Today's Lancashire business news from Insider |
Latest News | Revised plans for a mixed-use development in Blackpool – which are considered to be a "positive step towards the regeneration of the area" – look set to secure approval.
Read More… |
|
Edge Hill's business development and PIC manager, Michael Banford, summarises the Four Parameters of Performance and common issues within each which inhibit an organisation's ability to scale up: Profitability, Demand, Productivity and Efficiency.
Read More… |
|
Investments and funding boosts are set to play a "crucial role" in enabling the North to truly level up on the back of the pandemic, a director at the British Business Bank and NPIF has told Insider. Grant Peggie also discussed the difficulties faced over the last 18 months, the shifting landscape in light of restrictions easing and the opportunities that lie ahead.
Read More… |
Lancashire-based group One Stop Hire has expanded into the North East with the acquisition of Lord Tool Hire.
Read More… |
Northcoders joining AIM is a "significant milestone" in the evolution of the business, according to its chief executive, with the company having also raised £3.5m.
Read More… |
BGF-backed Kids Planet has acquired a North West nursery group.
Read More… |
Specialist buy-to-let mortgage lender Fleet Mortgages has been acquired by Starling Bank in a £50m cash and share deal.
Read More… |
|
With the impact of Covid-19 still being felt across the North West, how can SMEs generate the level of working capital they need to achieve their ambitions for growth? Joe Taviner, director of business development (North West) at Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending, shares his insights.
Read More… |
|
A health tech agency is preparing to move into new offices in Chorley as it targets £5m turnover inside three years.
Read More… |
Thriving tech companies in the North of England and Scotland have been invited to enter the 2021 Northern Tech Awards.
Read More… |
Preston-based property and construction company Eric Wright Construction has been appointed to bring forward new education facilities for Cumbria.
Read More… |
The North West has been buoyed by an electric vehicle (EV) charging point boom as demand soars, according to Electricity North West.
Read More… |
The UK economy is growing at its fastest pace in 80 years with the country's prospects having been upgraded, according to the EY ITEM Club forecast.
Read More… |
|
Kevin Lambert from GC Business Growth Hub, says the UK has committed to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. It would be easy to think this is something only large organisations need to worry about in the near term. With the date so far away and there being so many larger companies – with larger carbon footprints – to focus on, how could the responsibility to act now land on the doorstep of smaller businesses?
Read More… |
|
Plans to transform a Burnley pub into a residential scheme look set to secure approval next week.
Read More… |
A vacant site in Burnley could soon be transformed into a care home.
Read More… |
|
Jay Crossland, chief operations officer at London Lash, looks at how supply chain optimisation is a key growth enabler.
Read More… |
|
Lancashire-based Pendle Bike Racks has landed a deal with Decathlon.
Read More… |
|
Services & Guides | | | A comprehensive guide to investing in the region’s authorities, with facts, figures, statistics and key contacts.
Read More… |
| | Find an adviser to help you buy, sell or invest in a business.
Read More… |
| | North West’s top places to hold events, conferences and meetings.
Read More… |
|
|
|
