Spencer raises £200m from BoS for expansion

A former cotton mill in Rochdale has reopened as a not-for-profit enterprise centre complete with creche.

Peel Ports has submitted plans for phase two of a multi-modal logistics hub at the Port of Liverpool which will add 400,000 sq ft of warehousing.

The Beetham Organisation will open its Panoramic restaurant on the 34th floor of West Tower in Liverpool city centre in February 2008.

The Life Channel, a specialist television company which produces health-related shows, has relocated to Maritime Way in Preston’s docklands.

After three years in Liverpool, Knight Frank has moved to bigger premises to accommodate its expanding commercial and residential teams.

Environmental consultancy RSK Group has opened a Manchester office of 20 advisers as it embarks on a business drive across the North West market.

Preston-based construction group Livesey has gone into administration, resulting in the closure of several building sites around the region.

Swiss firm Décosterd-Cotting Architects has been selected to design a new performance pavilion in Egremont Castle, Cumbria.

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A former coalfield in Wigan has been selected to pioneer development of zero carbon homes as part of the Government’s response to climate change.

The Beetham Organisation has sold office building Beetham Court in Liverpool city centre to Three 60 Property Investors for £2.76m.

Capita has completed a letting of 54,000 sq ft in Lee House and Churchgate House in the largest Manchester city centre office deal this year.

Five new directors from the region’s business and political communities have been appointed to the board of the North West Development Agency.

Wilson Bowden Developments has exchanged contracts with the first industrial tenant at its £350m Kingsway Business Park in Rochdale.

Three competing developers have published their plans to transform Rochdale town centre with a new retail core and revitalised riverside district.

Bury council has become the third authority to withdraw its support for Greater Manchester’s congestion charge proposals.

Powerful Liverpool landlord Max Stone is preparing to sell a major development opportunity totaling 31 freeholds on three acres of Wolstenholme Square.

Liverpool Vision has hired the Creative Industries Development Agency to develop plans for a dedicated property trust in the Baltic Triangle area.

Plans for an £80m new stadium for Oldham Athletic FC and the regeneration of the Boundary Park area have been approved by Oldham council.