Prescot Market Place set for January opening

Specialist agency LM6 has let a 24,000 sq ft unit at Nexus Industrial Estate in Knowsley on behalf of Tilstone Industrial.

The Liverpool city region’s visitor economy is now worth more than £4.5bn, supports 53,500 jobs and last year welcomed 64m visitors, its Local Enterprise Partnership has said.

Adlington, a branch of Gladman Group, has set out plans to build a retirement apartment complex on a site formerly used by the NHS on Cowley Hill near St Helens town centre.

Euro Garages has outlined plans to build a petrol station, two drive-through restaurants and a coffee shop on agricultural land just off Junction 1 of the M58 near Maghull, paving the way for a major mixed-use development in the area.

Anwyl Homes has submitted a planning application to build 124 homes on a former sports ground near Bowring Park Golf Course in Roby, Knowsley.

Mike Ashley’s retail group has picked up the stricken department store business just hours after it was put into administration, in a deal that sees it take over the group’s full estate of 59 stores.