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Construction work has started on the 927 apartments and houses at ten sites in Greater Manchester and four in Liverpool included in a new £100m housing development scheme, a recent news report was able to reveal. It follows the agreement of up to £67m of finance from Barclays which supplements equity of £47m provided by Shariah-compliant investment bank Gatehouse.

Up to 100 new jobs could be created in Wigan if plans to build a 400,000 sq ft factory in the area receiving planning permission, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal. Wet wipe maker Nice-Pak International has lodged plans to build its impressive new facility on the Westwood development site. The land was formerly home to a power station and has been prepared for redevelopment by Wigan Council.

Up to 15,000 new jobs could be created across Merseyside as local enterprise partnership (LEP) chairman Robert Hough and cities minister Greg Clark officially signed Liverpool’s £230m Growth Deal. The deal includes £138m for transport schemes to develop freight and logistics hub plans; £41.1m for skills capital funding to enhance and grow colleges; and funding to set up a Business Growth Hub to help companies access funding support.

A new development that could potentially see numerous new jobs being created in the Rossmore area of Ellesmere Port was recommended for approval by the council’s planning officers, a recent news report in the local business media was able to reveal. The land off Jacks Wood Avenue and Rossmore Road East is to be revamped into a 120-bedroom hotel and could also include a pub or restaurant, crèche, offices, a petrol station and drive-thru café or restaurant.

Companies that make the bold move of purchasing new office space to accommodate for future growth should also considering using this opportunity to update or upgrade their time and attendance systems and access control solutions.

Multiple jobs are set to be created at a coach operator in Stockport after the company successfully secured a hire purchase facility enabling it to expand its fleet, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal. Belle Vue managed to secure the required funding for purchasing five new Mercedes Benz Tourismo coaches, extending its fleet to 65 vehicles.

Twenty positions were saved at a Manchester-based print and design firm after it was bought out of administration, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal. Openshaw-based Armin & Butler began trading in 2009 but tighter margins and an increase in competition led to trading difficulties for the group. Administrators were called in and the firm’s business and assets were sold to Bolton-based Boss Direct.

New projects being developed in and around Manchester could see up to 40,000 more jobs being created in the area over the next ten years, a new report claims. The paper, “Manchester: A Growing Success Story”, has been published by Ekosgen and gives some interesting insight into just how the city is expected to develop over the next 6 years.

A derelict Liverpool building is set to be redeveloped into 200 student apartments after staying empty for the past five years, a recent news report in the local media was able to reveal. Under the plans submitted to the local council by Legacy Student Living, the former Rapid building on Liverpool’s Renshaw Street is to be redeveloped into a 12 storey property featuring 192 studio apartments aimed at post-graduate and international students.

The development of a new deep-water container terminal in the Liverpool area could create 5,000 jobs in the maritime and logistics industry, a recent news report on the matter was able to reveal.

In excess of 600 new affordable properties are set to be built across the whole of Manchester after the local authority secured £47m in funding, a news report in the local media was able to reveal. The Manchester City Council has supported 37 bids across 43 sites in the city as part of the Homes and Communities Agency’s 2015-2018 Affordable Homes Programme and granted £11.5m in funding, matched by £35.5m of funding from housing associations.

A total of seven university technical colleges (UTCs) and four studio schools, including sites in Crewe and Liverpool, are set to be created in the near future, a recent news report in the local business media was able to reveal.