The Salvation Army’s Strawberry Field has installed a new memorial bench to honour the late Liverpool stars of Channel 4’s Gogglebox, Leon and June Bernicoff. Unveiled at a small ceremony, attended by Leon and June’s family, including their daughters, Helen Hunter and Julie Bernicoff, the bench will be a permanent feature at the award-winning visitor…
National green energy firm MEG (Making Energy Greener) has announced a record turnover of £6.2m in 2021, compared to £1.7m the year before, representing a 264% increase. This turn-over figure is also set to rise to £8.5m at the end of this financial year, which fits in with the company’s ambitious growth plan and has…
Civil and structural engineering firm, Sutcliffe, has grown its headcount further throughout the first month of 2023, welcoming one of the region’s few female Chartered Structural Engineers Kate Watson as executive associate to the company. With over 15 years of experience as a structural engineer, Kate has previously worked for a number of high-profile firms…
BioGrad is to open the UK’s second largest biobank facility in Liverpool, as part of a £7.6m investment into a new headquarters at Wavertree Technology Park. The biobank has already welcomed up to 261,000 samples from the largest long-Covid study in the UK and further partnerships with Liverpool Women’s Hospital and three private research companies…
Commercial property specialists Millfield Estates has acquired a Grade II listed building in Bury St Edmunds (£1.75m) and a modern office in central Edinburgh (£2.75m), taking its total property portfolio across the UK to 17. Taking on a 164 year lease of the 10,091 sq ft The Old Library in Bury St Edmunds, Millfield Estates…
Leading independent school, Employability Solutions has launched a new community fund to honour the memory of three former students who lost their lives in tragic circumstances. The Platform for Change Legacy Fund has been set up in remembrance of three young men – Brandon Regan, 17, Daniel Jamieson, 16, and Jamie Buckley, 18. Brandon and…
Independent charity Nugent has announced the departure of its CEO and long-term leader Normandie Wragg, with Normandie set to move home to Canada in the spring, after achieving significant success for the charity. Normandie is returning to be closer to her family. Having first joined in 2013 as Director of Operations, Normandie has been responsible…
Located in the heart of Knowsley, Bowring Park & Golf Course in collaboration with Good Market will transform into a winter wonderland on December 17, with food, drink, arts & crafts and even a festive market on offer for all of the family to enjoy. Hosting Liverpool-based The Good Market for a ‘twilight market’, a…
Kirkby-based Me2u Centre is calling for businesses in the Liverpool City Region to join with them and the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) to support Dementia-Friendly December, to raise awareness around the condition and highlight ways we can better care for those in our community living with dementia. With Christmas just around the corner, there are…
The Lime Pictures digital team have launched an innovative 360 virtual reality experience in the metaverse to coincide with the powerful Hollyoaks ‘Long Walk Home Episode’. It allows users to experience the sights and sounds of Hollyoaks character Maxine Minniver on her lone journey back from a night out. In the interactive short film, set…
