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Liverpool welcomes Chinese delegation
A high-level delegation from Shanghai is visiting Liverpool today to assess the city as a potential inward investment location. The move is another step in the growing relationships between the two cities. Directors from the Shanghai Clinical Research Centre arrived in Liverpool yesterday and will tour some of the city’s main bioscience sites, including MerseyBio and the Clinical Research Facility at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
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Deals
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Cranage Healthcare sold to Sinclair Pharma
Cheshire wound care business Cranage Healthcare has been acquired by international pharmaceutical company Sinclair Pharma. Cranage is a specialist distributor of prescription wound care products with treatments for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology and aesthetic medicine.
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Business
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Broomhead takes Liverpool Hope role
Steven Broomhead, the former chief executive of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA), has taken a new role at Liverpool Hope University. He has been appointed to the newly-created position of Professor of Entrepreneurial Education.
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Suttons expands Belgian offer
Widnes logistics provider Suttons Group has opened a larger office in Belgium as it continues its international expansion. The company has moved to a site at the Port of Antwerp.
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Big Chip launches student award
Students from across the North are being invited to enter next year’s Big Chip Awards - the pan-regional award ceremony for digital and creatives agencies, businesses and individuals. The full launch of the awards will take place early next year, but students can get their entries in for the Little Chip Award from today.
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Small businesses' profits fall
Small businesses suffered a fall in profits due to higher energy and raw material prices, according to the Knutsford-headquartered Forum of Private Business.
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UK-wide business contacts – Complete set of Top 500s
Insider have released a fantastic nationwide source of business contacts: The Complete set of Top 500 Companies 2010 Database. A comprehensive listing of the top contacts at the top companies for all available regions (North West, South West, Midlands, Yorkshire South East (exc. London) and Wales). Free sample and special offers available until 24 December.
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Property
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Project Jennifer CPO on the table
The compulsory purchase order (CPO) for the Great Homer Street District Centre is to be debated by Liverpool City Council planners this week with a view to making the order by the end of the year.
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AZTEC wins Marie Curie work
Liverpool fit-out specialist AZTEC has won a contract with the Marie Curie trust. The company will refurbish one of the charity's care facilities in the city.
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College extends Tower space
Wirral Metropolitan College has extended its lease and taken an additional 3,000 sq ft of office space at Peel’s Tower Quay in Birkenhead. The college now occupies 5,000 sq ft of space at the building on a three-year lease.
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