op site gets go-ahead

Adam expands in Stockport

Forum offers business support

Bunning takes HSBC role

ICTS targets further growth

Stepclever on the hunt for mentors

Savills to relocate Liverpool team

Tennis can showcase city, says Borg

Infinity launches £127m international fund

Hurstwood snaps up four

New focus for Cheshire tourism

New £9m private equity fund seeks opportunities

TI Industrial on the up with scaffolding deal

Reflecmedia shoots for snappers with BBC product

Peel reveals trade centre vision

Seddon set for housing schemes

Optegra completes Didsbury Point fit out

Great Fridays on song with EFG loan

Business confidence at a low ebb, finds survey

Baby Play opens in Altrincham

Lookers buys vehicle rental business

A-Plant owner to beat forecasts

Spectus returns to profit

Spofforth calls for business-friendly Budget

Cut VAT to boost tourism, says Merlin boss

Purple patch for Vimto maker

Speedy wins £12m Tesco deal

Warburtons sells Newport site

Is it important to be able to speak the language of the country you are trading in?

What is the best way to go about organising a translation project?

Your questions answered - Sales documentation

Something for the weekend

Palm oil company to invest £9m in Liverpool plant

Ashes cricket back on agenda after Lancashire legal victory

Stockport launches town centre vision

Judges in place for innovation awards

Manchester re-presents rethought First Street

Davenham board sees off rebel plans

Lancashire wins Old Trafford legal fight

Begbies lowers full-year targets

Indian growth will be ‘opportunity of the decade’ – Datla

Edge Lane plans avoid government call-in

Origin sows seeds with Rigby Taylor

Enterprise wins Severn Trent Water contract

The Oyster & Otter ready to roll after NatWest deal

Japanese architect to oversee Festival Garden works

LJMU professor to scrutinise on regen

Innov8 sets sales target

Two in at King Edward

What can I do to grow export sales and how do I get the best return from export marketing?

JD walks away from JJB deal

Talking Point: Green is the colour

TEG hails "pleasing" year as losses narrow

Profits up at Parkwood despite ‘mixed’ year

JJB plans £65m fundraising as JD walks away

Social media – businesses tell their stories

Admiral scores new owners

North prospects "worryingly bleak" without action - PwC

North West reports private sector growth

Virgin Atlantic in jobs drive

Kirkby redevelopment decision due

Blacon set for £18.8m revamp

Cheshire and Warrington name LEP chairman

Exports on the rise, finds Bibby

Prism Ideas sets up Boston presence

Warwick targets Russian growth

Hammond hits back at HS2 critics

Trafford town hall gets go ahead

Revenue and profit up at Fairpoint

'Coalition of the willing' to support JJB restructuring

Solid year for James Fisher

MBL seeks buyer after contract loss

Whittle Movers ceases trading

Northern Way set for closure

Green light for The Square revamp

YFM appoints Bergin

Matley joins Knight Frank

Venky’s backroom revolution continues at Rovers

YHA sells Thorney How

Concrete expansion for CCP

The In Thing pockets Dracco investment

Blackpool in business tourism drive

Community Windpower withdraws planning appeal

Optare wins £2.2m order from Go Ahead

Talking Point: The rental revolution

JLA upgrades landing lights

Project Jennifer CPO goes through

Southampton rails against Liverpool cruise plans

Franks hails Manchester's 'strong women' ahead of launch

Trade scheme targets innovative businesses

Double deal for Run

Stockport confirms city bid

Neptune makes its point

RBS backs Hub Alehouse launch

Success for Atlantic Chambers’ barristers

Sub Zero takes Jubilee space

MSIF a cut above for Wirral company

Mixed picture for region’s hoteliers

Chat Moss sold to new management team

Expansys signs US mobile deal

Conair takes Chorley space

Liverpool set for £12m property fund

EV moves for Yorkshire fund manager

Hephaestus reveals acquisition and delisting plans

Epistem strikes research deal

Insider breakfast - Leadership and life

Tague on Tour: Gotta get out of this satellite town

Innovation group set for LEP role

Knight Frank appointed on MIOC

DJD maps out Liverpool’s retail future

Co-op Bank steps in to back expansive Marcus Worthington

Peel calls for JJB to be supported

Gaskell sets out LEP priorities

Sales up as Morris set for refinancing

Avila snaps up Hawarden unit

Bingo operator sale sealed

Aaron & Partners recruits Holland

Sale roofing company fined

Carbon Digital in a spin

B3 Future deal for Bell Pottinger

Prisk says Budget will deliver for businesses

Lloyds to cut North West jobs

GI Partners buys Advanced Childcare

Manchester set for festival boost

FreshStart gets fresh in Old Trafford

Businesses target SXSW deals

Stealth in at Rhino Court

Hurst joins global accountancy network

Genr8 wins approval in Stoke

BAE confirms redundancy plans

HQC deal could signal market recovery

Something for the weekend

William Anelay starts on listed Liverpool project

Morgan Sindall starts on Croxteth school

Flower boss laments leisure cuts

Liquid appointed by Warburtons

Cameron urged to support Liverpool ‘embassy’

Livingcity wins Peel deal

Talking Point: Money in the bank?

Cable urged to deliver on red tape plans

Green light for £200m Kirkby plans

MBL to sell U-Explore stake

Singleton Clamp moves for PTP

McAlpine starts work on council building

Regions reports rise of the rich

Mansion plans Nottingham student scheme

Jobs lost as Sorsky goes under

Chinese creative sector is booming - CING

Fourth Hospitality sold in £50m deal

Liverpool ‘embassy’ secures London stay

American Golf ‘attracts £80m price tag’

Law firms shortlisted for annual awards

Mann Island resi scheme opens

Tague on Tour: On the waterfront

In Focus: The genius behind Fourth Hospitality

Cleaning deal safeguards 400 jobs

CBG slips to a loss

Vphase transition puts Energetix in the black

Bglobal strikes Dignity deal

Revenues up at ‘resilient’ Morson

Weightmans and Mace & Jones agree merger

Ashcroft hails BSP conference

Landlords to vote on JJB rescue plans

Tangerine expands in Potato Wharf

Government must create environment for growth – YouGov

ACC Liverpool announces exhibition centre extension

Barnfield appointed to Stanley House works

JD buys Fenchurch brand

Villiers calls on leaders to support £32bn rail plans

£4.3m contract add-on for Optare

Tower Hire faces fine after fall

Marton Moss scheme to go ahead

Sceptre wins £1.5m Thwaites contract

Henleys to close retail stores

Ego adds Rocket to restaurant mix

United’s parent reports £109m loss

US deal boosts Cyprotex sales

North West sites make World Heritage shortlist

Bardsley completes £8m college

Businesses deliver Budget demands

Conlon starts in Skelmersdale

High leases and low confidence hits Henleys

JJB agrees rescue deal with landlords

Bulldog embarks on expansion drive

Betfred wraps up bingo deal

Calls for fuel duty rise to be scrapped as inflation increases

Mason Owen to deliver for Royal Mail

Liverpool airport holds firm in tenth

Chancellor must deliver ‘big bang for growth’, says Stopforth

Insolvency Service to wind up 50 Cent UK

Merseytravel moves to replace fleet

Seven up for Downtown

Private sector urged to support Mathew Street festival

Novartis buys Chinese stake

Budget In Focus: Lessons from history

Budget will fuel growth – Osborne

Perspective raises £10.6m acquisitions fund

Sportech hits full-year expectations

ServicePower returns to profit

UU on track for ‘solid’ year

Enterprise zones will drive growth – Pickles

Connor wins Outstanding Contribution award

Budget 2011 – North West gives its reaction

Osborne’s “march of the makers” questioned by MBS panel

Unilever agrees Sanex sale

Marks & Clerk confirms Manchester move

Middleby makes £58m move for rival

Law firm expands Middle East presence

ProMed opens Wales clinic

Forum calls for ‘radical’ long-term changes

Halton Lea bought for £29m

Businesses grow 40 per cent at Daresbury

Chester partners with Lebanese university

EMS wins mobile sight-saving contract

AMEC secures £32m Teesside contract

Something for the weekend

XCAP forges international links

Business Link signs up for exhibition

Leach warns of “dragging anchors” on UK recovery

Botham hails £85m Ordsall Chord decision

Six business honoured at technology awards

St Modwen wins approval in Burnley

Pickles reveals vanguard North West enterprise zones

Port Salford could be the North West’s key

And then there were four – BBC bids are in

Etihad to create 160 Manchester jobs

Frenkel Topping reveals record results

Mancam takes another floor

Colloids secures £1m facility

Halewood scheme marches on

Ubiquity celebrates business wins

Leaders welcome ‘Mersey Waters’ enterprise zone

New Horizons makes South American mark

Everton boost digital offer

Heavyweights back campaign for rail improvements

Entrepreneurs back rail bid

Standing room only: NOT ACCEPTABLE

Buyer found for Beetham hotel businesses

K3 moves for Clarita

Ultimate cooks up Russell Hobbs deal

TJ Hughes sold to management team

Shearings confident as sales rise

Greater Manchester partnership will drive growth – Blackburn

PH Media to open London office

Emirates on recruitment drive

O’Carroll takes control at Fingershield

Turbo fizzes after angel investment

Furness Academy gets go-ahead

Cheshire East to fight Sandbach scheme

Dealmakers wrap: 2011 – Big deal?

Iliad Liverpool student scheme in for planning

Days Inn Liverpool opens today

Businesses over-paying for energy, finds Saturn

Liverpool’s £4.4m business scheme launches

Innovation deadline fast approaching

Management team buys Blue Sky

Anderson – we’ve only just begun

Joined-up thinking

Route to prosperity

Co-op establishes Reclaim Fund

Epistem reports ‘solid’ first-half

Profits up at Real Good Food

Derwent tries to drag Old Trafford plan back to court

Action Jactin as NWDA sells up

Four in at science parks’ Corridor site

Memorial plans announced for Howard Raynor

Kier wins £20m academy work

Davenham extends banking facilities

Lancashire’s LEP saga is embarrassing – Pickles

Tague on Tour: X marks the spot

Marlwood raises £800,000 via placing

MPM completes tower ballroom work

Peterson takes Enterprise role

NPL submits Thornton plans

Bensons beds down in Blackpool

Cumfy ride for Optare

Two in at Carnfield Place

In Focus: Looking for VCs? Try the pub

Liverpool to host global entrepreneurship conference

Accumuli moves for Yorkshire business

Meredith accuses Clarke of ignorance over CFA reform

Co-op chief hails 'remarkable and exhilarating period'

£30m Speke leisure park seeks planning permission

NCC strengthens US escrow operations

St Modwen lets final Haletop unit

Essar buys Stanlow refinery for £219m

Seven up at Manchester Airport

CBRE North West buys Interchange for Aberdeen

Vindon eyes deals after sales rise

NatWest chips in with Greenhill funding

TDG takeover completes

Penning reiterates Liverpool cruise plans

Matrix fined after employee injury

Creative recruitment tool launched

Mortimore secures MSIF investment

Capital Safety buys Uniline

Hire Station presses Urban Waterside’s Jensen button

Losses widen at Davenham

Insider at 20: Two decades in Manchester

James Halstead celebrates record first-half

Daisy buys £12m Outsourcery business

Insider celebrates 20 years

Bribery law – companies must act

Regus opens ninth Manchester centre

Peel agrees £205m long-term loan

Suttons set to invest £9.5m in new tankers

Jewellery chain owed creditors £2m

Funding cuts at Arts Council but sector ‘remains intact’

GMC snaps up former Bolton manufacturing site

Laytons celebrates deal work

BAA forced to sell off airports

Waitrose plans northern expansion with Chorley site

AMEC wins BP contract

Mansion celebrates solid year

FundingStore agrees Canadian deal

Secured Mail opens Warrington depot

Topps plans expansion despite sales fall

Talking Point: Bigger picture key to healthy football

Sport Media’s shares suspended

General Traffic acquires Warrington site

Davenham uncertain over restructuring plans

Bruntwood bags two for Cotton House

Edmund Kirby joins with M&G

Miller added to Business North West line-up

R3 warns on pre-pack changes

Duschenes buys Braemar residential funds

Eatonfield stems losses

Royal London talks continue with Royal Liver

Edward Stobart dies

Bailey expresses funding fears

Chesnara eyes further deals

Vicinity and Contour merger completes

Something for the weekend

Major deal done for undisclosed sum

Investment company buys Liverpool project

Anderson hails Expo presence

Liverpool targets South Korean investment

Provexis on acquisition trail

Losses widen at Nanoco

Morris Homes completes £200m refinancing

Sport Media set for administration

Daisy chalks up second deal in a week

Piccolino owner confident despite widening losses

Driver steers African JV

Deal of the month: Sale of Fourth Hospitality to ECI

Did you spot it?

Khan finalises Accrington takeover

Cargill completes Royal Nedalco deal

OFT takes action against Webuyanycar.com

Board members in place for Greater Manchester LEP

London calling for School of Sound

Iliad wins approval for Liverpool scheme

Caspian House comes to the market

Burton’s ‘open-minded’ about Wirral plans

Weightmans wins employer award

Ryanair starts Toulon flights

Think adds two

Assura to beat expectations

Tishbi wins race for the BBC

McInerney Homes calls in the administrators

£7.5m investment for Kitwave

FW Capital delivers Totalpost loan

Ingersoll Rand moves from Wigan to Bolton

DTZ hunts for Stockport developer

HICA to bring 100 jobs to Lancashire

Everyman awarded £5.9m European grant

Brunner Mond in name change

Still London versus the rest, says BNP Paribas

Deal value tops £500m at DWF

Three in at Deepdale

MB Aerospace sells £8m energy division

Moore and Smalley strengthens senior team

Business Venture relaunces as Orvia

Green light for Coppull development

Housing plan launched for Fylde Coast

Denwa dials up Rosebud funding

Butlers cheese hits Tesco shelves

Search starts for Blackburn Markets partner

Deal of the Month – Daisy Group

Next generation computing - the cloud

The world in your handset

Tague on Tour: A crane, a crane, my kingdom for a crane

JJB confirms £65m fundraising plans

Manchester retail needs more buzz, says DJD

Co-op buys Shropshire site

NWDA shifts tourism responsibility

BCC forecasts challenging times ahead

Friendly society takeover completes

North West exports can drive recovery – UKTI

FBS makes Runcorn move after NatWest loan

Economic Solutions takes control of ENWORKS

BDO appointed to find Daily Sport buyer

Openshaw plans recommended for approval

Royles limbers up with funding boost

Bluemantle signs Waitrose for Alderley scheme

HOW wins resi consent on Oak Tyres site

LT Print makes £120,000 investment

Rippleffect plans £2m expansion

Spring on the Waterfront line-up announced

Bean Coffee opens at Princes Dock

Run Services opens in Speke

Funding boost fires The Real Flame

Top money manager Edwards to leave Midas

EOS Law recruits five partners

ReThink confident after sales hike

HEROtsc provides Warrington jobs boost

IS Pharma agrees merger deal

ADAPT gets green light in Rochdale

Millshomes enters administration

Airport City consultation set to start

New board at magneticNorth

Boxed Red to drive Bentley Priory marketing

Hill Dickinson names new senior partner

Holmen to invest £108m in Workington site

Martin Dawes secures restructuring loan

Kingsland makes £1m site investment

Orford attacks government’s national LEP network

BCC defends £300,000 LEP network

MRi Polytech expands Macclesfield base

IAS scoops five

EMS launches standalone healthcare company

Cable quizzed on bank lending

Chess secures £21m to fund deals drive

Chester’s Islands comes on stream

Ayre welcomes basketball star stake

Multibuild on a roll in Rhyl

Liverpool set for National boost

Swinton parent buys Provident

Market Creative wins £12m HomeForm account

Alliance calls for HS2 rethink

Stalkers refinances with Aldermore

Sudlows to build Co-op data centre

KPMG finds buyer for Character DPM

Something for the weekend

Kuncewicz: What happens in Vegas stays on Twitter

Clearwater advises €1bn worth of deals

£4m innovation park revamp set for launch

Transformers UK hails international push

Butler joins Yorkshire Bank

Carr's buoyed by profit rise

Peel makes Pinewood Shepperton bid

Savills declares “first mover advantage” window

Contractors selected for One St Peter’s Square

Green light for Eden housing scheme

Outsourcery ‘more focused’ after Vodafone sale

Farooq to lead Shoosmiths real estate team

Derwent Forest developer selected

Roked refuels with NatWest investment

Talking Point: Street fighter FD

Construction starts at Bath Western Riverside

Knowsley business backs London ‘embassy’

Speedy hails second-half as it heads for "marginal" loss

Matalan completes £300m refinancing

Peel makes Pinewood Shepperton bid

Learn About Finance scoops innovation prize

Late payment hitting businesses, finds RSM Tenon

Big Chip breaks entry records

IS Pharma agrees £16m funding deal

Private sector output on the rise

IoD winner joins conference line-up

Norcros expects sales and profits rise

Sandersons builds ABL capability

Nine successful North West bidders for RGF cash

New world for Shaping Cloud

TSK notches three wins

CBRE to market Old Trafford site

Winning bid named for Greengate housing

Chamber partners with RBS for £13m loan fund

Eatonfield agrees site sales and banking facility

Accrol pulps the competition

Dunsop Trout Farm to expand following buyout

Marlwood slips into the red

Contractor moves into Maple Court

Hotpot status could serve up tourism boost – Dean

Langley Lakes casts off in Broughton

Sovereign coins Chinese base

Strathern makes office move

More businesses facing financial distress, says Begbies

Cowgill hails JD performance but warns on outlook

Oliver Valves sets £50m target

Oddfellows fund buys Focus store from Valad

Chris Sheffield to run BetFred.com

Clough & Willis launches recruitment service

Royal Liver signs merger agreement

Palatine backs Hallmark acquisition

Brabners to merge with property law firm

No short-term fix for housebuilding, warns JLL

Insider at 20: Promoting Manchester

Tague on Tour: Learn baby learn

Kutchenhaus expands at Kings Park

Douglass Grange bought by management team

Alexander outlines growth fund priorities

Insider breakfast – the green deal

Investor buys Old Trafford site in LPA deal

Government looks to ‘programme bids’ for RGF

Nolan Redshaw appointed on Southport site

Stuart warns against regional infighting

Nursing conference brings £3m boost

Active Profile makes science park move

Barclays backs Compound Feed Engineering

BIS sets up North West presence

PZ Cussons reports challenging trading

Primeline swoops on Eagle Park

Chets celebrates topping out milestone

Loan fund to exceed £13m target

Unilever fined for price fixing

Torotrak secures £8m licensing deal

Bmibaby pulls out of Manchester

Date set for Altair inquiry

AsiaEurope scores funding boost

Lenehan optimistic on Styles & Wood growth

Crystal Ball tracks three deals

Green light for Lancashire LEP – without Blackburn

Britton Group sold to Sun European

Cheshire leaders hail RGF success

Conveyor Networks celebrates Play.com deal

Pochin unveils Winsford plans

Parsonage firms up Al Dente deal

Private equity volume rebounds – KPMG

Talking Point: Fifteen minutes with Stephen Hester

All-In-One acquires Hills Garden Centre

Work starts on Ronald McDonald House

Future ProManchester names innovation winners

Blackburn and Burnley set to join Lancashire LEP

Philip Green joins Carillion

Nash digs deep as Chets tops out

LDC backs MusicMagpie.co.uk flight

Something for the weekend

RBS to triple Manchester investment banking operation

Setgo eyes social network growth

B&M Retail leads profits charge

Boss deal for printing business

Seven NWDA sites to hit the market

Solomon sets out TJ Hughes priorities

Ryanair starts new JLA flights

Mechan engineers annual growth

Talking Point: The changing landscape for selling a business

Daisy completes on £15.4m deals

Former Thomas Cook man joins Holidaybreak

WFEL celebrates profits hike

Morgan Sindall wins Hopwood Hall work

Chester set for £3.5m economic boost

Forum calls on EU to drop online retail plans

Survitec sets sail with Zodiac purchase

Penrith scheme sold for £4.15m

Back the Bid – we want your views

Anovo upbeat despite sales fall

JLR helps drive Tata sales

HOW submits Chesterfield plans

Lantern alights on agents

Businesses pessimistic on growth

Aztec on the spot for Savills

Innovation agreement for start-ups

Special awards

Big Chip International Award for Innovation

Game of the North

Big Green Chip Award

Best Established Freelancer/Micro Enterprise

Best Newcomer

Best Online Brand Development

Best Digital Marketing Campaign

Best Use of Social Media

Best Use of Search

Best Use of Animation

Best Application of Technology

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Best Mobile Project

Best Not for Profit Project

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Shortlist revealed for this year’s awards

Hasgrove looks internationally after solid year

NCC revenues show rise

Promethean hit by sales slump

Rochdale and Riverside to pool their resources

Big questions for Liverpool offices, says CBRE report

Kenyan investor buys Barclays building

Media sector leads way for funding requests

McKeever makes WEMS move

RPS adds to portfolio

Pochin’s takes heart from construction upturn

Redrow expects completions rise but eyes Scottish sale

BrightOffice reveals workforce plans

Five secure Winter Gardens work

Completion nears on Fleetwood development

Call goes out for £3.8m project

Taylor Patterson hires two

Developer confident despite Burnley Bridge blow

In Focus: Are CVAs the magic bullet?

Rice calls for enterprise zone extension

Rival bidder emerges for Pinewood Shepperton

Incom eyes deals market

Colliers brings Bolton hotel to market

Castlefield hotel in for planning

Debt-pile dragged Beetham hotels under

Fraud in public sector surges as cuts bite

Merseyside Innovation Awards – get your entries in

St Modwen buys £4m Farnworth precinct

Lancashire warehousing business goes bust

Isis sells Reed & Mackay stake

Panel in place for Middle East breakfast

Tague on Tour: Growing, growing, gone

Downing names new agents on Federation House

Ettinger sets sights on big screen

Mitchell Charlesworth aims to strengthen China links

Solen Energy shines in Speke

JLA set for passenger boost

GB profits to beat market forecast

CityFibre completes restructuring

Warrington – town centre is the key

Consortium bids to take Piccolino-owner private

Silentnight looks for CVA as bank pulls facility

Report reveals BAE impact

P3 offers St James’s space

Irwin Mitchell eyes external capital with restructure

Burton's to consider Unite plans

Lawnhurst estate bought in £60m deal

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Eatonfield confident on short-term financing

Administrators called in at Safe & Warm

Harman refinances with Venture

Cheshire business celebrate Queen’s Awards success

Pennington Choices sets up PV division

Sandersons buys £1.3m Cheshire Co-op site

CBRE sells Warrington shed

Stobart set to raise £120m through placing

Speedy sells £35m accommodation division

St Modwen reaches for "no vacancies" sign

San Rocco adds Bury venue to group

Quorum builds Wilmslow portfolio

£20m roof confirmed for Victoria

Optare on board with Manchester Airport

Angels Den added to Business North West line-up

Barclays funds college development

£10m building opens at Lancaster University

Napthens appoints new head of litigation

Sullivan completes Sunday Sport deal

Farleys expands in Manchester

EY reveals entrepreneur finalists

Ellman expresses regional fears

SAS Daniels buys personal injury business

Designer eyes royal wedding boost

Talking Point: The royal wedding – bad for business?

Green light for £20m Openshaw scheme

In Focus: Start-ups need sales income, not VC money

Switch Media snapped up by iomart

Bodycote reports solid quarter

Peel makes £96m move for James Bond studios

Ducie deals as Splash signs 11

SEGRO sells Trafford Park site

Morrisons linked to Iceland move

Nolan Redshaw makes it five in Wigan

Wirral discount club launches

Ellesmere Port railhead reopens

Labour makes Blackpool conference return

Envirotyre calls in administrators

SmartKem receives funding boost

Liverpool apartment deals hit new low

TMP shortlist unveiled

Liverpool businesses set for BID ballot

Kavanagh confirmed in Liverpool role

Biofortuna signs distribution deal

Tague on Tour: Wire in the blood

Rising commodity prices hit McBride

Merseyside pharmaceutical business sold to Bosch

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Lookers receives 'highly speculative' approach

Southern 11 set for Spinningfields

Cheshire enjoys tourism boost

CTI Digital expands multimedia offer

Two-pronged approach needed to avoid double-dip – FPB

MSP adds four tenant companies

Engenda expands with DTEC deal

Report warns on Northern 'vacuum'

Hill Dickinson appoints new Manchester head

Parkwood reveals delisting plans

Catering Academy wins schools brief

Pochin sells Crewe retail site

Hook launches Blue Fish

Businesses honoured in Queen’s Awards

Dutch giant moves for Smith Group

Future UK investment is at risk – CBI

Talking Point: Community spirit

Former BAE chief joins Torotrak

Sceptre makes it three

Clearwater sources Jojo Maman Bébé investor

New name for Waterhouse office building

Panel in place for Business of Property Conference

Roundhouse kicks on at South Rings

Crown Paints set for bright future, says Davidson

HBJ Gateley Wareing reveals new name

Enterprise agrees local authority deal

Fox submits Longridge plans

Deal of the Month – Smith Group

Deal of the Month – Entertainment Magpie

Garside Waddingham expands presence

Peel man joins Liverpool Chamber board

Switch-on nears for £3m energy plant

JJB starts life on AIM

KPMG appointed to Catalyst

Can Media rescued from administration

Business community lines up behind Insider campaign

Talking Point: Making exporting work

Chadwick launches Professional Liverpool rival

BAE braced for sales fall following defence cuts

Moneysupermarket bouyed by sales rise

Strong start for Vimto-maker

Survitec adds marine business to its fleet

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Confetti celebrates WeddingsOnline link-up

Anelay starts work on £1m refurb

Sales at TDG-owner hit £673m

Markettiers4dc to make Manchester move

International trade – the regional patterns

Green light for Curzon Street plans

Alpha expands housing spread

Winckworth Sherwood to open in Manchester

Helena awards Paragon £1m fit-out brief

Consortium revealed as Lookers suitor

Community Foundation calls for Merseyside spirit

Carpe Diem sprints to Asics deal

Green demand boosts Stiebel Eltron

WYG appointed for St Helens retail study

Focus DIY set for administration

McFarlane takes Colliers reins

Revenues up at ReThink

James Fisher set fair

Order book remains strong at AMEC

Focus DIY set for administration as debt crisis mounts

Downton takes 100,000 sq ft in Runcorn

Tague on Tour: In the eye of the beholder

Armstrong Watson buys Carlisle rival

North West house prices on the rise

Phoenix opens Manchester office and has £450m to invest

Don't underestimate technology sector, says former Dragon

Wirral warehouse bought for £8m

Navin buys majority share in Manchester Organics

EWC set for AIM flotation

Enterprise zone interest remains high, says MAG

Johnson confident despite 'harsh' conditions

Business distress levels fall – R3

Fox takes The Business Connection role

Young Professionals Awards winners revealed

Bibby reveals profits hike

Central buys Express Cafes

Liverpool losses a 'footnote' to Hicks and Gillett era

Duschenes hails 'innovative' North West

"Tenant’s champion" property firm launches in Manchester

San Carlo names cities for Cicchetti expansion

IoD chief calls for investment help

Keep interest rates on hold, urge business groups

Prezzo to open at MediaCity

Buyer sought for beleaguered retailer Focus

Virgin Media to move 350 jobs to Wythenshawe

Something for the weekend

Step 2 says Halo in Bolton

Pareto toasts sales rise

Grant Thornton adds to corporate finance team

Burtonwood expands geographic spread

Stopforth welcomes interest rates decision

MSP on song with new deals

Beaumont makes Kenyon Fraser move

Butterworth Spengler wins chamber work

Retail e-Commerce

Talking Point: Team building exercises

Silentnight deal saves 1,250 jobs

Optare confident after narrowing losses

Kingfisher swoops for Focus stores

Studio North wins two briefs

Rise in UK businesses going bust

First letting at The Exchange

Plans submitted for Forever 21 store

Ask:Goodman hands over police building

DeeLine bought by management team

North West private sector growth slows

Shawston sets £15m target after cash boost

Creditors owed £2m after Character DPM collapse

XCAP moves into profit

What do you need from your premises? Insider survey

DWF goes with the grain on Wynnstay deal

Biggs resigns from Biennial post

Concrete growth for Nurock

Mercury rising in Liverpool

Bglobal warns on future sales

Urban Exchange adds M&S and Pure Gym

Weightmans 'satisfied' with revenue rise

Strong progress at 2ergo as losses narrow

Seventh heaven for record-breaking N Brown

Blackstone in exclusive Tangerine talks

Clean Air Power raises £1.5m as losses narrow

WHR joins Pegasus team

FreshStart adds to Trafford portfolio

Bank funding greases Gannon Oils growth

Funding boost for Onsite Transport

International sales are child's play for HTI

Imperial Works offered to market

Tague on Tour: Giving tenants extra

Board changes at Optare

Contract win for Andrew Porter

Anvic completes Piccadilly House refurb

Delivering top quality performance

In Focus: What does Silentnight tells us about CVAs?

Ryanair chief attacks Manchester's dominance

Byotrol signs Fortune 150 deal

Rathbones funds under management top £16bn

M&S signs up in Glossop

Government sets out international ambitions

No paws in MPM growth aims

CBI backs £70m Salford waste plant

Steven Abbott buys Cumbrian rival

Staff from the north will rule one day, says BBC boss

Record quarter for Frenkel Topping

BiJu shines for Allied

Talking Point: Middle Eastern promise

Peel project in running for EU cash

Profits climb at HSS Hire

Bromak opens Bolton head office

Jetsetters help break JLA records

Well Travelled opens in Manchester

Knight Frank to market Switch Island scheme

Seven up for Downtown

Mobile trends

UKLP takes over at Sarah Point

Back new investment, urges Bibby

Sportech set to hit expectations

Appointments: McGrigors, DLA Piper, JMW and BLG

Piping hot deal for CRP

BDP Manchester lands low-carbon China job

City move to 'new level' – Kitbag boss

EA Technology eyes Southeast Asia growth

Alliance signs Elliott for Sheffield’s Victory Park

Holiday parks owner sells portfolio

Sudlows buys Salford IT company

Premex goes Stateside in £66m deal

Buyers line up for Focus stores

Lookers consortium given deadline

MGB cleans up with contract win

Lasting Memories opens in Altrincham

Pochin set for pavilion work

Premier deal for Patrick Properties

Augmented reality

Stobart slams 'false' report

Little Chip shortlist unveiled

Leisure Opportunities snaps up Colne site

Stockport Plaza leads way at RICS Awards

Public cuts fail to dent MSP profits

£15m university research centre to be launched

Kirkland gets going on Middleton scheme

Seek out angel investment – Wilkins

Sinclaire cuts a deal for Wilman Interiors

Something for the weekend

Growth fund tour to hit North West

North West LEPs offered start-up cash

PlumbNation taps into higher sales

HCA to kick-start stalled housing schemes

Rice urges Liverpool businesses to vote for BID status

Record contract win for Heatons

Nice-Pak cleans up with sales rise

Downing completes first phase of Newcastle scheme

Card Factory greets Connah's Quay

Hillyer McKeown makes Stirrett partner

PH Jones sold to Centrica for £30m

FreshStart forges China links

Businesses set for Software City pitches

HRS eyes international growth after award win

Crystal Ball motors on with tracking deal

Booth calls for Lancashire unity

Space scoops property award

Race for the Tote heats up

Peel Ports in wind turbine deal

Board changes as Hill Dickinson restructures

United reveal rising revenues

XL expands with Bennett deal

RBS backs Hydes expansion

Whiteaway Laidlaw enters Sterling joint venture

MSP lights up Cannes

Kirwans makes £150,000 office investment

Liverpool developer makes case for green bank

Venture Fields continues apace

Betfred's Tote offer worth £200m

NWF expects record year

Brammer reveals strong start

CSC hails Trafford Centre performance

International experts join Middle East panel

EV recruits Stellman from YFM

Manchester could take second city tag

Harris confirmed as new Wrexham FC owner

Hunt begins for Grand Central partner

Eric Wright secures contract wins

Brothers take over PH Jones division

General Physics notches third South West deal

Lancashire signs off £400m BT deal

Co-op launches public sector mutual

HMRC debt forced Welchs Homes under

Crosby launches HR business

Drugline buys Blackpool freehold

RBS checks in with St Ives funding

UCLan forges India links

UK Coal sells Lancashire land

Lancashire pleads for Gubay to drop appeal

Hive wins at BCO

HML to close Padiham site

JLL and King Sturge in merger talks - reports

Dolphin sold in pre-pack deal

Medicash teams up with Insider for conference

Chinese investment will spark further interest – Steinberg

Manchester and Liverpool among planning pilots

Plans in for Altrincham Interchange

Cheviot opens in Liverpool

City pioneer 'corporate box of the future'

Insider Property Awards – shortlists announced

Co-op sets £90m aside for PPI claims

Travis Perkins cherry picks Focus stores

Talking Point: A nudge and a wink

Speedy 'stabilised' but losses widen

Hall takes over at Professional Liverpool

Momentum builds ahead of BID deadline

Golf club tees off with bank funding

Bromborough retail park now fully let

Conference boost for ACC Liverpool

Dealmakers Wrap: Reasons to be cheerful – part 1

In Focus: How value is created in media

Barcrest sold to Scientific Games for £35m

Styles & Wood eyes market upturn

Liverpool to the fore as Land Secs picks up

Businesses turning to North West Fund – Leach

Sacco Mann moves to Spinningfields

Dairy Crest to move Clover production

Broomhead to lead Chester regeneration

Henley's collapse emphasises high street woes

Dawson sells Manchester textile retailer

AMEC snaps up US engineering business

Companies take space at Daresbury campus

Bid for business funding – Heseltine

Revenues up at Sinclair ahead of IS Pharma deal

HMRC in £200m money laundering crackdown

Cheshire 'expo' can be investment springboard – Brown

Cheshire developer buys Manchester plot

Northern brews up expansion

Galliford Try reaches close on LIFT projects

Accessing finance from private investors

LEP board sets Greater Manchester priorities

Energetix appoints new chairman

Stockport to redevelop Dialstone Centre

City looking for stadium sponsor

Oakley Capital set to underwrite Tote bid

Homecall Plus enters compulsory liquidation

BGF launched as £2.5bn fund for the provinces

Enegi agrees technology deal and funding line

Centric snaps up land for £6m scheme

Something for the weekend

Premier Inn gets green light for Venture Fields

Manchester's eye back on the ball, says hotel chief

Burton's set to reveal fate of Wirral factory

Tague on Tour: Won’t somebody think of the children?

Tarmac rolls into Runcorn

Liverpool music scene can drive tourism – UK Music

Waterfront events boost Liverpool businesses

BGF door open to smaller businesses, says Welton

Betfred makes final push to land the Tote

Difficulties ahead for Mercury Recycling

Weather and Westwood drive American Golf round

Stobart in buoyant mood as revenues top £500m

Morrisons weighs up Iceland bid

Report calls for local authority finance reform

Bentley's China sales outstrip Britain

Benmore appoints CBRE

B&M expands with Focus deals

Burton's 'offered £450,000' to reconsider

WH Ireland sells Australian stake

Southport to rake in £2m from events

International audience gathers for Liverpool showcase

Businesses set for Software City pitches

Funding boost for Prescot plans

JB Leitch agrees head office move

Liverpool reveals £600m investment plan

Myconosticam sold to Lab21

Plant Impact raises £2m

Holidaybreak 'resilient' but losses widen

Record-breaking start for Victrex

Betfred offer worth '£45m more' than rival

St Modwen tops out in Wythenshawe

Profit warning sends Fairpoint shares spiralling

Businesses sparked to join electricity trial

Stobart reveals £90m biomass deal

ACAL secures North West Fund cash

Kier sells Oldham PFI project

Franchise industry remains strong – survey

Rigby makes £2m green energy investment

Sales heat up at HomeServe

Booths to become Tesco Express

CBG makes Blackpool move

Tague on Tour: Feet on the ground

JJB's turnaround set to take five years

Banking needs to support Middle East drive

FSA fines Salford trader £1m for share abuse

Developer convicted of multimillion-pound fraud

BVCA announces regional winners

Eatonfield shares slide after sale falls through

ITN Mark sold to Indian group

Cheetham & Mortimer appointed in Rochdale

Pickles decision ends year-long Tesco delay

Envestors launches finance and mentoring team

Furnishings business beds down in Salford

Torotrak feels the effects of restructure

Liverpool set for £6m cruise boost

OSS reels in Marine Point project

Run Services secures school project

Proventec looks to future following restructuring

All smiles after Southport dental deal

CBRE appointed at Liverpool One

In Focus: Dot com boom

Renovo set for 100 redundancies as wind down continues

James Fisher wins £11m Swedish Navy contract

Price regulation hits United Utilities' bottom line

Scapa Group lifted by medical division

EY confident of further Focus store sales

Manchester has enough supply, says Barron

Government gives green light for £200m Kirkby scheme

Inward investment levels highest for 13 years

CC provisionally clears Irish Sea ferry deal

Funding to light up MHA sales

Bardsley buoyed by strong pipeline

Bluemantle plants planning seed for Fison's site

Olaer refinances with HSBC

Dietary Specials wins Asda deal

Construction to resume after medieval remains exhumed

RPS celebrates Altrincham hat-trick

Supporters back in the mix for Wrexham deal

The Life Dept embarks on recruitment drive

Ask the Expert: Sustaining a healthy bottom line after cost cutting

Cable launches hunt for renewables centre

Peel set to put Pinewood offer to shareholders

Profits spark at Electricity North West

Greggs boss backs business finance calls

Towns bid for city status but Blackpool pulls out

Basketball to net Manchester economic boost

Profits top £1bn at Jaguar Land Rover

Fircroft moves to Warrington

MCR in talks with FSA after collapse of PPI broker

Insolvency Service winds up Manchester charity

NoChintz wins MediaCity work as four move in

Something for the weekend

Biddle joins as MAG builds property team

North West construction industry honoured

Liverpool One named 'best of the best'

Empire Supplies takes Bromborough space

Talking Point: Trade tactics

Norcros exits lease for £7.8m

Revenue growth revives restructuring Renold

International trade survey – we want your help

Moorhouse’s hopes for sales fizz

Wave of investment for Secured Mail

Pro Manchester confident as public sector reliance ends

Danwood inks Document Express deal

Cumbria to address tourism funding shortfall

CSL expects international shift

IT Works secures funding package

Lees excited by JLL and King Sturge merger

Denizen wins £6.7m hotel work

Third of small business owners considered quitting

McInerney contracts snapped up in £100m deal

Government launches enterprise zone competition

Heathcote's Outside opens in Blackpool

Safe & Warm owed trade creditors £100,000

Salvere appoints Palm

Blackburn hopes unpaid leave will save £1m

Golf academy let by Nolan Redshaw

In Focus: High stakes

Pre-tax profits rise at Topps Tiles

Eatonfield suspends AIM shares

Liverpool businesses vote in favour of BID plans

Barker joins Berg

CBRE lets 80,000 sq ft in Stockport

Cassidy and Ashton wins university contracts

Marsh and Mercer office opened

Xynergie hits the takeover trail

New name for Rensburg Sheppards after deal

£23m funding boost for Chorley houses

Accountancy chiefs unveiled

Liverpool accountancy chief named

SITA prepares Kirkby plans

Sanguine ready to open Indigo

TJT launches Passivhaus-standard housing package

Regen plan set for take-off

JLR launches India operation

Search goes on for Daily Sport buyer

ANS Group to leave Plus

Piccolino-owner to delist from AIM

JD Sports buys fashion brands

Peel sets sights on Indian and South Korean investors

Blackpool to lose tourism chief

Creative agencies launch law service

Retailers flock to The Lanes

Melbourne targets revenue rise

Qatar Airways steps up Manchester service

Private equity-backed businesses 'not expecting' sale

Cheshire embarks on Japanese tourism drive

The Hut beefs up with Myprotein deal

Overtec launches in Cheshire

McInerney collapse leaves huge debt trail

Bentley agrees Swedish partnership

Belong wins Warrington consent

Tague on Tour: The only way is ethics

Wyndeham set to close Warrington site

easyJet set for Manchester expansion

Betfred tipped to ride off with the Tote

Salford and Arup sign research deal

Big Chip Awards – vote open for the 'tastiest' website

Developer will appeal Green Lane planning blow

Sport Media owed creditors £13m

Dooley on the move

Professional team confirmed for Airport City

Waters wins consent in Wilmslow

Investec provides £65m debt refinancing for Britton deal

Priest saves Castlerea from closure

Something for the weekend

Watchdog to decide on Pinewood merger

Something for the weekend

easyJet boss reassures Liverpool despite Manchester expansion

Daily Mail signs up Park

Home baking boost for Real Good Food

Profits down at Dee Valley

Betfred wins £265m race to buy the Tote

Ask the Expert: Cash and debt risk management

Unilever workers set for walkout

Revenue up at Printing.com after deal

Expansys to target US and Asia

Beep aiming to kick-start Red Pop launch

Asda and Morrisons 'in Iceland bidding war'

Betfred keen for Tote talks after £265m deal

Insider Business of Property Conference – last few tickets remain

Eazyfone tops fastest-growing list

Deal of the Month – PH Jones

Wates and Capita Symonds announce tie-up

North West investors 'are risk averse' – Barclays Wealth

Hawkshead launches stout in US

IPPR to set up northern economic commission

Merepark storms towards 2013 finish on Central Village

Grand National romps home with tourism award

B&M Retail and Cammell Laird hit growth top ten

Manufacturing continues to drive growth - survey

Knowsley set to discuss development plans

Stewart invests in Canadian facility

Talking Point: Routes to growth – the best options

Driver wins £2m African contract

Henry Boot secures Deansgate approval

Findel remains 'resilient' after year of turmoil

The Co-operative launches legal pilot scheme

Townhouses lead the way at Eastbank

MoneyPlus sold to management team

Panel in place for Insider property ICT breakfast

Romac relocates at Heywood

Manchester set for 'continued economic uncertainty'

WR Estates set for rebrand

Contis swoops for GTP

Andrew eyes India growth as sales hit £130m

Calyx buys Trinity in £6m double deal

i3 Group enters administration

Walkers unveils wind power plans

Lancaster Fastener continues Trifast turnaround

Enterprise 'lands £750m Kent contract'

£7m contract win for Forrest

CBRE to market Buckshaw Village site

Great Places opens Blackpool development

Deal of the Month – Kirk Environmental

Northern Trust submits £10m Eccleston plans

In Focus: Better Business Finance

Life & Style on brink of administration

Profits up at GB Group

Circle Leasing motors on with £5m funding

DTZ reports falling industrial demand

CBRE appointed at Ship Canal House

Peel appeals for unity as port masterplan launched

VEKA seals Bowater deal

B&M hits sales milestone

Siemens to create 340 Manchester jobs

Arden Dies secures cash injection

Hallmark Flowers blooms in Burscough

£12m 3D x-ray system for Manchester Airport

Pennon takes a shine to Storm

Trade minister hails Liverpool successes

Businesses upbeat on profit growth, finds survey

Downing greets Capital Cards

Sure Steps makes nursery stride

Liverpool Chamber renews high-speed rail call

Talent agency takes Greenhouse space

Talking Point: What do businesses need?

API Group returns to profit but warns on costs

PZ Cussons warns of price rises

Begbies stable after disappointing year

Old Trafford faces "day of destiny"

JD Sports reiterates cautious outlook

Lookers confirms consortium approach

Businesses urged to support £32bn rail plans

Record revenues at football's top table

Chinese delegation keen to strengthen Liverpool links

Siteform gets its Reward

UCLan secures £9m business support cash

£9m apprenticeship academy launched

Co-op could name NOMA partner this year

AMS continues to fly high

KK Fine Foods dines out on consumer cutbacks

Daresbury attracts new tenants

Tourism campaign brings £5m boost

Pochin celebrates industry accolades

Warning over government land sell-off plans

Shopping precinct snapped up

Businesses to be consulted over Crewe council plans

Oglesby scoops top Insider property prize

Improving Ensor eyes deals

Knott calls for councils to kickstart property

Turnaround awards honour professionals

Yorkshire Bank backs MEN Arena

H2O Networks owed collapsed funder £63m

Hurst makes capital move

Langtree completes Festival Gardens work

Consortium set for Lookers due diligence

Housing developer wanted for £14m scheme

Insider offers you a new career opportunity

Something for the weekend

KSS Fuels powers on with US move

Challenging economy fails to dent ABB

Revenues rise at Manchester games developer

Medicash in good health

Liverpool Science Park welcomes new tenants

Crown Paints sold

MUFC linked to £1.7bn float

Hessle Fork Trucks picked up by CorpAcq

Plain sailing for Bibby Line

Crown will be 'stronger and better' after deal - Davidson

Makro goodbye to five

Barrowman builds new venture

Search on to save Ethel Austin spin-off

Queen honours North West's finest

Oglesby urges property to get involved

Royal wedding blamed for manufacturing lull

Business analytics help at hand

Tague on Tour: Port in the act

Search on to save Life & Style

Tachograph recognised for innovation

Restaurants bite into Central Village

Liverpool looks for apprentices

Business support rolls in for Southport Rocks

Simarco praises Liverpool role

2ergo expects service halt to hit profits

Christmas savings group Park cheers higher profits

Peel set for UK Coal joint venture

P3 proves a Rock for Maple Grove

Plans in for £15m Widnes scheme

Secondary stock now in play, says DTZ report

Confidence on the up, says Lloyds

Dreams beds into £7m Bury retail scheme

Burnley hopes to score with £2m football university

Two move up at Co-op Bank

DTM in Welsh wind farm deal

Dots joined for Virtual rebrand

Stax buys garden products supplier

Conference set to bring £2m Manchester boost

Neville Gee in IT drive

Apollo on the market

Kitchener wires up to £2.4m contract

From the marines to Marsden Rawsthorn

Crown ready to paint future - Endless

Extend EZ business rates incentives - LSH

Talking Point: The cookie jar

Ask the Expert: Due diligence

Livesey wins consent in Bowdon

North West business confidence improving

Games publisher to close Warrington studio

Spark set to reveal first biomedical investments

Fahy expects more AIM listings

Langtree scheme set for CPO

Wilton buys in Manchester

Funding rolls in for Film & Foil

Altrad lifted by NSG deal

Developer hunt starts at Bickershaw

Howarth calls for Sonae closure

Sanderson bunks up with barge venture

Bruntwood opens up The Plaza

New Brighton cinema handed over ahead of opening

Co-operative Bank to trim board

A-Plant remains cautious despite profit rise

Stobart strikes Easyjet deal ahead of Olympics

Digital and creative fund makes first investments

55 Spring Gardens sold for £8.5m

Savills reveals £350bn of debt exists

Plastics Direct makes Oldham move

The Licence Factory enters administration

Property Alliance forms joint venture

Luxfer looks internationally after £110m refinancing

Willowbrook buys Darwen care business

ACAL completes £6m funding round

Supplier fraud on the up - KPMG

The Green Electrician powers on

Chester regeneration plan set for launch

Small deals boost for Birchwood

Arena to open Denmark base

AMEC wins oil spill work

Renovo confirms wind-down plan

Event calls for more enterprise zones, better banking

Insurance companies tipped to take bigger stake

Peel rallies shareholders following Pinewood twist

Business Analytics Forum – few places remain

Big brands threaten traditional law firms - report

Fund misses 'equity gap' - Caan

Seddon takes over Matrix Park

DTZ buys Gemini Business Park

Merseyside Innovation Awards finalists revealed

MAG in Osborne airport tax call

JLA in Osborne airport tax call

Provexis swoops for SiS in £8m deal

Fensom praises digital talent

Something for the weekend

Surface Transforms suffers share price fall

Prioritise regeneration not World Heritage, urges McKenna

Iliad reveals accommodation proposals

Multilingual Liverpool guides trained

Bodycote signs Rolls-Royce deal

BDO looks to recoup Halliwells payout

ReThink buys in Ireland

Holidaybreak sells £11m tickets business

JD Sports makes Spanish acquisition

Carr's sells fertiliser business

DTZ wins more Barclays work

Asda kicks on with Netto conversion programme

£1.6bn wind farm boost for Cumbria

Alchemy Agency to launch in Manchester

Northern Trust buys St Helens Council site

Johnson subsidiary wins £10m contract

Wirral welcomes Chinese delegation

Edit.TV scores Asian internet TV deal

Perspective completes two more deals

Keppie Massie adds four

St Modwen completes £2.8m Flintshire sale

Martial arts academy to open in Bromborough

Tague on Tour: We can work it out

Byotrol upbeat despite losses

Assura sells pharmacy division

Memphis bells are ringing for Liverpool

Jeeves opens in Alderley Edge

Manchester leaders call for HS2 support

MedicX Fund buys Rochdale centre

ClearDebt adds Invocas assets

Siemens awarded Greater Manchester contract

Ineos agrees £97m chlor-vinyls deal

Region's businesses delay £58m tax payments

Exclusive: Pontin's collapse hit Santander hard

Cable praises Lancashire's manufacturing strength

Fylde appoints Studio North

Plans in for £40m Fleetwood energy plant

TEG looks for £3.8m cash boost

Kirkham Box secures financial package

Thwaites brews up new-look brand

Bright future for Solarlec

Charity set to continue Winter Gardens development

Athena awarded Rosebud cash

LEP should focus on regeneration cash - poll

In Focus: The Age of Asia

Anderson 'confident' over Liverpool's cruise bid

Administrators to close Life & Style stores

Insider launches International Trade Awards

JLL confirms North West leadership

Soapworks hits landmark

Exclusive: Focus £1bn debt burden revealed

HS2 benefits 'uncertain', MPs told

AstraZeneca sells Swedish division

Record turnover boost at Denizen

OFT clears Peel's £96m takeover of Pinewood Shepperton

Waggledance scores world cup work

St Modwen and Jones progress Newton project

Funding boost just the ticket for Huyton Travel

Growth Hub launched in Manchester

Eco Environments reveals growth plans

Delifonseca undergoes refurb

Weir welcomes Field appointment

Wirral training provider CPL expands offer

Smith and Sons set for Wirral auction

Norcros returns to profit as sales rise

OFT demands Fray Bentos sale

Entrepreneurship needs to start in schools, says panel

Overcome fear of failure – Morgan

Warren James will not block Pinewood deal

Colliers markets regal hotel

Ford Campbell launches internship scheme

MPG wins chamber tender

Peel scraps Mersey tidal power plans

IFE Services takes flight with Kenyan deal

Grontmij opens Altrincham office

Bellway advances Cheshire schemes

Financial close reached for £50m BSF scheme

RPC set to close Runcorn packaging factory

Suttons makes North Asia appointment

Developers selected for academy

Angel delivers for myParcelDelivery.com

Modular 500 launches

Bodycote extends banking reach

Knight Frank engaged on Waterside

AMEC wins Magnox framework contract

Ask the Expert: Tax payment

Talking point: To the heart of education

Warren James increases Pinewood stake

Partridge back in spotlight as Argent changes tack

Businesses honoured for energy innovation

ScraperWiki wins data journalism grant

RedX plans £39m drug development centre

Homeform set for administration as pre-pack looms

Half of North West high streets are failing – Colliers

Bloor and Linden put forward Crewe scheme

Jack Wills adds to King Street presence

Lupton positive for self-funded Pro Manchester era

Heysham and Sellafield on nuclear list

Hemmings holds key to Arena Leisure deal

Plans scrapped for £18m Tesco in Workington

Speed to accelerate growth

Something for the weekend

Atkinson & Kirby in rescue deal

Warwick targets Middle East and Africa growth

Construction training scheme piloted

Ortmans 'thrilled' by Liverpool ahead of congress

Liverpool chamber makes investment case

Dunn steps up at Nobles

£9m housing scheme set for launch

Tata Chemicals completes £150m refinancing

'Bonkers' regulation to propel Citation to growth

Elite bulks up with XL Networks deal

GB Oils offers to sell Isle of Wight operations

Liverpool's pharma can lead the way – Moulton

Langtree revives Hollinwood plans

Daisy targets jobs drive

Private equity firm opens in Kendal

Bluerow expects further property price falls

Meridian accelerates growth with deal

Blackburn street revamp set for start

Provexis completes SiS deal after placing

TJ Morris makes sales top 100

Fee income up at top law firms

Prezzo to open at Central Village

Home Textiles buys in Trafford Park

Work gets underway on £5.6m school

TJ Hughes set for administration

James Cropper hails "bright" prospects despite retail closure

Deals help to boost Daisy growth

C-Tec buys Avalon site

Four North West directors make IoD finals

Appointments: NorthEdge, CT Investment Partners

53N buys in King Street

Humanoid makes Greenhouse home

Plans in for Roman centre

Enegi completes £1.35m fundraising

Booth Dispensers gets funding boost

LEPs make enterprise zone bids

Siemens makes £5m growth fund bid

Savills jumps aboard Express

UCLan strikes Institute of Recruiters partnership

Urban Water pioneers underground reservoir system

DS Smith to close Darwen site

Eshton brings Nelson site to market

Long named Napthens chairman

Two in at Leyland Business Park

Pandora opens in Blackpool

GTA Social Care appoints new managing director

Lancashire directors banned for eight years

Rosebud cash piped into Allied

Tague on Tour: A walk on the Fylde side…

Competition Commission clears ferry deal

Insolvency body warns retail 'bloodbath' will continue

Middle East turmoil hits Driver Group

World Cup bid chief joins Kitbag

AppSense chairman takes entrepreneur crown

Preston leader hails Tithebarn decision

Cubic Motion relocates to Manchester

Grant Thornton outlines 'cities of the future'

Death toll rising at work, says HSE

Party Paws gets finance boost

UK growth figures fail to provide cheer

The Heat Depot cooks up Middleton opening

Muse selected for Warrington regeneration

Thwaites brews up higher profits

Logistics M&A activity set to rise

Liverpool 'broke promises' over cruise plans – MEP

Bruntwood signs three in Liverpool

Anderson welcomes Liverpool Direct changes

Innov8 nets Peel Ports contract

Ladbrokes bets on Bootle growth

Carpe Diem has no complaints after Ombudsman win

Seek renewable opportunities, urges Mersey Maritime

Johnson Service Group expects to hit targets

Coral takes AIM at reverse takeover

Lookers shares slide after consortium pulls out

Liverpool looks forward as St Paul’s completes

Lloyds to cut 15,000 more jobs

Nightmare for Silentnight creditors as pension probe continues

£11m pledged for Cumbrian bridge

Beaumont to boss bigger Betfred

Clegg's localism pledges welcomed

Lancashire makes enterprise zone bid

Teacher action will strike business - BCC

Expanding McArthurGlen bucks retail trend

Drivers Direct takes off with Transport Solutions

FreshTL on acquisition trail

TEP narrows losses despite weak demand

Profits static at lender Impact Holdings

Spark makes first biomedical investments

AMEC JV wins Magnox work

GL Hearn lands work on Chester landmark

TJ Hughes enters administration

Grosvenor Care enters administration

Forrest scoops BVCA award

MMU gets go-ahead for £110m campus

Redrow finds buyer for loss-making Scottish operations

Speedy agrees £220m banking facility

CBRE on board at MediaCity

Haime strides forth with new property venture

IOTA NanoSolutions completes funding round

North can lead on renewable energy – Cox

Endless laments TJ Hughes woes as buyer sought

Stewart Group sold in £146m deal

Threesixty teams up with Capital Platform

Stobart to hit forecasts

Businesses urged to heed Bribery Act

JD Wetherspoon to expand North West presence

Homeform collapse drags creative agency under

Something for the weekend

Sanguine up and running in Newcastle

ACC Liverpool steps up promotional drive

Gemini appointed to manage entrepreneurship congress

Ask the Expert: Construction survival

42 under 42: Anyone who thinks it’s easy is nuts

CSL sitting pretty ahead of South East expansion

K3 swoops for Azurri division

Reich on deals hunt after D Barnett buy

Leonard Curtis launches cashflow product

Old Trafford redevelopment set for court hearing

Ainscough launches Junction Eco Park

Directors disqualified after Syncro collapse

Deal of the Month – BWA

Peat extraction ban for Joseph Metcalfe

42 under 42 – the search is on

Birkenhead call centre reveals jobs drive

Betfred founders top Insider power list

Langtree signs up two at City Works

Liverpool 'ticks economic boxes' – Cummings

Canter Levin & Berg launches claims resource

Goldsmith Williams wins mortgage award

Woods Squared relocates in Birkenhead

Omega makes enterprise zone bid

Evoque rolls off Halewood production line

Infinity invests in London developer

N Brown revenues up after marketing drive

Lancashire gets green light for Old Trafford development

Intrinsic in £30m management buyout

Dalton buys Homecall Plus assets

Funhouse opens with RBS cash

Kiely given three years for £1.3m fraud

Four Seasons makes Southern Cross pledge

Blackstone takes Tangerine bite

Insider research reveals barriers to export growth

Perspective makes it three

Economic uncertainties remain in Greater Manchester – report

Plant Impact losses widen

New Call swaps Mumbai for Burnley

Forrest opens Bolton branch

Blackpool leader warns on business rates plan

Peck completes restoration project

Sharpe makes the cut at Pierce

TEG gets green light for Bolton site

Deal of the Month – Crown Paints

Talking Point: Double whammy could shape new high street

Wilkinson Star awarded NW Fund loan

Friends Life confirms Manchester jobs threat

North West bids win sustainable transport funding

Stratton to drive electric vehicle revolution

Livesey wins consent in Dartford

Flintoff hails Lancs planning victory

ALS wins Ministry of Justice deal

Airsprung to cut Lancashire workforce

St Modwen makes North West strides

Same Day Beers toasts funding deal

Text-a-loan company opens in Merseyside

Insider opportunity - events administrator

DWF celebrates deals milestone

Alliance welcomes Titan to St Helens

Secured Mail appoints Carvell as chairman

Provexis releases offer details

Wirral employers offered recruitment support

Wates wins £11m Wirral schools contract

Ineos fined after Runcorn incident

Lookers rejected 70p per share offer

Smart move for WEMS International

GB Group makes Data Discoveries deal

NCC 'flourishes' after expanding international reach

Begbies hit by fewer insolvencies

Cityheart wins Edinburgh consent

Hundreds of jobs go as Homeform enters administration

Music artists go gaga for RetroFuzz

Business leaders call for apprenticeships support

Merseyside Coatings bought from administration

US multinational moves for Leighs Paints

Winterhill Largo buys chartered surveyor

NWDA assets to be transferred to HCA

Southern Eleven ready for opening

Tague on Tour: Take it to the bridge

A little bit Muir in Ellesmere Port

Brook wins partial success in Chester

McLaren supercar showroom opens in Knutsford

Profits up at Thomas Hardy

IFE jets off with EuroAtlantic deal

AMEC wins nuclear services contract

Talking Point: High street blues

Nurock crowned Merseyside innovation winner

Learn About Finance!

Human Recognition Systems

Weir & Carmichael

Nurock

BDP at the double in China

Britain's Got Talent boosts Moneysupermarket sales

City set for Eastlands naming rights deal

Lancaster and Rochdale hit hard by store closures

Daresbury enterprise zone could create 10,000 jobs

Nurock to expand after Merseyside innovation win

OFT clears Kingfisher swoop for Focus assets

Mitchell hails DTZ progress

Strong first-half for UKFast

BAE to close Chadderton site

UMIC and UMIP to merge

'Strong interest' in collapsed TJ Hughes – administrators

Penning launches Liverpool cruise review

Something for the weekend

B3 completes £43m refinancing

Character World expands into Liverpool

Kronospan helped by upturn

Hoban defends Business Growth Fund threshold

Knight Frank appointed in Leigh

Manchester was too competitive, says Bmibaby boss

Ask the Expert: Unified communications

Strong year for Pets at Home under KKR

Ask the Expert: The challenges ahead

Talking Point: Training for growth

Peel falls short of Pinewood target

'Barriers' push Liverpool closer to Stanley Park move

Bglobal doubles revenue

MediaVest Manchester sold in deal worth £95m

Regeneration consultation to start following Etihad deal

North West hit by six profit warnings – EY

Simon Carves sold in pre-pack deal

Swinton moves for Brunsdon Westinsure

PMI stats reveal private sector expansion

Wates to revamp Salford university campus

JJB turnaround plan on track – McTighe

DTZ appointed at 9 Portland Street

Webuyanycar.com motors on as sales rise

PlumbNation hits £11m goal

Flybe reaches JLA milestone

LifeSize launch puts spring in Kangaroo's step

Brabners Stuart boosts team

Ryanair set for Manchester expansion

ServicePower buoyed by strong trading

Liquidators appointed to Eatonfield assets

Government approves Salford PFI project

UK Coal shareholders approve Peel plans

Hattersley Centre sold for £10m

Preston O'Herlihy takes aim in 'polarising' market

Drinkwater affirms inward investment importance

Elite unveils £5m acquisitions pot

Amor Group takes off with software business

Cardwell disqualified for 'misleading bank'

Jacobson shrugs off high street gloom

Pilling makes comeback in coup for Courthouse

CorpAcq on the acquisition trail as sales grow

Cardinal Maritime launches trade fund

Arley wins consent in Chorley

Barclays Corporate appoints Robinson

Bork goes Animal Quackers with Rosebud cash

Banks Wealth opens in Brinscall

Industrial estate bought for £2.2m

Businesses looking for export finance – HSBC

£1.2m nursery project nears completion

Tague on Tour: As green as they wanna be

Perspective hits funds milestone

Brammer secures €100m banking facility

Speedy continues 'steady' progress

Ryanair reveals Manchester jobs boost

HOW in place for Anglesey scheme

Deva Centre sold for £10m

Riley to help decide Apprentice winner

Price expectations becoming more realistic – Deloitte

Businesses should 'lift restrictions' on social media

Liverpool's World Heritage status under renewed threat

Board shake-up at Pinewood Shepperton

Edmundson agrees deal for £130m-turnover rival

IBIS Capital to advise RebelPlay on fundraising

Whitbread completes Widnes Waterfront purchase

Work-related illness costs £810m a year – Health@Work

Healthy wins for Innov8

GT Law opens in Accrington

Apartment prices dip as Liverpool market drifts

Invista buys £5.6m Liverpool property

In Focus: Dealmakers 2011

Four Seasons moves for healthcare rival

Card Factory buys Wythenshawe retailer

£113m housing PFI approved in Manchester

4i secures NW Fund cash

Back the Bid: Network Rail 'confident' on Northern Hub

Pareto forms Alexander & Co joint venture

Moore Moore Moore for JLL

Work starts on Spinningfields/Salford bridge

Funding boost for Woolley's EOS Law

PKF markets Stanleybet businesses

Ainscough acquires 180-acre Durham site

PPI claims against Cheshire broker were £50m

North West unemployment rises

Sales hit £250m at RSM Tenon

Carr's expects profits boost

ABF pension fund buys in Knutsford

Delegation makes Westminster visit

Duxbury takes Aaron & Partners role

Mere PR adds two

Add People makes Swift relocation

Topps aiming to expand despite revenue drop

Altair inquiry adjourned until October

Marlin buys P&S Ashley

Business Matters: Uncovering the truth

Ainscough shuffles pack as McGurk departs

Hasgrove sells Interel

IRC delists from AIM

Hollinwood clinches £1.65m HCA cash

Lord Green hails Aegis' Manchester move

Leaders map out plan for knowledge economy growth

Whelan-backed centre scores approval

K3 raises £5m to fund deals

Something for the weekend

RGF cash would kickstart Airport City

Altitude sells £6m division

SEGRO starts £3m Longwood revamp

PF Jones buys in Wigan

Allied relocates headquarters

Bruntwood deals roll on

Tough times for Liverpool hoteliers

Liverpool secures apprenticeships cash

Liverpool bids for housing regeneration cash

Adjust eyes further growth

Finos gets a taste for Southport

Talking Point: Transport will drive North West

Business Matters: Research shows SMEs want more from their banks

Poor economy and high taxes deter United

Walker moves in on Iceland - reports

Bidders swing for £80m American Golf

New chairman for Chester Business Club

Manchester's economy is a challenge – Lord Sassoon

Waters hires Uniform ahead of airport launch

Atlantic Park work advances

Forrest in Cheshire housing trust win

CFS-Royal London talks advance after jobs cull

Pressure mounts on Liverpool over cruises

Liverpool set for Mathew Street festival

Businesses must not cough up Northern Hub cash

Ask the Expert: Handling fraud allegations

Ask the Expert: Confiscation proceedings

Ask the Expert: Benefits of international trade

Ask the Expert: Avoiding fraud

Apprentice Tom is man 'after my own heart' - Daisy boss

'Avoid excuses' - Darren Clarke coach tells chief execs

BAA forced to flog Stansted

Universal flushed with finance

LSL buys stake in conveyancing business

BAM celebrates as Metro lands a deal

Multibuild hits the road to win business

Rochdale and Oldham look for light touch

No pause for Fort as Henderson rolls on

Hammond rails in on high-speed summit

Knight Frank to close Liverpool office

Farleys moves into Parsonage Gardens

PM+M in account win

Property search expands to Lancashire

Tee-off for golf grants scheme

£30m sporting complex plans for Edge Hill

Renovo looks to maximise shareholder value

Byotrol wins 'transformational' Rentokil deal

Giles makes approach for CBG

Robinson in Central role

Schwarze in to turn around Makro

Peel plans for 1,000 houses

Festival Gardens delayed as Mayfield enters administration

Land value boost for the Duchy

Co-op finalises £22m East Mids warehouse move

North West will not cash in on Olympics - study

IDH polishes off HQ move

YFM expects steady deal flow

The money is out there, says Savill

Darcy spills into Birkenhead

Contract boost for Stiebel Eltron

Unesco 'ill informed' on Liverpool heritage threat - CBI

Brabners Chaffe Street in promotions drive

Co-op gets green light for Thomas Cook merger

Hurstwood in £90m refinancing deal

Revenues top £100m at Hill Dickinson

IAS B2B reveals global ambitions

Conferma buys Cheadle Royal site

North-south divide widening - IPPR

Insolvencies drop in second quarter - PwC

Sonae to rebuild controversial Kirkby plant

Claims rack up against Nuttalls of Chester

DRL expects strong growth

Jobs boost after Jacobs awarded URENCO contract

CBG's shares surge as Giles reveals offer

Ludlow completes DT Lord deal

Rouse joins Avid

Closing arguments heard in CPO inquiry

Stowe secures mediation accreditation

DAS partners with NorthgateArinso

Four join Marketing Cheshire board

Energetix awarded Canadian patent

£65m college development moves forward

Business Matters: Cost management gets strategic

Tague on Tour: Flats in a flat market

BDO 'launches Halliwells claim'

United Utilities hails 'sound' start

Medicina to expand after MBO

Momentum gathers as AXA wins St Peter’s Square consent

"Super vanilla" Zenith – full in six months

Bredale's Salford Quays scheme refused

Bean opens two at MediaCity

Imagen Biotech completes funding round

Marl lights up with Nokia Siemens deal

Two in the running for Royal Liverpool job

The Market Creative relaunches

Rock to build on start-up investment

More store closures at Life & Style

Something for the weekend

Hertel relocates regional office

Broker recommends Sportech buy

Salad restaurant idea given added bite

Manchester to bid for Green Investment Bank

K3 acquires FD Systems

Saffil Group sold to US buyer

Administrators close TJ Hughes warehouse

Sharp rise in 'critical' Liverpool businesses – Begbies

PEP up at Squire Sanders Hammonds

Second quarter retail failures up – Deloitte

Fit-out starts at Widnes Waterfront

Chester student accommodation plans rejected

DAC Beachcroft to launch in November

North West Fund takes it to the Edge

Management team buy Vickers Electronics

Marks pays tribute as Richardson departs CFS

Ellel Recycling calls in the administrators

Bilsdale at the double in Haydock

Liverpool in Boston trade mission

WSR Recycling gears up for jobs drive

Solid Sceptre stays in the black

APS Salads ripe for growth

Rising costs fail to dent PZ Cussons

Colliers calls for spec as stock absorbed

Co-op to trim NOMA long-list

Industrial market stays strong, says CBRE

Businesses risk missing Olympic gold – Lloyds

Noisy Drinks expects sales fizz

Record year for acquisitive Perspective

Splash strikes Matchbox deal

Endless raises £220m for third fund

Aegon dismisses Guardian sale talk

Cox & Kings is Holidaybreak suitor

Talking Point: The economics of climate change

Quantil celebrates Scarisbrick success

Evander buys in Chorley

Social enterprise takes over Rossendale slopes

Adcroft Hilton warns on business failures

Chief exec changes in Blackpool and West Lancs

Thornton site powers National Grid

Broadband cash would 'transform' businesses – Booth

Livesey joins Pinsent Masons

Distressed deals fall, finds R3

ITV 'making progress' with MediaCity move

Rathbone buoyed by fund management growth

LPC hits landmarks with Radclyffe Park

High-speed rail essential to job creation – report

Landmark secures NHS water deals

Working capital boost for Compudal

Peel submits Speke Boulevard plans

Langtree buys £3m Warrington estate

Weedon boxes off Rowpak deal

Bruntwood sails on with Sale sales

US next as ReThink goes global

Trade centre consultation set for August

Emboss fined over lost fingers

Liverpool airport braced for passenger rush

Access Point wins Co-op contract

Liverpool reflects on waterfront success

In Focus: More questions than answers

Norcros grows revenue despite "challenging" market

API wins £100m supply contract

BAE hit by profits fall

GB Group motors on with ACS deal

Bodycote refinances as profits double

Austerity measures hit Promethean

PPI business boosts Randall and Vickers

Co-op opens £25m Scottish food depot

£100m waste decision challenged

Cox & Kings 'excited' by Holidaybreak prospects

Work completes on Neptune revamp

Co-op appoints Dalkia for NOMA

IoD reveals North West finalists

Bergen sets sail with Kerry deal

£3.7m boost for plastics manufacturer

XCAP expands AIM client list

Chester Odeon decision due

Blue Energy powers £12m solar farm

Investor buys Wilmslow unit

Business Matters: Forget the fluff, where’s my ROI?

Hasgrove expects slight profits fall

Manchester readies for Y Factor return

An audience with Michael Oglesby

Communicate wealth management strength, urges report

ITIS set for £37m US sale

Latics hopeful of council deal

Manchester agents report Q2 pick-up

Something for the weekend

Original Factory Shop offers high street hope

Administrators secure Blenheim sale

Gender targets will 'create barriers' – Chaplin

Chester office quarter on the cards

Stena deal for Liverpool festival

MEP slams Liverpool cruise plans

Tague on Tour: Better bring your ‘A’ game

Ask the Expert: Legal challenges overseas

NetPlay eyes overseas after posting profit

Turnover and profits slip at Pannone after restructuring

The Scott Partnership expands B2B offer

Sales rise at Real Good Food

Assura starts on £2m health centre

Tangerines submit stadium plans

North West submits most bids to £950m pot

MBL in 'advanced talks' over disposals

Chester Odeon to be bought by council

Shipping line reveals strong return to profit

International Trade Awards – Deadline extended

Yearsley set for jobs drive after planning win

Trade Fabrication makes site investment

Chamber backs sole trader calls

Moneysupermarket pays out £20m as profits jump

Capital Shopping Centres pleased with Trafford Centre deal

A&B moves for CIB

Metrolink operator sold to French group

Etihad opens new Manchester hub

Azullo nets syndicate backing

DRL wins Wincanton case after appeal

Manchester's industrial still 'hot' – DTZ

Lewis's moves for TJ Hughes assets

Plans in for Brazennose House redevelopment

Glee brings joy for Manchester hoteliers

42 under 42 - who should we include?

Gift Pack toasts funding boost

Rowland to develop Longridge site

Slimmed-down Torotrak on target

£15m Moor Park scheme completes

Euro Garages adds £110m to its tank as sales rise

Green light for former Pontins site

Harland joins Pierce from RSM Tenon

Hemmings tightens purse strings at Preston

AMS Neve boss sings Burnley's praises

Wheelbase turns to Able

Azullo nets syndicate backing

Director change at Co-op Bank

CBG accepts Giles offer

US gains help 4imprint sales climb

Four vying for Manchester property award

Outlook remains bleak for retailers – R3

Manchester's office market gets set for comeback

Liverpool launches cross-border RGF bid

Pinsent Masons celebrates North West deal flow

CBI rubbishes MediaCity claims

Building Blocks adds Ucensis

High Court winds-up rate avoidance companies

Dr Beckmann launches £2m advertising campaign

Collapsed broker faced thousands of PPI claims

MSIF on the move to Exchange Court

Liverpool Property Club issues call to arms

Cabfind books place in national final

Go-ahead for £9.5m Knowsley centre

Nobles starts on monastery build

Ask the Expert: Facing an SFO raid

Ask the Expert: Fraud protection

Talking point: The planning system in crisis?

Findel 'encouraged' by turnaround start

Purple patch continues for Nichols

Triangle shows Unconditional love

Energize splashes the cash on swimwear company

Insider reveals top PR agencies

HSS Hire lifts earnings

Sellafield closure is 'knee-jerk reaction', say unions

Management team buys Rowlands & Hames

Hulme Upright to transfer to Manchester

Hangar Seven makes £1m investment

Furniture business sold in pre-pack deal

Numbers add up for Booth Ainsworth

Biomedical companies awarded 'pathfinder' investment

Cold weather warms Salt Union profits

AMS links up with IS Pharma

Cheshire Oaks gets into Christmas spirit

Glyndŵr University buys Wrexham stadium

Momentum Instore heats up with Baxi deal

Ellis & Co warns on pensions legislation

The Funding Corporation extends Chester lease

Removable gum company sticks to Deeside

Ask the Expert: Twitter for business

Ask the Expert: Commercial fraud

Brammer poised for further growth

NCC completes Axzona deal

Squire Sanders looks to strengthen in Asia Pacific

M&S opens at Piccadilly Basin

Something for the weekend

McGrigors expects more infrastructure deals

Lytham workers vote for industrial action

Casdon hit by Chinese pressures

Cromwell site comes to market

TJ Hughes talks continue despite closures

Bibby buys Midlands rival

Cruise victory could derail Southampton plans

Liverpool ups marketing ante

Peel steps up South Korean investor hunt

Google aims to drive Liverpool web awareness

Occupancy up in Liverpool's hotels

Stanley Street could be investment catalyst

Ask the Expert: Business crime defence

Tague on Tour: Is Alty faulty?

Muse buoyed by improving outlook

Man killed at Sonae chipboard plant

Deal of the month – Leighs Paints

North West private sector growth stagnates

'Unforeseen' circumstances dragged Dolphin under

Bullivant bought by French rival

Clifton seeks cash for buggy rollout

Free Trade Hall up for sale

Late payment causing cash flow pain, says Lloyds

Commercial property confidence steadies – report

MediaCo scores funding boost

Varnishes business commits to Birkenhead

LJMU partnership through to national finals

International Trade Awards – get your entries in this week

De Vere sells historic gin distiller

Ask the Expert: Record storage

Record year for 'resilient' NWF Group

Plant Impact founder Blezard resigns

Macclesfield's Grosvenor centre sold for £20m

Signs are good for Yorkshire Bank

G&J Greenall set for stateside push

Liverpool coach operator bought in pre-pack

Royal Liver closure plans confirmed

Administrators to sell Beetham assets

Banknote printer to shift staff to Westhoughton

Muse buys into Chester's business quarter dream

OFT to consider Alpha joint venture

Funding Circle lends £1m to region's businesses

Profits dip but Senator remains confident

Bglobal seals Haven contract

Graham & Brown furnished with higher sales

Queen's Hotel hits the market

Deal of the month – Tangerine Confectionery

Pannone appointed for Tithebarn scheme

Specsavers eyes Blackburn relocation

Walton Summit site carved into business units

CAB relocates in Burnley

Talking Point: Businesses must be bold amid lacklustre growth

Businesses count cost of riots as clean-up begins

Reich acquires Scottish broker

Liverpool yield highest outside London – CBRE

IPO market remains depressed despite UK rise

Six areas in running for local TV stations

Fishawack adds Phocus to offer

Manufacturing slump prompts calls for support

Liverpool bars sold in pre-pack deal

Siemens partners with MOSI for education drive

Asda to create 800 jobs in Rochdale

Contractor fined over asbestos exposure

New Delhi serves up Liverpool store

Developers sign up for Innov8 services

Trading 'worse than last year' – Bibby

BRC calls for riot reassurance

Appointments: Mazars and Amion

Comment: Confidence the key for stricken city

Phoenix wins Pfizer legal fight

Two TJ Hughes stores sold but nine more close

Bruntwood confirms Weightmans letting

John Lewis set for Chester opening

£5m GP centre gets green light

Whittingham Hospital plans passed

Riot costs will be covered - ABI

Oporto turns to Partner Tech

H&H signs Albany deal

MAG eyes further low cost growth

Plans go in for massive Widnes distribution hub

Smith & Smith moves to Hale

Laffin set for Assura chairman role

Macclesfield Town scores legal deal

Merge powers up for video game venture

Txtlocal feels the force with Greenpeace

Pochin awarded Birmingham contract

Business Matters: Considerate communications

Retailers thrown £20m funding lifeline

Marketing Manchester issues rallying cry

Dormant companies costing £80m – Deloitte

OFT set to close sports retail investigation

Trumeter expands with Redington deal

JLR is star performer ahead of Evoque launch

Man United sign WRG for events rebrand

Bury College appoints Eric Wright for £4.6m build

Duke of Kent to open Cheshire business expo

Support for trade centre but Peel must be patient

Holchem buys Bury warehouse

Begbies Traynor appeals for stem cell donors

Cherrytree Bakery brings in the dough

Something for the weekend

Small grants bring Knowsley rewards

Employment tribunals on the rise – Maxwell Hodge

Sportech's Williams takes Blacks role

42 under 42: The highs and lows of alternative funding platforms

Rise in lending but banks miss first-half target

Inpartnership sold to Sigma

Live events business WRG secures LDC backing

Royal London hopes for swift Co-op deal

Manufacturing malaise adds to economic woes – BDO

Aborted acquisition fails to blow Survitec off course

United let Stadium Point unit

Loftus praises strong showing from Deloitte

Work starts on Wigan youth centre

Liverpool university seeks contractor

Fee income up at Aaron & Partners

Signature inks For-Sight contract

Work to start on airport Metrolink line

Patrick Parsons expands in Chester

Bluerow appoints Morrison as rental market thrives

CC clears Co-op and Thomas Cook travel merger

Work starts on Birchwood Park conference upgrade

Beneast sold to NYSE-listed training provider

House prices fall again – Rightmove

PPS Commercials takes 60,000 sq ft in Bury

Riot-hit businesses offered six month loans

Green light for Carlisle affordable housing

Grimwood and Dix closes with 100 job losses

Spectris set to buy Omega Engineering

M&S plans Cheetham Hill return

Deadline approaching for Morgan Awards

Valera eyes £10m turnover after funding boost

Cinven to acquire Guardian Financial Services in £275m deal

Lytham-based Guardian set for £275m sale

Carson launches EcDev

Worker plunge prompts company fine

Landwood to administer Tory club sale

Blackpool tenders for regeneration partner

Tangerine sentenced after worker loses finger

Inflation rises to 4.4 per cent – ONS

Lookers to target acquisitions as revenues hit £1bn

Peel explores Scout Moor Wind Farm development

Daresbury secures enterprise zone status

North West gets £38m from broadband pot

Plans in for Rovers' developments

Uefa to scrutinise City's Etihad deal

United 'plan $1bn Singapore float'

Ear to the Ground appointed on First Street audit

Funding Enterprise launches North West Super Angels

MIDAS signs inward investment MoU

Clarke plays down Iceland bid reports

Authority pledges MBNA support

Oakham bought by BBT Group

Rainsafe prosecuted after Wirral incident

Former Liverpool MD backs games publisher

NSG lifted by contract success

Visitors flock to Museum of Liverpool

Businesses urged to offer apprenticeships to A-Level leavers

Hundreds more jobs go at TJ Hughes as debts hit £430m

Omega still on agenda after Daresbury success

Museum of Liverpool makes world architecture shortlist

North West bucks falling deal volumes – Experian

Seddon boosted following OFT fine reduction

Unemployment rise highlights growing divide

Elite eyes £60m after funding boost

Henderson to dispose of Warrington space

Cobbetts takes AIM top spot for mining

Leaders remain upbeat despite enterprise zone set-backs

Sales slip at Holidaybreak

Prisk lends support to Cheshire expo

Chamber moves into Riverside

Runcorn library set for October start

Beaton takes Sleek Networks stake

Talking Point: Moving on from the riots

Bruntwood chairman calls for North West rail investment

United's £600m flotation 'to cut club debt'

Liverpool 'embassy' set for long-term London stay

Royton Assembly Hall developer goes under

Life & Style bought from administrators

Begbies launches Millshomes creditor search

Electricity supplier seeks £10m funding

Everton unable to borrow more, says Kenwright

Power Vision eyes further expansion

OFT clears two Survitec deals

Liverpool Science Park welcomes three

Government must deliver on enterprise zones – CBI

Something for the weekend

Growth concerns over 'weak' retail stats

Sefton consults on Seaforth expansion

Professional Liverpool moves in with chamber

Riots caused by personal debt pressures – R3

Ayre hits back in Anfield row

Channel M champion fears local TV plans will fail

Creditor misery as £80m Homeform debts revealed

Green light for Prescot leisure scheme

Shop Direct makes family top ten

Transport bosses call for Metrolink views

Interserve wins Runcorn waste plant contracts

Wheelwash has South America in its sights

Coral agrees Interpack deal ahead of AIM listing

John Crane buys Houston manufacturer

Budding entrepreneurs encouraged to board StartUp bus

Bibby recruits two

Shipley advises on AIM deal

UK Coal returns to the black

James Fisher encouraged by growth in Asia

Langtree appoints Tolent at Festival Gardens site

JD Sports plots French expansion

Gill hails United's deal with DHL

Businesses await more foreign ownership

INRIX completes £37m ITIS deal

Haulage business makes Heywood switch

Salford University to develop new financing model

Demolition of Walton Hospital gets underway

Heathcote buys restaurants from administration

Gazprom powers up with CSI deal

Roxtec seals sales rise

Capital & Regional explores Great Northern options

Conlon completes cadets camp

ET Associates cleans up with Rosebud cash

United Utilities in Blackburn gas project

Plans go in for Preston supermarket scheme

Graham & Brown to target Russian market

Character World scores One Direction hit

Metal detection business unearths new finance

Permission granted for arts Salford building

Pinewood buoyed by Hollywood blockbusters

UBS to axe 3,500 staff

MG Law performance pleases Simpson Millar boss

Broughton milestone as school handed over

Start-up secures biomedical fund investment

Turnover will be no deal-breaker for £2.5bn fund

Kedel hopes to bloom with Rosebud cash

Russells underway on Waitrose work

Grosvenor fund buys Liverpool assets

Manufacturing orders holding up - CBI

TMP hunts for tourism boss as Andrews departs

Ferratum looks to recruit after strong start

Innov8 celebrates more wins

Hill Dicks and Mando invest in student scheme

Businesses named on Sefton housing framework

Panther Securities pounces on Lyceum Building

Business of Media – get involved

BNY Mellon appoints northern head

Profit dips at AMEC but demand remains

Topps Tiles reports lower sales

Cyprotex sales rise despite customer loss

Conditions are 'worst in 40 years' says Co-op boss

Sportech races to the black

Morgan calls for businesses to get involved

Planning granted for Halton Lea store

Etihad selects Voyager for European base

CBG shareholders accept Giles offer

Bluemantle wins consent for Holmes Chapel scheme

KPMG confirms One St Peter's Square relocation

Cumbria and Lancashire businesses trail funding bids

Government-owned banks bottom of lending table

Optimum brews up franchise expansion

May Gurney set for Cheshire waste deal

Cheshire makes second-most funding applications

Nesbitt checks in at Mere

Linpac expands Winsford capabilities

Stannah and Allen & Appleyard provide Warrington lift

Pochin gets more time in Middlewich

Tague on Tour: A guide to the new ruins of Great Britain

Business Matters: Confidence building

Stobart expects profits lift

Losses hit £21m at MBL as Morrisons shops elsewhere

Pindar staff in Preston made redundant

Final call for 42 under 42 applications

Deal to buy Cuerden site nears

Den dispels angel investor myths, says Devey

Something for the weekend

South Liverpool regeneration blueprint set for approval

RAP Spiderweb buys Pearson from administration

Call to support 'We Love MCR' day

Gusiute increases Canadian mining stake

LJMU buys Royal Mail site

Administrators to close remaining TJ Hughes stores

North West suffers more business failures

Uniform on board at New Street

Smiles all round for dental practice

Tenant expansion fills Baird House

Downing reveals capital ambitions

Creditor pressure forced Kinetics under

Supporters trust makes United debt call

Booths takes Greenhouse space

Lack of bank debt opening doors for trade buyers

NWDA assets to transfer to HCA

Improving demand drives Leyland Trucks turnover

Northern Trust swoops for Cannock site

Co-op backs fund for riot-hit businesses

Housing fund established in Preston

Manchester housing business Project 464 fined

Fostering Solutions moves for Pathway Care

Shell confirms Concord landing

Taxman takes tougher stance with late payers

Melt hopes to burn bright with Rosebud cash

Pendlewood sets sail with new division

Blackpool businesses benefiting from tax breaks

Paper Innovation makes investment

What More plots Burnley expansion

Provexis pleased with SiS deal

Glasgows wins VisitEngland contract

Chesnara eyes deals despite 'mixed' results

Norcros to sell land to Morrisons in £8m deal

Argent lands Northern Quarter deals

Profits static at ColorMatrix

Business park take-up hits 16 year low – GVA

Council clamps down on housing developers

Healthcare Enterprise enters liquidation

Don't force boardroom quotas – Leighton

Banks pay out more than £200m in PPI redress

Everton tie up Best Buy deal

Peel secures nursery tenant at MediaCity

Manchester’s Circus sold for £20m

Maxwell Hodge calls for new discrimination rules

BAM takes Victoria House space

Hill Dickinson advises on NewRiver hat-trick

BCC cuts growth forecast but warns against 'gloom'

AMS signs development deal

FreshStart buys in Scotland

FSA to look at Pinewood delisting

Macpac buys Midlands rival

Manchester climbs liveability rankings

TDG drives parent company revenues

Archaeology business rescued from administration

Barnfield to partner with Capita

Eco Environments secures EFG loan

TEG wins 15 year organic waste deal

CTP St James splits up

ServicePower hails 'transformational' start

Hayvern collapse hits supply chain

Vertu buys Widnes car dealership

LBM expands Atlantic Point base

Macpac buys Midlands rival

Pnu Power strikes Aztec deal

Hutchinson awarded Xzeres contract

Asics eyes Olympic sales rise

Reynolds takes Ellesmere Port space

Administrators called in at A2 Architects

ISIS sells care provider SLC Group

Compass Group swoops for Cygnet

Tributes paid to Jeremy Scudamore

Market Street steady in retail ranking

Jaffry to head northern investment for LSH

Iceland takes space in Urmston

Co-operative Financial Services set for rebrand

Furniture retailer Walmsley enters administration

Manchester United cut net debt ahead of IPO

MediaCity and Museum of Liverpool named Britain's worst

Something for the weekend

Tague on Tour: Parks get set go

Liverpool boss fined after workers burned

Liverpool tops friendly table

Bellway completes first Williamson Place phases

Bean opens at Liverpool Innovation Park

Business matters: Evolution of the species?

Business Matters: driving deals flow in the North West

JJB to offer director share plan

Grosvenor drafts in Kingston Shaw

Region's manufacturers report growth

Brammer buys Buck & Hickman for £27m

Multisol sold to German chemicals giant

Deal of the month – Guardian Financial Services

Matthews & Goodman appoints office heads

Cheviot builds funds under management

Hundred job losses at Greater Manchester kitchen manufacturer

BAM selected for Kearsley Academy

Ambitious Minds secures cash from VC fund

Tulway set for jobs drive after contract win

Tesco Express freehold sold to investor

JLA breaks passenger records

BAM's college campus set for opening

Wirral manufacturer secures finance boost

St Helens issues property tender

Halewood set for female-focused cider launch

Middle England awaits Liverpool approval

Administrators called in at football news site

Johnson Service Group increases dividend

McBride hit by exceptional costs after restructure

RegaLead acquires Decorative Door Products

Aussie software developer buys Different Aspect

Fort Vale plans staff and site expansion

Harworth seeks developer for Cutacre site

Conlon's results buck construction industry gloom

Ask's Bury JV completes second phase

Bardsley hopes for Beacon to shine

Matalan set for Christmas jobs drive

Liverpool Central set for £20m revamp

Banks back Greater Manchester franchising scheme

Hughan Design opens for business

Henshaw moves back to UCLan

Aerospace group grows membership

Work starts on Flag Market ahead of Guild

Preston 'desperate' to advance credit union plans

Lancashire Deal of the month – Guardian Financial Services

Rotala boosted by Preston Bus deal

AMS hails excellent start

Vindon buoyed by strong order book

Target business skills 'crucial to growth'

Berryman hails Manchester success for Emirates

Cumbes joyous as Lancs get to work

Riverhorse launches Manchester media project

MSIF makes Optimum investment

Work starts on new Corrie home

BAM signs second tenant at Metro

Childcare business completes £10m deal

Tradebe moves for Lancashire rival

Sealex sold to FDS Group

JJB appoints agents to market Martland 100

JLR welcomes largest graduate intake

LT Print wins Wirral Partnership Homes contract

Scientiam set for government contract

JB Leitch completes office investment

Plastics company Coral starts life on AIM

Aintree signs deal with party operator

Talking Point: Lessons in leadership

Liverpool launches united marketing push

Redrow hopeful on planning change

Cheshire Building Society HQ up for sale

Wood Group PSN to double Runcorn operations

Booths to open more stores after £93m finance boost

Vacancy data highlights high street gloom

AGX Signs secures Rosebud cash

Optima extends footprint with double deal

Tour operator returns to profit after 'year of two halves'

Blue Islands airline launches Manchester route

Insider reveals North West Rich List

Opus gets green light in Halton

IFE Services takes flight with BMI deal

Highways Agency set for £9m motorway spend

Profits surge at A-Plant owner

Hertel set for Ellesmere Port growth

Ask the Expert: IP protection overseas

Bibby buys 108,000 sq ft warehouse

£5.2m sixth form college opens

Pannone pair join JMW

Final call for Y Factor crowd

Calls to back Liverpool cruise petition

Manchester attracts more Far East visitors

Crane company fined after high voltage shock

Liverpool gears up for 'Festival of Entrepreneurship'

Gauke urges businesses not to miss NI holiday

Housing shortage could hit 'crisis' levels

Something for the weekend

Pilkington gets green light for £36m facility

Breakouts the best hope for start-up fervour

Tague on Tour: Chester little more time

Knowsley regeneration consultation ends

Six reach 'business thinking' finals

River Festival to bring £8m boost

Ask the Expert: Insolvency warning signs

Furniture maker enters administration

North West private sector contracts

Stockport hits back at damning retail report

Buffet restaurant launches apprenticeship drive

Juice FM sounds out One Park West move

Festival Gardens contractor hit by mounting losses

Investment intentions strong but economic worries persist

Line-up confirmed for Far East breakfast

OFT takes action against 'comparison site'

Jolivet buys Knowsley industrial site

Duco International fined over worker death

Palace Capital agrees Hockenhull Estates deal

Preston men sentenced for £56.5m VAT fraud

PwC northern chairman confident on growth

Green light for Peel energy plant

Simpson lobbies for Liverpool cruise terminal

Restaurant sails into Liverpool

VPhase order sends share price higher

Freight traffic up at Port of Liverpool

Indian support failed to prevent Simon Carves collapse

Fairpoint hit by IVA slump

SITA submits Merseyside waste station plans

Renovo shareholders approve share buy-back plans

John Lewis shows the way - Insider event

Bentley encouraged by increased demand

Growth expected despite fundraising concerns - ECI

Talking Point: A catalyst to creatives

Buyouts boost Perspective

Funding service launched for architects' firms

Baby Cow moves to the Greenhouse

Global Textiles sews up bank funding

CPUK set for health centre build

Chamber urges businesses to back Stobart's airport bid

Howarth forms Spanish tax partnership

Anvic scheme aims to boost start-ups

TEG wins £3m waste deal

Winterhill Largo increases London presence

Airport City report reveals jobs ambition

Strong month for North West hoteliers

Fund invests in tea brand Charbrew

RSM Tenon reports turnover growth

Wirral looks to strengthen Chinese links

Cancer drug developer Evgen secures VC funding

Liverpool reveals BSF 'plan B' programme

Administrators secure bakery sale

Regatta to bring 200 jobs to Ellesmere Port

Land Sec welcomes new Clayton Square retailers

Leighs Paints hit by rising costs

Carlisle supermarket site brought to market

Liverpool lettings set for record month

Medicash completes One Derby Square deal

Kirwans takes space at Brunswick Business Park

Business group boosts membership

Wizz launches Vilnius flights

Gregory joins Business Growth Fund

MusicMagpie leads technology growth

ReThink doubles profits as global footprint grows

D-day set for Chester theatre decision

Google starts its Liverpool business drive

Profits surge at clothing distributor Ralawise

CBRE calls for more love for big sheds

Caunce O'Hara makes King Street move

Management team buys Design Catering Equipment

Clean energy investments sold in £30m pre-pack

Cheshire leaders set for inward investment push

Costcutter set for full Bibby takeover

Nando's checks into Widnes

VPhase secures Tesco contract

Assura completes £3.5m acquisition

Travelodge agrees Cheshire Oaks pre-let

Pochin advances mixed-use scheme

£4m contract win for green energy business

Uniform wins Heart of Mersey pitch

Planning won by Greengate JV

Daresbury's Vanguard House completes

Ridsdale warns on Premier League finances

University gets green light for £30m student scheme

Funding to ease Rock Oil growth

Social media rises to top of HR agenda – Timms

Panellists in place for technology conference

Merseyrail pays hefty dividend as profits rise

Jacobs 'set to swoop' on Park Square

Wirral bids for Technology Innovation Centre

Walter Wright deal for Perspective

Dirk Group sells Indian subsidiary stake

Something for the weekend

Rising demand fuels TravelJigsaw

Forbes returns with MaxAim

Tague on Tour: The devil is in the retail

PZ Cussons to hit expectations despite rising costs

MediaCity set for BBC Sports Personality of the Year

Rapid Realisations continues sell off

K3 on the deals trail as revenues rise

Entertainment Magpie eyes £100m turnover

Labour conference set to bring £15m boost

Blackstone checks in to Mint

Finalists revealed for Morgan Awards

Green light for biomass plant

ENWORKS reaches £100m savings milestone

Bruntwood secures £30m from Barclays Real Estate

Christie + Co to sell Radisson Edwardian building

United get clearance for Singapore flotation

AmTrust on the move in Manchester

WindTechnics rescued after parent blown off course

River Festival generated £10m economic gains

Restaurant tries again for Albert Dock mooring

Potts, Kerr & Co takes Forresters name

TEG losses double but pipeline remains strong

Real Good Food Company encouraged by outlook

Morris confirmed as 42 under 42 keynote

Liverpool named as "exemplar" sustainable development city

Timpson's store plans confound high street woes

Abbey Logistics secures RBS funding

New City training investment will "change mindset" in East Manchester

Shred-it expands in Sale

Backbone IT targets wealthy Chinese consumers

Vertex sells private sector division for £40m

Circle selects Didsbury Point for £70m hospital

Jones Sheridan buys Staffordshire IFA firm

Security specialist joins police terrorism initiative

Progress Property Services wins housing deal

Lancashire businesses among 'excellence' finalists

CBRE cites Chorley as big shed exemplar

Production delays hit Clean Air Power

Cottam Hall starts regeneration work

KPMG appoints financial services team director

Hemmings key in Reuben brothers' Arena deal

Strong demand boosts Morris Homes

Market volatility could delay United's IPO

Profits rise at acquisitive JD Sports

Talking Point: The new rules of digital business

M247 acquires more space

Sharp Project welcomes more tenants

CBRE completes five at Haydock

Total Asset Finance owner enters administration

Warwick Ley to leave Endless

Parr Street Studios for sale at £2.5m

Retailers told to seize the day on social media

Expert Logistics agrees Prologis Crewe deal

Two enterprise zones set for North Wales

Nationwide Produce maintains healthy growth

Ultimate Finance profits up after Ashley deal

VPhase encouraged by order pipeline

Days Inn fit-out attracts plaudits

Tender Management backs London ambitions

Johnson salutes Park's performance

Tories set to bring £27m Manchester boost

2ergo anticipates sales dip

NWF hungry for more

United Utilities expects revenue rise

Businesses urged to embrace "game-changing" MediaCity

Shale gas find could bring Lancashire jobs

North West Fund legal panel named

Pre-pack deal saves 100 jobs

Chester loans specialist has licence revoked

Endless looks to bolster ranks

Deal volume lowest in more than a decade

Boulton House bought by F&C Reit

Peel wins trade centre planning approval

Sports Tours back in the black

AMEC JV wins £67m contract

Cheshire authorities agree TV and film charter

Unipart Automotive lands in Warrington

Driven in Wilmslow deal

May Gurney secures £126m Cheshire contract

UK Grid sold to Telecity

Home-grown talent key to City's sustainability

Sceptre pots Rileys contract

SAA in for Appley Bridge planning

Cumbes hails Old Trafford's Ashes win

Campbell set for IoD awards

Apprentices join DWF's paralegal academy

Forrest powers to £18m solar deal

Deals flow for Elite Telecom

Something for the weekend

Profits double at ship repair company A&P

JJB Sports shareholders approve director incentive plan

Network Rail to submit £560m Northern Hub plans

India support for aerospace sector

Accessing finance easier than staff – survey

Liverpool wins 'best city' accolade

Liverpool Vision reviews business successes

TMP grows corporate members

Smith and Sons opens new Birkenhead base

Edwards on board at One Park West

Trade Matters: Think Asia, Think Hong Kong

Holidaybreak to delist after £312m takeover approved

BAE Systems staff braced for jobs cull

Netcars motors on with new hires

Mint and MOSI among tourism winners

ICAEW chief issues call to arms over economy

North West finalists up for entrepreneur award

KLM affirms Liverpool commitment

Scottish and Southern exits Cumbrian venture

BBC set to launch radio fund

'Airport terminal' school consultation begins

Braemar Estates beefs up Yorkshire presence

Talking Point: Cooking up success

Skills shortage threatens creative industries – CBI

The Rock keeps on rolling

Liverpool hosts Vietnam delegation

Merseyside apprenticeship drive continues

Jobs boost as retail academy opens in Kirkby

CB Transport goes green

Ai Claims motors on despite tough second half

Done: Give me three years to make Tote a winner

Bourmad hits market with 15 Oxford Court

Hermes buys Barclays Manchester building

Losses widen at Optare but turnaround on track

Westbrook Park delivers for City Air Express

Business of Education – last chance to attend

UKFast plans 100 new jobs

Entrepreneurs failing to cash in on tax breaks

FreshStart to build Nottingham student scheme

Chinese brands on the march, warns Wong

Rescue deal saves Venture Photography jobs

Cash injection gets vets up and running

Tribune completes Zentek acquisition

Raw material costs dent Mechan profits

Harrison Drury reveals fixed price service

Mechan in Yorkshire deal talks

Redrow awards Harbour Village management contract

Freshfield floors competition with Super-Click

Muse submits Talbot Gateway plans

Tague on Tour: When the going gets tough…

MBNA Europe sets aside £406m for PPI redress

BBC ups Creative Kicker fund for indies

DevSec buys £7m Manchester student block

Begbies insolvency revenues to meet expectations

Defence cuts hit Morson as profits fall

PKF appointed on Print Hotel

Redbridge makes the Bruntwood list

Hat-trick celebrated at Castlefield House

BAE Systems jobs axe a 'hammer-blow' for economy

Cobbetts opens Manchester Science Park office

Caldeira mulls manufacturing shift after annual loss

Funding deal for Lake District hotel

Gala Coral pays out for Cumbrian bookie

Finance facility to boost ChloBo rollout

Assist Recruitment merges with rival

Rockfile launches Pioneer offer in Knowsley

Maven backs MBO at Wirral manufacturer

Indian delegation looks to develop Liverpool links

Signs of recovery in Wirral residential market

Redx signs drug collaboration deal

Fans group buys Wrexham FC

Peel submits Washington superstore plans

FreshStart Living to take AIM

Accumili revises deal value after "anomalies"

Sterling Green announces sell-off

All Points North posts profit

Aegis could look to double Manchester operations

Close collaboration with universities is key for business

Tague on Tour: Macc on the attack

London Scottish signs at Churchgate

Cotton Traders sews up profits rise

House prices fall further in August

Quarterly rent day could trigger more failures

North West deal value remains strong

Addington triggers Burnley revamp

Barons Quay the key for Northwich

Oliver Valves set for manufacturing jobs drive

John Lewis opening adds to Chester offer

Ultimate Law boosts practice

Insite takes space at Birchwood

Administrators search for Dee Line buyer

OFT clears GB Oils acquisition

Gopher Money goes for Bolton deal

Interel sale cuts Hasgrove debt

Profits halved for quarter of North West companies - report

Four set for building award showdown

North West MEP in EU red tape plea

Ward Hadaway appointed to £185m fund

Third of North West businesses fear banks - report

Something for the weekend

Collapsed Beetham business owes creditors £50m

Manchester professionals 'less optimistic'

More business flights taking place - HBC

Liverpool Vision in stateside hires

Txtlocal adds to team and wins award

SB Training consolidates in Skelmersdale unit

Business Matters: Listing and delisting

Exports boost James Halstead

NWF Group swoops for Swan

AMEC wins £50m North Sea contract

Osborne reveals Lancashire enterprise zone plan

Virgin Media to close call centre

Pochin's to sell subsidiary after losses

Partnership nears Salford health centre agreement

September's deal of the month unveiled

International Trade Awards shortlist revealed

Equilibrium opens in Knutsford

Last chance for Business of Technology

Urban Splash in Morecambe warning

Sudlows powers up Medway Tunnel

In-Liverpool LLP in site talks

Hicks and Gillett head back to court

City unveils schools' enterprise funding

Matou eats up On the Waterfront benefits

UBC to open second Warrington business centre

EY reports 8 per cent rise in revenues

Unfair dismissal regulations 'to save' £6m a year

Popcorn sweetens Tangerine Confectionery sales

Outsourcery to relocate to Manchester

Profits surge to £150m at European Metal Recycling

Osborne pledges £50m graphine research hub

Waste disposal business wins Danish deal

Manchester Arndale responds strongly to riots

Great Places secures £40m funding

Davenham set for administration

Contractor sought for Salford student scheme

Green light for Mersey Gateway cash

AVEVA buys Manchester laser scanning business

Birchall grows with Willow Foods

Ludlow buys Fylde IFA business

Hayes and Co relocates in Blackburn

FSB backs Lancashire broadband bid

Murphy calls for enterprise zone urgency

Deal of the month – EH Booth & Co

Petty Commercial opens in Preston

Morrison to lead Napthens construction team

Former snooker hall pots investment boost

Peel appoints Riverside agents

Hurricane Irene damages API Group's performance

Epistem in DNA crime scene collaboration

Printing.com reveals softening demand

Cheviot appoints Liverpool senior partner

Bring your own technology: The future of the workplace

PAPR lands St Peter's brief as start date nears

Sandbach planning decision upheld

Riots fail to dent city hotel figures – PKF

Allport praises EY's regional strength

Arena and Harvest confirm merger

Fund manager buys Apollo Park for £7m

Football museum awards £12m contract

Leaders pledge support for MBNA staff

Phagenesis completes €7m funding round

Greenfold Partners moves for Simclar assets

Merseyside engineering company undergoes MBO

National award win for Wirral franchise

Liverpool loyalty scheme grows members

Wates set for Toxteth fire brigade centre

Mason Owen markets former Jack Jones store

ICE expands with Midlands office

Shower maker Norcros completes £51m refinancing

Greater Manchester's economy 'better than expected'

Cammell Laird wins £5m windfarm contract

San Carlo targets £30m as Distefano heads Insider list

Peninsula completes Health Assured purchase

Four Seasons suffers loss as refinancing talks continue

Rothschild wraps up Learndirect disposal

Quantitative easing calls as UK growth revised lower

Knight Frank lets on Excalibur Way

Overseas the key as Greenall's plots expansion

North West deal flow remains resilient

Wirral signs 'sister' agreement with Taicang

Tranquil brings production back from China

Amion selects Odeon site for Chester theatre

Phoenix Marcom bought by The Scott Partnership

TalkTalk buys Cheshire reseller

Momentum Instore completes Health Lottery brief

Smart gets IFP accreditation

Blacon Parade redevelopment moves closer

Work completes on Salford University fit-out

DWF celebrates deals growth

Daisy to meet half-year forecasts

Tributes paid to corporate financier Tim Edwards

Ratner to provide Fit for Business keynote speech

Scrap metal proves golden for S Norton

Conservatives set for Manchester return

Administrations rise in property and construction sector

PAR Group swaps Bamber Bridge for Chorley

Barton wins North West Director of the Year award

ISG wins five school projects

Something for the weekend

BBC to move 1,000 staff and BBC Three to Salford

Bright future for Festive Lights

Hillyer McKeown acquires Wirral law firm

42 under 42: Employee retention and reward

Stewart Group directors to retire after £146m buyout

Bigley wins Liverpool director award

Elixir win to provide Knowsley boost

Plans in for Speke residential scheme

Uniform launches Canadian campaign

Business Matters: Non-executive directors

Rival moves for MWH ByProduct

Business confidence fall points to negative growth – BDO

Live events agency WRG signs American Express deal

Network Rail starts Northern Hub consultations

Third quarter profit warnings fall

Pannone on the hunt for new HQ

Peel and Barratt set for Pemberton scheme

EDM and Sala International in £52m merger

Liverpool Science Park secures innovation centre cash

Patrick Properties secures £26.7m Barclays loan

North West private sector output returns to growth

New Care Projects completes £9.5m refinancing

Outline approval for Winsford scheme

Panel in place for Insider fraud breakfast

Profits climb at Innovia Films

Teledyne opens Bromborough manufacturing plant

The Hive brings Widnes jobs boost

St Helens businesses 'resilient' in last quarter

Davies to leave Pets at Home

Business Matters: Never give up

Project Jennifer has 'robust case' finds review

Oliver Valves cheers record profits

Higher sales at N Brown despite 'volatile' conditions

Sainsbury's moves for MBL businesses

Xantus sold to accountancy firm KPMG

Monarch invests for Manchester expansion

United buy £8m Old Trafford land

Peter House sold for £14.7m

HJ Lea Oakes buys animal feed business

Goalminder hopes to score £2m investment

Myerscough secures construction loan

Bachy Soletanche encouraged despite sales fall

CPUK awarded Alderley Edge contract

Oswaldtwistle Mills receives loan for expansion

New head office for Total Foodservice

Peppa Pig pushes HTI sales higher

Haroby relocates after finance boost

Morson opens base in Preston

Madhouse relocates to 196 Deansgate

More 'steady' progress at Speedy

Morris reveals secrets of Laterooms' success

Odeon site wins executive vote for Chester theatre

Manchester's ranking slips but city stays in European elite

Cable manufacturer B3 competes two deals

Holland's Pies owner hit by £50m restructuring costs

Cammell Laird and Nuvia strengthen nuclear partnership

Green light for Lancashire training college

Inquiry starts into Tata Chemicals plant

North West house prices fall 1.2 per cent

Flight catering merger referred to Competition Commission

Investment boost for Process Instruments

Benmore starts work on Dale Street hotel

Bell appointed KPMG director

Liverpool businesses 'more confident' on profits

Green skills boost at Wirral Partnership Homes

Grosvenor buoyed by One Park West demand

Eco Environments moves to new headquarters

Accumuli appoints new chairman

KPMG dealmaker wins national award

Airline launches Manchester to Bangladesh route

Bahrain keen to develop North West links

North West entrepreneurs 'more confident' – Deloitte

Carillion wins One St Peter's Square contract

Sales hit £300m at Coca-Cola can maker

Cash boost for Old Trafford line company

Record year for discount chain Home Bargains

Tourism boosts Manchester economy but claimant count rises

Hill Dickinson reports deals upturn

Eshton confirms £3.8m Burnley Bridge grant

Leonard Curtis to open Lancashire office

Dabs.com slips to loss despite sales rise

Final Chester theatre decision nears

Solutia remains upbeat after restructuring

Suttons appoints Asia vice-president

Natural Retreats makes Wilmslow home

Energetix recruits commercial director

Fresh Group launches exhibitions division

GMWDA brings landfill sites to market

Discover Leisure shares suspended

Unilever to buy Russian skincare business

EV moves to The Pinnacle

Something for the weekend

Turnover hits £80m at medical foods group

Armstrong Communications moves for rival

Energy-from-waste division slows ENER-G's progress

LDC sinks £15m into venture capital fund

Discount chain leads region's mid-market private companies

MediaCity wins building of the year award

M&S creates 35 jobs in Wilmslow

Manchester festival provides £37m boost

Cameron opens £400m Airbus factory

Work starts on £7m Granby regeneration

Assura starts £3.5m Wirral health centre

B&M Waste Services to launch new division

Liverpool businesses urged to spread their wings

Business Matters: Science of progress

Whiteaway Laidlaw rebrands as Shawbrook Bank

Liverpool looks to build China links

Nanoco hails commercialisation progress

Drinks magnate John Halewood dies

Jobs at risk as Discover calls in administrators

Odeon site wins through in Chester

Distress increasing among North West companies

Kellogg's increases profits despite falling cereal sales

Fresca pulls out of Liverpool Produce Terminal

Dairy Crest completes £600m refinancing

Network specialist KBR opens Chester office

Noble Systems buys Australian software business

AMEC bags £150m contract win

Liverpool apprenticeship funding set for approval

Hamilton Black plans Bolton student flats

Office take-up in Manchester tops 150,000 sq ft

Jobs axe after Discover Leisure administration

OFT gives green light to ITIS deal

Manchester headline rents report 'modest' rise

Pleasure Beach pins hopes on Nickelodeon after profits dip

Tangerine rescues Wham and Highland Toffee

Womanzone expands across the Pennines

Administrators appointed at Davenham Group

Moss Electrical to open North West branch

Accrol Papers targets £65m following site expansion

Chemical manufacturer fined after Cheshire incident

Brickwork contractor PLF builds for the future

Housing association moves into Clitheroe HQ

Simon Jersey wins £1.5m workwear deal

Ramsbottom mill celebrates centenary

Elite Telecom continues on acquisition trail

Darwen TV Licensing staff strike

Northern Trust pleased with self-build estate

Planning granted for Burnley Knowledge Park

Sales lift at Farmhouse Fare owner

FPB warning over online payments

Halewood International to remain under family ownership

NCC well positioned for "strong" year

Bank of England governor calls for lending incentives

Greggs set for motorway services market

Manchester's Metrolink receives £500m European loan

Seddon agrees Naylor's Equestrian deal

Matalan hit by profits slump

Ultimate Finance agrees new funding terms

St Modwen gets to work in Bolton

HTI banks on Barclays for growth

Arena gives Reuben brothers more time

Work starts on Ellesmere Port academy

Golborne roofing business ceases trading

Renold on track to double profits

Student lets boom, sales stay low in Liverpool

BCL Legal completes rebrand

Dowd vows to make HS2 case

Liverpool secures scientific conference

Metquarter attracts two new tenants

Merseyside women's groups to join forces

One Card attracts more businesses

Liverpool check into Park Inn hotels

International focus boosts Suttons Group

Jacobs Engineering expands in Cheadle

Broker Assistance broken up after administration

North West hit by 31,000 public sector jobs cuts

GB Group encouraged by future prospects

Third quarter improvement at Promethean World

Consultation starts with travel joint venture staff

Green light for Salford £270m regeneration framework

Law firm Berg opens in London

Cash boost for Betterbathrooms

Catapult invests £1m in Hangar Seven

Manufacturing set to resume at Middlewich factory

Bluetree Estates enters administration

Weaver's Triangle selected for technical college base

Mouchel sells rail division for £3.4m

The Daily Mash turns to Melbourne

Brampton opens in Knutsford

Funding Corporation completes Chester refit

Cozens starts at Handelsbanken

Ask the Expert: Calling from abroad

Work starts on Stockport hydro electricity plant

OSS buys oil collection business

Byotrol to raise £2.5m through placing

Plum deal for Waggledance

Northern Hub among Heseltine and Leahy's demands

Funding line for Hyde plastics manufacturer

Avenue North heralds next era of Spinningfields work

Jeffery sets out Business Growth Hub's ambitions

North West expansion plan for Waitrose

Something for the weekend

Palatine backs secondary Wealth at Work buyout

MSIF invests in Liverpool security company

PIRC opposes Redrow directors

Endless boosts headcount after Ley departure

Rhenus Logistics in £4.7m Bradford deal

Two left for Ellesmere Port houses deal

City Point signs up new tenant

Human Recognition Systems flies into Gatwick

EA Technology opens Texas base

Talking Point: Flying through the cloud

Technology Matters: Security on the cloud

Booth hails "solid" performance as sales creep up

McBride boosted by European sales

Byzak sold to Enterprise

Blue Transmission wins wind farm licence

Contracts hat-trick for Redbridge Interiors

Insider's fraud breakfast – last few tickets remain

Greater Manchester GVA expected to outperform UK

Chubby upbeat despite Rory McIlroy loss

BAM wins £15m Aintree Hospital contract

Everton training complex on the market at £15m

Stone Roses promoter SJM boosted by ticket rush

App55 secures cash injection

Home shopping giant QVC defies retail gloom

SEN to welcome Swedish entrepreneurs

Work starts on latest stage of Queens Drive revamp

Hayes praises JLR's recruitment drive

Children's saving business set for launch

Solar panel business secures £2.5m facility

Leach praises fund's performance

Sales hit £27m at furniture retailer

Delivery giant Yodel to close 45 centres

Royal Mail takes Christmas warehouse space

Weightmans and south Manchester underpin Q3 rally

Co-op Bank does first funding deal with HIMOR

Berkeley 'buys Beetham's Blackfriars scheme'

Assura gains approval in Wales

Strong year for Cheshire drugs giant Phoenix

Enterprise set for £210m contract

Michelin closes lifeline fund after hitting targets

Mersey Gateway bidding process starts

Bionow moves to Corridor site

MPs to debate BAE job cuts

Ex-PFA soccer site sold as creditors take hit

Autodesk buys Blackpool software developer

Delivery giant Yodel to close Preston centre

Green light for college housing plans

Firth Associates opens high street office

Network Rail completes Blackburn station revamp

Lorica relocates in Preston

Northern Trust set for 100-acre regeneration site

Ask the Expert: SME fraud risks

Muse set for £200m regen scheme

Scapa sets up Brazilian business

Brewin Dolphin moves to The Avenue

Stockbroker XCAP raises £1.4m

Weak economy slows down Stobart's profits

BDP banks on Chinese growth

Farmhouse Fare owner sold for £151m

Dealmakers line-up for Future Finance Breakfast

Former Innospec man charged by SFO

Administrators seal Shawton Engineering sale

Sweet success for O'Brien

Willmott Dixon wins £147m contract

Equip buys Cumbria rucksack brand

£10k fine over potato blanching incident

High street footfall declines again, says Colliers

Alexander Mann relocates at Birchwood Park

Christmas lights business targets franchisees

Next London lord mayor strengthens links

UKLED to switch manufacturing from China

Government pricing hits AstraZeneca

28,000 more seats promised as Virgin Trains extends contract

Gordon Burns in PR move

Revenues grow at Oldham textiles group

OFT to examine Direct Hygiene acquisition

Sales hit £200m at Fayrefield Group

TIS Cumbria buys council-owned site

360 Audit recruits Disney man

Sainsbury’s to sell DS-Gluten Free product

NSG lifted by £3m Tata contract

Green light for Whitehaven stadium

ENER-G opens research and development centre

Business Finance Solutions to manage loans fund

Olympic Park signs five

North West brewers hail success but demand support

Talks continue over Pochin's concrete sale

Marlin completes Cheshire Timber deal

Tague on Tour: They came from the north

Campaign call for 'micro-business' day

Dunbia beefs up with Heathfield purchase

Fleetsolve completes energy contracts

Deals add up for Weightmans

FC United score with Moston plans

Energetix loses Bright

Lookers in bank talks after 'satisfied' performance

Tishbi's Dale Street flats let

St Helens stadium completed

£5m youth centre opens doors

Gorilla Glue sticks with Waggledance

Manchester businesses 'sat on cash'

North West deal volume up in Q3

Edwardian takes Free Trade Hall

Independents day has dawned, says Ingall

Ex-Innospec bosses face corruption charges

Something for the weekend

Circle thinks big for champagne bar rollout

Viva Glasgow for Liverpool restaurant chain

Profits fall at Henty Oil despite sales rise

Orbit cashes in on Cash Store move

Circle eyes up Liverpool One

Business Matters: The rise of cross-border M&A

Ask the Expert: Keeping your business safe

Trafford Centre openings hailed by CSC

JJB posts £66.5m losses

Bruntwood and University agree business school deal

Silentnight draws curtain on Yorkshire site

Optare completes move and signs deal

North West strong as CBRE reports growth

£31m leisure spend set for go-ahead

Green Electrician shines with £500k

Insider's Deal of the Month revealed

Global view needed to fight off London - poll

Beachcroft to swell after DAC merger

Liverpool Vision clicks into web drive

WSR wins Bramall waste contract

Client failures finished A2

OPTIS moves into Daresbury

Optimine contract clicks into place at The Hut

£227m windfall for the North West

Rathbones remains resilient during Q3

Patak's to close naan bread factory

Kevill Kirkham & Grayson snapped up

RGF millions set for the North West

£145k fine after worker plunges to death

GMPVF grabs Island site

Rigby swoops for Safehands

Subsidy cut set to hurt solar industry

Government cuts affect Grant Thornton sales

MCR bought by New York business

Liverpool tool up with Stanley Black & Decker

John Lewis takes long-term view

Border business group launches this week

Smith & Sons lets Woodchurch space

Stockport bucking retail trends, says Rawstron

Lancashire's Deal of the Month revealed

Stanley ground dream could become real with share sale

St Modwen begins Burnley clearance work

Eric Wright finishes £21m NHS centre

Gap fills record temp vacancies in Preston

Entrepreneur in residence at UCLan

Burnley joy as RGF millions spark rail plan

HomeServe halts telesales calls amid probe

£7k fine over animal feed finger loss incident

Aluminium business Alu-Fix calls in receivers

GB Group maps out £11m deal

Thompson launches software businesses m-hance

Redx can be 'cornerstone' of knowledge economy

Brazennose to plug Manchester's grade A gap

Stockley’s Greengate winner moves to next stage

Heron and Brearley goes to market

New boss at Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets

More businesses looking internationally – HSBC

Work starts on Irish heritage centre

Smith Group sets sights on energy market

Management team buys EMaC

Merepark forms wind farm venture

Sainsbury's set for Blackpool regeneration scheme

Five in place for Insider breakfast

£7m Halewood retail scheme starts

Businesses called on for internet campaign

Liverpool can play part in £12bn events boost

Fiveways Centre opens its doors

Mercury West sold to rival broker

Stanley Dock tipped to be investment catalyst

Preston left reeling after Tithebarn blow

Planning 'hiatus' frustrates Redrow boss

Jobs go as administrators close Wigan nightclub

Heatley and Higgins join forces

EOS Law adds two partners

Wates starts on college project

Dunlop Heywood sister secures UAE mandate

Cuadrilla admits shale gas drilling caused earthquakes

NatWest and RBS hit lending milestone

Funding for CityBlock student scheme

Green light for £48m health centres

Hawker Beechcraft profits hit turbulence

Data Works thinks big for small business

Cash boost for Middlewich bypass

Profits fall at World Cup tickets company Byrom

Marketing Cheshire hails expo success

Elected mayor views wanted

Betfred scoops Dealmakers prizes

Relationships were key to the Tote deal, says Nightingale

Smith fuels Liverpool cruise terminal row

Rankin confident on Preston regeneration

Manchester to underpin Ryanair growth – O’Leary

Morgan Sindall wins £12m Old Trafford brief

Dealmakers must get creative, says Ball

Farmgen readies for Cumbrian switch-on

Green light for MediaCity big screen

Something for the weekend

Business Growth Fund's Layzell goes Fourth

Liverpool set for £130m housing boost

Two in at Audenshaw industrial estate

Ironman brings £2.6m Bolton gains

Space Invader and FBI complete Madhouse

Liverpool to sit out next Ryanair spurt

Unilever sales up but margins squeezed

Foulkes reassures Wirral businesses

Gilligan Legal extends Meridian stay

Business Matters: Engineering a business for success

Ask the Expert: Contractor Health and Safety Schemes

North West secures £60m from infrastructure fund

Benelux boosts Printing.com

Co-op to make Lloyds bid

Sir Alex Ferguson calls for apprenticeship support

Experts address fraud fears

Waggledance cleans up with Surcare

Vertex disposal set for OFT investigation

Miliband attacks Business Growth Fund lending

Waste business fined after near-fatal crash

HOW appointed on Pochin scheme

Original Factory Shop in Burnley expansion

Creditors face £13m hit after Warmsley's collapse

Northern network needs extra capacity - Botham

Property investment company enters administration

Double funding boost for Liverpool LEP

Christmas supplier in online push

Cash sweetener for The Lime

Port of Liverpool celebrates steel volume rise

Ask the Expert: IT and data security

Bglobal cuts costs after 'fundamentally altering' approach

Australian bidder for DTZ

Bodycote buoyed by revenue rise

Provexis secures £25m funding deal

Bank of America commits to Chester

Capital Symonds recruits investment director

Chamber outlines concerns to Osborne

Students still the future, says CityBlock's Bargh

Interfloor completes £20m refinancing as sales creep up

Yippee! beds down in The Greenhouse

H2E Commerce relocates to Crewe

Founder exits Advocacy Experience

Peel energy plant set for approval

Committee backs £32bn high-speed rail plan

Pre-pack deal saves Adam Furniture jobs

Businesses hail Todmorden Curve cash

Credit rating joy for Lancashire

Clarets in at Charter Walk

Forrest wins place on £975m framework

Advance Performance confident on international growth

Coben Medical agrees Aldermore deal

Moneysupermarket buys £11m deals website

Easi-Drive makes South East move

United launches Manchester to Washington service

Patak's owner beats market expectations

Overseas buyers driving up deal values – Clearwater

CBRE recruits engineering services team

Simpson hits back in Liverpool cruise row

S&S Groundworks eyes turnover growth

RSM Tenon reports "flattened" demand

VIP acquires CMS Computers

Profits shine for jewellery chain Boodles

Cameras roll in Liverpool

McGivern joins GVA in Liverpool

Government department relocates to Princes Dock

Contract wins push Coral shares higher

Birchwood Park secures pre-let

US and Russian delegations head to Liverpool

Liverpool FC score Turkey tourism deal

Booths set for Penrith opening

Peel Energy's power station plans rejected

Everton takeover talks continue, says Elstone

Forum welcomes government finance campaign

Seddon Estates completes The Exchange revamp

Biomedical fund invests £100,000 in two companies

Carcraft rapped by consumer watchdog

Backford Hall put up for sale

Tax loophole closure could boost The Hut

Muse grows regeneration pipeline

Trade deficit widens to £3.9bn

Vertex breaks £400m-turnover barrier but losses widen

Dragon invests in recruitment business

Citibase takes space in Chester

Entrepreneur launches home buying service

Partnership to scrutinise bids for cash

Cyprotex set for US expansion

Luxury carmaker Bentley hails green credentials

ReThink to relocate to London

Barton Bridge energy plant rejected

Strong profits rise at Carr's

North West escapes worst as ASL hit

Brunning & Price takes over at Jackson’s Wharf

Co-op confirms Lloyds offer

Agents 'bullish' on Manchester's Waterhouse

Clifton secures cash for buggy venture

Sydney – we want your views

Banks trail angels in match funding

Chamber calls on Greening to support Northern Hub

Galliford Try set for £12m Manchester scheme

Revenues grow at law firm DWF

Something for the weekend

Government to channel £95m through banks

Daresbury enterprise zone could deliver £220m boost

Peel reveals Mersey Ports masterplan concerns

Land Securities reports St Johns growth

Dairy Crest upbeat as profits rise

Stewart Group invests in Knowsley base

Elstone explains slow progress at Goodison Park

Ask the Expert: Access to Finance

Tague on Tour: Fly me to the Lune

Logistics company Warrant Group sails on

Sterling Green to sell debt management book

James Halstead to return £11m to shareholders

Urenco owners 'mull flotation'

North West private sector output accelerates

Tushingham Moore at the double

Warrington man jailed for Gresham fraud

Hunger of professional services to change questioned

Liverpool readies for entrepreneurship congress

TMP hails advanced engineering funding

New director of commercial banking at HSBC

River Island opens at Middlebrook

Selfridges invests £1m in Trafford Centre store

College opens green training centre

Chester consultation attracts 1,200 responses

Peel Airports calls for air tax reform

Inspired Energy to float on AIM

Asian focus pays off for James Fisher

Buy and build Accumuli confident on growth

Recovery continues at manufacturer Renold

Bibby completes Costcutter takeover

Plevin wins £120m biomass plant deal

Orega adds to Three Piccadilly Place offer

China sales help JLR to £2.9bn income

Colliers sells stately home hotel

Manchester riots had 'no lasting impact'

Funding boost for specialist college

Eversheds reports half-year rise

Shares up as Styles & Wood stays on track

DLA Piper clocks up £2.1bn worth of deals

Profit warning at James Cropper

Councillors propose Lancaster market closure

Hughan Design meets Quintessentially standard

Robert Pinkus brings shoe shop to market

HICL buys remaining Blackburn PFI stake

Conference brings Blackpool boost

TEG Group eyes energy production sales

Inenco scoops energy award

Venky's rejects Rovers takeover speculation

Altium to close its securities business

Keller Group to close St Helens office

Levy backs Liverpool's 'unique ensemble'

Saints reveal stadium name

Morgan Sindall completes nuclear build

MSIF reveals funding milestones

Work starts on speculative scheme in Speke

Commercial deals boost United's earnings

Bank funding for Small Wonders

Four deals in four months for MoneyPlus

Emerson is the envy of other developers, says Jones

42 under 42: Where next for Liverpool?

Furmanite wins Russian government deal

Recovery continues at Speedy Hire

Online campaign recruits 1,000 'champions'

Fit-out completed at Helena Partnerships HQ

Everton school plans approved

Ask the Expert: What is a ghost broker?

Norcros increases dividend after 'solid' first-half

Nuvia wins place on £304m framework

Johnson Cleaners invests in stores

AMEC shrugs off economic uncertainty

Norcros increases dividend after 'solid' first-half

USS forms £150m joint venture with Metric

Cathedral Quarter plans quashed

Heywood delivers for Royal Mail

Funding boost for Cobbetts as fee income rises

North West unemployment drops

Pets at Home boss focused on expansion plan

Cantt Pak completes Birchwood deals

Sinclair IS Pharma sells £11m drug

Profits fall at property lender Jerrold Holdings

Finance boost for recruitment agency Venturi

Baby Milestones takes first steps with Gurgle

Opl completes Iveco job

'Monstrosity' parking plans rejected

Hasgrove issues profit warning

Brammer buoyed by sales rise

Liverpool visitor economy bucks national trend

Moorfield buys Didsbury's Towers for £47m

JWS Churngold sold for £14m

Heseltine bangs mayoral drum as Hub launches

Councils to develop Wilmslow 'vision'

Retailers warned of flat Christmas

Partners submit Lingley Mere plans

VPhase placing to raise £2.35m

North West hoteliers enjoy "strong" month

Biomedical fund invests in Albert Medical

Scott Brothers sold to management

Something for the weekend

Trio among fastest growing online areas

Liverpool FC kick off at Cheshire Oaks

Cheviot expects Liverpool growth

YSes expands serviced office offering

Euston Square appoints Knowsley agents

Rentokil Initial in £6.5m MSS deal

CSC agrees £375m finance deal

Thomas Cook could 'shut 200 shops' after Co-op merger

Tetrosyl rescues motor parts retailer

Wallace vows no repeat of City's record loss

Heseltine to speak on growth prospects

TCS expects Rochdale start next year

Renovo board to consider 'all options'

Ebiox raises funds for expansion

Smith and Sons reveal auction details

'Gay village' branding up for debate

North West has "strong" AIM pipeline, says Stuttard

Broadway Malyan switches to HSBC

Fresca confirms Liverpool Produce Terminal closure

Days Inn Liverpool beats forecasts

Assura wins Maidstone approval

Business Matters: Corporate manslaughter

Princes-Premier Foods probe advances

Thomas Cook in crunch bank talks

Byotrol still positive despite losses

HomeServe promises "decisive action"

Torotrak aims to drive performance

Archive Solutions takes 28,000 sq ft

Manchester "above average", says JLL

£4.3m VAT fraud arrests across region

Free up public sector land, says CBRE man

Church's prayers answered by FWP

Dunwell to share views in Manchester

Myriad CEG in tariff outburst

£200m lending scheme targets North West

Amber drinks to £5m

Loan leads to Protec rebrand

Clarets count cost of relegation

Wyatt Decorators assets bought from administration

CES UK motors on with higher profits

Talking Point: The BBC in 2021 - Regional and Global

'Tough' Christmas expected by JD Sports

Assura in £35m rights issue

Dire day for Thomas Cook

Caldeira on hiring hunt as China work shifts to Liverpool

Scientiam opens up in Warrington

£2.4bn deals for Addleshaw Goddard's Manchester team

Brunel bullish on Manchester launch

Bruntwood in 'rent free' move

Trend setter lined up for Global Entrepreneurship Congress

Small business takeovers on the cards - poll

Manufacturing skills plug needs filling - Manufacturing Institute

BBT Group expands into Wales

Queen to tour £72m museum

Bents' £10m plans get go-ahead

Profit hit at United Utilities

Two in at Turnstone Business Park

Ultimate Finance Group chief resigns

RBS needs to 'get back what was lost' - Hester

£9m Salford boost

Shares dip for fund-raising Assura

WH Smith moves into Knutsford

Pilkington awards £4.9m contract

Risktec cashes in on Middle East

Langtree swoops for business centre

£2m nuclear deal for Speedy

Cobbetts acts on £1bn deals

Motor parts park lined up for Ellesmere Port

The time to export is "upon us"

The Bleachworks set for opening

Building work starts on Stockport homes

42 under 42: The unemployment debate

Cities jockey for Green Investment Bank

Co-op moves closer in Lloyds bid

Euro Catering Parts in buy-in management buyout

PE firms urged to look north for deals

Woodward Solicitors signs up to The Parks

Gill joins Groundwork

End of an era for Liverpool Daily Post

Tariff scheme anger shown in vote - Eco Environments

Grayling: Liverpool has 'enormous' potential

Something for the weekend

Cities jockey for Green Investment Bank

Multimillion-pound savings talks taking place

Ask the Expert: Access to Finance

Ask the Expert: Proceeds of the sale

AIM flotation to offer growth 'springboard' for Inspired

Begbies in tax subsidiary sell-off

Electricity North West wires up to funding

We need growth and investment now - ICAEW chief

£2.8m funds raised by Epistem

DWF merges with North East firm

Assura raises £110m

GTA revs up with members

NOMA could be Manchester's new Spinningfields - IoD chair

Lottery fund backs former church revamp

Tulip in meaty acquisition

London Scottish House up for sale

Kendal calling for leisure operators

Cahoona completes Grimshaw work

Region's pubs and restaurants proving 'robust'

Capita contract axed by Sefton Council

Clegg's £1bn plan "doomed to fail"

Thornton Hall putts golf win

Halewood drinks to 80 per cent profit boost

Profits down at Henry Bath & Son

Liverpool aims to be "internationally significant"

Manufacturing business Weston sold for £54m

TEG Group pleased with project progress

Topps suffers as home refurbs delayed

Strong start at Scapa Group

Foundations laid for Findel recovery, says Siddle

Electrification boost for Northern Hub plans

MAG appoints World Freight Terminal agents

New boss for Manchester Arndale

Basten and Dawson climb the Co-op Bank ranks

Sutcliffe assets sold by administrators

Lookers buys agricultural parts dealer

Hotel chain enters administration

Investec buys £10.8m industrial property

RBS funds care home expansion

House prices fall in North West

Plans in for Burnley's Charter Walk

Credit easing schemes welcomed

Brownhills closes Preston branch

Conlon celebrates half-century

Farmgen set to showcase £4m power plant plans

Former Kwik Fit boss takes over at Enterprise

New company set to promote Blackpool

£2m spa set for Burnley

FSA clamps down on satellite warranty businesses

Development Securities buys £11m portfolio

Daisy increases market share as losses narrow

City calls for quality as fire station CPO fails

Cautious welcome for finance schemes

Osborne provides North West infrastructure lift

Music venue The Masque closes its doors

The Lowry retains Greater Manchester top spot

Carver's fits the bill for North Star

Bulk liquids specialist set for expansion

Cushmans appointed by Bupa

LEP plan coming together, says Blackburn

N Brown secures £100m refinancing

Towerbeg planning application deferred

Green light in Speke for Barratt and Peel plans

Female entrepreneurs targeted for congress

B&M wins two-year Merseytravel contract

Partners form The Knowsley Foundation

Lookers extends £115m banking facilities

Market changes hit 2ergo

Major shareholder in K3 move

McGeorge warns of tough 2012

Morgan Sindall targets billion-pound nuclear deals

Fifty businesses call MediaCity home

Airport link road to boost property market

MBL closes DVD rental subsidiary

Silkmen select St Modwen for stadium plans

Completion nears on Crown first phase

Starbucks expansion to create 1,000 new jobs

Northern Trust wins planning in Hyde

Click Consult targets £7m turnover

Stockbroker XCAP hails 'strong' first full year

LDC backs software developer Kirona

Chester events push to drive footfall

Hangar Seven jets off with Shop Direct

Britplas relocates in Warrington

FreshTL secures contract win

KKR agrees Capital Safety purchase

Talking Point: We are not corporate machines

Cash will help reach export targets - UKTI

More than half face economic crime

Leaders hail "national significance" of Airport City

International focus pays off for Ultimate Products

AMS moves for £55m German rival

Bidtech scores sporting hat-trick

£130m Oldham PFI reaches financial close

Secured Mail tops sales growth companies

Something for the weekend

Mechan buys Yorkshire business

WFEL wins 'landmark' Swiss contract

Wayne Rooney wins Proactive legal battle

Liverpool digital agencies merge

Iliad set for £20m student scheme start

FT Finley secures housing contract

Business leaders call for export incentives

Merseyside ranked most profitable networking area

Provexis to close Liverpool facility

Ask the Expert: Business health checks

Ask the Expert: Starting to export

Sales higher as plastics company Coral diversifies

Coach company Selwyns rescues rival Haytons

Waitrose appoints HOW on three schemes

Deal of the month – Weston Group

Downing drives on with Vauxhall plans

VCs could speed business investment – EV

Work starts on Stockport energy plant

Brilliant bought by media giant

Housing boost for Trafford

Sterling Green completes £1m disposal

Confidence high among AIM companies – PwC

The Hut on course for 2012 flotation

Manchester to play part in Germanwings' expansion

Mason Owen appointed at Argyle Industrial Estate

Contemporary Urban Centre to close

Rathbone's Stockton joins FSA board

Companies fined £60,000 after cherry picker death

Royal Court revamp set for February start

Record results at Victrex

Park confident despite 'seasonal' losses

Avid starts Hill Dickinson revamp

Bleak outlook for Greater Manchester economy

Medina Dairies takes Rochdale space

Mazars hails deal as revenue rises

Blackpool housing scheme completes

Northern Trust underway in St Helens

Deal of the Month – Inspired Energy

Seafood deal safeguards Cumbrian jobs

Insolvency Service disqualifies restaurateur

APEM takes flight with Lombard backing

Profits dip at John Deere tractor retailer

Energy supplier BES targets £60m

CPUK wins £1.4m UCLan contract

Turnover boost for DAC Beachcroft

Tague on Tour: Love in a cold climate

European turmoil hits VIP profits

Clean Air Power raises £1.6m via placing

Uncertain future for Kraft workers

Preferred locations revealed for Green Investment Bank

Melbourne moves at Manchester Technopark

Liverpool bids to showcase green ambition

KPMG signs off One St Peter's Square move

Entrepreneurship festival can leave legacy – Cameron

Plans in for former Nestle site

OFT clears £40m Vertex disposal

Acquisitive strategy boosts Chess Telecom

Luxfer plans $185m NYSE listing

Creative England launches £400,000 funds

Ridsdale in PNE promotion pledge

£66m losses for Assura interest rate swap

Holmes criticises slow progress of Liverpool's LEP

Businesses briefed on supply chain work

McBride to lead Redrow operations

EA Technology scoops International Trade Award

Reproductive Sciences raises £600,000

Bullish NCC ups expectations

Drinkwater hails North West exporters

International markets hit PZ Cussons

Hurricane fails to damage API Group's profits

K3 expands international reach

Infinity and 53N buy in Stockport

Former RBS chief calls for more banking competition

Clarets appoint new chief executive

Unilever staff prepare to strike

Canning O'Neill launches media division

Denby swoops in Derbyshire

Tasties sold to Pasta King owner

Banking facility to fuel NWF growth

Leaders welcome Mersey Multimodal Gateway boost

Pearson Vue agrees Lakeview lease

Fallow finds the going good at Ascot

Banner's profits shine in tough market

Manchester Arndale breaks footfall record

Rayburn set for growth after award win

Creditors expected to take Discover Leisure hit

New Charter secures £60m funding boost

Entertainment distributor MBL plunges into the red

Muse set for Stockport's £140m Grand Central

Sound City to run Liverpool's Epstein Theatre

YFM launches mezzanine finance product

Manchester and Liverpool to get new powers

Sharp Project adds nine tenants

Sinclair IS Pharma in £21m US deal

OFT to examine GB Group purchase

'BDO applies to be named Halliwells liquidator'

Something for the weekend

UKLED secures Invest Wirral funding

A-Plant owner to smash expectations

Hankinson relocates head office

Building services company Barratt closes

Warriors owner sells £41m WorkPlace Systems

Work starts on Heywood school

Plans in for Salford residential scheme

Ensor eyes deals after 'pleasing' first-half

Revamped Tower signals Blackpool’s intentions

Blackpool's Houndshill sold for £85m

Companies fined £100,000 after forklift death

Patak's owner on track to meet forecasts

Bleak forecast for North West economy

FC United appeal on £1.6m share scheme

Creditors owed £4.5m after Shawton administration

Sellafield names preferred bidders

Anfield Business Centre set for February opening

Crushed hand leads to £10,000 fine

Assura completes £110m bond issue

LJMU opens computer technology centre

Liverpool college forges China links

European commissioner wades into cruise row

Talking Point: Ambition is the only constraint

Murphy swaps NorthEdge for Seneca

Himor buys in Bramhall

Sceptre teams up with German digital gaming giant

Smart meter roll out hits Bglobal revenues

ASL sells Cuddington site to Taylor Wimpey

McLaren lands Asda job

Green Investment Bank launch edges closer

Green urges small businesses to think Asia

Record year for Desol

Bank funding for Dyno-Rod franchise

Conductix-Wampfler wins Canadian deals

Whitebirk revamp to provide jobs boost

Management buy-in at Braithwaites

Jack – party conferences not be all and end all

Dalliam appoins new director

Inenco celebrates procurement rise

Rankin welcomes BID continuation

Former Italian restaurant sold

Authority plans east Lancashire office closures

Tague appointed South West Business Insider editor

MB Aerospace swoops for US rival

Coombes named Ultimate Finance boss

High debt forces Morson to axe dividend

Financial consultancy takes Quay Street space

Real Good Food Company makes progress

Events boost ACC Liverpool financial figures

Sir Alex to open Disabled Living headquarters

Covea axes Swinton Group executive board

Chess makes another move

Three cities set for local TV switch on

Yorkshire Bank chips in with Mersey Timber cash

Scales to leave Merseytravel

Google's online business drive beats targets

Inflation rate slowed in November

Hill Dickinson advises on retail deals

Fry to lead KPMG's Liverpool office

Bright spots for Wirral housing market

Music royalties business Sentric secures loan

Residential scheme set for start

Edge Hill awarded city status

Beetham hotel business enters administration

Former IT staff 'can hold companies hostage'

Luxfer postpones NYSE listing

Investment boost for Pennine Reach scheme

Sceptre confident after first-half

Traynor pleased with Begbies' solid start

K3 swoops again

Lloyds deal could be transformational, says Co-op chief

Housing consortium launches with £125m pot

North West unemployment increases

Jobs risk as administrators search for T Jolly buyer

Rovers dismiss financial meltdown speculation

Vabeld buys £7m retail space

Crewe munitions factory site sold for £41m

Assura starts £3m medical centre

Nuttall joins Vibe

Banking syndicate set for Davenham hit

Nanoco chairman hails progress

Communicate Better buys rival

Mulbury Homes starts £9.5m housing scheme

Something for the weekend

North West business confidence falls further

Funding boost for barristers' chambers

Mary Portas urged to help Lancashire town

Companies call for small businesses bank

Manufacturer fined £180,000 after Barrow death

Management team buys Assura business

Cash boost fuels Pentagon Chemicals

Calibre takes more space at Orbit House

Residential success at St Paul's Square

B&M on board with Alstom train contract

Refurbishment properties lead way for Smith and Sons

Passengers boost MAG

Wilkinson site bought in Conygar deal

Betfred moves to allay competition concerns

Celebrity accountancy firm sold to JGG

Staff wages among multimillion-pound Broker Assistance claims

Yearsley invests £1.4m in its fleet

Festival fever for Cream Group

Kirkby set for £13m funding boost

High street jewellery chain collapses again

Festive flurry for Christmas Decorators

New partners for One Card

Jam-making village gets conservation status

Mason Owen appointed on Merseyside portfolio

Tague on Tour: I dreamed a dream

New firm following Mitchell Charlesworth merger

Living Ventures clinches £4m for refurbs

MAG celebrates the joy of six

New deal for K3

GAY Manchester and Ritz in line for sale

MBNA in £55m portfolio sale

Palatine backs Selection Services MBO

Zeus advises £41.2m womenswear swoop

LDC exits American Golf

New hires boost Business Growth Fund

£2.5m R&D lab set for Preston

Guild App downloaded worldwide

Write move for PASS

John Turner & Sons in Booths work

Sales creep up at Spar wholesaler James Hall

Impact in £1.6m borrowings cut

'All we want for Christmas is the Northern Hub'

Euro Garages hires new FD

Ashok Leyland ups Optare stake

M&S-backed town centre manager wanted

Hill Dickinson in £38m centre role

Rail waste site plan on track

BAE in £100m Woodford sale

Innospec in $100m pre-Christmas boost

Golden five for Daresbury announced

Stopforth calls for 'robust' banking system

Busy Christmas for JLA

Chipboard success for Sonae

Stoneacre's profits accelerate

Adam Furniture claims total £1m

Watchdog opens dental consultation

Elite connects with £5m deal

£1m funds Windmill swoop

Spencer Group sells £150m portfolio

Energi Oil posts loss

VAT fraudster jailed and disqualified

InterRisk clinches North West Fund cash

Mystery occupier closes in on Manchester office deals

Restaurant sector set for M&A feeding frenzy

Parfetts breaks £300m-turnover mark

Four out of five Back the Bid

National Football Museum appoints trio

Insolvency rates soar in North West

Arley clinches Nantwich housing consent

HURST in new deals-advisory role

Cheadle Royal hails 2011 deals

MBO unveiled at Benson Group

Seafood giant Royal Greenland sinks to a loss

Scapa in US takeover deal

Talking Point: Investing in the future of the North West

Manchester law firm buyout announced

Chris Maguire to edit North West Business Insider

£70m shopping centre deal for Birkenhead

Festival Gardens delayed by remedial work

Payout battle rumbles on for William Sinclair

City training campus plan passed

Sterling Green makes loss after disposals

Liverpool looks ahead with masterplan

Turkish delight for WFEL

GB Group £11m deal cleared

G Park warehouse sold for £13m

Elite clinches £6m

Something for the weekend

Star speakers lined up for Wigan Economic Forum

Deals boost GB Oils results

Contract joy for Innov8

Stella's directors hail 'robust' year for tour operator

£1.5m boost for bus manufacturer Optare

BCL Legal launches branding service

New Year Honours for graphene duo

ALS aims high after Capita deal

Caution expected in 2012 dealmaking market

More of the same in 2012 - DTZ

December's deal of the month revealed

Manchester set for challenging year - chamber

Oglesby backs Manchester in 2012

Golf and Guild to boost Lancs in 2012 - chamber

Lancashire's deal of the month unveiled

Oglesby backs region in 2012

Talking Point: Manchester is best place to be in 2012

Oglesby backs Manchester in 2012

LEP rejects elected mayor for Manchester

Oliver Valves wins work down under

Record year for confident Clarke Energy

Bolton education academy completes

Knight Frank sells Salford industrial unit

Finance chiefs fear recession – Deloitte

Sales shine for jewellery chain Warren James

Prisk launches manufacturing service

Princes sells Fray Bentos brand

Bentley buoyed by increasing global sales

Orbit lets Lyme Green space to Climax

Investment boost for DNA testing provider

Deal volume rises but value drops – Experian

Liverpool team up with Konica Minolta

JLR plots Halewood expansion – reports

Heathfield Foods' creditors set for £5m hit

McBride expects lower profits

PZ Cussons moves for £25m Fudge brand

Plans submitted for new MediaCity masterplan

Torque Logistics takes 100,000 sq ft at Martland Park

Whelan's DW Sports limbers up for further expansion

Young's to axe jobs at Cumbrian Seafoods

Stowe Family Law makes London move

ENER-G eyes overseas growth after £30m boost

Property owners expect values to rise

Refinancing costs hit Peel division

Biotech spin-out secures £1.75m investment

Some Christmas cheer at JJB

Green light for Runcorn lab development

Two in at Cheshire Oaks

Boxed Red wins Bem Brasil pitch

Former Assura company rebrands after buyout

Southport hotel sold by administrators

Vimto-maker drinks to 'excellent' progress

Reykjavík – we want your views

Johnson Service Group refinances but warns on trading

Administrators search for Apropos Tectonic buyer

Local Green Energy buys Wheldrake

Something for the weekend

DTZ on menu at Jamie Oliver's restaurant

Two towers set for Queens Dock

Supply shortage in Manchester

Cautious Paphitis hails Ryman results

International events key to North West success - Hartig

Active Profile works on Higher Broughton brief

Enterprise initiative clocks up 500th entrepreneur

Business Matters: The eurozone crisis - rising to the challenge

Business Matters: Maximising the international opportunity

JD Sports in advanced talks over Blacks deal

Insolvency Service winds up Clear Sky

Tony Hill to leave MOSI

Fraud expected to 'rocket' despite fall

Hurst pleased by KPMG's growth in the north

Peel tees up Trafford golf refurb

AKW Group targets £25m turnover

Liquidators appointed to coach operator

Harry Needle tracks down finance

Asset write-down hits Glen Dimplex profits

£5.5m contractor found for skills college

Haslemere Industrial Estate reaches capacity

42 under 42: Hot air leaves export strategy grounded

NSG UK hails "robust" growth

Export orders up for St Helens businesses

Chamber launches finance event

Spiral House expands footprint

Tulip closure plan puts 200 jobs at risk

Topps Tiles finds the going tough

Smyths Toys takes Middlebrook space

Carr's enjoys strong start

Go ahead for £35m Piccadilly Station approach

JD Sports completes £20m Blacks Leisure deal

HS2 set for green light

Festive sales fizz for Booths

Two changes at CBRE Manchester

North West private equity deal values surge

Angel investor backs Yogberries

Co-op takes top spot in North West rankings

Aintree hospital set for £20m build

Shop Direct braced for more retail gloom

PM+M strengthens family ties

Rizvi eyes greater Local Green Energy presence

Profits soar at Accrington aerospace contractor

Darwen town centre consultation launched

Provexis sprints to Olympic rowing win

Queens Dock towers get green light

Online sales boost N Brown performance

Moneysupermarket expects bumper revenue rise

Tangerine adds to brand portfolio

Langtree posts profit rise in 'tough' market

Manchester Economic Forum – book your tickets

Energos buys BioGen Power in share swap

Spectra fined after scaffolding injury

North West housing market endures flat December

£10m loan for Peel's water services business

Eric Wright underway on £13m schemes

Co-op buys Scottish rival as festive sales rise

PRUPIM secures Rochdale letting

Piction Media moves to MediaCity

HS2 ruling praised but Northern Hub must be next

Hollins Murray buys Winstanley centre

Healthcare provider backs entrepreneurship congress

Finance group raises MBO concerns

Leaders call for faster high-speed rail delivery

Grosvenor launches investment push

Inenco Direct appoints managing director

PlumbNation on course for £16m

Rathbones optimistic as funds increase

JD Sports set for Spanish openings

Plans in for Manchester United supporters club

Mere embarks on recruitment drive

Rochdale's Astra Centre fully let

Cyprotex overcomes customer setback

BCD Travel to open in Liverpool

Baker quells infrastructure investment fears

Dairy group Meadow Foods hits £300m turnover

US investor backs Biomass Engineering

TNAR scores Real Madrid deal after angel funding

United Utilities to build £200m treatment plant extension

Footfall up at Lowry Outlet Mall

C-Tech awarded share of £1.8m funding

Cygnet merges two subsidiaries

Pescado relocates to Chester

AMEC powers to £650m National Grid contract

Unipart wins £900m Australian contract

Forensics business CY4OR buys rival

Morrisons to open third M-Local in Manchester

Eshton underway at £50m Burnley Bridge

Osborne hails Airport City enterprise zone

Biomedical fund completes two deals

Judges in place for Lancashire Dealmakers Awards

Hundreds of Barclays jobs at risk

Start-up hopes for Greenhouse growth

Manchester unwraps £74m Christmas boost

Something for the weekend

Evodental secures maiden NWDF investment

Devitt re-elected at Addleshaw Goddard

Developer completes £12m Ice Plant

AIMES raises £1.2m to build data centre

Yearsley remains confident after sales dip

Regeneration company set for Blacon

Chamber disappointed by quantitative easing hold

Record year for Wirral-based Stiebel Eltron

College hails apprenticeships milestone

Ask the Expert: Safety qualifications and competence of H&S personnel

Begbies sells Channel Islands business

MAG to explore funding options

Fairpoint improves performance

'Slight' improvement for North West private sector

Landlords must 'think hard' about Blacks rents

Taylor completes rebuild after blaze

Unilever staff set for further strikes

WR Berkley moves to 55 King Street

Groupama puts Carole Nash on the block

Fuller and Houghton launch new venture

Chaplin joins Communicate after tabloid storm

Greater Manchester set for economic growth fund

Aleef motors to £100m turnover

Arcis completes second fundraising

Merseytravel appoints interim director general

Princes' deal boosts food sector M&A

Best Buy closes Liverpool store

Sinclair IS Pharma expects sales rise

Ryanair launches new Liverpool flights

£112k fine after labourer death

DWF and Cobbetts 'progress merger talks'

Ensor moves for Technocover stake

Stobart snaps up 'Moneypenny' portfolio

Support agency Furness Enterprise to close

Supply UK partners with Brazil engineering group

151 Products in £1.25m purchase

National Grid buys Carrington Plains

Inenco Direct starts recruitment drive

Sterling Insurance to open Manchester office

Cheshire set to scrap PFI waste scheme

Agents appointed on Towers Business Park

Exide relocates to Bolton premises

Record-breaking Blackpool rock maker saved

Turbo Drinks bought by Gareth Thomas consortium

Devilfish sells Weather Lottery stake

Darwen over-60s plan revealed

Roofer prosecuted by HSE

Event increase boosts Aughton venue

Restoration underway at Lancashire Business Park

Management changes at Tangerine

UCLan to invest £7.5m in Thailand campus

Wigan Economic Forum – get your tickets

Driver Group returns to profit

Strong sales for 4imprint

Findel buoyed by Express Gifts performance

Ex-Innospec director pleads guilty to corruption

Distressed deals fall by a quarter

Liverpool revive original Stanley Park plans

Office take-up falls in Manchester

Strong Christmas for Pets at Home

County Milk drinks to £4m deal

Management buyout at transport company

Avid appointed at Castlewood Business Park

Co-op funds youth hostel expansion

RFL moves to MediaCity

Cold weather boosts Crown Oil turnover

Sovex celebrates ten years with £10m aim

Day centres set for £250,000 refurb

Larger footprint drives Oak Tyres performance

More office space taken up in Liverpool

Bruntwood calls for Leeds station guarantees

5plus makes London move

Administrators called in at Trostre Retail

Tough times for businesses, says Begbies

Secured Mail buys DHL division

NCC cashes in on 'cyber arms race'

Leese stresses importance of 'family' ties

Meliá Hotels signs up for First Street scheme

Reeves appointed to M&A advisory board

Hammerkit clinches £435k

£9m cash boost for Burnley college

Cobbetts and DWF confirm merger talks

Bargain Booze toasts sales rise

Branson to speak at entrepreneurship congress

Energize invests in £80m-turnover group

Festive sales sparkle at Matalan

Topps Tiles appoints non-exec director

£10m Grangemouth oil win for AMEC

Barons Quay design team appointed

Tea supplier bags Grosvenor contract

Andrew Page takes Ellesmere Port units

TV hotel secures loan

George White Motors enters admin

Record months for Inspired since AIM float

FC United stadium plans move forward

Something for the weekend

Job fears after Peacocks administration

Pumpkin Patch shuts up shop in Cheshire

Burnley station plans submitted

FineForm Racing owner disqualified

MPs make case for Northern Hub funding

Enegi Oil in share placing

AEW Architects recruits George

Incanthera clinches £375k cancer treatment funds

Sutton Kersh to sell Knowsley site

More flying at Liverpool John Lennon

Access to Finance joins Business Growth Hub

Part-payment raises terminal concerns – Penning

Falconer Chester Hall scores at Soho Square

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RSM bosses quit as loss looms

End of manufacturing era at Optare in Blackburn

Virgin Money 'closes in on MBNA deal'

Tributes paid to Paul Rice

BCC warns of 'serious' retail challenges

Johnsons Apparelmaster in £6.1m swoop

Debt and cashflow pressures forced Rowlands under

Heinz distribution contract extended

Four-fold rise in North West profit warnings

Forrest in profit and sales hike

Manchester lands more Turkish flights

Peel suffers £200m Project Pinewood setback

Therm Tech acquired by Workspace Group

Sixt creates new Manchester jobs

Liverpool Vision opens regeneration consultation

Growth for Mills Media

£10.5m for cultural organisations in Liverpool

Cavern Walks appoints new centre manager

Tesco in St Helens plan

Quindell moves for £20m law firm Silverbeck Rymer

Raw material costs hit PZ Cussons profits

Low sentiment does not reflect reality – GVA

TEG Group could be sold

Proventec to leave AIM market

Russells appointed on Bow Chambers revamp

Luccini buys £1.1m Trafford Park units

Online sales boost Casdon

SF Taylor rescued from administration

Management buy-in at GB Controls

C-Tech secures £1.8m to merge sites

Princes forms Italian tomato business

New head at KPMG Preston office

Colliers reports more pubs sold in 2011

McDonald appointed Montpelier director

Jobs set for Ribble Valley hotel

Gem buys Swedish digital media company

Funding line for AM Seafoods

Blue Training to open hotel training academy

Morgan Sindall starts on Hattersley centre

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Quindell takes £15m Ai Claims stake

CSC proposes new Peel deals

Unesco warns on Liverpool's world heritage status

Jobs woe after Fountains collapse

£30m Speke hotel and cinema set for go-ahead

Collapsed TJ Hughes needed £20m to survive

Sanderson Weatherall sells Discover assets

BFS loan for tea shop

Turnover increase reported by Cruden Group

Ask:Goodman hands over Central Park scheme

Final call for North West exporters

Essenden to close three Tenpin sites

Blackburn closure key to Optare turnaround

Former Print Hotel on the market

Liverpool house prices down - report

Liverpool launch for Pugh & Co

Home Office takes space in Huyton

HSE to prosecute Cammell Laird

£2m electric cigarette cash clinched

GVA appointed to sell Beetham assets

Keoghs plans recruitment drive

Anger over solar subsidies appeal

Gordon Brothers set for Jewel Nation hit

Buyer sought for Manchester hotel

Gap targets Manchester expansion

Latium and Epwin Group merge

OFT gives Severn Fuels deal go-ahead

New homes plan for Salford

CBRE completes £12.4m Manchester deals

I-Putt set for investment pitch

Enterprise zone will kick-start Lancashire – Booth

Blue Machinery to relocate to Northwich

Gladman expands retirement arm

£2.5m deal for Surface Transforms

CLS expands after care home investment

ISG secures £4m Cheshire contracts

Perspective raises £3.5m to fund expansion

Liverpool must repay more to lift cruise restrictions

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Buyout talks break down at K3

Ultimate Finance in £1m share drive

Mill Hotel owner in administration

Convicted robber's chain in administration

Meyer Group acquires JWP

Energetix partners with Carillion

Morrisons buys Aintree Best Buy

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Anderson "disappointed" with cruise ruling

Brooks Macdonald adds to farm portfolio

Formal sale process starts at TEG

Tender issued for 440 Lancaster homes

£50m Wigan scheme completed

GVA appointed at Network Rail's Fish Dock

New tenants at Brookfields Business Park

New Mind wins Visit Scotland contract

Liverpool wins museums conference

New offices for Ciglow

Enjoy what you do, says Uncle Joe's owner

Profits double at GB Group

Turnover growth at James Halstead

AstraZeneca to extend job cuts – reports

Fish Administration in £21m Capita deal

First Street culture centre plans submitted

Search on for Merseyside innovation stars

ASL submits housing plans

Micro Hair Technique to open in Manchester

New chief exec at Co-op Food

Runcorn regeneration plan outlined

Designers appointed for £3m lab refurbishment

Payment delays pushed Barratt under

D-Drill in £1m investments

PE-backed deals 'boom' revealed

Honorary fellowship for Liverpool Vision boss

New appointments at Uniform

Growth predicted for URENCO

Downing completes The Capital fit-out

PD Welch reports growth following contract wins

Bruntwood sells 1 New York Street for £42m

Acquisitions boost revenue at NWF Group

Hasgrove 'encouraged' by project wins

Silentnight to move production to Barnoldswick

Losses narrow at Surface Transforms

Pochin's pleased with 'creditable' performance

Blackburn Rovers owner makes £2m 'goodwill payment'

Dunlop Heywood moves to new offices

Two new appointments at MIDAS

Profits plunge at E Park & Sons

Landwood in apartments sale

Perspective acquires Vivienne Shepherd

Shop Direct chief exec steps down

Grace Scaffolding assets bought

Roundhouse wins Preston retail approval

Forbes signs up as Guild sponsor

Farmgen targets infrastructure funds for AD roll-out

£3m work for Burnley shopping centre

Accrington Findel site to become houses

New tenant sought for Preston store

Dragons' Den contestant rebrands business

New funding for Lancs businesses

New stores for Deepdale Retail Park

Morson hails 'resilient' performance

Winning Pitch hired for coaching scheme

United Utilities hikes up revenue

Chamber president urges Chancellor to Back the Bid

£30m Speke cinema and hotel to go ahead

Profit warning from Byrotol

Redbridge completes Manchester chambers refurb

ITS Technologies acquires TMG IT

Colliers Manchester complete 52 deals in 2011

Losses for Brilliant Media creditors

Cobbetts and DWF merger falls through

TDG takeover boosts Norbert Dentressangle

Service Power expecting strong results

Four in running for Green Investment Bank

North West Aerospace Alliance team expands

Discount UK to open Manchester store

The Range to create 2,000 new jobs

Pub and showroom up for auction

DLiB hosts poll on Liverpool mayor

Plaza office space on the market

Start-ups helped by ELECT

Steinberg backs innovation search

Record numbers of visitors at Albert Dock

Liverpool FC partner with 3K Battery

Unilever hails 'strong' growth

MBO at CBG Financial Services

7,300 jobs to go at AstraZeneca

Peel puts £3.4m Castle Quay up for sale

Co-op to double number of apprentices

£29m funding for energy innovators

Chester regen plans back on the cards

North West Fund cash for Channel Intellect

Sudlows in Zen contract win

Morrisons deal secures 300 Cheshire jobs

Business in Asia event to be held in Salford

Transfer window spending plummets - Deloitte

'Strong case' for Manchester GIB – Ashcroft

Warrington has an "outstanding case" for the GIB

Organic growth aims for NWF

Britton Group in profits rise

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Job losses expected at Pilkington Glass

Liverpool to pay back cruise cash

New lettings boost Bruntwood profits

eoSemi completes £1.5m funding round

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Nayler Group goes into administration

£20m enterprise pot launched

CVS in £120k windfall

OFT examining Co-op deal

Manchester team discovers computer chip breakthrough

Work starts on £5m Liverpool health centre

Liverpool LEP 'first' to dish out millions

Tesco is "boring" – Edwin Booth

Bromborough deals completed

Councillors to decide on Liverpool elected mayor

Liverpool FC extend Thomas Cook partnership

Merseyside businesses must 'seize the opportunity'

£43m Merseyside contracts unveiled

Former EN editor appointed at Clarion

Cobbetts partners leave for Canadian firm

Profits double at Joseph Heler

Nationwide to miss out after Beetham collapse

UKFast takes space at Cobra Court

Deal of the Month – Silverbeck Rymer

Manchester businesses set up in downturn are "flourishing"

China Business Award wins for North West businesses

Spark Studio opens in Salford

Creative network co-founded by BJL

MediaCity launch for app company

Bad weather hits Budget

Possible interest for Manchester hotel

Private investors 'will come to the fore'

Manchester joint venture for dentists

Dee Valley expects annual savings

New MBA scholarships at Liverpool University

Flower Show appoints first female chair

Businesses support Liverpool elected mayor

Southampton should have no objection to cruise terminal – Simpson

Golf restaurant brings new jobs

Energy drinks boost turnover at Aimia Foods

£100m student village planned

Etihad to double Manchester base size

Jobs saved by NTC Limited sale

High shop vacancy rates in Stockport

Office space take-up higher than expected

New investment director at Palatine

Companies need to work harder for deals – Green

Former Dragon's lair sold

North West giants seeking apprentices

Pinsent Masons and McGrigors to merge

Turnover driven up at Transline

Victrex expecting 'encouraging' results

Quayside House let to The Priory Group

Blackburn new homes plan

Jobs lost as Gavin Ward goes into administration

High shop vacancy rates in Blackburn and Blackpool

Burnley town centre mill sold

St Modwen builds up pre-tax profit

£130m city deal approved for Liverpool

Jobs under threat at HomeServe

James Cropper makes American changes

Elected mayor not right for Manchester – McKenna

Barclays finances Finsa UK

Services division sale boosts profits at Romec

Jobs saved by Cleaning Group sale

Zouk takes space at Central Village

Westco Medical receives North West Fund cash

Ill health forces Burnley chairman to set down

Young Professionals Awards – final call for entries

HIMOR buys Manchester building

Liverpool agent predicts "exciting" buy-to-let market

Mersey Partnership chief executive leaves

Hundreds of new apprentices for Liverpool

Liverpool can cash in on £1bn mayor - Anderson

Hope Capital completes first deal

Man City sponsor reports first annual profit

Two Bruntwood deals in Trafford Park

Assura boosted by takeover and new sites

US experts confirmed for next trade breakfast

New appointments at Makro

Office space and housing challenges for Manchester

Story starts £40m housing project

OFT clears Direct Hygiene sale

FSB backs the bid

Cobbetts reports hotel success

YRfree Technology in Assured deal

Warrington warehouse sold to Eddie Stobart

Energetix awarded US patent

"Good chance" of Warrington landing Portas cash

Brown promoted at Ci Research

Chester sites come to market

Director appointment at Medisec

Time to cut red tape and VAT - FSB boss

42 under 42: Was the Iron Lady so unique no one will follow?

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Melling scoops Insider dealmaker prize

Ellesmere Port plant closure reports 'speculative'

Shareholder looking for API Group sale

Melling praises Lancashire deals market

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Partnerships hold key to Lancashire's future

PowerPoint company rescued from administration

Leaders push Chester Northgate regeneration

GCI Com bags £10m from BGF

How Planning to advise Aldi

NWF cash for ScraperWiki

Manchester bags skills cash

MymCart looks north after cash boost

First Store agrees Crown Business Park deal

Peel appoints programme director

New appointments at Digitel

£7m Wirral housing project underway

Urban Splash pulls out of Southport development

Liverpool bags skills cash

Business Matters: Merlin and funding

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VTR North to open Manchester office

Flotation plans for FreshStart Living

James Fisher director steps down

Flix opens MediaCity office

Ex-Innospec director charged with corruption

0.9 per cent growth this year - CBI

Merlin banks miss small business lending target

Turnover edges nearer £100m at Stax Trade Centres

MTI in spin-out funding drive

Man City land campaign dismissed

AMI Limited wound up

Boardrooms revealed for merger law firm

Duncan Sheard Glass joins DFK International

Liverpool John Lennon Airport owner sells asset

Eco Environments partners with Hugh Baird

Anderson to speak at Liverpool business event

Bonhams to sell Liverpool legend's collection

Mercantile Ventures flushed with success

Livingcity wins Broughton House contract

David Yeoman confirmed for 42 under 42 event

Revenue up by £100m at Brammer

Stobart gets green light for property move

Employers not ready for pension changes - report

i2 Office takes space in Manchester

New tenant at Bolton Technology Exchange

BAE bonuses 'must be reviewed'

Credit easing calls as Merlin misses small business target

Rio de Janeiro – we want your views

Giant's Basin put up for sale

New appointment at GreenGen

Brabners Chaffe Street advises on £7.25m deal

£4.5m student digs work starts

Space available at new Preston retail park

Chamber partners with Preston Guild

Luxury products boost Butlers Cheeses

Brabners advises on international sale

Whitehouse appointed Rangers administrator

Revenue down at Urban Exchange owner

European growth for Renold

New boss at RSM Tenon

'Steady progress' for Speedy Hire

Kellogg's signs Harlequin distribution deal

Work starts on £200m Liverpool redevelopment

Ergro launches Manchester office

JD Sports acquires Fly53

Banks distanced from small businesses - FPB

New appointment at Paragon Construction

Former LFC chairman invests in Arena Group

Oval Insurance expands Liverpool office

£2m Bootle redevelopment completed

New starters at Liverpool hotel

Anderson defends mayoral referendum decision

Walker set for Iceland swoop

Sales tumble at BAE Systems

4imprint to sell Brand Addition in £24m deal

MAG steps up airport takeover hunt

Stockport scheme in running for building fund

Northern Hub enters 'critical' stage – Ellman

GVA Manchester expands team

£7.4m industrial estate properties for sale

Manchester bids for digital cash

MoRow snaps up North West Fund cash

Kellogg's eats up Pringles

Tarporley homes plan recommended for approval

Action needed to tackle unemployment - BCC

Assured Recruitment buys Right Click

Britannia in hotel rescue deal

Norcros in profit warning

How Planning appointed to Warrington scheme

Nantwich development options being considered

Chester Northgate concept unveiled

Pochin's signs deals worth £55m

Chester Grosvenor to manage Oddfellows

Warrington regeneration plans submitted

EDM Group snaps up Filing Plus

£1bn contract for Wirral electricity link

£500m deal set to boost nuclear sector

Insider's Taylor to step down from full-time role

YFM reports growing Merseyside finance demand

Peel acquisition vote to take place

SSE sells stake in NuGeneration

Businesses offer mixed views on minimal pricing

Housing contract win for Beever and Struthers

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IMI swoops in deals worth £126m

Quindell sets acquisition path with £30m placing

Revenues up at GM Motors

Businesses asked for their views on growth

New homes plan for Dingle

Brabners to sponsor Liverpool tennis tournament

More support for Liverpool's London 'embassy'

Plans to develop Liverpool 'eyesore'

Liverpool fund bags EFG accreditation

All jobs lost at Groundwork Merseyside

Financial officer leaves as Plant Impact amends loan agreement

Sales fall at JJB Sports

IoD backs "essential" Northern Hub scheme

CSC shareholders approve Peel deal

Mersey Gateway will be a 'catalyst' for the economy

Mixed bag for North West hotels, says PFK study

Liverpool secures £2m 'employment cash'

Hollywood company swoops for Zimo

Scientiam adds to board

Sale secures jobs at Atlas Driving Solutions

Manchester repair company sentenced over death

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North West high streets stave off closures

NW cements M&A ranking in new report

Speedy Hire signs £50m contract extension

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Revenue passes £3bn at AMEC

Latics hit by off-field losses

UKTI hosts free export event

North West Fund cash for Imperative Energy

Catering Academy wins Manchester Science Park contract

Cricket star joins Accrington Stanley board

SLM Connect moves to Manchester Science Park

New appointment at Birchall Blackburn

Forces Direct opens at MediaCity

'No job losses' if BAE loses India contract

Preston office space available

Burnley regen plans move forward

Blooming interest for Rosebud Evolution

Matalan suspends Get Britain Working scheme

Forrest completes £2m contract

Russells appointed to Manchester refurbishment

OFT reviews Latium merger

Revenue up and debt down at Manchester United

Revenues up for Westmorland

Bean Coffee expands in Manchester

United Utilities appoints new director

B2B International launches consumer agency

Lets Go Global moves to MediaCity

CCV Group acquires Lyon

Family Bargains opens Stockport store

Weightmans named Law Firm of the Year

Buyer sought for Burtons Garden Nurseries

Human Recognition Systems wins Lend Lease contract

RGF cash there for small companies - Heseltine

Freedom of Liverpool for chartered accountants

Thinjoint Techology to supply housing developments

Turnover at TOWIE's Lime Pictures nears £50m

Profits surge as Bodycote marches on

Belfry powers on with Carillion deal

Trafford Centre boosts performance for CSC

Nobles set for record turnover

Redrow builds 80 per cent profits rise

North West jobs go at Peacocks despite rescue deal

£10m Rovers Trust scheme launched

Warrington chamber to host international trade events

Disley Tissue set for £50m expansion

Macclesfield company sentenced over finger loss

David Samuel Properties in £12m sale and leaseback deal

MoD launches £4bn contracts

£12.5m Northwich development pushes forward

DCT Civil Engineering wins £6m Warrington contract

Nobel Jewellery assets to be sold

Jobs saved by Astbury Wren & Company sale

Women-only workshops boost TV stars

FC United raise £1.5m towards new ground

James Fisher agrees £20m refinancing

Redundancies announced at the Co-op

Enterprise awards £1m contract

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Businesses pledge support for Northern Hub

MJN Colston calls in administrators

Rochdale gets green light for £11m interchange

Mulbury to build £1m Manchester project

Legal sector worth £1.4bn – Pro Manchester

Controversial Tarporley development gets the green light

Savills appointed to Blackpool shopping centre

Morgan to speak at Insider Merseyside Property Dinner

New Britain Palm Oil to grow Bootle plant

Heron Business Park fills up

£6m funding for small Merseyside businesses

Hammerkit expands Liverpool office

North West Fund to sponsor GEC

Talking point: Commercial FDs to change legal landscape

Tesco set for Middlewich green light

United Utilities 'draws up £2.6bn pipe plans'

Styles & Wood wins solar contract

Gateley tops deals rankings

Murray takes new Redrow role

Liverpool bids to be super-connected city

Export expansion for Ultimate following deal

ToxicFox eyes expansion

DJD adds to Manchester team

YFM Equity Partners expands team

Lancaster science park to move forward with LEP boost

Cobbetts advises FSA on co-operatives

Pre-pack saves Heywood jobs

Cass Associates win planning award

Eco-innovation centre secures funding

Eventful appointed to Liverpool Tennis Tournament

New appointments at ACC Liverpool

Education budget cuts hit Promethean World

Revenue and profit spike at Moneysupermarket

2ergo sells international operations for £2.4m

Three in at Admiral Court

Rovers fans want Venky's takeover talks

Lightowlers joins FreshStart

Salix Homes set for £12.5m modernisation

Turnover reaches £50m at Blackpool FC

Growth expected for SeaKing Electrical

Castlerock Recruitment clinches NWF cash

Strategic review for Enterprise

Orchard Manor snapped up by Zion Care

Clean contract win for green-tech firm

Flooding concerns over Lancaster development

Real Estate buys in Blackpool

Weston deal boosts Senior

Luneside East investment will be a 'catalyst'

CAD Street Furniture secures funding

Profit up despite turnover dip at Motorpoint

MIOC welcomes new tenants

WH Ireland snaps up Pritchard assets

Loss at RSM Tenon to lead to job cuts

Express Solicitors opens Wythenshawe office

Entrepreneurs needed to create jobs - Whelan

m-hance in £6.8m deal

Local Green Energy moves to new offices

Footlights moves to MediaCity

Co-op refuses to comment on Somerfield reports

RDA staff receive £2m in bonuses

House price drop for North West

Warrington benefiting from economic 'strength'

Intuit announced as headline sponsor for GEC

Property company liquidated for false claims

Park Group signs up M&S for its prepaid cards

Oval appointed to Saints' Langtree Park

Med ePad to expand after North West Fund cash

Relocation deal saves Chas E Prossor

£100m Manchester fund to be announced

K3 confirms 'materially higher' takeover proposals

Ai Claims hit by warmer winter

Business confidence 'remains subdued'

HBN Restaurants eats up funding

Wing Yip delivers £100m-plus turnover

TDG sale boosts new owner

Jobs created by InHealth Rochdale move

Mid-market deals increase in NW

Premex boosts turnover at ExamWorks

Leader1 (Liverpool) chosen for £25m housing contract

Liberty Living secures £300m financing

Cheshire gas fitter charged over Irlam explosion

Georgia Group launches in Wilmslow

Daresbury partners with IBM

Cheshire broadband 'advantage' for the region

Connexions Cheshire & Warrington in administration

Wates Construction appointed to Lion Salt Works

Stobart's WADI Properties acquisition completed

Revenues up at Howden Joinery

Americans swoop for Widnes-based manufacturer

Cable bids to halt Vauxhall closure threat

Pre-pack saves jobs at Cube3

New £100m Greater Manchester fund to recycle investment

Marks dismisses Somerfield speculation

Peckforton secures £1m injection

Management team changes at Crown Paints

Liverpool deal gurus to search for Everton buyer

Speedy Hire snaps up Manchester property

Three arrests made in FSA investigation

Work to start on new £55m Edge Hill complex

Inspector to hear Salford £70m eco park appeal

High-profile retail administration unlikely, says Ross

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Tourism businesses urged to back VisitEngland campaign

£2m funding for University and Alder Hey

Upbeat Communisis makes £10m investment

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Ban and prison term for former Invaro director

Scottish rival swoops for Hexarus

China shows strong market for Bentley

Charles Owen rides off with Airowear

'Huge moment' as Liverpool backs new cruise hub

Deal of the Month – James Fisher and Sons

Manchester gears up for MIPIM convention

North needs HS2 and Northern Hub - Botham

Turnover climbs £5.7m at Keoghs

Good Prospect for new HQ

Downing reveals new Capital plans

GCI bags £22m for acquisitions

Acquisitions boost K3 revenues

Difficult market sees flat year for Johnson Group

Offshore operations boost James Fisher turnover

Stratmor recruits former ASL managing director

Plans submitted for Altrincham hospital

Peel Ports procurement opens for tenders

Lancs investment fund expands offering

IPO model is 'flawed' – report

Business continue efficiency focus – survey

EWC builds for future with new division

Amcare expands with new acquisition

Leyland self-build housing project begins

Nothing fishy about Fylde company's expansion plan

Lancashire businessman disqualified

BCMS Corporate secures Davpack sale

Liverpool Waters given green light

Pre-tax profits climbs at 4imprint

New car slump fails to dent Lookers profits

Good bet for Sportech after return to black

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Trafford industrial site sold for £5m

Liverpool Waters decision for 'future generations'

Blackburn base among MJN closures

New associate director at CBRE North West

Kessler buys out business partner to control 2M

Buyer sought for Clover Taverns

Altrincham mixed-use complex fully let

Former Crosby Littlewoods site set for redevelopment

CBRE appoints new Liverpool associate

Planners poised to give Southport project green light

Digital showcase event returns to Liverpool

Mercury rising with new asset acquisition

Ask unveils new Manchester office vision

Record year for Vimto-maker Nichols

Terrace Hill completes portfolio sale

AMEC wins three-year Sellafield contract

Revenue drop fails to dent profit at Cammell Laird

Laycocks bought out by Welsh rival

NWIX boosted by £500k funding deal

Redundancies not ruled out after Dixon Webb buyout

County Insurance set for acquisition mission

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Vision for Crewe launched

EMS celebrates Barcelona roadshow success

Claremont completes Insight fit-out

Adcaster launches video recruitment tool

Trio of international contract wins for Oliver Valves

42 reasons to network

Architects folds but new venture to launch

Consultancy opens new Leeds operation

Landmark funding deal for ground rent specialist

Co-op bid to buy Lloyds delayed

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Administrators fail to find buyer for Wirral nursery

Clarification – Studio North

End of the line for Rossendale Radio

Myriad finalises Synchronica buyout

'Extreme disappointment' as Manchester misses out on GIB

New office head at LSH

Bruntwood shortlisted for £35m science park

Blackburn auctioneer to sell MJN assets

Lifetime ban and £100k fine for ex-Royal Liver director

BH Maintenance in JV partnership

AIMES expands at Liverpool Innovation Park

'Outrageous' decision to shun Liverpool for GIB

Knowsley Safari Park launches new marketing drive

Kenyon heads north with new office launch

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Insolvency team shrinks at Begbies

Profits rise at Luxfer Holdings

Vinci to build £2m bridge

£16m funding for Cumbrian windfarm

Azullo raises further investment

Walker hails £1.45bn Iceland deal

Business activity rises in February

Business optimism on the rise - BDO

Ink dries on new HQ move

Lord Heseltine to be awarded freedom of Liverpool

Cheshire Demolition looks for growth with new funding

EOC named top small green business

Contract wins drive profit at Rhenus Logistics

Environmental Waste Controls slips to an annual loss

Insolvency team shrinks at Begbies

Production lights up at UKLED

Scottish Power named GEC sponsor

Digital divide champions to be recognised

Caldeira throws hat into mayoral election ring

Ince Park to offer £1.67bn boost – report

Turnaround investor launches new fund

Pre-tax profits rise at Brooks Macdonald

Workers' leave deal saves BAE jobs

Wholesome deal as Billington to sell sugar shares

Ley teams up with Davidson to launch RooGreen

New instruction for CBRE

New home for Preston law practice

New marketing body launched for Lancs

Brandspankin' unwraps contract win

Blackburn trainer goes nuclear with new qualification

Going green with new £100k hospice contract

Davidson and Ley launch turnaround venture

Profits at Epistem slip into red

Entrepreneurs should be funded like students – Branson

Talking Point: Reaching for the sky in Dubai

Contractor fined £15k after worker's death

Endless weighs up Cinesite deal

JLR campaign 'shot in the arm' for manufacturing

SafeTIC saved from administration

Caldeira expands Merseyside manufacturing base

Colliers nets £300m in property deals

Investment partner sought for city regeneration

Acquisition finance market remains 'cautious'

Green light for £20m hospital project

Telecom buyout for Crosby Communications

New head at Hoylake hotel

Healthcare provider serves up ace in sponsorship deal

Wellman acquired in £10.7m deal

IVA market damages Fairpoint revenues

UK and Indian trade 'extremely disappointing' – Cable

Next steps in Salford property scheme

Grade A dearth causes Manchester rent rise

The 2012 Insider International Trade survey

Mersey Gateway budget cut by £30m

A2e acquires wallpaper company

Benson Box profits fall

Restructuring fatigue risk for management teams – report

Cheshire towns' masterplan on display

360 Audit scores Liverpool deal

New characters at homeware business

Revenue spike at Cheshire plastics company

Green light for new Winsford Academy building

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Property developer suspends AIM trading

Beaton acquires stake in Selima

Chancellor urged to back Northern Hub

Council approval for ITV regen masterplan

RBS chief to launch Vital Topics

Iceland snaps up Peacocks stores

Talking Point: Five Questions for SEO Companies

Partners sought for £20m property portfolio project

Santander sets up business support programme

Past Times creditors set for £19m shortfall

Philpotts sales drop as economic conditions bite

Rescue deal for Gift Pack Company

New £6m Anfield health centre opened

£7.5m Kirkby development approved

Merseyside projects on Chrysalis radar – Gill

Business Matters: Boosting overseas performance

Vphase finishes year in red

Blacks creditors face multimillion-pound shortfall

Profits up at Victoria Group

HMV confirms interest in live business

Stadium project on track after FCUM hit cash target

Spring plans for £30m zoo mission

Liverpool LEP finally unveiled

Cosmetics business enters administration

Administrators seeking All About W8 buyer

MEPs' new fight in Liverpool port development

Work starts on housing scheme

Prescot consultancy celebrates ten-year milestone

Revenues climb at Frenkel Topping

Britannia acquires Scarborough hotels

Sweet success as revenue climbs £30m at Real Good Food

Landwood completes city centre sale

Government pumps extra £150m into housing pot

Buyer sought for Turkington assets

'Going global' boosts NES turnover by £96m

Father and son directorship ban

Land purchase policy yields £13m boost at Wainhomes

Silentnight to create 140 new jobs

Clever Bookers sells 50 per cent stake

EWC bridging the gap

Business leaders outline Budget wishes

New counsel at Victrex

Station redevelopment on right track

PwC calls on Osborne to reduce tax burden

New head at Brother UK

TD Travel takes off with LDC

New city deal aims for 6,000 jobs boost

Work to start on new cruise hub

New test centre for Prometric

Insurance firm chases growth with acquisitions

Sound investment from North West Fund

PI Protect acquired by Guernsey rival

Black Country contract for JPCS

Budget 'should recognise science parks'

Chancellor urged to 'get a grip' on deal funding

Health@Work appoints first female chairman

North West business leaders issue Budget demands

Funding boost to Wirral tourist attraction

New investment at scaffolding business

Liverpool retail hub sold for £76m

Northern Hub bags £130m Budget backing

Liverpool misses out on being super connected

Talking Point: Wallace, Gromit, the devil and the detail

GlaxoSmithKline to build £350m Cumbria factory

Student flats a 'hospitality class asset'

Parry named outstanding contributor

Top rate tax cut 'not far enough' – Morgan

Libra Chemicals helps boost GRI Group turnover

Budget reaction: 'Properly promote the North West'

Late payments risk for small businesses

Wirral biomedical business secures £2.1m funding

New £35m funding for Renold

CPO green light for £600m Salford regeneration

Acquisitions boost GB Group growth

United Utilities expects revenue rise

Investment pays off at Cyprotex

Budget is 'step in right direction'

Green light for lakeside development

Cheshire wealth manager surpasses £200m mark

ISYS acquired by Lexmark

New home for Cheshire law firm

Vphase looks abroad for year of growth

Lloyds' plan for 500 jobs in Co-op deal

Full-year losses increase at WH Ireland

Infrastructure spend must increase – Leach

Talking Point: Hub moves closer

Something for the weekend

Work starts on airport development

Spanish rival swoops for Houghton's

Expro sells business to Siemens

Still time for Insider International Trade survey

Docherty Chimney Group sweeps up MMF

New associate at Savills

Cammell Laird fined £120,000 after worker's death

Hunt on for £40m exhibition tender

Budget broadband snub 'kick in teeth' for Liverpool

Marketing Liverpool 'positive statement of intent'

Royal appointment for Nobles Construction

Plus Dane preferred for £100m contract

Ask the Expert: Achieving brand effectiveness in manufacturing

Inspired on track as it looks for growth

Nanoco hails commercialisation progress

Shutters fall on 13 Azendi shops

WH Ireland strives for client century

Landbank joint venture for Northern Trust

DAC Beachcroft managing partner hails JV

Staff saved as car company assets sold off

LDC backs Airline Services MBO

Creditors face £1.8m shortfall after Peak collapse

New plans for Liverpool regeneration

Carluccio's expansion tastes good in Liverpool

New activity for PR agency

Asset award for Cheviot

Administrators to close North West Game stores

Healthy year end at Vindon

Turner takes on Donns clients

Bruntwood scores City Tower hat trick

New appointments for WHR

NatWest backs manufacturer growth bid

HS2 chairman on board

New venture as Winterhill goes east

New plant but BAE faces 'uncertain export' market

Losses increase for Shop Direct parent

Brace of awards for Studio North

Administrators to close Lancashire Game stores

Revenue drop fuels operating loss at Clean Air Power

Addington Capital takes on car park

Deadline extended for Rosebud

Speed Medical posts £20m turnover increase

Historic mill set for regen after £1.5m purchase

Sweet contract win for Barnfield

New £20m vision for Skelmersdale

Topps Tiles expects revenue decline

Social housing 'should embrace new funding models'

Debt provision increased at Manchester Building Society

Luggage brand Antler eyes international success

Lion Capital's Cumbrian deal cleared by OFT

Planning reforms welcomed by industry

Mayoral candidates to face live debate

OFT examines latest GB Oils acquisition

Sainsbury's signs up to Warwick Mall

Evans secures £500k for man flu mission

America offers healthy growth to Vindon

Scientiam wins £2.8m training contract

Former indoor market goes on sale

Law firm called to the bar with new office

Work complete on Castle Street restoration

Award winner TRM bids to control the market

Findel 'encouraged' by sales increase

New chief executive at Assura Group

James Halstead posts record profits

Pre-tax profits fall as Co-op increases borrowings

Balfour Beatty opens redundancy consultations

DBG moves into East Midlands with acquisition

'Cheshire will continue to compete' – Gaskell

'Business as usual' at Colliers after deal

Development partner sought for business hub

Co-op among first firms licensed under Tesco Law

Egertons pre-pack sale preserves 150 jobs

Horseradish serves up tennis contract

Orbit secures trio of lettings

DTM secures Cygnet regen plot

Widnes company fined £10k after worker's burns

Data recovery support offered

Something for the weekend

ANS Group scoops top prize at awards

API Group set for sale process

Whelan sells Pooles of Wigan

Hargreaves' daughter snaps up Fenn Wright Manson

Revenues hit £500m at Morson

Bibby completes Rhythm & Booze rescue deal

University signs up DTZ for campus disposal

Dismay as Wylfa nuclear partners pull out

North West LEP funding details revealed

Sacked MMP workers to march on embassy

House of Townend toasts Lakeland Vinters deal

Jobs axed as building business acquired after admin

Merlin Entertainments riding high

Liverpool LEP funding details revealed

MSIF cash injection catalyst for growth

New property mission for Anfield Village

Finance Matters: Delivering the funds for growth

Quindell share increase prompts Ai Claims takeover bid

DWF to merge with Buller Jeffries

Bodycote's £32m buyout expands US operations

Deal of the Month – Airline Services

Manufacturing sector rebounds – survey

North West deal volume and value falls

TEG starts Perthshire power generation

MBL Group diversifies with triple swoop

Timpson targets portfolio expansion

Gayton Muller to live on after buyout deal

Lanway targets £1m growth

Jobs lost at quarrying business

Turner & Townsend wins college contract

DWF to merge with Buller Jeffries

Liverpool kick off Boot Room franchise

Stopforth condemns potential fuel strike

Hit Search recruits to meet demand

Financial services sector growth continues

Sigma on terms for Salford regen project

Barburrito wraps up £3.25m BGF cash

Young Professionals Awards – book your tickets

New appointment for Beever and Struthers

Redx Oncology launches in Liverpool

Housing providers complete merger

Pure Leisure receives £1m package

Scaffolding business expands operations

CFOs remain cautious despite rising optimism

Chesnara on the acquisition trail

Oddfellows to buy £4m office complex

Plans submitted for £10m Burnley college

Napthens appoints new rural head

New home for Hays

New partner at Lancs law firm

Deal of the Month – Azullo

Works starts on new engineering HQ

Renovated pub reopens after parent administration

Animal feed business fined after worker loses finger

New contract win for Clean Air Power

Direct move as Inspired Energy acquires rival

Bentley pledges 200 jobs after £3m cash injection

Businesses 'missing out on fortune' in mobile tech

Brooks makes £2.7m ground rent acquisition

Sports Direct denies any part in JJB financing plans

Iceland deal places North West top of deals tree

MMP to face legal action over factory closure

Dare to dream as enterprise zone launches

Keeping Perspective with latest acquisition

LEP must make Whitehall listen – Booth

Revenues rise at Styles and Wood

LEP must 'nail skills gap' in second year – Blackburn

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Caldeira launches mayoral campaign

Two new tenants at Liverpool office complex

Encouraging signs from Merseyside businesses – QES

North West Fund invest in start-up Survival Media

Hungry for success with new pub

Ronnie charged in JJB Sports case

Accumuli expects revenue growth

JJB Sports secures £30m investment package

Green light for £12m hotel renovation

NSG snaps up Midlands rival

Double property deal for OBI

New northern base for Graham

Sharks take plunge into new waters with stadium move

North West firms act on UCUK deal

Servisair reaches for skies with £46m turnover boost

New director at CBRE

Far East boosts Bentley as China becomes top market

Buyer interest in David Stearne

Insolvency Service places landbankers into provisional liquidation

Competition Commission to examine GB Oils acquisition

Kennels secures Yorkshire Bank funding for expansion

Next step in Shot Tower redevelopment

Ask The Expert: Work and workspace

LDC-backed MB Aerospace acquires Thomson Aero

Profits fall at Shearings Group

New garage door JV forms after deal

Mail Solutions Group seals £7.5m bank facility

Rathbone completes Walkden acquisition

New R&D centre launches

Barceló quits North West hotels

Plans for 2,500-house development

Insider launches Growth Survey

Supermarket sold in £1.2m deal

JD Sports expected to post £72m profit

New car registrations accelerate – SMMT

Construction company falls in administration

Handelsbanken to open in Lytham

MB Aerospace 'will grow' Thomson after buyout

Concordia rebrands for growth

New home for growing web designer

Tender opens for Burnley station renovation

'Volatile commodities' boost Glasson turnover by £25m

Savings sales volumes up as Park unveils new chief exec

Royal Mail plans new Lancs hub

Permanent appointments slow in North

Reduced work for North West construction companies

Virtalis awarded £2.2m Daresbury contract

Hotel la Tour reveals Salford expansion plans

Begbies chairman buys Red Flag division

Record quarter for EV

Turnover drops £10m at Hydro

Daresbury welcomes new dozen

Administrators appointed at direct marketing agency

Theatre company falls into administration

'Prudent management' slows sales drop at Peter Gilding

Broadlake acquires UK coffee business

Cytec Industries makes £274m move for Umeco

Jobs saved after Barcon pre-pack deal

Blacks buyout hits JD profits

Construction companies fined £100,000 after concrete collapse

Wigan nightclub sold for £350,000

Umbro losses rise despite £12m sales hike

Enterprise zone tax breaks now available – Pickles

Enegi targets new projects after £2.9m placing

Airbus deal 'opportunity' for British manufacturing

Daniel Contractors returns to black despite sales drop

Administrators reveal Thomson Aero losses

OFT clears Johnsons for Cannon buyout

Norcros expects £200m sales

Revenue growth for Byotrol

Former Nestle site scheme set for approval

New home for Welspun

Contract award no longer in the balance

Aussie contract win for Amec

NBNK makes fresh Lloyds bid

Something for the weekend

Daisy acquires rival in £28m deal

Yearsley's ambient store secures major Young's contract

Building company targets growth with £250k facility

Upbeat pawnbroker eyes expansion opportunities

H Varley acquires wheels distributor

Zutux builds for the future with £950k investment

Internet agency expands into Manchester

Publishing company wound up in High Court

Tenet expansion plans after NatWest funding

Tyre fitter to expand after funding deal

FreshStart ties up Provident deal

New bling for Bling Building

Merseyside prepares for big weekend of sport

Comolli leaves Liverpool FC

Deadline extended for Innovation Awards

Ask The Expert: Inspiring entrepreneurs to grow

Business Matters: The problem with retail

Business Matters: Boosting overseas performance

Should we stay or should we go

Man United 'to revive flotation'

'Healthy demand' as Amec orders grow

Banks climb M&A rankings

New innovation centre opens

Planit-IE has designs on Lake District future

£50m creditor deficit after MJN Colston collapse

Short-term business prospects point to growth

New contract win for Conlon

Gold Medal in red despite £35m sales rise

MIA winner charges on for new markets

New contract win for Conlon

New asset for apprenticeship scheme

Bruntwood expands Liverpool portfolio

Kirwans goes green in new CPS trial

Axe hangs over Dairy Crest factory

Positive move for surveyor

Backing for £12.5m Cumbria regeneration project

Chinese manufacturer signs with Mitchell Charlesworth

AG advises on key healthcare deals

Industrial unit sold for £650,000

New associate at Taylors and more legal sector news

OFT clears Co-op retail deal

GDF Suez set for International Power takeover

Cash flows for Arvia with £3.8m funding

New home for storage business

Conformetrix joins AstraZeneca in research deal

Buyer sought for textiles business

Design sector body closes after 20 years

Inspired Energy completes acquisition

Fleetwood chief looks to Football League dream

Preston base for family law head

Pendle expands with new unit

Challenging US market hits Promethean sales

Travel troubles fail to dent Moneysupermarket sales

Speedy braced for Olympic slowdown

Liverpool One owner Grosvenor suffers profits fall

easyJet launches new Manchester Airport route

Montagu swoops for College of Law

Office complex refurb complete

West Tower sale not a tall order

'Period of stability' helps Parkwood post sales rise

ACC launches new ticket venture

Dairy Crest plans 'massive blow' to workers

New pub for Wetherspoons

Baris appointed to Liverpool library refurb

New spark for medical firm with £300k boost

Americans swoop for marine duo

Santander to open new Liverpool base

Promethean World's shares slide

Ryanair announces new North West routes

Trio of new lettings on trading estate

North West Fund reports 'record' quarter

Business hub plans for historic city centre mill

North West hotel market remains 'sluggish'

Contract wins boost BIS revenues by £18m

North West unemployment increases

Promotions at Irwin Mitchell

Maxim win for Mere PR

New care home creates 50 jobs

New managing director at Version One

Chester hotel market remains 'sluggish'

Restaurant group eyes expansion after £4m funding drive

Distress rises among pubs and football clubs

Something for the weekend

GB Oils cleared for Seletar takeover

United lead Forbes rich list

Ellie Louise jobs saved after Basso deal

Apprentice star eyes Manchester growth for Fatso's

Chinese market not a 'gold rush'

Contractors unveiled on £149m housing scheme

Warburtons seeks a slice of Europe

Metro Rod wins place on £100m water project

New plans for city centre student tower

Plans in for third phase of Norris Green regeneration

Liverpool FC eighth in Forbes rich list

Apprentice star eyes growth for Fatso's

Rushing Chinese trade would be 'suicide' – Wainwright

New support agency for young entrepreneurs

Technology Matters: How the cookies should crumble

Business Matters: Growing beyond difficult times

British Land completes £33m gym sale

Cheshire hotel sold in £20m deal

Trio of moves by Chess Telecom

Serviced offices on the increase

Seddon appointed on Midlands housing scheme

New platform for cashless growth

Profit warnings down in North West

Ocado chief to speak at Vital Topics

Shortlist unveiled for North West Property Awards

Sweet taste of success in 2012 Queen's Awards

Imperial investment as ABB looks to the future

Winterhill Largo to expand into Africa

Chamber chief steps down after seven years

One Park West fully let

Genting unveils casino opening plan

Merseyside quartet win Queen's Awards

Hotel sold in £20m deal

Product demand boost Carr's revenues

Rolls-Royce picks Muse for property project

Computer Sciences Corporation to axe 640 jobs

North West energy sector worth £1.2bn – report

New bidder in Four Seasons buyout race

Marchant appointed YFM chairman

Cash raised from AIM listings falls – Deloitte

Cygnet creates 40 new jobs

Support 'snowballing' for Rovers' takeover bid

Ventec moves for Haslingden manufacturer

Redrow looks to raise £80m in new share offer

Talking Point: A LEP into the unknown

Provexis relaunches Science in Sport

New plans for housing regeneration

Poundworld opens latest Lancs store

Beva secures industrial park letting

TEG loses out on North Wales project

Fairpoint secures new £13m credit facility

TalkTalk threatens call centre jobs

Buyer sought for Knutsford wine supplier

SG World looks to US after £5m loan

North West hotels are risk of failing – R3

Supply chain deal is dead Cert

Gresham sells stake in Olaer Group

Renewed energy after £500k investment

KBS sets up brake disc deal

Turkington founder snaps up company's assets

Park expands rewards offering

New director at HSBC

35,000 apply for JLR jobs

Travel company targets AIM and £5m turnover

Ceilings contractor falls into administration

New leisure attraction planned for Trafford Centre

Hasgrove slips into red with £9m loss

Leading RBS staff to success is greatest task – Hester

Keoghs to open new Bolton office

Liverpool LEP approves £10m regen funding

Employment law firm to expand office

New delivery hub for Yodel

New £700k funding after contract wins

Topps Tiles director resigns

Ener-G to open biogas plant in Mexico

Bids invited for Growing Places Fund

Chief executive to leave AstraZenenca

CERN launches new Daresbury business initiative

London contract win for Amec

Fire fails to dent GrowHow profits

3MG project to receive £5.4m boost

Cropper to axe staff in £1m savings bid

New managing director in Victrex group

MoD signs up Human Recognition Systems

Caird Capital exits Bifold

Cladding firm administration costs 20 jobs

Linder Myers merges with Shropshire law firm

Fashion website secures £375k funding

£90m prize awaits Tangerines - Deloitte

Santander reveals 27 per cent lending rise

Powerful funding deal for tool company

Winterhill to sell four properties

Factory investment fails to dent Fisherman's Friend profit

Aintree undergoes £450,000 facelift

New power project at Magna

Housing development set for green light

Green light for Wirral College scheme

Santander reveals 24 per cent lending rise

International sales warming up for Glen Dimplex

Property Matters: Landlord and tenant disputes

Co-op loses exclusivity deal with Lloyds Bank

Drop in £1m house sales in North West

Middle East focus at Insider breakfast

New designs for convention centre project

Burnley to undergo £375k facelift

WFEL seals £40m US defence order

New partner at Squire Sanders

Hands buys Four Seasons in £825m deal

B&M signs Peel Ports deal to quadruple cargo

New chamber chief must commercialise – Stopforth

Hough appointed as airport chairman

Liverpool 'SuperPort' credentials on show

£4.5m Festival Gardens project completes

Southport company expands to Liverpool

Advanced deal for childcare group

Holidaybreak invests in Tute

Figleaves profit drives sales boost at N Brown

Kingspan hit by cladding company collapse

Rylands Hall bought for £750k by church group

Lancs tops pub closure list

Jobs cut threat at Shop Direct

Knitwear supplier switches to HSBC

Coffee contract win smells good

Preston embarks on investor charm offensive

Firm appointed to £3m Blackpool Pier scheme

Blue Wren developes new home

East Lancs chemical site on market

Winterhill Largo boosts receivables team

New brickwork board after share buyback

New director at Moore and Smalley

Horsebox maker fined £40k for HGV clocking

Hemingway has designs on region's businesses

Provexis unveils new Nelson facility

Cammell Laird wins Scotland ferry contract

Proventec mulls loan buy-back

Ocado struggling to innovate fast enough – Steiner

Central Village welcomes latest pre-let

Global brick manufacturer fined £20,000

Arena welcomes £18m housing development

North West house prices fall 0.4 per cent

Law firm launches new £50k IP fund

Rivington sells internet services division

High Street 'needs to understand digital technology'

Mountain guide Seaton to speak at Insider event

Sales stable but euro hits Warwick International profit

Communisis Liverpool base 'progressing well'

Weight Watchers range boosts Vimto maker sales

Investigation call into MMP sackings

Downing unveils £90m student flats scheme

Property agent fined £3,000

Royal Extrusion creditors face £800k shortfall

Unpaid £420k bill pushed Haskell Woolfe under

James Fisher chairman to stand down

Princes eyes Euro expansion

New Washington route 'to boost' bilateral trade

Vinci wins £10m student village project

Halliwell Jones secures £7.6m cash boost

42 under 42 – the search is on

CNP drinks to First Milk buyout

Trainer's new funding aims to keep clients coming back

Chester's 15-year vision ready for take off

Camwood undergoes MBO

Johnson's acquisitions 'progressing well'

Cyprotex launches new drug services duo

Partner promotions at SAS Daniels

Overseas investment under event spotlight

ProFinance takes stake in Housing Ladder

New hub for Kawasaki Robotics

New home for Legal 4 Landlords

Trio join EA Technology

Thomas wins Young Professional accolade

Something for the bank holiday weekend

Anderson landslide secures Liverpool mayoral vote

Banks must find ways to say 'yes' – Young Professionals winner

Azurri receives £225k business loan

Summer start for £20m Yearsley project

AdInsight secures £1.6m in funding

Brockholes cleans up at RICS Awards

Deadline looms for Innovation Awards

Kennedy fails in Rangers bid

Mixed fortunes for North West hoteliers

Failed stadium project hits Liverpool's £49m losses

FSA fines Carcraft for PPI failings

New partnership for Paver Smith

Abbey Logistics secures £5m for fleet expansion

New £6m health centre unveiled

Speedy sports sponsorship unveiled

Renovo posts pre-tax loss

The Hut hits high spot in Growth 100

New Nike deal for City

'Fab Lab' secures £300k funding

Hotels 'maintaining profits' despite sales drop

Blackburn housing plans submitted

Company insolvencies on the rise

Deal of the Month – Four Seasons

Synexus expands Polish operations

Ulysses chief raises £340k with new investment vehicle

Clothing manufacturer looks to bridge skills gap

Wholesaler hands reins to fourth generation

Talking Point: Capitalising on the student market

Ibex secures five new contracts

Funding boost for Burnley college

Sutton Harbour disposes of investment

Former CMD base brought to market

Isles named institute president

Deal of the Month – MB Aerospace

Lowell Group celebrates 'strong' growth

Blackpool FC owner scores high growth

Leadership survey launched

American agency launches Manchester base

Nanoco completes latest Japanese project

New home for Think Money

Income drops at Manchester Solutions

Steel firm fined £7k for worker injury

M247 completes latest buyout

Hica Group to create 200 jobs

Green light for Royal Mail project

Play Factore expands with HSBC funding

Bowdon snaps up Bath House

Regional office market looks up – GVA

New account manager for Polaris

Transport chief to visit £65m Edge Lane project

New 'ethical' recruitment agency launches

Electric contract on £6m housing scheme

Eco eyes new structure after turnover hike

Weightmans posts £19m revenues rise

Live Nation buys out Cream Group in £14m deal

Sceptre Leisure looks to delist

Laserline Dies makes Spectrum move

C&W wins rock solid instruction

Europe and US 'losing export dominance'

Homes4u snaps up rival agent

Lib Dems set for Liverpool return

Think4 acquires rival IT company

Perspective continues acquisition trail with double deal

Care home land deal completes

Shop Direct outsource plan threatens 1,000 jobs

Weak sterling fails to dent Elegant Resort sales

First buyout for AppSense

New sales team at Totalpost

Partnership calls for apprenticeship pledge

Sir Steve to open Port college

Petros appoints Wilmslow agents

New construction director at Arley Homes

Something for the weekend

Zeus advises on Eden AIM listing

Endless wraps up Cinesite deal

Green light for 'green' convention centre

Heathcote to drive Lancashire forward

Russells completes £1m renovation

Skingenesis acquired out of administration by rival

Hunt departure from Rovers confirmed

easyJet launches new Basel route

Contractor fined £280k over Liverpool crane collapse

City will deliver on promises to business – Anderson

Troubled website launch cost All About W8

Steadplan swoops for Yorkshire rival

Cash plans boost but Medicash post loss

New face at Kenyon Fraser

Vinci hands over Liverpool school

Baltic Triangle launches new community company

New tax director at GT

Driver Group buys £14m-turnover rival

Unions close in on Vauxhall plant deal

Landbanking companies wound up

Sterling looks to Africa with £10m share placing and buyout

Company wraps up innovation success

Construction sector outlook improves

Pressure must continue for Northern Hub cash – Balls

Date set for £150m Homer Street inquiry

Office take-up falls in Manchester

Massey Bros merges with Devon business

Opportunism needed in current market - Wilson

New Cavern Quarter business group launches

Anderson to champion Liverpool at Paris summit

Liverpool FC comms chief departs

JLR logistics hub to create 300 new jobs

Director leaves Sportech board

Few takers as Morgan grows Redrow stake

Ener-G expands Romanian business

Sheppard lands Siemens design project

Plus market to close

Jobs saved in nursing home deal

Speakers confirmed for Insider Middle East event

First new Kwiksave opens in Bolton

Law firms 'showing signs of growth'

Inhalers drive sales growth at Chiesi

Chic buyout for Accrington clothing retailer

Edmundson to sell sites after Electric Center deal

Blackpool mirror business bought a year after launch

Dispute tips Lanes Group into the red

Bglobal profitable despite challenging conditions

Law firm boosts property team

BAE's £20k backing for Preston Guild

2ergo lands six-strong mobile tech deal

Speedy Hire returns to black despite sales drop

Peninsula launches down under

Powell Williams appointed on £1.5m refurb

WHR expands with trio of appointments

Basso acquisition collapsed owing £8m

Lovell wins for £3.7m homes project

Heathcote to sell Longridge Restaurant

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Greggs to launch second motorway shop

Baa Bar targets £5m expansion drive

Paver Smith launches new London JV

New recruits at Innov8

Grand opening of new £1.2m manufacturing plant

Caldeira bids to double US exports

Liverpool needs a unified business front

RSM Tenon remains 'resilient'

Administrators to close 350 Clinton Cards stores

Revenues climb £52m at Stobart

BBC calls for more independent creative companies

New £200k equity for Autology

Hodder next RIBA president

Quarterly unemployment rate increases

General Motors makes Ellesmere Port investment

Greenhalgh joins Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels

Rapid gains with new funding boost

Laser sharp deal for schoolwear firm

Joyous deal for mining company

Cancer screening firm expands with MSIF loan

New venture to make big impact

New home for CLM

Publisher sticks to office move

Bentley goes Dutch with Pon

Former editor joins PR agency

Cheshire second highest for North West Fund

Failed NHS battle costs David Stearne

Brand new start after agency merger

Climbing a mountain

Sir Richard Leese named Property Personality of the Year

Directors' jail term for fraudulent trading

German architects win Manchester revamp project

Champions League exit hits Man United sales

Morrisons to close Wigan site

Cobbetts reveals turnover rise

Business boost for conference venues

Something for the Weekend

Plus confirms ICAP sale talks

Peter Grant Papers snapped up by rivals

Positive launch for recruitment specialist

Cameron defends manufacturing stance

Sales stable but FMC warns of euro risk

HSBC makes double appointment

Gym heads for innovation park

Liverpool BID scoops Insider property award

O'Connors recruits new chairman

New managing partner at law firm

Ask The Expert: Why free wifi?

New investment for mobile software firm

Nick Carr elected Cobbetts' new managing partner

Harvey Walsh acquired in £4m deal

IESA undergoes MBO

Segro's £200m property sale signals Manchester office end

Heatons expands real estate team

Work starts on £9m retail and resi scheme

Administrators appointed to historic electrical company

DAC Beachcroft in Canadian venture

Britannia spends £10m on hotel acquisition spree

£100k pre-pack deal saves hire company

Donns collapsed owing £2.4m to Co-op Bank

Society welcomes new president

Victorian regen project takes shape

Liverpool hosts fifth Sound City

Paper company wraps up property sale

Santander backs bus company expansion

Accumuli posts loss despite revenue rise

Arcis completes £3.7m Atlantic deal

Morrisons pumps millions into Deeside plant

EC Harris to lead £35m uni project

'Positive outlook' after revenue drop at Barnfield

Wirral heads east for landmark joint venture

Banking deal is good to go

New hub for Fagan and Whalley

Shop Direct extends logistics deal

Cox Group's Honda sales suffer post-tsunami

Jeweller expands with £500k investment

Kirkstone Quarries broken up in £600,000 sell off

Victrex 'well placed' despite sales drop

HomeServe revenue tops £500m despite "challenging" year

Buyer sought for Motormania and Midland Car Parts

Plans submitted for £2.5m tech hub

Vaizey's praise for North West Fund

Wealth manager targets expansion

Amec plans swoop on Serco nuclear division

Ai Claims plans AIM delisting

Langtree snaps up Trafford Park site for £1.6m

'Transformational' buyout for WFEL

Liverpool faces £9m bill for cruise clearance

Investment sounds good for Sentric Music

Bibby's £3.6m deal saves Rhythm & Booze

Engineering company snaps up warehouse

UK plcs sit on £64bn cash pile – report

Metropolis International swoops for Media Link PR

Qioptiq ups dividend to £13m

Morris and Sons takes up new base

BT unveils latest fast broadband mission

Liverpool FC extend Maxxis deal

Retailers back drive to increase footfall

Alfred Price bears fruit with sales rise

Glow New Media launches police site

Co-op to create 3,000 jobs with legal expansion

BAE wins £1.6bn Saudi jets contract

Cider company drinks to future with HSBC funding

Investment dents United Utilities' profits

Lettings trio at Manchester Airport

Handmade Burger Co to open first North West restaurant

Sea Odyssey's £32m impact

Wockhardt UK secures £6m cash injection

Clinton Cards stores to close

Recruitment agency targets new sectors with funding boost

National Grid buys Lancashire land

Arcis sets sights on new clients and flotation

Cheshire flight school bought in £195m deal

FW Capital's loans top £6.5m loans mark

Salt works £8m given green light

Law firm's new home in 'record letting'

Cheshire's day in Commons highlights manufacturing hub

Claremont completes new base for Aegis

New £237m Alder Hey Hospital unveiled

Stobart in talks over Autologic swoop

DBC Foodservice creditors set for £90m shortfall

Roydon secures £2.6m deal with Barclays

Something for the weekend

North West schools on new building programme

Further details of Ellie Louise deal emerge

PwC shakes up North West with new leader

New board line up at Ascent

Altium sets up third UK office

'Sustained effort' needed for new foreign investment – Davies

Dairy Crest slips to annual loss

New commercial chief unveiled at Liverpool FC

Next step in regeneration on display

Business Matters: Succession planning

Morson directors' bid for £23m buyout

Money Advice targets expansion with £10m boost

Nelson and Stockport secure Portas cash

Jobs go as Young's axes Whitehaven site

Oliver Twinsafe expands operations

Siemens doubles UK apprentices

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New ID for secure card company

Christie Finance releases £70m of funding

Acquisitions dent profits at Roberts Bakery

Energetix signs new software deal

Argent unveils new company structure

Cheviot hits £170m mark at first anniversary

Co-op Bank signs up Liverpool contractor

Businesses should 'dispel Iran myths'

Residential rents continue to rise

Barclays strengthens advisory team

Double contract win nets £1m for MSoft

New director at GT

Link Direct hit by phone book contract loss

Buoyant Renold returns to black

Revenue boost at Scapa Group

Consumer spending squeeze hits Topps Tiles

Conductix secures first South American deal

Osborne welcomes Daresbury EZ influx

Co-op selects Noma development partners

All Points North buys time with £5m debt

'Business as usual' at Rotary after parent collapse

Rovers trust pledges hit £2m mark

North West duo ink equity deal

New sales chief at Lanway

Businesses prepare for city's food festival

Trio sign up at Preston industrial estate

Work starts on £1.8m station project

Thwaites buys Wigan pub in £200k deal

Corporate specialist joins Garricks

£4m dividend as Protec sales soar

Losses reduced at Torotrak

Man City recruit Derby County chief

GB Group 'well positioned' for further growth

Booker group swoops for Makro in £140m deal

Francis Flower takes Warrington space

Acquisitions drive Iomart profits

De La Rue posts sales and profits rise

Evoque drives JLR sales surge

Green light for historic mill regeneration

Nikal appoints duo for Masshouse phase two

Move to musicals led to Pele Production's demise

Administrators seek B3 buyer

Liverpool's £16m empty property boost

Liverpool cruise launch slammed

Wirral Waters landmark signing takes place

Energetix looks ahead after £6m loss

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