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Innovation Awards winner ready to go
Kleen & Green, the St Helens-based business that hopes to reduce fuel costs in vehicles by up to 40 per cent, was yesterday named the winner of the 2010 Merseyside Innovation Awards. George Heeley, the inventor behind the business, has been developing the technology for nine years. He told Insider: “We’re ready to go. We’ve been working with organisations like DHL, United Utilities and St Helens Council - we’ve just been working with their fleet of 17 meals-on-wheels vans.”
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Deals
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Heat Trace secures manufacturing grant
Heat Trace, a Frodsham-based manufacturer of electrical trace heating cables and systems, has secured £182,000 through the Northwest Regional Development Agency’s (NWDA) Grants for Business Investment scheme.
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Tech sector outperforms the market, says ICON
The technology sector is outperforming the rest of the market, with merger and acquisition activity levels up 12 per cent on the second half of last year, according to ICON Corporate Finance’s mid-year review.
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Business
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Liverpool Boat Show secures new investment
The inaugural Liverpool Boat Show has secured a £500,000 investment from British Waterways.
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Moneysupermarket to hit expectations
Price comparison website operator Moneysupermarket.com today said it is on target to meet first-half management expectations following a 6 per cent rise in internet revenues.
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Wigan economy on the up
Data just released by Wigan Council’s economic regeneration office has shown that unemployment in the borough is falling faster than any other part of Greater Manchester.
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Something for the weekend
This week: Spaceworld in Prescot, charity in Liverpool and Ken Dodd in the clouds.
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Property
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£32m Plus Dane contract awarded
A £32m repairs, gas and maintenance service contract for 7,000 properties in Liverpool under the control of the Plus Dane housing group, has been awarded to the group’s existing in-house trades team in Cheshire.
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Edward Symmons bets on Bootle site
Betting giant William Hill has appointed Edward Symmons to let a warehouse unit at Brunswick Place in Bootle.
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D1 Oils completes Bromborough sale
Biofuels business D1 Oils has completed the sale of its bio-diesel site on Wirral International Business Park.
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