One of the UK’s largest car supermarkets has ceased trading and made more than 500 employees redundant, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
Rochdale-headquartered Carcraft has collapsed, with Daniel Smith and Joe McLean, both partners at Grant Thornton UK, being appointed as administrators to CC Automotive Group and UK Car Group, trading as Carcraft.
A Lancashire supermarket chain is set to cut 100 management positions and close two stores this year in a bid to make the business more profitable on the long-term, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
The retailer, which is headquartered in Preston, said the redundancies were needed to make sure the business has a "profitable future".
A Rochdale-based upholstery foam converter could create 40 jobs after securing finance from the Textiles Growth Programme, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
Liverpool-based Peel Ports will start recruiting for the first tranche of the 500 jobs it plans to create by building a £300m deep-water container terminal in Liverpool, the company has recently revealed.
The company will initially hire 90 new members of staff, 75 of which are needed in the next three months, to deliver the Liverpool2 project.
Up to 200 new homes could be built on a former school site in East Liverpool should plans submitted by developers Countryside Properties (UK) receive the green light from Liverpool City Council, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
A Chester-based provider of care services has revealed plans to expand nationally and create more than 1,000 new jobs in the process, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
Plans for building a new residential development featuring 110 new homes on the Cranberry Lane site near Darwen have been submitted to Darwen Council, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
Developers Bloor Homes North West have earmarked an 18.1-acre site comprising two existing fields to the west of Cranberry Lane in Darwen for this scheme.
Up to 7,000 new high-value jobs could be created over the next few years as part of a massive new development on the Alderley Park in Cheshire, a recent news report in the local media has been able to reveal.
Over 15,000 high-value jobs in the financial and related professional services industries have been created across the North West last year, a very recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.
Capital Reinforcing, which specialises in the cutting and bending of steel for the construction sector, has relocated from Belfast to Bromborough with the support of a £4m combined loan and working capital facility, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.