PH Jones sold to Centrica for £30m

Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, has splashed out £30m on Cheshire central heating business PH Jones Group. The company is headquartered in Malpas and provides services to about 250,000 properties each year through its social housing business.

Future Trends

Find out what Simon Glanville, managing director of Store, believes are the future developments that will shape the delivery of your retail e-commerce strategy.

XL expands with Bennett deal

Ellesmere Port process automation company Bennett Engineering Solutions has been sold to XL Group, a provider of technology services to the oil, gas, utilities and petrochemical markets.

Race for the Tote heats up

The horseracing industry has reportedly backed a partnership led by former Liverpool FC chairman Sir Martin Broughton to takeover the state-owned bookmaker Tote.

Whiteaway Laidlaw enters Sterling joint venture

Manchester commercial bank Whiteaway Laidlaw has formed a partnership with commercial finance brokerage Sterling Capital Reserve.

Booth calls for Lancashire unity

Edwin Booth, the newly-appointed chairman of Lancashire's local enterprise partnership (LEP), has said the county must "put aside sentiment" and focus on growing its economy.

Board changes as Hill Dickinson restructures

Law firm Hill Dickinson has revealed plans to 'streamline' the number of practice groups and dissolve its management board to form a single limited liability partnership (LLP) board.

HRS eyes international growth after award win

Human Recognition Systems, a company whose biometrics technology is set to be rolled out at Gatwick Airport within the next month, is the latest monthly winner of the Merseyside Innovation Awards. Chief operating officer Simon Meyer told Insider the business is expecting a growth spurt over the course of the next year as more UK and international organisations begin to embrace its cutting-edge products.

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FreshStart forges China links

Salford property developer FreshStart Living has formed a partnership with property internet company SouFun, a $2bn (£1.2bn) business listed on the New York Stock Exchange that controls almost 60 per cent of the Chinese online property market.

Peel Ports in wind turbine deal

Peel Ports, a subsidiary of North West property company Peel, has agreed to lease a 173-acre site at the Port of Sheerness in Kent to Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas.

Fall in construction output - ONS

Construction output fell by 4 per cent in the first three months of 2011, the Office for National Statistics has reported. It is the biggest quarter-on-quarter decline since the start of 2009.

Tague on Tour: Giving tenants extra

Martyn Markland's new Tenant Advisory Group could shake up the industry a little - but do landlords have anything to fear from the new service? Neil Tague investigates.

In Focus: What does Silentnight tells us about CVAs?

Silentnight is still making beds in Lancashire, but does its failure to secure a CVA prior to a rescue have wider implications? Michael Taylor thinks so.

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