Halton to agree £20m funding deal for Widnes leisure centre

Property and construction professionals in the North West value flexible working above bonuses and other benefits, according to the findings of the Vertical Salary Review 2019.

Work led by Farrans Construction on the £17m modernisation of the Twelve Quays terminal in Birkenhead is due to be completed by January, Peel Ports and Stena Line have said.

In its latest application for the area off Riverbank Road, the developer has brought forward plans to build five industrial units totalling nearly 50,000 sq ft on a vacant site in Bromborough.

Liberty Property Trust and Stoford Developments have completed a 110,000 sq ft speculative warehouse in Widnes, the largest new-build of its type in the Halton and south Liverpool area.

Work has started on the £8m Riverview Business Park site by Redsun Projects, which will provide three units totalling 115,000 sq ft.

The historic school in Crosby has started a refurbishment of the grade two-listed Williams Hall as part of a wider £1.3m upgrade of its estate.

The third and final phase of the upgrade to the pier has begun with work set to complete by the end of the year.

The developer has revealed more details of the first 30 houses to be brought to Wirral Waters under a wider 347-home joint venture with Peel L&P.

The supermarket at Meols Cop retail park will go back before Sefton’s planning committee next week after a decision was deferred earlier this month.