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Up to 700 workers from two call centres working for home shopping retailer Shop Direct are in danger of losing their jobs, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Webhelp, which operates the call centres on behalf of the company, said it is proposing to close a site in Bolton by next spring and shut its Aintree operation by spring 2017.

Small and medium-sized enterprises across the North-West will record a significant growth in turnover over the next five years, recent research from Santander Corporate & Commercial has been able to reveal.

A Macclesfield-based supplier of software, training and consultancy services to the education sector has revealed ambitious workforce growth plans following a 48 per cent rise in turnover, a recent report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Up to 100 jobs have been lost as a fundraising agency with offices in Manchester and Dunfermline has gone into administration, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

A residential development scheme that will see a mix of 950 two- to five-bedroom houses being built on a 120-acre close to the Cheshire town of Northwich has received outline planning consent, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A discount retailer has created 75 new jobs in Liverpool after opening a new 30,000 sq ft store in the area, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. B&M has signed an eight-year lease with the Derwent Group for the former MFI store on Edge Lane. The company shares the site with a Halfords store.

Plans to build a new 98-home development on Prescot Road in Liverpool have been approved by the local authority, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

DNA Agile, a Preston-based firm specializing in delivering support services for the advanced manufacturing sector, is set to create multiple R&D jobs after securing a development loan, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Work has started on a £3.5m scheme that will see 33 new homes being built in Liverpool?s Belle Vale area, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

One of the UK’s largest discount retailers could create up to 800 new jobs in Wigan after revealing plans to build a new multimillion-pound distribution centre in the area, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Construction work has started on two new speculative buildings at Sci-Tech Daresbury that, when completed, could see up to 350 new jobs being created in the area, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to find.

A Bromborough-based vehicle suspension distribution firm has revealed plans to expand its product range and workforce after managing to secure a new funding facility, a recent article in the local business media has been able to find.