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Plans to build up to 650 homes across Cheshire are set to be approved by the local authority, a recent news report has found. The three schemes across Crewe, Sandbach and Alsager are due to receive consent from Cheshire East Council. All of them are located on agricultural land or countryside.

Plans to build a new 77-bedroom ‘super-budget’ hotel overlooking Derby Square in Liverpool city centre have been approved by local councillors, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

An ambitious energy specialist will be going on a significant recruitment drive following a massice increase in turnover and demand for its services, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal. The firm, Businesswise Solutions is looking to increase its workforce from 15 to 25 by June 2016 as its turnover climbs towards the £2m mark.

A well-known UK home furnishing retailer has revealed plans to open a new store on the Wirral, in Bromborough, on Boxing Day 2015, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find.

Plans for redeveloping the site of a historic former church schoolhouse in Liverpool and transform it into almost 200 student rooms are set for approval by local planners, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

All workers at a historic Liverpool-based building contractor and shopfitter have lost their jobs after the company was forced to go into administration, a recent news report in the local business media informs.

Plans for redeveloping the site of a college into a new residential area that could include up to 98 homes have been submitted to Knowsley Council, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A restaurant chain has opened its third venue in Liverpool, creating 30 jobs in the process, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Archie’s Burger and Shakes is the third for the company and is serving up a selection of burgers, hotdogs, wraps, desserts, smoothies and shakes.

Multiple jobs have been lost as a Greater Manchester construction services provider collapsed, a news report in the local business media has been able to find. Naylor & Walkden Construction Services provided design, fit-out, project management and maintenance services to clients in its specialist sectors of hospitality, leisure, commercial, rail and retail.

Plans to build 1,400 homes 225-acre Whyndyke Farm site have received official approval from Blackpool Council’s planning committee, with the whole project expected to create several hundred jobs in the area.

Plans for building a new development north of Preston, containing around 118 new homes, have been lodged with the local authority, a recent news report in the local media has been able to find.

Full planning permission has been granted for two 20-storey towers that are set to be built on a derelict site next to Liverpool Lime Street, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find. The proposals comprise ground-floor retail and commercial space with student accommodation and a possible aparthotel above. The scheme has been designed by Liverpool-based architectural practice Falconer Chester Hall.