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The leasehold of the 85,000 sq ft Albert Square Shopping Centre has been put up for auction for a price in the region of £2m-£2.5m.

The company has said it is fully committed to its operations at the Ellesmere Port oil refinery, including plans to decarbonise its activities and produce sustainable fuel there, despite reports that the company is nearing collapse.

Vertical Recruitment and Place North West have teamed up for the fourth Vertical Salary Review of North West property and construction professionals.

The John Lewis Partnership will not reopen its 38,000 sq ft At Home store at Greyhound Retail Park as it looks to cut costs amid changing consumer habits. 

Government body UK Research & Innovation has committed £33m to the North West hydrogen and carbon capture storage project, while consortium partners pledged a further £39m.

The Deeside housebuilder saw its pre-tax profit rise by 11% year-on-year in the second half of 2020, as both revenue and legal completions surged during “a period of intensive activity to rebuild output”.

A scheme to deliver 125,000 sq ft of employment space across 13 industrial units at Artis Park has received a £5m loan from the Cheshire & Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership to spur its delivery.

A multidisciplinary team comprising Cushman & Wakefield, Mott Macdonald and Optimised Environments is working to produce regeneration proposals for nine key centres across the borough, including Wilmslow, Middlewich and Knutsford.

Local businessman Robert Smethurst, who has acquired the assets of defunct Cheshire football club Macclesfield Town, plans to make the newly formed Macclesfield FC financially viable by improving its Moss Rose ground.