HyNet secures £72m decarbonisation funding boost

A proposal to bring 20 hydrogen-powered double decker buses to the city region is to advance should a business case be approved this week.

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

Steve Rotheram, metro mayor of Liverpool City Region, has announced the next stage in the authority's bid to establish an ultrafast fibre network across its six boroughs. 

Clean-tech business Arcola Energy has agreed terms on 15,000 sq ft of newly developed space at Huyton Business Park.

Halton Borough Council has launched a three-week consultation to obtain views on proposed changes to the toll charges at the new Mersey Gateway bridge.

Energy and property businesses have combined to brand a range of assets from Ellesmere Port to Runcorn, along with sites capable of welcoming further development, as the Energy Innovation District.

Registrations for Merseyflow, the quickest way to use the Mersey Gateway bridge, have reached more than 50,000 a month ahead of the bridge’s expected opening in mid-October.

Merseyflow, the tolling system set up to enable easy travel across the new Mersey Gateway bridge has reported a successful first day of registration, with 3,304 people signed up by midnight on Monday.

Building sites across the UK, ready yourselves for the arrival of Sam the semi-automated mason, a robot making a name for itself laying 3,000 bricks a day compared to the human average of 500.