South Lakeland outsources property services to LSH
South Lakeland Council’s full range of property services will be delivered by Lambert Smith Hampton for the next five years under a £2.6m contract.
News filters:
Place North West – H1 2016 results
Place North West’s circulation saw a sharp increase in the first half of 2016. The number of unique users rose by 17% to 237,000 readers.
St Modwen posts profit drop; regional value grows
The Birchwood-based developer with a £1.7bn national portfolio posted pre-tax profits of £30m for the half-year to June.
EU: Leave vote sweeps North West
More than three quarters of the North West’s local authority areas declared in favour of leaving the European Union.
Retailers exchange places in billionaires’ club
The North West rich list contains seven billionaires for the second year running although the make-up has changed; Matalan founder John Hargreaves slips out, replaced by Philip Day, owner of Peacocks and Edinburgh Woollen Mill.
First look at Northern Powerhouse business plan
The North’s best chance lies in better interaction of financial and professional services, logistics and further and higher education, according to early findings of the Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review, due to be published in full next month.
Arts Council unveils latest funding winners
Five projects in the region have been awarded Arts Council England funding to take forward small capital projects, including improvements to theatres, music venues and an artist’s residence at the Turner Prize-winning Granby Four Streets in Liverpool.
AS2015: New Enterprise Zones named
A handful of new Enterprise Zones were announced by the chancellor in the Autumn Statement to lever investment into the region, at Kingmoor Park in Carlisle, a new Cheshire Science Corridor linking several assets, Hillhouse Chemicals & Energy at Thornton-Cleveleys in Lancashire, and Greater Manchester Life Science.
New MD for Britain’s Energy Coast
Michael Pemberton will take up the reins of Britain's Energy Coast in west Cumbria later this month as Steven Szostak steps down as managing director to return to consultancy.
