Cheshire property group Eatonfield has drawn down a further £100,000 from an equity facility provided by joint venture partner Jenard Properties. The cash is part of an £800,000 facility that is available to Eatonfield before 31 August. However, the company admitted that the facility, if drawn down in full, will only provide it with sufficient working capital through to mid-July. In a statement to the Stock Exchange, the business said: “The board continues to seek further equity funding and has confidence that additional equity funding will be made available to the group.”

For those still wavering over who to vote for in today’s general election, the video highlights from Insider’s North West election debate are now online. The debate, which took place at Manchester Business School last month, features Labour MP Phil Woolas, Conservative MEP Sajjad Karim, Liberal Democrat Cllr Jackie Pearcey and leading business figures from the region. The three main political parties locked horns over issues ranging from the low-carbon economy and manufacturing to regional development agencies and spending plans. To watch the video – and see one-to-one interviews with the candidates – click here.

Exchange Chambers, the barristers’ set which has 120 members and 16 QCs operating out of offices in Manchester and Liverpool, has announced a record turnover for the 2009-10 financial year. It reported a turnover of £21.7m for the period, exceeding its budget by £3.7m. Director Tom Handley said: “In such a challenging financial climate – particularly for publicly-funded work – our criminal, civil and commercial departments all exceeded budget, with income from criminal work up by 27 per cent on the year before.” Exchange Chambers has also announced that author and academic Professor David Milman has joined as a professorial associate. The move comes as the set launches its specialist exchange insolvency division.

Five websites have been shortlisted for the Tasty Website award at this year’s Big Chip Awards. The panel of judges set aside the sites they considered to have the ‘wow factor’. The five shortlisted entries are Fudge for the England Squash & Racketball site; Digital Blah Blah for the Adam Rix site; Manchester Museums Consortium for the Creative Tourist site; Iris Manchester for the Wonderbra Ultimate Strapless site; and Cahoona for the Cahoona website. Voters can text their choices right up until the awards night at the Palace Hotel in Manchester on 10 June. For full details of how to vote, including the terms and conditions and costs for voting, click here.

Liverpool law firm Maxwell Hodge has made six new appointments as part of its continued expansion plans. The firm has taken on four new solicitors, a trainee solicitor and one legal executive. Joining the 80-strong workforce are Colette Agnew, Jenn Carr, Claire Fitzgerald, Gayle Woods, Helen Oakes and Brad Armstrong. Michael Yates, the firm’s managing partner, said: “Despite the recession, the last year has seen Maxwell Hodge continue to grow, and these appointments represent part of this growth.”

Cheshire West and Chester Council has offered Chester Fans United, a supporters group of collapsed football club Chester City, a five-year lease to the team’s former Deva Stadium. The authority rejected a proposal from Danish consortium Fodbold Selsabet. Chester City were wound up in the High Court in March after being expelled from the Conference in February for failing to play games due to debts.