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Manchester home shopping giant N Brown is appealing to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council to help see its proposals to extend its Shaw warehouse through the planning process. The retailer says that the extension, which would add 100 jobs, would mean it no longer needs to use Shaw as a hub for other warehouses it uses, thus reducing the congestion about which residents are concerned. Inward investment agency MIDAS is monitoring the situation. 
Pilkington part of £10m R&D boost St Helens glass maker Pilkington is part of a coalition of companies and universities set to benefit from a £10m investment by the Technology Strategy Board and the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council. The bodies are contributing to the funding of 16 research and development projects to help the UK meet the energy challenge. Pilkington is to work on two projects involving the development of photovoltaic - solar energy - glass, while the University of Liverpool is part of a team looking at fuel cells, led by Runcorn-based ACAL Energy.
Pay it forward Payzone, the Northwich and Ireland-based provider of payment systems, has issued a response to speculation about the sale of its European businesses. The AIM-listed company said: "We have received a number of approaches from parties interested in acquiring our Spanish, Italian and French businesses. The board and its advisers are evaluating these proposals. There can be no certainty that the current discussions will lead to a transaction." The group was formed by the reverse takeover of Blackpool-based Cardpoint by Irish company Alphyra in autumn 2007.
Airport employers join TIF support group British Airways, Alpha Airports Group, SSP UK Air and VLM Airlines, along with the publicly-owned Manchester Airport, have all joined the pro-Transport Innovation Fund bid United City group, now at 107 members. The five aviation companies employ almost 4,000 staff at Manchester Airport, over 20 per cent of the total workforce. The airport - outside the congestion charging zone - is set to receive a Metrolink extension as part of the proposals.
Dones make a packet The office agency team at CB Richard Ellis in Manchester has let the first floor of Steam Packet House on Manchester's Cross Street on behalf of Ribot Investments, a vehicle controlled by Fred and Peter Done. Totalling 3,460 sq ft, the floor has been taken by A2Z School of English on a two-year lease, leaving one remaining floor at the eight-storey building.
Growing profits for Carr's Good news for Carr's Milling Industries, the Carlisle-based quoted agriculture, food and engineering group, which this morning announced that its expected pre-tax profits for the year to the end of August will far exceed the £9.2m initially quoted in July. The group has seen strong trading, particularly in agriculture.
Smith lands DJ slot for Citypress Property consultancy Drivers Jonas (DJ) has appointed Manchester-based Citypress to do its northern PR. The Citypress team, led by Paul Smith, will cover projects for Drivers Jonas' offices in Manchester and Leeds. DJ works for The Home Office, Defence Estates, PruPim, British Land, Wal-Mart, Ask Developments, Bradford Centre Regeneration and West Properties.
With Insider’s China issue hitting desks around the region, it’s entirely apt that this week’s eye-catcher comes from Oldham-based sourcing business Ultimate Products, which snapped up Active Asia, a rival in its Hong Kong territory. The deal gives Ultimate greater penetration into the US consumer market. Ultimate was founded in 1997 by Barry Franks and Simon Showman and underwent a £25m buyout by LDC in 2005.
Mr Motivator goes it alone Mike Finnigan, the North West's most enthusiastic man, has left Preston-based Advance Performance and started his own one-man motivational business i2i (impossible to inevitable). Finnigan said the split is amicable and he will work with Advance on projects: "I just want the freedom and time to do so many different things. I just want to be great around people. I've been involved in meetings and strategy at Advance and it's just not me." He's still working closely with Everton FC and Travel Counsellors.
On the map Thanks to the London PR desperate to flog a story about a client opening a new base in West Yorkshire. "Elland's in Yorkshire, sorry." "Yes I know - is Yorkshire not in the North West then?" On being corrected, the PR - probably called Tarquin Fforbes-Twistleton - replied: "I used to live in Leeds, as well. I should really know better shouldn't I?" Yes, you should.
View from the nationals The Guardian generally covers this region better than most – let’s face it, it should do – but the Olympic-tied article yesterday on the evolution of Chinese food in the UK contained a shocking oversight. Nowhere in the timeline was there room for a mention of the influence of Manchester or Liverpool’s Chinatowns, or the mark made by landmark restaurants like the Yang Sing – venerated by food critics the nation over, including the Guardian’s own top curmudgeon Matthew Norman. For shame!
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