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Latest News | The volume of North West transactions dipped across 2020's first three quarters, according to new data, although activity has picked up in recent months.
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In a manufacturing landscape where caution tends to be the keyword for marketing spend, Move Marketing’s Alex Cairns explains how steps six and seven of the “8 moves of B2B” unlock calculated action through setting crystal clear objectives, budgets and timescales that provide an ongoing barometer for growth.
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Manchester-based Pill Connect has completed a £510,000 funding round.
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ITI has snapped up simulation and business analytics company Saker Solutions.
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Clearwater International’s UK team have completed a total of seven deals during October across their five offices in London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester and Leeds totalling £412m.
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Mitie Group has signed an agreement to amend the terms of its acquisition of Interserve Facilities Management so that its shareholders enjoy a "greater share of the benefits of the transaction". The combined business would have about 77,500 employees.
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Rachael Ainscough, managing director at Ainscough Strategic Land, says it is pleasing to see that the housing market remains in good order amid all the disruption to our economy. As a key employment driver for the north west it’s vital for our economic health that this remains so, she argues.
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The chief executive of Transport for the North is to step down next year.
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Stobart Group believes it will emerge from the ongoing crisis "in the best possible position" after taking decisive action.
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The whole city testing approach set to be adopted by Liverpool is a "vital step" towards allowing businesses to fight back against the impact of Covid-19, according to the CBI. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the initiative "has the potential to be a powerful new weapon" in the ongoing battle against the virus.
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Marks & Spencer has reported a "robust" performance for the first half of its financial year despite the Covid-19 pandemic, with chief executive Steve Rowe vowing that the retailer is "taking the right actions to come through the crisis stronger".
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A Southport-based Christmas products company – which has secured a cash injection – is experiencing unprecedented demand for its range of trees, decorations and lights.
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Businesses in the latest 1,000 Companies to Inspire Britain report from London Stock Exchange Group, which features the most dynamic and fastest-growing small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), reported a revenue jump of more than 40 per cent and created in excess of 42,000 jobs in the last two years.
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Many businesses were forced to adapt and adopt new processes in a rush as the pandemic hit. SafetyCulture’s Dan Joyce explores how we can build on those hasty foundations and optimise for safer, more productive and successful businesses in 2021.
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Plans for an 11-storey co-living scheme in Liverpool which could create hundreds of jobs have been revealed.
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Fusion Students has outlined plans for its first development in Manchester – a 27-storey tower in Deansgate.
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Estate agencies in England will be able to remain open during the impending lockdown, the government has confirmed, allowing buyers and renters to continue attending viewings.
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Plans to build 216 homes on the site of a former warehouse in Openshaw have been backed. Warrington-based Your Housing Group is behind the scheme.
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Regional consultancy PWA Planning has expanded with its latest hire.
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GMI Construction has been appointed as the contractor for Peel L&P's £7.7m business hub at Wirral Waters.
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The pandemic has been the biggest collective shock to our lives, according to Andrew Butterworth, commercial director at Bruntwood Works, with millions made to work from home and thousands of businesses forced to adapt. Companies have changed the way they operate and how they look after their workforces and customers, prioritising health, safety and wellbeing more than ever before.
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Member Exclusive News | Carlisle-based healthcare recruitment specialist Just R has completed work on a project with the NHS.
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A subsidiary of Manchester-based molecular diagnostics group Yourgene has signed a regional marketing and services agreement with a Hong Kong outfit.
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