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Early-stage venture capital company Spark Impact, which is managing the £25m North West Fund for Biomedical, has hailed the sector's "exceptional" strength as the number of applications to the fund has already exceeded full-year targets. Investment director Dr Penny Attridge told Insider the firm has already approved 17 investments, with due diligence now underway on each. READ MORE...
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Deals
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There is a healthy market of smaller and growing companies that are looking to access finance through an AIM flotation, according to the London Stock Exchange's Mark Fahy. He told Insider the market's anticipated resurgence was starting to come to fruition, despite Knowsley-based Environmental Waste Controls (EWC) abandoning its plans to list last month. Read More...
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Scaffolding subcontractor NSG UK, which employs 320 people from its Deeside headquarters, has been bought by French-owned Altrad Group for an undisclosed sum. Read More...
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Merseyside manufacturing materials supplier Film & Foil has agreed a £300,000 finance package with Yorkshire Bank. Read More...
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Business
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A Merseyside MP has called for the permanent closure of Kirkby woodchip plant Sonae after it was damaged by fire last week. Read More...
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Games publisher THQ is to close its Warrington studio as part of a "strategic realignment" of the company. The move is expected to affect almost 50 jobs. Read More...
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A joint venture involving a 70-bedroom North Sea barge has been created involving Merseyside-based Sanderson Maritime and Middlesbrough-headquartered Svitzer. Read More...
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Confidence among regional businesses is improving, according to a recent survey by ICAEW and Grant Thornton, but job losses and wages lagging inflation are still a concern. Read More...
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Property
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Neptune Developments has handed over The Light cinema site at New Brighton. Altrincham-based GF Holdings will now begin the fit-out of the eight-screen digital cinema ahead of the scheduled opening in October this year. Read More...
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A furnished floor of serviced office space has been launched in Liverpool by property company Bruntwood. Space has become available at The Plaza after the Home Office vacated the site. Read More...
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House prices in the UK fell year-on-year by 0.3 per cent in April, according to the government's latest house price index. Read More...
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