Timpson's store plans confound high street woes

High street shoe repairs to key cutting chain Timpson Group is pushing on with plans to open up to 100 stores in the next year, the company's boss has told Insider. He added that revenues for the year to 2 October 2011 would be up on the £134.8m generated in the last financial year.   READ MORE...

Vertex sells private sector division for £40m

Liverpool business process outsourcing company Vertex has agreed to sell its private sector division to rival Capita Group for £40.5m in cash.   Read More...

Abbey Logistics secures RBS funding

Liverpool-based Abbey Logistics Group, which specialises in the environmentally-friendly transportation of bulk food ingredients, has secured a new asset finance facility to fuel its growth.   Read More...

Jones Sheridan buys Staffordshire IFA firm

Cheshire independent financial adviser Jones Sheridan has added £10m to its funds under management with the acquisition of Staffordshire-based Steve Johnson Financial Services.   Read More...

Real Good Food Company encouraged by outlook

The chairman of Liverpool-headquartered The Real Good Food Company this morning said the business was "more in control of its destiny" as it rebounded into profit during the first half of the year.   Read More...

TEG losses double but pipeline remains strong

Chorley-based TEG Group, the AIM-listed developer and operator of organic composting and energy plants, today reported widening pre-tax losses during the first half of the year but said market demand remains strong.   Read More...

Morris confirmed as 42 under 42 keynote

Chris Morris, the man in charge of TUI Travel's business to consumer division and a driving force in the growth of e-commerce sensation Laterooms.com, has been confirmed as the after dinner speaker at Insider’s 42 under 42 dinner on Tuesday 11 October.   Read More...

New City training investment will "change mindset" in East Manchester

Manchester City FC's planning application to build a new training facility and academy in East Manchester will raise land values and attract new investors, hope regeneration officials.   Read More...

Circle selects Didsbury Point for £70m hospital

Circle, the employee-owned partnership of clinicians, has selected Didsbury Point in south Manchester as the location for its new £70m Norman Foster designed hospital.   Read More...

Liverpool named as "exemplar" sustainable development city

Liverpool has become the first city in the UK to join the UN-HABITAT World Urban Campaign – an index of cities classed as "exemplar" in sustainable development by the United Nations.   Read More...

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