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A life coach from Lancashire who works with businesses and sports stars was the secret ingredient in Darren Clarke’s dramatic win at golf's The Open Championship on Sunday. Speaking to Insider, Mike Finnigan said: "It's been the biggest day of my business life, that's for sure. But what the team achieved with Darren has so many parallels with the chief executives we work with." READ MORE...
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Airport group BAA is to be forced to sell off Stansted Airport followed by Edinburgh or Glasgow Airport, the Competition Commission has ruled today. It could pave the way for Manchester Airports Group to swoop for one of the sites. Read More...
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St Helens-based Universal Group has won a "six-figure" finance package from Barclays Corporate to fund a new tanker. Read More...
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Estate agencies LSL Property Services and Connells have acquired stakes in Legal Marketing Services and LMS Direct Conveyancing Read More...
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In the largest new letting in Salford Quays this year, civil engineering consultancy Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) is to take 18,000 sq ft on the top floor of BAM Properties' Metro office building in Salford Quays. Read More...
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Henderson Global Investors, on behalf of its £1.1bn UK Retail Warehouse Fund, has completed a series of deals as it adds to its Cheetham Hill shopping park Manchester Fort this summer. Read More...
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Work will start this week on the replacement of street lighting throughout Oldham and Rochdale. It follows the signing of a Private Finance Initiative contract for the installation and maintenance of more than 40,000 new lampposts, along with associated street lights, signs and bollards. Read More...
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Stockport contractor Multibuild, now owned by Balfour Beatty, has announced a pair of contract wins worth £5m. Read More...
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Property consultancy Knight Frank is to close its Liverpool office. Insider understands that of nine people based at the Exchange Flags office, five will move to Manchester and four will be made redundant. Read More...
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 Lord Sugar made the right decision in picking Tom Pellereau as the winner of The Apprentice. That's according to Matthew Riley, who grilled him and the other candidates in a gruelling interview process as part of the show's final. Riley, the chief executive of Nelson-based business Daisy, also shared his views with Insider on what he thinks are the main ingredients for becoming the ultimate entrepreneur. Read More...
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Transport secretary Philip Hammond will be joining North West business leaders at a "high speed rail business summit" in Manchester on Monday. Read More...
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