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Weir & Carmichael wraps up innovation award
Liverpool-based packaging company Weir & Carmichael has been named as the second monthly winner of this year’s Merseyside Innovation Awards. The company, which was founded in 1955, has developed a protective packaging system designed to dramatically reduce damage to goods in transit.
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Deals
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Deal of the Month – AppSense
In a close run fight for this month’s prize, Goldman Sachs’ £43m investment into Warrington software business AppSense has been named Insider’s Deal of the Month for February. The company beat off competition from Liverpool-based Princes, which agreed a £182m deal to buy the canned food operations of Premier Foods.
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Hammond disappointed by number of transport bids
The number of bids submitted to the government’s £1.4bn regional growth fund (RGF) for transport projects has been “disappointing”, transport secretary Philip Hammond has told Insider.
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Business
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Welding Units galvanised for expansion
Rainford-based Welding Units (UK) has said it is targeting expansion in its design and engineering team in response to growing demand for its services. As the business comes to the end of a £3m investment programme, director Chris Smith told Insider it was well-placed to seize opportunities in the oil and gas deep sea exploration sector.
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Innovation park launches marketing scheme
Liverpool Innovation Park has teamed up with Chester-based Quay Marketing to launch a scheme designed to help companies increase their marketing activities.
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Businesses urge Vision and TMP merge
More than three-quarters of businesses believe Liverpool Vision and The Mersey Partnership (TMP) should merge. That’s according to research completed by Downtown Liverpool in Business, which surveyed more than 250 businesses.
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Provexis hopes for food supplement project
Food science business Provexis, which has its research and development facilities in Liverpool, said it hopes to enter into an agreement with vitamin supplier DSM Nutritional Products to develop a product for the promotion of healthy blood glucose levels.
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Board changes at Stobart
North West logistics giant Stobart Group this morning announced that William Stobart and David Irlam are to step down from the company’s board to focus on the core transport and logistics divisions.
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Douglas joins Insider logistics panel
Martin Douglas from multinational food and agricultural giant Cargill is the latest name to be added to the panel for Insider’s Logistics Breakfast to be held on 24 March in Manchester.
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Property
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North West gears up for MIPIM assault
The North West is gearing up for a big inward investment push at the world’s largest property exhibition – and Insider will be there to report. From tomorrow to Friday, Cannes will play host to an international exhibition that attracts anywhere upward of 30,000 visitors per year as the global property industry comes together to do business.
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