Kellogg's increases profits despite falling cereal sales

Cereal maker Kellogg's has managed to offset the growing number of consumers turning to other breakfast products by reporting a 16 per cent rise in pre-tax profits to £11.3m in its main UK trading subsidiary in Manchester.   READ MORE...

Whiteaway Laidlaw rebrands as Shawbrook Bank

New bank Shawbrook Bank launched today, targeting small and medium-sized businesses which are struggling to get funding.   Read More...

Noble Systems buys Australian software business

Noble Systems, which provides contact centre technology, has bought Australian software business Open Wave for an undisclosed sum.   Read More...

Dairy Crest completes £600m refinancing

Dairy products supplier Dairy Crest, which has sites in Kirkby and Aintree, has completed a debt refinancing deal worth £600m.   Read More...

Jobs at risk as Discover calls in administrators

Failure to secure additional investment or secure a sale of the business has led to the administrators being called in at caravan and motorhome retailer Discover Leisure and its subsidiary Signlease.   Read More...

Fresca pulls out of Liverpool Produce Terminal

Forty jobs are at risk at the troubled £6m Liverpool Produce Terminal (LPT) after fresh fruit and vegetable company Fresca Group confirmed plans to provisionally suspend its operations from the Port of Liverpool.   Read More...

Nanoco hails commercialisation progress

Nanoco Group, the Manchester developer of quantum dots and other nanomaterials, this morning hailed the progress of the company over the past year despite widening losses.   Read More...

AMEC bags £150m contract win

Knutsford-headquartered AMEC has been appointed to a £150m North Sea project by BP and its partners, Shell, ConocoPhillips and Chevron.   Read More...

Promote your business - Top 500 Companies

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Construction output figures drop

Construction output rose 0.4 per cent in August but fell 4.1 per cent compared last year, according to the latest statistics.   Read More...

Odeon site wins through in Chester

A two-year saga over where to base Chester's new £43m theatre has been brought to an end after councillors voted in favour of locating it at the city's former Odeon cinema site.   Read More...

Network specialist KBR opens Chester office

Wireless network specialist KBR, which is headquartered in County Durham, has expanded into the North West with the launch of an office in Chester.   Read More...

Drinks magnate John Halewood dies

Distress increasing among North West companies

Liverpool looks to build China links

Stalled economy at crucial juncture - report

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