North West
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£30m Imperial War Museum to open on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal(07:00 GMT)
The Imperial War Museum plans to open a northern branch on 2.02ha (5 acres) on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal.
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Virgin and Great Western make telephone tickets plans while North Western to improve stations
Virgin plans to employ 250 to take ticket sales by telephone in Edinburgh. Great Western will employ 180 selling tickets in Cardiff and Plymouth.
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Trafford wins bid to host Imperial War Museum of the North
Trafford Council has beaten off competition from the Wirral to build a £30m Imperial War Museum of the North. Peel Holdings’ Manchester Ship Canal Company has agreed to sell the…
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Morrison sells retail investment on Isle of Man for £5.25m
Morrison Developments has sold a 2,645 sq m (28,477 sq ft) retail investment at 33-43 Strand Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, to Bilsdale Properties for £5.25m.
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TBI sells two industrial units for £6.8m
The property and airports company TBI has sold 18,069 sq m (194,500 sq ft) in two locations to Business Space Services (Manchester) Ltd for £6.88m.
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Wiggins Group shares up 25% since December
Shares in the Wiggins Group have risen 25% since December. The group’s prospects are enhanced by cashflow from its Lancaster Business Park and a 3,623 sq m (39,000 sq ft)…
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Trying times if rugby ground becomes a supermarket
Central Park, the home of Wigan rugby league team since 1902, could become a supermarket in a £10m deal with Tesco.
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Exclusive Herculaneum Dock unlikely to be built before MDC winds up, its chief admits
Merseyside Development Corporation is unlikely to find an anchor tenant for the former Herculaneum Dock site before the organisation winds up next year, chief executive Chris Farrow has admitted.
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Ewbank to move to new Burnley site following £800,000 MBO
Ewbank is to move production of its carpets sweepers and its other floorcare products to a new site in Burnley. It follows an £800,000 management buyout from receivers.
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Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to build warehousing and offices, in Liverpool
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company is building more warehousing and offices at Liverpool. It is also developing a deep water berth and distribution complex at Sheerness as part of a…
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Manchester airport tramway link approved
The government has approved an extension of Manchester’s Metrolink to the city’s airport. It should be ready by 2002. The 13 mile tramway extension will be built to link with…
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Metrolink wins consent for extension to Manchester Airport
Local Transport Minister John Watts today announced Government approval for the extension of the Manchester Metrolink from Trafford Bar to Manchester Airport.