Today's North Wales and Cheshire business news from Insider |
  View this email online Please add [email protected] to your address book  
 
 
North Wales and Cheshire
Thursday 15 July 2021

Latest News

Top Story

Catering disposables firm becomes employee-owned

A 600-strong supplier of catering disposables and equipment, which is headquartered in Crewe, has become employee-owned.
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 1

Business Matters: The role of developers with the post-pandemic home

Liam McAvoy from Hyperoptic says there's no denying that property was one of the hardest hit industries during the pandemic. However, a sector that continued to flourish despite an economic slowdown and national lockdowns, was residential development.
Read More…
Deals

Food allergy diagnostics firm backed by fresh funding

A Deeside-headquartered food allergy diagnostics specialist has secured a £2.9m investment in a funding round led by Praetura Ventures, with follow-on equity investment from the Development Bank of Wales.
Read More…

Float under consideration as PureGym eyes capital raise

PureGym Group has said it is in the early stages of considering options for possibly raising equity, including potentially in the public markets.
Read More…

AstraZeneca’s $39bn Alexion deal clears final hurdle

Biopharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca's proposed $39bn takeover of Alexion Pharmaceuticals has cleared a major hurdle, with completion now close.
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 2

Business Matters: The return of events and what it means to be back in the room again

Manchester Central chief executive Shaun Hinds looks to the future of the events sector – for Manchester and beyond – and its significance in helping us build back better.
Read More…
Business

Swansway Group set to ‘significantly outperform’ 2020

Car dealership giant Swansway Group is expecting to "significantly outperform" its 2020 results, a director at the company has told Insider, as the strong momentum from the backend of the year continues to buoy the company in 2021. Peter Smyth also shed light on the outfit's expansion plans.
Read More…

Thriving tech firms invited to enter awards

Thriving tech companies in the North of England and Scotland have been invited to enter the 2021 Northern Tech Awards.
Read More…

Businesses must adapt to digital change – expert

Organisations must adapt to digital change to keep pace with increasingly fast business cycles - or find themselves 'not even in the same market' as their rivals, according to an expert on an Insider forum.
Read More…

Proposals put 1,000 John Lewis Partnership jobs at risk

About 1,000 jobs are at risk at the John Lewis Partnership after the retail business unveiled plans to simplify its management structures in Waitrose and John Lewis.
Read More…

Chief commercial officer in at Essar Oil

Ellesmere Port-headquartered Essar Oil has added to its executive leadership team with the appointment of a new chief commercial officer.
Read More…

Nexer Digital wins UKRI contract

Macclesfield-based leading design agency Nexer Digital has secured a year-long contract with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 3

Business Matters: Wearing face masks in the workplace

Should legislation be relaxed as anticipated post-19 July, it looks very likely that the onus will be very much on the employer to have ongoing and visible control over the management of Covid-19 risks in the workplace, including the wearing of face coverings. Employment lawyer Lucy Flynn of Beyond Corporate examines the issues.
Read More…
Property

Redrow submits detailed 338-homes plan

Redrow has submitted detailed plans for 338 homes, making up the first phase of its long-term Daresbury masterplan.
Read More…

Plans revealed for new Lidl, McDonald’s and Costa Coffee

A new Lidl supermarket, McDonald's and Costa Coffee could be on its way to Warrington.
Read More…

RWE Generation plans to demolish buildings

Energy company RWE Generation has submitted an application to demolish redundant buildings at its power generation site in Cheshire.
Read More…

Revised engineering suite plans unveiled for University of Chester

Revised plans for a new engineering suite at the University of Chester have been unveiled.
Read More…

Adra unveils residential apartments plan

Social housing provider Adra is aiming to build almost 40 over 55s senior living residential apartments in Bangor.
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 4

Business Matters: Customer first approach

Billy Green, chief executive of London Lash, offers his advice on a customer first approach.
Read More…

Other News

NEW 2021 North West Top 500 Companies Database

NEW 2021 North West SME 300 Companies database - contact the region’s top decision makers

Upcoming Events

27 Jul

Skills for Business Growth Forum

28 Jul

Insider Made in the North West Awards 2021

1 Sep

Insider Liverpool City Region Property Awards 2021

9 Sep

Insider Wales Dealmakers Awards 2021

15 Sep

Insider Wales Property Awards 2021

Services & Guides

Cheshire Investment Guide 2021

Cheshire Investment Guide 2021

A comprehensive guide to investing in the region’s authorities, with facts, figures, statistics and key contacts.
Read More…
Corporate Finance Directory

Corporate Finance Directory

Find an adviser to help you buy, sell or invest in a business.
Read More…
Best Places to Meet

Best Places to Meet

North West’s top places to hold events, conferences and meetings.
Read More…
Send a Story    Subscribe    Membership    Advertise    Contact
Tw    in    Fb
You are receiving this email because you subscribed on our website.

Unsubscribe | Email Preferences
Newsco Insider Limited
Boulton House, 17-21 Chorlton Street, Manchester M1 3HY
Registered in England and Wales: 02709518
© Newsco Insider Limited | T&C | Privacy Policy