Percy cuts the ribbon at Peel’s Protos

The Government named its next four science and innovation audit areas in the North, as part of a £4.7bn push into research and development initiatives.

In its third hearing at a Cheshire East planning committee, proposals for a £1.6m watersports adventure park in Chelford have been rejected, overturning consent granted in August after an application process marred by council errors.

Lymm-based Hultons Landscapes has completed the purchase of £2m-turnover Welsh firm Wright Landscapes for an undisclosed sum.

Manchester-based architect Buttress has finished a £4.5m project to redevelop and extend Norton Priory Museum and Gardens in Cheshire.

Bruntwood is adding to its presence at the RHS Tatton Flower Show on the back of the five-year sponsorship deal announced in March with a feature garden setting an office in a field.

An interactive map based on recent migration data from the Office for National Statistics, created by price comparison company GoCompare, has shown that both Manchester and Liverpool saw more people move out of their cities than move in during 2014, while Cheshire experienced a gain.

The family-run property company has signed up to become headline sponsor of the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park in Cheshire starting at this year’s show, running from 20 to 24 July.

The National Trust is to receive £3.9m in grant funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards a major restoration project at Quarry Bank Mill and Styal Estate, the preserved industrial revolution community outside Wilmslow.