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Over 15,000 high-value jobs in the financial and related professional services industries have been created across the North West last year, a very recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Capital Reinforcing, which specialises in the cutting and bending of steel for the construction sector, has relocated from Belfast to Bromborough with the support of a £4m combined loan and working capital facility, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

A national training provider for the health and social care industry based in Birkenhead has revealed plans to relocate and hire additional staff after obtaining the necessary funding from the Royal Bank of Scotland, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Construction work has started on on a new development that will see up to 200 two-, three-, and four-bedroom homes being built in north Liverpool, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has recently announced a very ambitious plan to create a "world-class" campus which will help to create jobs, kick-start regeneration and attract inward investment into the city, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Up to 5,000 new jobs could be created in the North West construction sector each year until 2019, the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) has recently forecast. The annual Construction Skills Network report said with growth expected to be 2.5 per cent from 2014 to 2019, a total of 4,790 new jobs each year could be generated.

A not-for-profit housing association has revealed plans to develop up to 570 new homes in Knowsley, Merseyside, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. Development plans put forward by KHT also include 251 homes for shared ownership and outright sale, as part of the total 570 new homes being delivered across the borough by the First Ark Group, over the next three years.

A Chorley-based green services supplier has revealed plans to create up to 150 new jobs after securing a £5.5m framework agreement with Western Power Distribution (WPD). Under the terms of the deal, Glendale will provide a range of utility arboriculture services across the East and West Midlands, including vegetation management, line clearance and utility arboriculture for storm resilience maintenance purposes around WPD’s distribution network.

Construction set is set to begin on a new 65-house development in Stockport, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. A 4.5 acre parcel of land at Cherry Tree Lane, which previously accommodated the Cherry Tree Hospital, is to be redeveloped into a range of one to five-bedroom properties. A public open space will also be created as part of the project.

A Manchester-headquartered IT cyber security business has revealed plans to create more than 60 local jobs, a recent news article in the local business media has been able to reveal. NCC Group plans to hire 100 staff in its software testing division, with 65 of those at its head office. The roles will include test analysts to senior test managers and cover functional, automation and performance testing. NCC said the move follows high demand from clients for its testing services.

Hydrogen based renewable energies experts H2 Energy is set to create 150 jobs, the majority of which will be in Liverpool, over the next three years, after entering a £50m bio-refinery partnership with food manufacturer 2 Sisters Food Group, a recent news report in the local business media was able to reveal. Under the terms of the contract, the company will build bio-refineries at all 2 Sisters’ 43 factory locations in the UK.

Up to 1,250 new jobs could be created and 1,000 new residential properties could be built as part of Walton Hall Park’s regeneration project, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal. Volterra Partners has completed a feasibility study on the proposals, after it was revealed earlier this year Walton Hall Park was the club’s preferred location.