Live events business WRG secures LDC backing

Manchester live events and marketing agency WRG has secured a £12m investment from private equity firm LDC and brought in former BBC chairman Lord Michael Grade as a non-executive director to help spearhead its international growth.   READ MORE...

Inpartnership sold to Sigma

Urban regeneration business Inpartnership, based in Manchester, has been bought by asset management and advisory group Sigma.   Read More...

Royal London hopes for swift Co-op deal

Royal London's outgoing chief executive Mike Yardley this morning said he hoped the company's acquisition of the Co-operative Financial Services' (CFS) life and asset management businesses could be concluded swiftly.   Read More...

Rise in lending but banks miss first-half target

Lending to small businesses has increased 22 per cent since the first quarter, but the total amount lent this year still falls short of the agreed £76bn full-year target under the Project Merlin agreement.   Read More...

Loftus praises strong showing from Deloitte

Deloitte's senior partner in the North West, Patrick Loftus, has said the practice's 7 per cent rise in annual revenues was a "good performance in a highly competitive market".   Read More...

Aborted acquisition fails to blow Survitec off course

Survitec Group, the Birkenhead designer and manufacturer of marine life saving equipment, has posted a 25 per cent increase in pre-tax profits despite being hit by costs of almost £500,000 stemming from an aborted acquisition.   Read More...

Fee income up at Aaron & Partners

Law firm Aaron & Partners has announced record financial results and appointed four new partners to its growing team in Chester and Manchester.   Read More...

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Work starts on Wigan youth centre

Work has started on the £6.5m Wigan Youth Zone which will occupy new, purpose-built accommodation at Mesnes Field in Wigan town centre.   Read More...

United let Stadium Point unit

Manchester United have let an 86,000 sq ft industrial unit they own at Stadium Point near the Old Trafford football ground to building protection company Icopal.   Read More...

Liverpool university seeks contractor

The University of Liverpool is on the hunt for a contractor to build three student accommodation blocks and a science department as part of a £600m investment.   Read More...

Manufacturing malaise adds to economic woes – BDO

Work to start on airport Metrolink line

Signature inks For-Sight contract

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