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Latest News | The economic recovery will be "in train from 2021", according to KPMG's chief economist in the UK Yael Selfin. Providing her outlook for the coming months, Selfin joined Insider's Future of Funding Online Forum.
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As the face of retail and how the public shop has arguably changed forever, Samantha Livesey from Pinsent Masons examines how artificial intelligence and virtual reality can be used to enhance the customer experience and drive sales.
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Liverpool-headquartered Hobs Group has sold its e-discovery services subsidiary to a private-equity-backed US company.
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Manchester-based Evergreen Energy has expanded with the acquisition of a renewable home heating start-up.
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Shopping centre giant Hammerson has proposed a right issue in a move that could raise more than £550m. It has also sold its 50 per cent interests at a property investment firm.
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Sharing her thoughts on how companies can, and will, be celebrating Christmas this year in spite of Covid-19 social restrictions is Liz Taylor, chief executive of the Taylor Lynn Corporation (TLC) and a hospitality brand consultant in the North West.
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The business behind Eddie Stobart has said that it traded "successfully" throughout the lockdown, with the company having completed the first half of the 2020 financial year under a new ownership structure and the new management team led by executive chairman William Stobart.
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Manchester-headquartered architectural practice The Fairhursts Design Group (FDG) has expanded its senior management team with the appointment of a new associate director.
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Pre-tax profits jumped at the UK arm of an international logistics giant, which works with the likes of watch maker Seiko, Mitsubishi and AstraZeneca, during its latest financial year. The company also revealed it is braced for a fall in revenue because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The registrations of new cars in the UK rose for the first time this year in July, according to new figures.
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Jessica Matthews from Freeths says recent events have led to dramatic increases in online sales. At the start of the pandemic new customers drove this rise in online spending but more recently many have become repeat and loyal buyers.
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Plans to construct an almost 90-unit apartment block in Liverpool look set to be given the go-ahead.
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Proposals have been submitted for the redevelopment of a former M&S unit in Stockport into a mixed-use building comprising office space, retail and leisure use.
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Reforms designed to overhaul the planning system and revamp the way the country builds have been outlined by the housing secretary.
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Plans for a major new employment area and country park on the site of the former Cronton Colliery in Knowsley will be open for public consultation.
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Logistics business MW Fulfilment Services has continued its expansion by opening up its first facility in Rochdale.
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Ashfield Healthcare Communications has agreed a new ten-year lease with Schroder Real Estate Investment Management to take up space at Manchester's City Tower.
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Branding agency Truth Creative has acquired a grade two-listed office building in Manchester city centre for its own occupation.
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Lancashire manufacturing specialist TGM has invested £1.2m into CNC technologies.
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Turnover fell and pre-tax losses widened during the latest financial year of a company that was founded in the aftermath of World War II and is now part of a manufacturing giant that makes one in three automotive car seats in the world.
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Member Exclusive News | Grosvenor Europe has announced the opening of British sportswear brand Castore at Liverpool ONE, marking the brand’s bricks and mortar debut outside of London.
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International accountancy and advisory firm Mazars has recruited a new partner for its Manchester office.
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