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Palm oil company to invest £9m in Liverpool plant
New Britain Palm Oil (NBPO) is to invest £9m to build a processing facility at its Liverpool palm oil refinery. The company said the site would be the world's first operation of its type dedicated to manufacturing bakery products made with palm oil that comes from sustainable sources.
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Business
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Judges in place for innovation awards
The judging panel for this year’s Merseyside Innovation Awards (MIA), set up to find some of the region’s most innovative businesses, is now in place. It includes senior representatives from 260-year-old manufacturing company RS Clare, video games developer Evolution Studios and an entrepreneur who scooped an innovation award ten years ago.
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Innov8 sets sales target
Innov8 Safety Solutions, a Merseyside construction safety consultancy, has revealed its ambitions of doubling its turnover in 2011 after a series of contract wins.
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LJMU professor to scrutinise on regen
A Liverpool John Moores University professor has been appointed to a House of Commons committee studying regeneration. Professor Michael Parkinson, the university's director of the European Institute for Urban Affairs, is to serve on the Select Committee on Communities and Local Government's inquiry into the government’s policy on the issue.
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VAT victory for law firms
Law firms may be entitled to claim back overpaid VAT, according to a tax expert from Grant Thornton. It comes after a judge ruled that recharges for specialist medical reports should not be subject to VAT.
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Something for the weekend
This week: Stop, collaborate and wrap it; a bitter alright; off the cuff; and canapé won’t pay – MIPIM special.
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Property
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Edge Lane plans avoid government call-in
Derwent Holdings' £200m plans to redevelop the existing Edge Lane Retail Park site in Liverpool have not been called in for a public inquiry.
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Two in at King Edward
Two new tenants have taken space at Peel’s King Edward Industrial Estate in Liverpool. The site is now fully occupied following the deals.
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Japanese architect to oversee Festival Garden works
A Japanese landscape architect is visiting Liverpool’s Festival Gardens to help complete the restoration of The Japanese Garden, one of the centrepiece features of the original attraction. The restoration of the Festival Gardens is being carried out by landowner Langtree, backed by a £3.7m grant from the Northwest Regional Development Agency.
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