Metquarter food court operator confirmed 

The Labour-run local authority last night voted to retain its current system of governance for the next mayoral cycle, committing instead to a referendum in 2023.

Two of the city centre’s most important roads will undergo major changes next week as a £47m project reaches a critical phase.

Network Space Developments has appointed the contractor to deliver the industrial scheme that forms part of Triumph Business Park in Speke, and work has begun.

Following its appointment, the housebuilder has lodged early-stage plans to build the 258-unit first phase of the residential development in St Helens.

Post-Covid recovery in the region’s two biggest cities will be driven by Manchester’s economic expansion over the past five years and buoyant build-to-rent sector, and Liverpool’s busy port and associated industries, as well as momentum in life sciences, Avison Young said.

The drinks retailer has agreed to lease 12,000 sq ft within the first phase of Chancerygate’s £20m Mersey Reach industrial development in Aintree.

The developer's construction arm has reached the highest point on its 574-unit student accommodation scheme on Norton Street in Liverpool.

The frozen food retailer has signed a 10-year lease on a 10,000 sq ft unit at the Derwent Group’s Merseyside shopping complex.

The developer who fronted troubled Liverpool schemes including Herculaneum Quay and The Rise has been declared bankrupt in the city's County Court.