In the run-up to the election David Cameron set out his plans for the first 100 days of a new Government. At that point few had predicted that the Conservatives would be entering office with a majority. So, how has the first 100 days impacted on the North West, asks Rebecca Eatwell.
The results of the first Place North West Construction Leaders’ Survey, in association with Cowgill Holloway, show an industry full of confidence but worried about recruiting and retaining the right staff.
The Department for Education has announced a deadline of 29 January 2016 for applications to establish new vocational secondary schools, known as University Technical College. There are nine UTCs in the North West in sectors including construction and engineering.
NewRiver Retail has exchanged contracts to acquire 13 retail parks and development site for £69m, representing a net initial yield of 8%, including assets in Kendal, Liverpool and Chester.
Guyzance Hall, based in Shropshire, has acquired the Wordsworth Hotel & Spa in Grasmere off a guide price of £4.95m in a deal brokered by the specialist hotels team at Colliers International.
Commercial management and cost consultancy Rider Levett Bucknall has opened an office in Egremont, West Cumbria to service its Sellafield contract.
Administrators at BDO have sold the Best Western Burnside Hotel in Windermere to local business group GGE.
Henry Boot Developments has begun work on the 21,300 sq ft pre-let building at the Westlakes Science & Technology Park near Whitehaven, Cumbria.
A Carlisle scaffolding firm has been fined £15,000 after an employee was seriously injured when he fell more than six metres through a roof light.
The Government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has sold a development option on a Sellafield site to Toshiba and GDF Suez for £220m.
