Contractor scoops £26m Peel port works

Vertical Recruitment and Place North West have teamed up for the fourth Vertical Salary Review of North West property and construction professionals.

Private sector leaders have declared Government intervention into Liverpool City Council’s operations as an opportunity to improve the public-private sector relationship in the city for the “betterment of its people”.

Steve Rotheram, incumbent metro mayor of Liverpool City Region and Labour’s candidate for May’s election, has published a manifesto with five key campaign promises.

The developer has inked a corporate refinancing deal with Lloyds Bank secured against its 355-bed student accommodation and mixed-use scheme in Liverpool city centre and is seeking further investments.  

Construction of the 53,000-capacity stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock can begin after confirmation from communities minister Robert Jenrick that the plans will not be called-in, providing a timely fillip for the city after a difficult week. 

The chief executive of Liverpool City Council said measures have been put in place to resolve a plethora of governance failings that sparked an ongoing police investigation and subsequent Whitehall action, and vowed to do a great deal more to improve investor confidence.

Having been declared bankrupt in January, the man behind several troubled Liverpool developments is now being investigated by the Insolvency Service. 

Government officials are to take over the running of Liverpool City Council amid an ongoing corruption investigation by Merseyside Police, communities secretary Robert Jenrick is expected to announce this week.