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Rippleffect plans £2m expansion
Liverpool digital marketing agency Rippleffect is to invest £2m in the business which will create 30 jobs. The company is also set to open an office at Exchange Quays in Salford.
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Deals
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JJB confirms £65m fundraising plans
The directors of embattled Wigan retailer JJB Sports have this morning revealed details of the company’s latest fundraising, with plans to raise £65m through a share placing.
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Funding boost fires The Real Flame
Merseyside-based Haydock Fire Place Centre, which trades as The Real Flame, has expanded its premises and ramped up marketing activities after securing a loan from the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF).
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FBS makes Runcorn move after NatWest loan
FBS Contracts, a company that manufactures and installs specialist laboratory furniture, has purchased new premises in Runcorn after securing a £300,000 loan from NatWest.
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Friendly society takeover completes
Liverpool-headquartered Schoolteachers Friendly Society has confirmed it has been taken over by fellow friendly society Oddfellows, based in Manchester. It comes after the Financial Services Authority gave the go-ahead for the deal.
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Business
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Spring on the Waterfront line-up announced
More than 100 maritime events are to replace the scrapped Liverpool Boat Show, the city council has announced. The Spring on the Waterfront events will be held between 29 April and 8 May.
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Run Services opens in Speke
Community regeneration and social housing contractor Run Services has opened a second office in Merseyside.
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LT Print makes £120,000 investment
Wirral business LT Print Group has invested £120,000 in a new digital press. The company, which employs 41 staff with offices in Wallasey and Birkenhead, said the new equipment would lead to a “sea change in productivity”.
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BCC forecasts challenging times ahead
The UK economy may have returned to positive growth, but businesses are being hit hard by a combination of inflation and public sector spending cuts, according to the latest British Chambers of Commerce's (BCC) quarterly economic survey.
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Property
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HOW wins resi consent on Oak Tyres site
Acting on behalf of Oak Tyres UK, Manchester-based HOW Planning has secured outline planning permission for a mixed use-development in Rainhill, St Helens. Outline approval has been granted by St Helens Council for a mix of uses comprising up to 60 residential dwellings and a medical facility.
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Bean Coffee opens at Princes Dock
The Bean Coffee chain has moved into a new unit at Peel’s Princes Dock development in Liverpool. The company already occupied a unit on the dock.
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Other News
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North West exports can drive recovery – UKTI
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NWDA shifts tourism responsibility
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Neil Tague has been attending DJD's annual crane survey this week, and found that despite the lack of obvious activity, Manchester's property community are cautiously optimistic.
