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Daresbury makes £8m funding bid
Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus (DSIC) has made a bid to the government’s £1.4bn Regional Growth Fund (RGF) as it looks to secure £8m in funding. DSIC said the cash would support the delivery of 493,000 sq ft of science and innovation space, create some 3,200 jobs and generate around £114m of gross value added once plots opened up by the investment are developed. Stephen Barnes, development director at Langtree, told Insider the scheme presents one of the best opportunities to stimulate private sector jobs in the North West.
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Deals
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Daisy snaps up rival O-bit
Nelson telecommunications business Daisy Group has completed its 11th acquisition since listing on AIM in July 2009. The company has bought Buckinghamshire rival O-bit Telecom for an undisclosed sum.
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Lowri Beck powers on with £8m package
Wigan energy metering and data services company Lowri Beck has secured an £8m finance package to help develop its meter installation services for the UK domestic and commercial market.
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ACAL secures £1m Carbon Trust investment
Runcorn-based ACAL Energy has secured a £1m investment from the Carbon Trust as part of the trust’s Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge – an initiative set up to help develop and commercialise novel polymer fuel cell technologies.
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Hanson Springs set for growth
Specialist spring manufacturer Hanson Springs has received a £600,000 finance package from Yorkshire Bank to support the company’s international expansion.
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Business
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MIE pulls plug on Liverpool Boat Show
The Liverpool Boat Show, which was expected to bring thousands of visitors and help attract potential inward investors to the city, has been cancelled by its organisers. Marine Industry Events (MIE) said it had been forced to cancel the show due to the "disastrous market conditions" and poor take-up of exhibitors.
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CashMyGold rapped by watchdog
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has clamped down on gold-buying websites, ordering Manchester-based Bullion Buying, which trades as CashMyGold, to improve the way it treats customers. The watchdog raised concerns that people were “locked into” accepting the offer that had been made for their gold.
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GMB warns on public sector jobs
The private sector will have to find jobs for almost 30,000 public sector employees facing the axe across the North West. That's the warning coming from the GMB union, which claims more than 160,000 public sector jobs are at risk nationally following spending cuts.
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Property
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Green light in Cheshire as Ainscough buys more
Ainscough Strategic Land (ASL) has secured planning approval for a £40m residential development at a former Nestle yoghurt factory in Cuddington, Cheshire.
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CBRE appointed to Dale Street scheme
Property adviser CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has been instructed to find an operator for the Dale Street apartments scheme in Manchester, a development formerly owned by Bashar Issa.
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HGF doubles space at Merchant Exchange
Property Alliance Group (PAG) has let a further floor in its Merchant Exchange office building on Whitworth Street West in Manchester’s city centre.
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