Christmas savings group Park cheers higher profits

Pre-tax profits have more than doubled at Wirral-based prepaid gift card and Christmas savings business Park Group following a "potentially transformational" year. Group revenue for the year to 31 March 2011 rose 6.4 per cent to £279.9m while profit before tax was £12.5m - up from £5.3m in 2010.   READ MORE...

Peel set for UK Coal joint venture

North West property giant Peel Group is to enter into a joint venture with UK Coal, the country's largest coal mining operator, to develop a series of energy-from-waste plants across the UK.   Read More...

Stax buys garden products supplier

Manchester wholesaler Stax Trade Centres has bought Edinburgh-based DF Wishart & Co for an undisclosed sum.   Read More...

DTM in Welsh wind farm deal

Chester-based DTM Legal has helped clinch a deal for a wind farm sold in South Wales.   Read More...

Burnley hopes to score with £2m football university

The world's first 'football university' has launched in Burnley with its chief executive Philip Wilson hailing it as "great for the town". He told Insider that the £2m institution at Burnley Football Club will train students with the off-the-field business skills to become future chiefs of Premier League clubs.   Read More...

2ergo expects service halt to hit profits

2ergo Group this morning said a halt on some client services operating on certain networks may have a short-term impact on its profit as the mobile communications services provider moves to self-regulation.   Read More...

Conference set to bring £2m Manchester boost

The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) has confirmed it will host its annual conference in Manchester next year in a move expected to boost the city's economy by £2m.   Read More...

Insider offers you a new career opportunity

An opportunity has arisen within our North West division for a Business Development Manager. Read on for full details if you would like a new career at Insider.   Read More...

Plans in for £15m Widnes scheme

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has submitted a planning application for a £15m retail park on Tanhouse Yard, an 8.2-acre former industrial site on the edge of Widnes. It is acting for Vector Investments.   Read More...

Dreams beds into £7m Bury retail scheme

Dreams, Pets at Home and Smyths Toys has signed leases for a £7m complex in Bury.   Read More...

P3 proves a Rock for Maple Grove

Manchester commercial property agency P3 Property Consultants has completed another office letting deal for Lancashire-based Maple Grove Developments at the Stonecross Court office development in Golborne, near Wigan.   Read More...

Secondary stock now in play, says DTZ report

UK property investment is making a modest recovery, according to DTZ’s Money into Property 2011 report, published this week.   Read More...

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