Muse takes £150m Church Wharf to the next stage

The hotel operator is aiming to open its first site in the city centre on Liverpool Road next year in a project that has been in the pipeline since 2011.

Manchester-based provider Equity Housing Group and developer Mulbury have broken ground on a 14-home development in Reddish, Stockport.

Clean-tech business Arcola Energy has agreed terms on 15,000 sq ft of newly developed space at Huyton Business Park.

A treat for Liverpool's oenophiles, a Viking longboat heads ashore at Barrow, and a frankly terrifying vision for the future of a cathedral.

Plans by Hollins Strategic Land for a retail hub, given outline consent in 2018 after being scaled down from earlier proposals, will go before the city's planning committee next week.

Allerdale Council will be forced to debate proposals for the £29m stadium-led development following a bid by independent councillors to halt the scheme’s progress.

The challenger bank has followed Monday's announcement of a first Northern branch in Manchester with the news that is to open in Paradise Street, within Liverpool ONE.

Supported by planner Mosaic and architect Pozzoni, Belong has secured consent for a care home and apartments at Wirral Waters, the latest in a flurry of projects to come forward at the strategic site.

Two of the Greater Manchester tram network’s lines will be closed for improvement works over the Easter weekend, while Virgin services to London will terminate short of the capital.

The company has secured planning consent for a 5,300 sq ft space in six of the grade two-listed railway arches underneath the Manchester Central convention complex.