Place North West launches 2020 Media Pack
This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.
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CWAC bids farewell to Chester office
The council is finalising its move out of its headquarters overlooking Chester Racecourse with co-working brand Spaces set to take the remaining 37,000 sq ft in the building.
CWAC hires new chief executive
Cheshire West & Chester Council has appointed Andrew Lewis, currently managing director for the Tees Valley Combined Authority, as its new chief executive, replacing the retiring Gerald Meehan.
Government housing regulations ‘failing private tenants’
Bernard Priest, Manchester City Council’s deputy leader and Ardwick councillor said the lack of support for councils regulating private landlords “represents a clear division between the interests of Manchester people and the insiders that are currently in power”.
CWAC sets out on CPO path for Northgate
Cheshire West & Chester Council has started the process of using Compulsory Purchase powers to acquire 70 city centre properties as it looks to move the £300m Chester Northgate project forward.
Work starts on Halton Curve rail project
Network Rail has started work on the 1.5 mile-long stretch of rail track intended to unlock leisure and business opportunities between the Liverpool city region, its airport, Cheshire and North Wales.
Cheshire East plans 2018 start on £90m link road
Cheshire East Council is to shortly begin procuring for a design-and-build contractor to deliver the £90m Congleton link road, and is assessing methods to allow preparatory works to start in January 2018.
EU: Leave vote sweeps North West
More than three quarters of the North West’s local authority areas declared in favour of leaving the European Union.
BUDGET: Rates sweetener for small business welcomed
Tax and business rates experts broadly welcomed changes but warned that further detail has yet to emerge about implementation of new regimes.
AS2015: Apprenticeship levy set at 0.5%
Three million apprenticeships will be funded by 2020 through the levy on all businesses with more than £3m payroll costs, prompting mixed responses from industry.
