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A Manchester creative communications and digital agency has become employee-owned. C21 has a turnover in excess of £1m and specialises in design, digital and video communications for clients across the UK and globally. The deal provides a structured succession plan for founder Christina Clarke who established C21 in 1998. She will remain in her current […]

Almost half of businesses across Liverpool and Manchester believe there is a shortage of appropriate city centre space to support their growth, according to new research. Polling more than 200 businesses in its Bouncing Back: North West Cities study, Brabners found that 87 per cent intend to continue operating across both city centres post-pandemic, with […]

Plans for a one million sq ft development at Symmetry Park in Knowsley have been backed, with Tritax Symmetry securing the approval. The hybrid application included detailed consent for a 160,000 sq ft logistics facility together with outline backing for up to 835,600 sq ft of storage and distribution space and offices. The latter element […]

A North-West based university has just officially opened a new £24m creative and collaborative workspace building, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) has unveiled a new five-storey contemporary area – dubbed the West Pavilion – that includes a trio of lecture theatres, […]

A commercial and apprenticeship training provider based in Congleton will create more jobs as part of its plans to boost the expansion of its services both across the UK and internationally following a management buyout (MBO) and private equity backing, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest. Instep […]

An online car retailer is set to go on a recruitment drive as part of an expansion of its Manchester tech hub, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest. Online car marketplace Cinch has partnered with Talent Works on the venture, on the back of digital car sales soaring […]

Crewe may be on track to get a new drive-through restaurant in town. The plans are due to go before Cheshire East Council’s planning committee on 3rd March, for a single-story drive-through in Crewe Market Centre which can handle 68 covers at once. If the plans are approved, this will lead to the creation of […]

Sciontec Liverpool, a strategic and placemaking organisation, has put money behind improvements for Liverpool Science Park. The investment will go towards a three-storey lobby and entrance area off Mount Pleasant. This new space will include an area for flexible coworking. Work is underway. The project is due to be completed in March, and has continued […]

Vital Energi, a provider of viable and sustainable energy systems, will open a new £2 million training centre at its headquarters in Blackburn. The premises will provide heat network skills development, using multiple digital approaches to provide the training in a way which is both Covid-secure and interactive. It contains a 60-seater lecture theatre and […]

Glass Futures has started a recruitment drive for management positions for their Global Centre of Excellence in St Helens. The company has hired twelve people so far, and the second phase of hiring is due to begin. Currently the new hires are working remotely, but there is a plan to try to open a temporary […]

Harworth Group plans to develop an industrial unit at Logistics North in Bolton. The premises will be constructed by Caddick Construction and is deliberately designed to be available for a range of industries and usages. It is hoped to be occupied from the spring of 2021. Whoever the new occupants turn out to be will […]

BT Group will move into a landmark development in Greater Manchester. Their new premises, Four New Bailey, will more than quadruple the company’s current Manchester workforce when they eventually fully occupy it. BT is proceeding with this multi-million-pound move even in the current pandemic because it intends to bring its workforce back into the office […]