
Funding boost for £10m Winsford industrial
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 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.
The Government has unveiled fresh proposals for the High Speed Two rail link to boost Northern Powerhouse Rail connections, including additional platforms at Piccadilly station and at Manchester Airport.
Requests for funding to develop an enterprise zone around the Crewe HS2 station, and grow the life sciences and renewable energy clusters at Alderley Park and Ellesmere Port, are included in the LEP’s submission to Whitehall ahead of the comprehensive spending review.
The estimated amount the collapsed Cheshire-based contractor owes has been revised down to £76m from £89m, but creditors could receive as little as 0.2p in the pound when the administration period ends next August.
The local enterprise partnership has set out a vision to create jobs and build a fairer, greener economy, with the first step being the launch of a growth commission to oversee its delivery.
The Warrington-headquartered healthcare developer and investor has raised the cash to finance projects as it bids to become the “the number one listed property business for social impact”.
The global finance firm has taken an additional 19,600 sq ft of office space at the business park near Warrington in addition to the 27,000 sq ft it leased at a neighbouring building in January.
Grant Thornton and BDO have had permission from the High Court to extend the period in which to realise the assets from the collapsed family-owned contractor.