Kitts moves to West Lancs

A 53,000 sq ft industrial property on the Altham Industrial Estate has been sold by Burnley-based Jetglobal.

Partners from professional services firm EY have been appointed as administrators to the 280,000 sq ft shopping centre owned by private equity firm InfraRed Capital Partners and others.

The infrastructure firm has relocated its support services from Lodge Bank Industrial Estate in Horwich to Levens House on Ackhurst Business Park. 

Steve Fogg is to step down as chairman of the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership, and will be replaced on an interim basis by David Taylor.

The Manchester-based investor has let Orient One, a former supermarket in Rawtenstall, to DSC Building and Maintenance, which plans to convert the space into a gym under its Thrive brand. 

The housebuilder is in the process of setting up a joint venture with Trafford Housing Trust to deliver 188 homes on a 25-acre site in Lancashire’s Ribble Valley.

The future of the city council's leadership structure is to be discussed at an extraordinary council meeting on Wednesday, as Liberal Democrat councillors called for a full consultation on the city’s governance following the arrest of mayor Joe Anderson in December.

The construction company acquired the warehouse and manufacturing facility in Skelmersdale from engineering firm Ductavent Management for around £2.25m.

The 15,000 sq ft tiered office building has been put on the market, as the forecourts operator prepares to move into its new £35m headquarters on the same road.