North West brewers hail success but demand support

Great Northern Beer Festival organiser Hawkshead Brewery founder Alex Brodie has called upon more support to be given to the brewing and pub industries. It comes as the festival kicks off at the Manchester Mercure Hotel today.   READ MORE...

Dunbia beefs up with Heathfield purchase

Meat processing group Dunbia has purchased Crewe-based Heathfield Foods, a £35m-turnover pork supplier.   Read More...

Business Finance Solutions to manage loans fund

Manchester-based Business Finance Solutions has won a contract to manage a new loan fund to help start-up businesses in Greater Manchester, Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire.   Read More...

OFT to examine Direct Hygiene acquisition

PHS Group's purchase of Lancashire washroom services company Direct Hygiene is set to be examined by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).   Read More...

Sales hit £200m at Fayrefield Group

Rising commodity prices have helped drive annual sales beyond the £200m mark at Crewe-headquartered dairy specialist Fayrefield Group.   Read More...

28,000 more seats promised as Virgin Trains extends contract

Virgin Trains has secured a contract extension to operate services on the West Coast Main Line. Rail minister Theresa Villiers made the announcement as she promised 28,000 extra seats and more carriages for passengers.   Read More...

Revenues grow at Oldham textiles group

Home textiles group Turner Bianca has increased sales by 27 per cent to more than £100m, newly-filed documents have revealed.   Read More...

Government pricing hits AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca has reported a slight dip in turnover and profit for the third quarter. The company, which has three operations in Cheshire, attributed these to competition and government price interventions.   Read More...

Gordon Burns in PR move

Former BBC North West Tonight presenter Gordon Burns has launched a communications business.   Read More...

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Green light for Whitehaven stadium

A £5.5m community stadium in Whitehaven has been given the go-ahead by planners at Copeland Borough Council.   Read More...

Olympic Park signs five

Five businesses have taken space at Commercial Development Projects' Olympic Park office scheme in Birchwood, Warrington.   Read More...

NSG lifted by £3m Tata contract

Marlin completes Cheshire Timber deal

ENER-G opens research and development centre

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