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Liverpool Vision to be taken under council control
Liverpool Vision, the city’s economic development company, is to be taken under the control of the city council. The decision follows reductions in funding from the Northwest Regional Development Agency, Homes and Communities Agency and the city council. Joe Anderson, leader of Liverpool City Council, said the move would “ensure maximum efficiency”.
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Deals
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Co-op funds college development
The Co-operative Bank has provided a £33m loan to fund the expansion and upgrading of a college in Merseyside. Rainford High Technology College will boast 14,000 sq m of new and refurbished buildings thanks to the 27-year lending facility by the bank.
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Bright M&A outlook for technology - Deloitte
Technology business leaders are more optimistic about the outlook for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the next 12 months, with an increase in optimism from 53 per cent to 60 per cent compared with six months ago. That's according to Deloitte’s biannual survey of UK technology companies.
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Business
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Park Group moves into profit
Peter Johnson, the chairman of Wirral-based gift voucher and Christmas savings business Park Group, this morning hailed the company’s “excellent” set of results for the first half of the year, as the group moved back into the black.
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Universities at ‘high risk’ when funding cuts bite
Three universities in the North West are at “high risk” of merger or closure because of government funding reductions, according to a report published by the University and College Union (UCU). Edge Hill University, Liverpool Hope University and the University of Chester are among 27 higher education institutions at high risk of closure because of cuts to their teaching budgets. However, all three have dismissed the claims.
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LJMU opens research centre
Liverpool John Moores University’s (LJMU) new Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies (BEST) research centre has been officially opened. The centre will help to train civil engineers, construction managers and environmental planners.
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India is just the tonic for G&J Greenall
Historic gin and vodka distiller G&J Greenall is in talks to set up a joint venture in India as it looks to boost its presence in South Asia, its chief executive Christian Rose has told Insider. The move follows a £250,000 investment into a third production line at its Warrington headquarters, enabling the company to take all operations back in house for the first time since a fire five years ago.
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Property
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Dobbies gets green light in Speke
Dobbies Garden Centres has secured planning approval for a new £8m eco-friendly garden centre in Speke. Liverpool City Council’s planning committee gave the green light to the scheme, which is set to create 120 new jobs.
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Chamber on the move in Chester
West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce has left its former Sealand Road headquarters and relocated to an office at the University of Chester’s Riverside campus.
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Century House fills up
Dean Property Group’s newly-launched business centre at Century House in St Helens is now 65 per cent full, the Cheshire-based company has said. New tenants include ACR Associates.
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