North West
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Laura Ashley plans UK expansion with three new superstores
Laura Ashley, which this weekend opens its biggest-ever store in Atlanta Georgia, is turning its attention to Britain. It plans three superstore openings in Warrington, Cheshire, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear…
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Manchester international design competition attracts 27 world-wide entries
An international competition aimed at redesigning Manchester’s bomb-damaged centre has attracted 27 entries from national and international consortia. In June an IRA bomb damaged 49,000 sq m (527,448.86 sq ft)…
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BAA McArthur/ Glen Europe raises loan of £24m for expansion
BAA/McArthur Glen Europe has secured a £24m, five year fixed rate loan on Cheshire Oaks Outlet Village in Ellesmere Port, near Chester.
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Consortium submits plans for £22m seafront leisure complex in Southport, Merseyside
Sefton Council has expressed its support for an outline planning application for a £22m mixed-use scheme on 8ha (19.8 acres) of the seafront in Southport, Merseyside.
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Little fall-out for breweries and jobs expected with Bass acquisition of Carlsberg-Tetley
Bass hopes to retain all Carlsberg-Tetley’s breweries, except a small plant in Warrington, Cheshire, if its proposed acquisition of Carlsberg-Tetley goes ahead.
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Lipton wins contract to refurbish Whitehall
A £200m contract to develop and refurbish the Treasury in London’s Whitehall has been won by the Exchequer building consortium led by property tycoon Stuart Lipton.
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Commerz Bank buys The Arcades, Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester for £35m
In what is believed to be the first time a German fund has acquired a retail centre in the UK, Commerz Bank has bought the Arcades Shopping Centre in Ashton-under-Lyne,…
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Mersey Docks to close Sheerness to Vlissingen cross-Channel service
Mersey Docks & Harbour Company is to close its Eurolink passenger service from Sheerness to Vlissingen in the Netherlands after incurring losses of £4.5m in the six months to June…
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North West needs to attract a higher level of inward investment
As the UK economy picks up, the North West is lagging behind. Co-operative Bank’s Terry Thomas said the region has underperformed.
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Government to announce shortlist of bidders for 700 DSS offices
The government will this week announced a shortlist of six bidders to enable The Department of Social Security (DSS) to transfer 700 offices to the private sector under the Private…
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Merck sublets 4,309 sq m warehouse in Speke, Liverpool
Distribution group Merck has sub-let its 4,309 sq m (46,380 sq ft) warehouse at Speke, Liverpool, to automotive industry supplier Johnson Controls.
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Arrowcroft to build 70,604 sq m Commerce Park at Wharfside, Trafford Park
Arrowcroft has started one of the largest speculative industrial developments in the North West in recent years. The £4m Commerce Park at Wharfside, Trafford Park, Greater Manchester is to be…