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Liverpool City Council’s planning committee has approved plans to build 500 new apartments across the city centre as part of three different developments, a recent news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Plans for developing more than 650 new homes across four interlinked apartments blocks ranging from 11 to 15 storeys high on the edge of Liverpool city centre have been approved by the local authorities, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal. A full planning application by Vinco Group with John and Elaine Sutch to regenerate a 1.7-acre site in the Vauxhall area overlooking Leeds Street has been approved by Liverpool City Council’s planning committee.

An Italian cooking appliance specialist has revealed plans to set up a base for its UK subsidiary in the Wirral, creating multiple new jobs in the process, a recent news report has been able to suggest. Bertazzoni has acquired a 1,600 sq ft site in Prenton, which will incorporate offices and a showroom. The showroom is set to open in the coming months.

Time and attendance systems designed to easily add a large number of employees to a company’s roaster can play a very important role whenever firms decided to expand their premises and hire a large number of staff as a result. This was exactly the case with private equity-backed toilet roll maker Accrol, who has officially opened its new 168,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Leyland.

Up to 215 jobs have been secured after a law firm has rescued an ailing insurance business, a news report has been able to reveal. Triton, which operates from a network of offices in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, London, Manchester and Dublin, works with insure

Up to 176 jobs are at risk as insurance giant Towergate has revealed plans to close its small business unit (SBU) in Manchester, a news report has been able to suggest.

A solid and reliable workforce management system is a must for any company planning to create a very large number of jobs in a very short time span. This is exactly the case with call centre operator Kura, who is set to create 300 jobs in north Liverpool after agreeing a large property deal at Atlantic Park. Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has let the 34,201 sq ft Caspian House development to Glasgow-based Kura, which recently won a contract with Scottish Power.

A law firm has revealed ambitious growth plans in the Manchester area that will lead to the creation of 50 new jobs in the city, a news report in the local media has been able to suggest.

Deploying a modern, reliable time and attendance and access control system is a must for any new technology centre, such as the one that is currently being planned by Alstom and could lead to the creation of up to 600 new jobs. The facility, which Alstom is investing €25m (£22.5m) into, is located in Widnes and is scheduled to launch in May 2017.

A law firm in Manchester has started a redundancy process as it undergoes a significant restructuring involving the relocation of front-line services, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to suggest.

A company specializing in the manufacture of toilet paper and tissues has revealed plans to create 80 new jobs in Leyland after leasing a new 168,000 sq ft facility in the area, a news report has been able to suggest.

Crane operators at Wigan-headquartered crane hire company have voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a pay dispute, a news report can reveal. 500 crane operators and support staff members at Ainscough Crane Hire voted by 90 per cent for strike action on an 83 per cent turnout. Over 90 per cent voted for action short of a strike.