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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, […]

The Carlton Hotel & Banksys Café Bar in Lytham is going to turn over a new leaf thanks to a new investment deal.

Biometrics are measurements and/or calculations of the human body, used to identify people.

With the summer holiday season well and truly underway, your company might already have fallen foul of the many problems caused by out-of-date and inefficient holiday booking procedures.

More and more workplaces are needing to grapple with the additional needs of remote workers, as that option becomes steadily more popular. Over the last ten years, the number of UK workers moving into remote working positions has increased by almost 250,000 according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

Accurate monitoring of sickness absences is vital in any workplace. This means something more trackable than a phone-call, or an email to their line manager. Having reliable data allows employers to recognise any developing patterns, or unbalanced amounts of sickness absences.

Silk Road, a well-known brand of Liverpool restaurant, is opening another restaurant.

On the Beach, a beach holiday specialist, has opened its new headquarters in Aeroworks, a former aircraft components factory in central Manchester.

Grace Landscapes, a national commercial landscaping company, has reduced its paper waste and made itself much more efficient by using an app.