Today's North West business news from Insider |
  View this email online Please add [email protected] to your address book  
 
 
North West
Wednesday 1 April 2020

Latest News

Top Story

Wildbrook CRE sets sights on further success

Wildbrook CRE is eyeing further success as it looks to build on a strong first two years in business.
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 1

Business Matters: Extraordinary times, extraordinary measures

Sara Barrett, a partner at Mills & Reeve, looks into the Government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.
Read More…
Deals

Auto Trader outlines share placing plans

Auto Trader has outlined plans for a share placing in a bid to raise funds amid the ongoing pandemic.
Read More…

£280k boost for surgical simulator VR firm

A Canadian producer of virtual reality (VR) surgical simulators has secured a £280,000 investment on the back of launching at MediaCityUK.
Read More…

Fuel Station expands with juicy deal

Juice and nutrition brand Fuel Station, whose co-founder previously appeared on BBC's The Apprentice, has acquired a North West counterpart.
Read More…

Inc & Co Property Group acquires serviced office provider

Inc & Co Property Group, the sister company of Inc & Co, has acquired a business that operates serviced offices in various locations across Leeds and London.
Read More…

CMA invites comments on Future undertakings

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has opened a public consultation on the undertakings offered by Future to remedy competition concerns in its proposed £140m acquisition of TI Media.
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 2

Business Matters: Is there ever a good time to get divorced?

Covid-19 is having a significant impact on the fortunes of many firms and Fiona Wood, partner at McAlister Family Law, says if you have a strong business that is currently being impacted by the economic uncertainty, you may well achieve a more advantageous financial settlement if you divorce now than if you divorce when the economy is doing well.
Read More…
Business

Halewood Wines & Spirits looks to navigate pandemic

Halewood Wines & Spirits is introducing a scheme of voluntary redundancies as the business looks to navigate the coronavirus crisis.
Read More…

North West confidence falls sharply - Lloyds

Confidence in the North West fell sharply last month, according to the latest research from Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking.
Read More…

Banks to cancel dividends to help fight against Covid-19

Some of the UK’s largest banks have announced plans to cancel dividend payments in response to a request from the Bank of England through the Prudential Regulation Authority. The move is designed to free up capital to help tackle the Covid-19 crisis.
Read More…

Leadership training firm brings forward online expansion plans

A Wigan-based leadership and management training company has brought forward plans to expand online.
Read More…
Insider Feature
Feature 3

Mindset: Opening doors

Liverpool recruitment consultancy Advocate Group has expanded into Manchester and is going international, but director Chris Dickenson is wary of overstretching.
Read More…
Property

Property entrepreneur launches latest development firm

A former director and co-founder of one of the region's largest land and housebuilding companies has set up a new property development business
Read More…

CFO in at Sigma

Listed residential development specialist Sigma has appointed a new chief financial officer.
Read More…

Avison Young joins LCP

Avison Young has formally joined the Liverpool China Partnership (LCP), an organisation set up to strengthen links with the country in trade, investment, education, culture, sport and tourism.
Read More…

‘Prime redevelopment opportunity’ comes to market

Chorlton Irish Club has come to market as a "prime redevelopment opportunity".
Read More…
Manufacturing

Wirral distillery makes sanitiser pledge

An independent distillery on the Wirral is switching production to hand sanitiser in a bid to help tackle the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
Read More…

Bindatex supports call for ventilator assistance

Composites specialist Bindatex is supporting the government's call for help for manufacturers to assist in improving the capacity of life-saving ventilators.
Read More…

Kitchen manufacturer furloughs 350-strong workforce

The entire 350-strong workforce of a Lancashire-based kitchen, bedroom and bathroom manufacturer has been furloughed.
Read More…

INEOS begins production at new hand sanitiser plant

INEOS Group has hit its ten-day target to build a hand sanitiser plant near Middlesbrough and has started producing one million hand sanitisers a month to help in the battle against coronavirus.
Read More…

Other News

North West SME 300 Companies data - Contact hundreds of senior decision makers by email or phone

Member Exclusive News

Alliance Learning joins UoB Group

Alliance Learning has officially joined the University of Bolton Group.
Read More…

Helical ‘well positioned’ to navigate crisis

Listed property development specialist Helical believes it is well positioned and remains confident in the long-term outlook for the business.
Read More…

Upcoming Events

14 May

Insider North West Property Awards 2020

2 Sep

Insider Made in the North West Awards 2020

8 Sep

North West Female Ambition 2020

17 Sep

Insider Liverpool City Region Property Awards 2020

24 Sep

Insider North West Leaders Dinner 2020

Services & Guides

Greater Manchester Inward Investment Guide 2020

Greater Manchester Inward Investment Guide 2020

A comprehensive guide to investing in the region’s authorities, with facts, figures, statistics and key contacts.
Read More…
Liverpool City Region Inward Investment Guide 2020

Liverpool City Region Inward Investment Guide 2020

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…
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