Taziker takes 6,000 sq ft in Chorley 

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.

Blackpool, Barrow-in-Furness and Warrington are among the first seven locations to have funding bids accepted as part of the Government’s much-vaunted levelling-up programme.

The investor and developer has acquired the 35,400 sq ft Eastgate Retail Park in Accrington town centre from a private property company for £2.8m, representing a net initial yield of 12.73%. 

Knight Frank Investment Management, on behalf of its client the Lancashire County Pension Fund, purchased the four properties totalling 350,000 sq ft on the Roman Road Industrial Estate off the M65.