Warrington’s Assura buys Apollo

A legal agreement has been struck between 95% of the developer’s 300 unsecured creditors and its founder Lawrence Kenwright to draw up a plan that could see assets such as Liverpool hotels The Shankly and 30 James Street bought out of administration, the parties say.

The Manchester-based property consultancy has hired Scott Shufflebottom as an associate director in the office agency team.

Local authorities have redoubled efforts to convince Chancellor Rishi Sunak to support projects such as a new Deeside Parkway station and the modernisation of Chester’s station in the Budget Statement on 3 March.

Agency B8 Real Estate and investment consultancy Dow Schofield Watts have launched a specialist advisory service providing financial solutions to property owners at a time of record demand for logistics space.