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Liverpool start-up company Med ePad has secured funding from the £25m North West Fund for Biomedical to enable it to start trials of its innovative healthcare technology. Founder Rob Connell told Insider the device improves the efficiency of treatment and empowers patients to better manage their self-care. READ MORE...
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The Business Growth Fund (BGF), set up to provide debt and equity finance to growing companies, will invest in businesses whose turnover falls short of its original £10m threshold, the fund's head of investments has told Insider. Read More...
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Tourist board The Mersey Partnership (TMP) is on the hunt for a new director to oversee the development of the city region's billion-pound visitor economy after David Andrews left the post. Read More...
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Ferratum, a business that provides short-term loans to customers over the internet and on mobile phones, has launched a recruitment drive less than two months since opening in Liverpool. Read More...
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Law firm Hill Dickinson and digital agency Mando Group have joined forces to invest in the creation of a student leadership project at the North Liverpool Academy. Read More...
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Wirral construction safety business Innov8 Safety Solutions has landed a trio of new contracts with schools across Cheshire. Read More...
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The Grosvenor Liverpool Fund has purchased 52-78 Lord Street in the centre of Liverpool from Land Securities for £19.1m. Read More...
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Property investment company Panther Securities has bought the Lyceum Building on Bold Street in Liverpool in a deal worth almost £3m. Read More...
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Liverpool social landlord One Vision Housing, which owns more than 11,700 homes across Sefton, has confirmed the companies that have been awarded contracts on its £47m low rise housing framework. Read More...
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Mortgage lending remained flat in July but the number of home loans approved rose by 4 per cent, according to the British Banking Association (BBA). Read More...
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