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Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has received planning permission to use a property on Bispham Road in Southport in order to build a brand-new store in the area and create multiple jobs, a news report in the local business media has recently revealed.

Lancashire brewing company Daniel Thwaites has revealed plans to carry out a company wide restructuring process as it plans to relocate to a new site in Blackburn, a brand new report in the local business media has revealed. The company, which employs a total of 350 staff in its brewery, distribution operations, sales force and head office, first announced plans to restructure its brewing operations in the town in 2011, as part of a plan to relocate to a modern out of town premises.

JMS Automation and Drives, an engineering company based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, has announced that it’s successfully managed to secure new capital from Barclays Business in order to support their growth plans, a brand-new report in the local business media has revealed.

A total of 390 extra care apartments for people aged over 55 will be built over the next three years across Stoke-on-Trent as part of a first-of-its-kind scheme worth £100m, a news report in the local media has revealed.

Manchester City Council has just officially selected the S4B consortium for a £100m regeneration project targeting the Brunswick area of the metropolis, a brand-new report in the local business media has revealed.

Mobile timber coatings business Timber Coaters Ltd has just agreed to a five-year lease on a 4,736 sq ft unit at Old Hall Industrial Estate on Wrynose Road, Bromborough on the Wirral, Merseyside, effectively doubling the size of its workshop.

UK Point of Sale, a designer and manufacturer of point of sale display products, has revealed plans to invest £4.5m in a 47,000 sq ft office and manufacturing facility on Bredbury Park Industrial Estate, near Stockport, creating more than 20 jobs in the process, a news report in the local business media has revealed.

Construction has begun on the £10m second phase of a campus project at the University of Liverpool, with the works being set for completion by August 2014, a news report in the local business media has revealed. A total of 1,259 bedrooms across three buildings as well as office space, a reception area and underground car park are to be constructed for this phase of the scheme.

Café group Loungers has invested a total of £500,000 in its brand new venue, the Haro Lounge, located in Formby, creating 30 new jobs in the process, a brand news report in the local media has revealed.

A footway area between Salthouse Quay and Gower Street in Liverpool is set to undergo a £920,000 revamp in a bid to support the future development of the area, a news report in the local media has revealed. Councillor Tim Moore, Liverpool City Council’s cabinet member for transport and climate change, said: "Salthouse Dock is an important area on our waterfront which has needed investment for a number of years – so I’m delighted that this work is now underway.

More than 300 jobs have been salvaged as a training company in Warrington has been bought out of administration, a news report in the local media has revealed. The majority of the business and assets of Elmfield Training, excluding a contract with Morrisons, was sold to EQL Solutions Ltd, a subsidiary of CareTech Holdings. The Morrisons contract, on the other hand, is likely to be taken over by another provider, along with approximately 50 additional staff associated with this contract.

Logistics company The Charles Gee Group, whose main area of business is transporting wings from Airbus’ site in Broughton, is in danger of going out of business and rendering 250 employees redundant, a news report in the local media has revealed.