Leader of Liverpool Council, Cllr Joe Anderson today met with Cllr Jeff Green, Leader of Wirral Council along with Peel Holdings’ Development Director Lindsey Ashworth to give the £4.5billion Wirral Waters project Liverpool’s seal of approval.

Shipbuilding officially returned to Birkenhead on Monday after 17 years when the first steel was cut at Cammell Laird for the new aircraft super carrier Queen Elizabeth.

Members of the public will be given their final chance to hear and see the plans for Wirral Waters on Thursday 29th July 2010 from 7 pm at the Williamson Art Gallery in Birkenhead.

Birkenhead based Au Logistics are now able through their group marketing arm to receive and process cash donations directly on behalf of charities.

Wirral-based specialist ground remediation, demolition and recycling contractor D Morgan has paid an undisclosed sum to buy the former TDG distribution depot in Alltami, Flintshire.

The UK’s largest electrical varnish and resin manufacturer is encouraging ‘bottom up innovation’ after signing up to a ‘pay as you go’ organisational development service from the industry’s national skills body.

The North West Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS-NW) has been appointed the national lead to coordinate business involvement with nuclear opportunities.

Thornton Hall Hotel’s award-winning restaurant The Lawns is celebrating after being given the highest score in The Mersey Partnership’s Taste Liverpool scheme.

The North West “big shed” industrial market recorded its highest ever second quarter take-up figures, according to consultancy Lambert Smith Hampton.

Local entrepreneur and founder of CPL Training has been named Businessman of the Year at the annual Wirral Investment Network (WiN) awards.

Wirral’s teenagers got the chance to vote for their favourite bosses at a glittering awards ceremony at The Floral Pavilion in New Brighton on Tuesday.

Foreign owned firms created or safeguarded 5,000 jobs in the Liverpool city region during 2009/10.

Merseyside based green energy firm Stiebel Eltron is celebrating a terrific night of achievement at the Wirral Investment Network Business Awards.

Wirral’s business community has been saluting the success of companies that are strengthening the borough’s economy.

DeskCentre, one of the leading suppliers of Office, Educational and Leisure furniture in the UK held the official opening of its new premises at Wirral International Business Park (WIBP) in Bromborough on Thursday 8th July.

Wirral based Scantec Personnel, one of the UK’s leading recruitment agencies, is celebrating 20 years of trading this month.

Schools from across the Borough have been rewarded by local businesses for their international awareness and appreciation of different cultures and customs.

Wirral’s Thornton Hall Hotel has completed the £160,000 refurbishment of its The Lawns restaurant.

Swiftly following a successful IIP re accreditation and a positive Ofsted Focus visit early on in the year MECNW have been awarded the ‘Matrix Quality Standard for Information Advice and Guidance’.

Wirral creative production house Mills Media has won three awards for its exhibition and design service for Cheshire East Council.

A week after Royal Liverpool Golf Club hosted the premier amateur stroke play event in the world keen golfers from across the region can now enter to play the famous course as part of the inaugural Wirral Golf Classic.

A Wirral company has scooped the top honour at an awards ceremony highlighting green energy initiatives.

A Wirral industrial estate is becoming a major sporting centre and could expand further following another planning application to Wirral Council.

The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2010 have been launched, with £110,000 in cash prizes and services up for grabs.

Leading Wirral accountant Woods Squared has secured four new client wins and five contract renewals.

A Birkenhead cotton company has returned to the black after turning a £13m loss, in 2008, into a £180,000 profit in 2009.

Pharmapac, the Birkenhead packaging specialist to the pharmaceutical industry, has received the final instalment of a £215,000 Selective Finance for Investment grant from the Northwest Regional Development Agency.

A leading North West creative production house is celebrating a successful first half of the year with a 32pc increase in contract wins compared to the same period last year.

In front of an audience of over 400 guests at the spectacular Liverpool Anglican Cathedral The Contact Company were awarded the NWDA Medium Business of the Year 2010.

Are you a Wirral based business who would like to compete for Council contracts but aren’t sure where to start?

A leading Wirral based training provider is urging businesses in the hospitality sector to seek expert advice on plugging the skills gaps across the industry.

Change agency ICE has completed another step in its growth and development strategy with the unveiling of its new look website.

Wirral’s tourism offer was further boosted at this year’s prestigious Mersey Partnership tourism awards as two local businesses were declared as the best in their category.

Britain’s much-loved tea brand Typhoo has today announced their brand new Typhoo Sports for All campaign ambassador.

Small firms in need of finance are being targeted by a new service launched by Wirral accountants Woods Squared.

Cammell Laird helped fly the flag for Merseyside business this week at the National Apprenticeship Service Awards North West finals at Manchester’s Midland Hotel.

In an ever changing mobile and digital business environment, there is a bewildering array of marketing measures available to modern day firms. But when it comes to meeting customers and prospects face to face, nothing can match a business exhibition.

Leading training provider, CPL Training, has been presented with the Judges Choice Award at the prestigious Liverpool Daily Post Awards.

Envirolink Northwest is offering free technical and business support for North West businesses looking to procure regional recycling and waste services.

Leading property consultants, Smith & Sons, has let over 4,000 square feet of Grade A office accommodation at Riverside Park in Brombrough.

The British obsession with DIY has persuaded Spanish timber giant Finsa to open a ‘to the public’ trade counter in Wirral.

Typhoo announced their sponsorship of the fifth annual Wirral Food and Drink Festival with an Alice In Wonderland inspired tea party this week.

Leading Wirral creative production house Mills Media has celebrated completing an extensive event management and production service for a major five day maritime Congress.

The North West Development Agency is offering small and medium sized companies the chance to access £2m of grant funding to develop and demonstrate innovative technologies that reduce carbon emissions.

As part of European SME Week, Invest Wirral has arranged a series of face-to-face sessions for companies to meet a specialist business advisor to discuss training requirements.

Established wedding and portrait photographers, John McCulloch and his step-son, Adam Kenrick, of ‘Studio 900’, hosted a launch event on Thursday 13th May, to mark the opening of their second photography studio at Brimstage Hall.

A £24m funding deal has been signed between Neptune Wirral Limited and HSBC Corporate Banking North West to help complete work on the second phase of the New Brighton redevelopment.

Marketing and communications specialists ICE have recruited a leading specialist in smoking cessation, as part of a drive to market and support stop smoking services and campaigns nationally.

Leading North West training provider Scientiam has continued its ambitious growth strategy by opening a new office in Warrington.

Wirral based Hankinson Painting Group are delighted to announce that they have secured two “Very Highly Commended” Awards in the 2010 Painting Decorating Association Premier Trophy Awards.

Entries are now being taken for Wirral’s inaugural Golf Classic to be staged at some of the finest coastal courses in England this September.

The freshest “asparagus nouveau” has been rushed from farm to forks around the North West region, to Michelin-starred restaurants and to the iconic Big One rollercoaster at Pleasure Beach Resort, Blackpool.

Leading training provider, CPL Training, has launched its new ELearning division following a £500,000, two-year research and development plan.

LEADING Wirral renewable energy products provider Stiebel Eltron has completed four installations at properties across the UK – with the latest project at celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s new Liverpool restaurant just weeks away from completion.

Hankinson Painting Group has scooped a prestigious international award for the ninth consecutive year.

A recycling centre which provides training and support for the long-term unemployed in Wirral is running desperately short of the one product it needs to recycle - waste corrugated cardboard.

Merseyside’s first training centre dedicated to green energy microgeneration technologies is to be opened later this year in Wirral.

An online exchange for building materials has won the third monthly prize in this year’s Merseyside Innovation Awards.

Wirral conveyor manufacturer Sovex has become the first business in the region to secure a new venture capital loan.

Small businesses in Wirral are being encouraged to shop around for their utility bills to get the best energy deals.

A leading Wirral-based training provider is encouraging businesses to take advantage of a new scheme which gives workers the right to take time off for study or training.

Leading Birkenhead recruitment agency Scantec has expanded its Electrical, Control and Instrumentation division with the appointment of Jade Li.

Hankinson Painting Group have demonstrated our commitment to the Construction Skills Scheme with our Platinum Standard Award from the Scheme for having over 90% of our workforce holding CSCS Cards.

Leading Wirral recruitment agency Scantec is further expanding its FMCG Food Manufacturing team with the appointment of Sean Carter, who is joining the department as Principal Recruitment Consultant.

Creative production house Mills Media has launched a new design and print service for businesses on a budget.

SAFC Hitech® today announced plans to invest $2m (approximately £1.2m) in expanding production of trimethylgallium (TMG) at its Bromborough, Wirral, UK manufacturing plant.

The UK's only crayon and chalk manufacturer has moved its head office to Wirral.

A business that has developed a way of testing carbon monoxide sensors has scooped the second monthly prize in the 2010 Merseyside Innovation Awards.

Resurgent Wirral shipyard Cammell Laird has placed an order worth £1.1m with the Warrington office of Konecranes to upgrade equipment in its massive shipbuilding hall.

Educationally led event management company Destination Learning, based in Bromborough, is the latest business to sign up to sponsor Liverpool’s pavilion at the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.

A leading Wirral based green energy product manufacturer is predicting a massive surge in interest from commercial and private property owners to go green following the announcement of two new incentive packages from Government.

Wirral Council has committed to investing £12million in its IT infrastructure so as to provide super-fast Next Generation Access (NGA) broadband to businesses throughout the Borough.

A programme to unlock the potential of Merseyside’s untapped rural economy is now seeking project proposals to benefit from multi-million pound funding opportunities.

Leading Wirral based technical and engineering recruitment firm, Scantec has formed an alliance with two recruitment firms to supply personnel to the industrial services giant Hertel.

North West creative production house Mills Media has completed producing a series of films for social housing provider Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH).

Wirral firm Keeko Kids Limited have won contracts with 2 blue-chip companies to add to their already impressive list of customers.

With the news that the world's best golfers are heading to Wirral in the next few years, now is your chance to play the Borough's finest links courses.

Wirral Council is encouraging more of its rural businesses to apply to the Mersey Rural Leader programme (MRL) after Gregory’s Farm was given the go ahead to create an interactive learning centre at Brimstage.

Wirral is celebrating its one hundredth starter on the Future Jobs Fund (FJF) programme as the Council continues its mission to reduce worklessness in the Borough.

Award-winning marketing and communications company ICE has appointed Gemma Newman as its new Director of Strategic Communications.

Bromborough Golf Club is delighted to announce that it has been asked to stage the prestigious Cheshire Matchplay Tournament in 2010.

Wallasey caterer Pickled Walnut has secured contracts to supply the Blackpool Tower, Hilltop Country House in Prestbury and Peover Golf Club.

The Wirral Business Forum welcomed its 1000th member in February as the free to join online network continues to go from strength to strength.

Wirral based business growth accountants Woods Squared is announcing nine new client wins and five client renewals over the last quarter.

Calling all Wirral businesses….entries are now open for Wirral’s premier business awards.

Peel has let 17,000 sq ft of space on a 10 year lease at Britannia House, Wallasey to rainwater harvesting specialist Combined Harvesters.

A leading Birkenhead based accountancy firm is urging entrepreneurs not to be disheartened by new findings showing that bank lending is seizing up causing one in five businesses to run on credit cards.

The R&A has announced that Royal Liverpool Golf Club will host The Open Championship in 2014. It will be the 12th time the Hoylake links has hosted golf’s oldest Major.

A Wirral recruitment agency has been reaping the rewards of training its staff during the recession, after hitting its £5 million annual sales target.

A leading North West creative production house has been commissioned by The Home and Communities Agency’s HCA) to supply photography for its Kickstart Housing Delivery Programme.

Plans for the redevelopment of New Brighton have been boosted by a £3.9 million investment from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).

A leading work based learning provider has staged an awards evening to recognise successful young apprentices and their employers from across Wirral.

The R&A has announced that the hosting of the 2013 Boys Amateur Championship will be shared between Royal Liverpool Golf Club and Wallasey Golf Club.

Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake in Wirral is today announced as the host venue for the 2012 Ricoh Women’s British Open, the first time that the Club has hosted this prestigious Championship.

Wirral based global renewable energy ‘heat pump’ manufacturer Stiebel Eltron has completed four high profile installations worth more than £300,000.

A leading North West creative production house has secured 121 new contracts from across the UK since November compared with 90 for the same period a year ago.

It’s official! The recession is over, but many local businesses are still feeling the hangover.

A shipping firm in Wirral has secured a £44m contract to build part of one of the biggest and most powerful warships in the UK.

EMotion, a new Wirral-based company, is to offer a series of training courses showing business owners how to use social networking websites such as Facebook and Twitter to grow their companies.

On 13th May, Liverpool will be set to host the UK Corporate Games – a multisports festival that will dedicate four days of sport, business and tourism for not only Merseyside, but UK and European businesses alike.

To celebrate all the successes and achievements of Wirral’s food and tourism industry, 2010 has been declared Wirral’s Year of Food; a year long celebration of fantastic food in Wirral.

Wirral Council has announced funding for a further 50 apprenticeship places in local businesses for a period of 18 months.

Wirral Council’s Trading Standards took the opportunity last week to reward the Borough’s best traders after many of them were rated as excellent by their customers.

+++Stop Press+++ Funding for a further 50 apprenticeship places has been approved by Wirral Council's Cabinet.

Business owners and company directors from across the North West are being invited to the inaugural Small Firms’ Summit being held by lobby group Private Sector Partners (PSP).

Multi-award winning David Milligan-Croft has been appointed as the new Creative Director at ICE.

The awards, now in their 12th year, are open to North West businesses excelling in the use of digital technology.

Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders has been awarded a major contract

Office supplier Heatons, based in Birkenhead, has doubled the turnover of its printing division, from £180,000 in May 2009 to £360,000 by mid December.

A leading work based learning provider says the Government’s announcement that it is to offer £2500 ‘golden hellos’ to small firms to take on an apprentice can be reinforced with a programme of specialist support.

Wirral South MP Ben Chapman has been to visit local environmental business, BuilderScrap. He met with Directors Les Owens and John Carroll, who also own and run Wirral based Trustland Construction.

An innovative new campaign developed by social marketing specialists ICE for NHS East Lancashire is helping more patients make the most of the health services offered by their GP this winter.

A Birkenhead brewery has rolled out a new range of cask ales as it prepares to expand business across the North-West.

Marketing and social change specialists open permanent base in the North East.

A leading accountant is urging Wirral business owners to undertake a root and branch review of their credit control procedures, amid widespread fears of a tide of New Year insolvencies.

North West PR firm Artemis Media & Public Affairs has grown its turnover by a third in its second financial year it has announced.

Peel has today submitted the largest planning application in the UK for the East Float part of its scheme known as Wirral Waters which is an investment in Wirral of over £4.5 Billion.

The Apprenticeship Awards 2010 aims to honour and celebrate England’s apprentices.

Marketing and communications specialists ICE are celebrating their tenth birthday. It’s a double celebration for the award-winning company, which is also welcoming its 50th member of staff to its ever-growing team.

With more than 90% of businesses in the area earning a Tidy Business Award, Oxton has proudly laid claim to the title of Britain’s first ‘Tidy Business Village’.

Ainsley Gommon Architects celebrated thirty years in practice in November.

Social marketing specialists honoured in Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards.

Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird has recruited 18 new Apprentices.

Birkenhead-based Viridian Systems has secured a £100,000 grant from the Northwest Regional Development Agency to develop a new environmentally-friendly system for reducing methane emissions from landfill sites.

Elaine Owen of Wirral-based Designated Associates has won the Business Personality of the Year award at the Asian Business Federation’s 2009 Tiger Awards.

North West based Scantec Personnel, one of the UK’s leading recruitment agencies, have implemented a major reorganisation of its management team as it embarks on its 21st year of trading.

Tulip Ltd, the UK’s leading producer of pork and bacon products has announced the creation of 270 new jobs at its production facility in Wirral.

Following on from its double success at the Green Apple Environmental Awards, Birkenhead based Hankinson Painting Group has gone on to be a National Green Hero.

Wirral’s aptly named marketing and communications company, ICE, has created a unique interactive 5ft tall penguin, using cutting edge digital technology to enable people to have their say on the big issues facing their local communities.

The safety of millions of carbon monoxide (CO) detector alarms and the householders they are there to protect is being seriously compromised by the limited life the products’ main component, the gas sensor.

Leading Wirral work based learning provider Scientiam is continuing its ambitious growth strategy by opening two new offices in Liverpool city centre and Runcorn this month.

Bristol-Myers Squibb, the US headquartered biopharmaceutical giant, is investing $6million dollars (£3.5million pounds) in its research and development laboratory in Wirral.

Viridian Systems, the Birkenhead landfill service provider, is leading operations in South America with the support of the Northwest Regional Development Agency and UK Trade & Investment.

Wirral teenagers have the ‘LRX Factor’ after winning a business talent competition at Jaguar Land Rover.

A developer has been appointed by Neptune Developments to complete the planned revamp of New Brighton.

Wirral recruitment agency Scantec Personnel is launching a new food manufacturing department.

Social marketing specialists ICE were recently named amongst finalists in How-Do Public Services Communications Awards

Wirral Council has been awarded additional funding of £807,140 by The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, John Denham MP to tackle worklessness and promote skills.

A Wirral baby boutique has secured a potentially-lucrative distribution deal after its core product was selected for Myleene Klass’s Mothercare range.

A new Plumbing and Gas Centre in Wirral is tapping into training for traditional construction skills.

A Wirral based renewable energy giant is launching an ambitious new package of benefits for installers across the region as it seeks to ramp up recruitment from the sector.

Openhouse, the Wirral based emergency services provider has recently upgraded their ISO accreditation and were approved for UKAS standards.

A leading Wirral accountant is issuing a rallying cry to business owners to start planning now for the new raft of tax hikes effective from April 2010.

The quality of service and professionalism of Wirral’s tourism industry was celebrated last night at Wirral’s 9th annual Tourism Awards for Excellence.

Birkenhead based LinkDirect has secured a three-year multi-million pound contract with BT to deliver 42m phone books.

Wirral office supplies firm Penketh’s was named the dealer of excellence at the British Office Supplies and Services (BOSS) Federation awards.

Leading social marketing agency ICE has launched an innovative campaign for health charity, The Deborah Hutton Campaign, to help discourage young people from smoking.

An engineering student from Wirral Metropolitan College (WMC) has been named Most Improved Apprentice of the Year in an award scheme sponsored by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE).

A major new programme to support Wirral businesses is to be launched throughout the borough.

Marketing and communications specialists ICE has pitched and won six new major contracts in just two weeks!

Winning projects in a Dragons Den-style event to encourage innovation in Merseyside, are to showcase their ideas at a special event.

Birkenhead based leading technical recruitment firm Scantec Personnel is warning workers and job seekers to manage their online profiles with the utmost care.

The TD Travel Group is to employ staff, recently made redundant by Portman Travel who are closing their Liverpool office so their expertise is not lost.

Eighty-four per cent of North West consumers are more likely to use businesses that offer apprenticeships to young people, according to research carried out by YouGov.

Member of the Master Chefs of Great Britain and former Executive Chef at Granada TV, Brian Mellor has described Wirral as 'a food revelation'.

The training efforts of Birkenhead based firm, Hankinson Painting Group who have been trading for 34 years have been recognised in the National Training Awards with a North West Regional Training Award in the Medium Sized Business Category.

Wirral Council will shortly be introducing an electronic system for tendering and quotations. It is known as The Chest and will enable existing and potential suppliers to view forthcoming contract opportunities for Wirral and other Councils in the North West.

Social marketing specialists make final six in Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards.

Wirral is to host an international golf championship next year with 300 of the top amateur players trying out the borough’s best courses.

A Wirral firm of engineers has seen its client base grow dramatically following training funded by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC).

More than 2,500 jobs targeted at long term unemployed people will be created across the six local authorities after a successful bid by the Liverpool City Region Cabinet and City Employment Strategy Board, working on behalf of Halton, Knowsley, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral and Liverpool Councils.

Leading property consultants, Smith & Sons, has leased Number Six Abbots Quay to Wirral-based shipbuilders, Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders Ltd.

Wirral is the only area in the north of England to move through to the next stage of developing a new university.

Wirral Council’s innovative new programme The Wirral Apprentice was officially launched on the steps of Wallasey Town Hall on Thursday with the 100 apprentices and their employers together to celebrate.

Wirral accountancy firm Woods Squared has been named UK Accounting Firm of the Year, by an association of fellow professionals.

One of Wirral’s top security firms has tapped into essential funding to help supplement the training of its workforce.

Award-winning marketing and communications company ICE has won a place on the University of Liverpool’s design roster.

A leading recruitment agency specialising in heavy industry says it too is seeing a slight increase in job opportunities following reports that parts of the economy is growing again.

Wirral council has granted formal approval for four neo-Greek Georgian terraces on Hamilton Square to be developed into a 30-bedroom boutique hotel.

Wirral’s Mayor Cllr Andrew Hodson officially opened a new centre for health and wellbeing for young adults with mental health issues in Hamilton Square, Birkenhead today.

Peel Energy and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) have launched a feasibility study into harnessing the tidal power of the Mersey.

A group of Wirral business women are hoping to rise above the recession by pledging their commitment to the training of their workforce.

Wirral Council has today announced plans to redevelop the coastline between Rock Ferry and Eastham including the Royal Mersey Yacht Club.

The Wirral-based publisher of Candis Magazine says it has seen advertising revenue increase in the second quarter.

Wirral-based global renewable energy product manufacturer Stiebel Eltron – dubbed the BMW of the heat pump industry – has signed a major partnership agreement with the UK's biggest supplier of domestic underfloor heating systems, Nu-Heat Underfloor & Renewables.

Syndicate Asset Management Plc has commissioned Birkenhead based, Amatica to develop and host its new corporate website.

Wirral entrepreneur Mark Brickles has launched a new company that aims to cut legal costs incurred by businesses.

Wirral’s Mayor, Cllr Andrew Hodson played host to the cream of Wirral’s business community on Tuesday night with a reception in the Mayor’s Parlour at Wallasey Town Hall.

An interactive DVD and teaching package, developed by marketing and communications specialists ICE, is to be used by the New Zealand Fire Service to tackle vandalism and anti-social behaviour.

Residents and businesses stand to benefit from a long-term plan for sustainable economic growth as the second and final phase of the Liverpool City Region Multi Area Agreement (MAA) is signed today, 15 September, 2009 at Tate Liverpool.

The Burrows Business Guide to Liverpool & Merseyside is a comprehensive showcase of the region’s business community and is now available online.

A Wirral firm which makes children’s play areas and colouring products has achieved global supplier status with McDonald’s.

The Green Power Forum is a major green energy conference which is taking place at Liverpool’s BT Convention Centre on October 15 2009. The event is being organised by Wirral based Stiebel Eltron.

Wirral chartered financial planning firm Alchemy Advisory Services has launched a new family office division as it looks to grow funds under management to £200m by 2012.

Henry Boot Developments has sold the 37,000 sq ft Tebay Retail Park in Bromborough to private clients of Stephenson Day.

A buyer has been found for a Scottish pharmaceutical plant which was closed after its previous owners declared it was "no longer viable".

Wirral based Hankinson Painting Group, is on track to represent the UK in the European Business Awards for the Environment.

Merseyside property owners wanting to find affordable ways of going green are being targeted by a newly launched leasing scheme.

Wirral has triumphed in this year’s Which Good Food Guide 2010, published this week.

Liverpool Law Society Legal Exhibition has now confirmed the rolling CPD seminars schedule for its first Wirral Roadshow on 17th September.

The Main Bridewell in Liverpool city centre has been bought at auction by local student housing provider Student Lettings Point, for the guide price of £450,000.

A Wirral businessman is encouraging companies across the region to take on apprentices.

Having received final approval for their plans for New Brighton Phase 2, Neptune Developments plan to complete the scheme in 2011.

The 10th Merseyside Environment Awards for people, private and public organisations and voluntary groups will take place on 19 November 2009.

Liverpool Law Society will be crossing the Mersey to hold a rolling accredited CPD Programme and Legal Exhibition for legal practitioners and those connected to the law at the new Floral Pavilion Conference Centre in New Brighton, Wirral, on Thursday, 17th September 2009.

The deadline for entries for Wirral’s annual Tourism Awards have been extended until Tuesday 8th September due to the recent postal strike in Wirral.

Neptune Developments last night received approval for the final reserved matters application for phase two of its £60m regeneration of New Brighton.

A new service has just been launched that will ensure a child’s learning and development will continue, even if their parents income is suddenly effected by unexpected redundancy, ill health or injury.

Wine and spirits merchant Corks Out has opened a new store in Heswall after securing £70,000 in funding from Natwest.

Property consultancy Smith & Sons has leased a further 1,700 sq ft of office space at the Grade II-listed former Post Office building in the centre of Birkenhead to expanding Wirral business Crowder Consulting.

Travelodge, the UK’s fastest growing hotel chain, has exchanged contracts on a new 66 bed hotel in New Brighton, Wirral.

ConstructionSkills, the UK’s Sector Skills Council for construction, has secured £1m of funding from the National Apprenticeship Service to enable construction companies in the North West to take on apprentices who have been laid-off.

The Learning and Skills Council Greater Merseyside (LSC) has announced £1.75 million to help get unemployed people back into work through its Skill Boost programme.

Footballing legend Sir Geoff Hurst kicked off Typhoo's Sports for All project last week.

A leading work based learning provider is issuing an urgent plea to Wirral employers to consider employing apprentices after figures showed that a million young people aged between 16 and 25 are unemployed.

A leading Wirral based manufacturer has donated heating equipment, worth £350 to the Bromborough based market garden initiative for young people, the Dig It Project.

Wirral Council has approved Peel’s Northbank East proposal that will see some £200m investment and create around 1,000 jobs, in construction and proposed office and retail uses.

A new training programme aimed at developing the entrepreneurial skills of unemployed and workless adults in Wirral has been launched by the Learning and Skills Council Greater Merseyside (LSC).

Regional order books continue to grow as private sector output expanded for the third month in a row in July, according to the latest Markit North West PMI Report.

Wirral housing association Alpha Homes has doubled its property portfolio in a multimillion-pound deal funded by the Co-operative Bank.

Recycling and waste technology businesses in the region have received a boost after funding was approved for the second phase of the Northwest Waste Technology Virtual Centre of Excellence.

Birkenhead employer Forum Housing Association is set to benefit from the recent launch of the Government’s ‘Backing Young Britain’ campaign, which will create thousands of job opportunities for young people, through the Future Jobs Fund initiative.

Hillbark Hotel in Wirral has been awarded the prestigious Gold Award for its quality offer and customer service by Visit Britain.

Wirral PR firm Artemis has signed a new 12-month contract with global Swedish manufacturer Roxtec to manage its UK media.

Vision Support Services (VSS) has acquired The Desk Centre from administrators Ernst & Young for an undisclosed sum.

Entries are now open for Wirral’s annual Tourism Awards, a showcase for excellence in tourism and hospitality throughout the borough.

Staff at Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa are delighted to be celebrating for the second year running after becoming a national finalist once again in the esteemed and prestigious British Beauty and Spa Awards.

ICE, marketing and communications agency has given its time and resources to help back the first and only mother and daughter combo to tackle the treacherous Mongolian Rally, all in the name of raising money for Wirral charities.

Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird Shiprepairers & Shipbuilders is celebrating another awards triumph after being named ‘Business of the Year’, at the Wirral Investment Network (WiN) Business Awards.

Hankinson Painting Group commitment to training was recognised at the Wirral Investment Network Regional Business Awards held on 17th July 2009 when the Company won the Excellence in Training Skills Development Award.

Plans to build a new Area Command Centre for Merseyside Police have been lodged with Wirral Council.

North West developer and investor Morley Estates has secured two lettings across Candy Park in Bromborough.

The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has completed a fundamental review of strategic regional sites, to strengthen private sector confidence and give a clear sense of direction to the region.

Wirral businesses trading with China and Hong Kong are being invited to enter this year’s Cathay Pacific China Business awards.

Wirral PR firm Artemis Media is celebrating its second birthday by signing a six month contract to manage the media and marketing for a national green energy conference.

Wirral based renewable energy giant Stiebel Eltron has showcased its heat pumps on BBC Two’s Working Lunch programme on July 22.

Stiebel Eltron UK has scooped a top prize at a prestigious regional business awards evening.

Wirral’s business community was out in force on Friday night to celebrate their achievements at a glittering ceremony for the Wirral Investment Network Business Awards.

PR and social marketing specialists ICE have been listed in the UK’s Top 25 Public Sector League Tables 2009, published this week by leading industry publication PR Week.

Parklodge Developments has secured a £2.3m funding package from NatWest to build a 60-bedroom hotel on the Wirral.

Property and construction consultancy Acies has completed work on the new £3.2m Riverview development in Tranmere, Wirral.

MD Engineering apprentice Adrian Wooder, 18, is celebrating after being crowned Wirral Met College’s ‘Student of the Year’.

Wirral specialist manufacturer Heap & Partners will move its headquarters after securing £500,000 of bank funding.

Many people believe that ‘everyone has a book in them’ and Birkenhead Press have been helping budding authors to realise that dream for almost 50 years.

Wallasey Golf Club has invested a total of £400,000 to install a new course watering and irrigation system with a £285,000 package from The Royal Bank of Scotland.

Schools from across the Borough have been rewarded by local businesses for their international awareness and appreciation of different cultures and customs.

The fifth annual Wirral and Chester Business Fair proved popular with exhibitors and visitors alike on Tuesday 7th July as it found a new home at The Floral Pavilion in New Brighton.

Employees at a Wirral painting contractors are celebrating after scooping three major industry awards in less than 72 hours.

Award-winning social marketing agency ICE has been named on the new social marketing framework for more than 50 NHS organisations in the North West.

Cheshire builder Pochin Construction has been awarded a £3m contract to construct three new buildings for Leverhulme Hotel at Port Sunlight.

Peel chairman John Whittaker last night renewed his calls for speeded-up planning and less focus on the south east from central government.

Recruitment agency Scantec Personnel, based in Birkenhead, has agreed a five-year contract to supply technical and engineering personnel to the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE).

Nolan Redshaw has sold a 3.5-acre development site in Bromborough in Wirral to North West Construction on behalf of Time Token.

The Morgan Foundation Entrepreneur Awards 2009 have been launched, with more than £100,000 in cash prizes and services up for grabs.

Wirral Council has awarded Industrial Insulation and Process Heating specialists Nevron Insulation £35,000 from its ‘Think Big’ Investment Fund.

Changes to Wirral’s dedicated tourist information website – vistwirral.com – have been hailed a great success following a huge increase in visitors to the site.

Several Wirral businesses are celebrating after winning big at the Liverpool Daily Post Regional Business Awards last night.

‘Gas guzzling’ hospitals, schools, police stations, councils offices and museums on Merseyside are being offered a new green energy lifeline by a leading renewable energy firm.

Wirral Council has announced an innovative new programme which aims to create 100 new jobs for people in the borough - as well as giving the local economy a timely boost.

Social Marketing specialists ICE have opened a permanent base in the South East, as part of their localized expansion programme.

Wirral Council has committed almost £1million to help residents from disadvantaged backgrounds access job and training opportunities in the construction industry.

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC), has announced an additional £4.5 million to help with training for Merseyside employers during the recession.

The Digital Britain White Paper sets out the importance of the Digital Economy to the nation’s economic future, and how it will drive future industrial capability and competitiveness.

Birkenhead based workplace learning provider Scientiam has held a briefing session for influential local MP Frank Field.

A leading Wirral based global renewable energy specialist is urging small firms to take advantage of a new grant scheme launched for the region.

There was an increase in the number of foreign direct investments (FDIs) into the North West during 2008, according to new figures.

Leading social marketing agency ICE will take centre-stage at the Social Marketing in Public Health Conference in Florida, U.S.A, on 19-20 June 2009.

Recession or not, the devil-may-care entrepreneurial spirit still survives – and that is good news for Steve Barber.

A leading North West based learning provider is announcing ambitious expansion plans following a period of continuous growth since 2006.

Roses tea rooms in Heswall have been awarded the prestigious Tea Guild Award of Excellence 2009.

New Brighton’s newly refurbished Floral Pavilion theatre and conference centre scooped a prestigious best practice award at the Northwest Regional Construction Awards last week.

Wirral-based agency ICE is working with the UK Commission for Employment and Skills to deliver marketing and communications for talentmap, a new online tool and framework to help companies nationwide develop work-based talent and skills and improve competitiveness.

A Wirral company has been using its specialist knowledge to help keep the streets of London clean.

A leading Northwest recruitment firm specialising in heavy industry says too many engineers, made redundant by the recession, are underselling themselves on the jobs market.

Neptune Developments have submitted a detailed planning application for the second phase of their £60m regeneration scheme at New Brighton.

The shortlist for Wirral’s premier annual business awards dinner has been announced by the Wirral Investment Network (WiN), Wirral’s leading public and private sector partnership.

After record entries for The Mersey Partnership’s Annual Tourism Awards 2009, Liverpool City Region’s official Tourist Board has announced the shortlist for the final round of judging.

Wirral PR firm Artemis Media is launching a new free audit report service for recession stricken businesses in the region.

The Learning and Skills Council has announced £4.8m to ensure that businesses on Merseyside have the necessary skills to survive the downturn and are prepared for future growth.

Wirral Council is supporting businesses during European SME Week by arranging a series of free face-to-face meetings with business advice organisations at Egerton House, Birkenhead.

A leading recruitment agency is urging redundant workers to seize opportunities in the emerging green energy industry.

Wirral-based Osiris Projects is set to work on a series of wind farms in the North West after securing a £2m funding line to support its growth.

Up to 400 jobs could be created at Merseyside’s Cammell Laird shipyard over the next three years.

Wirral painting contractor Roy Hankinson Limited have scooped a prestigious international award from one of the world’s leading health and safety training, advisory and audit bodies for the eighth consecutive year.

Mersey View Ltd is celebrating the successful launch of its second East Float Dock apartment as demand in the serviced apartment market stays strong. Their latest apartment is a duplex penthouse with private roof top terrace and full landscape views of Liverpool.

A Wirral based global renewable energy specialist is launching a new free UK wide eco design advice service for architects and developers to help their projects meet tougher green building standards.

Following the successful launch last year of its innovative safety test kit for testing domestic carbon monoxide detectors, Wirral-based Detectagas is now turning its attention to improving the safety of fire officers, paramedics and other first response attendees.

Businesses across rural Merseyside are taking part in a major study of the local rural economy that will shape a Merseyside Rural Economy Action Plan.

Wirral-based businessman Robert Cole has boosted his pharmacy portfolio with the acquisition of five outlets across the North West.

A Wirral-based business which has developed an environmentally-friendly system for collecting rainwater to flush toilets is in the running to become the latest winner of the Merseyside Innovation Awards.

A Birkenhead specialist clothing factory has recruited 20 extra staff and is looking at longer term growth.

Birkenhead-based building firm Lovell has won a £2.7m contract to build affordable housing in south Liverpool.

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Businesses from across the borough have benefited this week from a ‘boost your business’ event at the Floral Pavilion, New Brighton.

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Wirral Council and partners are holding a free two day conference to give Wirral businesses the latest information and advice on ‘beating the credit crunch’.

Wirral based green energy product manufacturer Stiebel Eltron is announcing the launch of an innovative new range of products following its most successful trading year.

Manchester City Council is to operate a construction framework worth up to £1bn over four years on behalf of all five sub-regions of the North West.

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A free workshop for people over 50 at the new Floral Pavilion was hailed a huge success by event organisers, Egerton House Wirral Ltd.

Emma Parker-Goff, director of Wirral based PR and design firm Artemis Media & Public Affairs, has been appointed to the executive board of the Wirral Investment Network.

Following on from their successful public exhibition in September last year, Peel Holdings will be holding another public exhibition this weekend following the recent submission of two planning applications to the Council to develop part of the land that falls within their proposed £4.5 billion ‘Wirral Waters’ scheme.

Birkenhead’s Cammell Laird shipyard has been named joint preferred bidder for a £150m contract to build flight decks for the UK’s next generation of aircraft carriers.

Amatica, the Birkenhead based internet technology specialists, have recently completed a contract to deliver secure access to portfolio valuations for clients of Guernsey based investment manager Hanseatic Asset Management LBG.

Wirral International Business Park welcomed its latest professional tenant bennettbrooks this week with a champagne reception and official opening performed by Wirral’s Mayor Cllr Adrian Jones at Gateway House, Bromborough.

The deadline is fast approaching for the biggest and best digital awards outside London.

Internet technology specialists Amatica have delivered a comprehensive range of online intermediary and client services for Richmond based investment managers, Absolute Return Capital Management(ARCapMan).

The Regional Attraction Fund assists companies with ambitious, market-driven strategies for growth within the Northwest regions TV, film, games, interactive and digital content sectors.

Wirral PR firm Artemis Media & Public Affairs has been appointed to manage the UK PR account for Roxtec, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of safety seals.

Nominations are open for the 2009 Inspiring Women Awards, now in their 18th year.

The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has announced plans to spend £2m to promote the region as a business tourism destination.

Wirral-based AMF Engineering has been bought by Altrincham-based Bowdon Investment Group from the administrators for an undisclosed sum.

The hunt for the UK’s most enterprising family with Barclays Local Business and Levi Roots is on.

Leading social marketing and communications agency ICE, is to deliver the Liverpool Drugs Awareness Week, in conjunction with Young Addaction, the local drugs and alcohol support charity.

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It was ‘standing room only’ when the £4.5bn Wirral Waters scheme was presented to local business leaders at a recent Wirral Business Park Forum meeting.

Wirral-based Marketing and Communications agency ICE is bucking the economic slowdown.

Redundant workers in recession stricken industries such as construction and the motor trade are being urged to transfer their skills to the cash rich nuclear sector.

Roses Tea Rooms in Heswall are to launch their new customer Loyalty Card scheme on Valentine’s Day, 14th February 2009.

One of the UK’s fastest growing recruitment firms Scantec Personnel has appointed Wirral based pr firm Artemis Media & Public Affairs to manage it UK public relations.

Ceramic Fuel Cells (Europe) Limited, a global leader in fuel cell development, and E.ON, have extended their exclusive agreement to further develop and deploy fuel cell micro combined heat and power (mCHP)units in Great Britain .

Speaking candidly about the current economic crisis, Angela Eagle, MP for Wallasey and Exchequer Secretary to The Treasury, faced local business leaders at a recent meeting of the Wirral Business Park Forum.

Peel have submitted a planning application for the first major mixed use development masterplan/quarter, that forms part of their ambitious £4.5 billion Wirral Waters scheme.

Neptune Developments says it is confident of finally securing funding for its £42m New Brighton regeneration scheme on the back of signing up two more key occupiers.

A new recruitment branch for people with disabilities and health conditions has opened in Birkenhead.

Birkenhead based, Insight Moving Images Ltd is celebrating a decade of providing multimedia services to hundreds of leading businesses.

Wirral’s businesses have been urged to take advantage of a number of financial support packages that are available as the credit crunch continues to bite.

Wirral’s premier annual business awards dinner has been launched by the Wirral Investment Network (WiN), Wirral’s leading public and private sector partnership.  

Developer Riverside Park has completed what it claims is the region’s most energy efficient commercial buildings – Building 3, on Riverside Park, Wirral International Business Park .

A Wirral based global renewable energy specialist is launching a new free advice service for recession battered businesses explaining how going green can save money.

Sureswift International Ltd is urging employers to look at a new option when it comes to the fight to reduce workplace absenteeism.

Fraiche in Oxton Village, Wirral, owned by Marc Wilkinson, is the first in the region to gain the prestigious star.

Hundreds of senior teachers and school governors were asked to help Wirral Council deliver its investment strategy for the Borough at a high profile education conference last week.

Scantec Personnel, one of the North West’s leading recruitment companies, says it is now gunning to become one of the UK’s top 50 recruitment companies following its most successful year.

Merseyside’s largest business support agency, Blue Orchid, has reported that the number of entrepreneurs launching their own business is at the same level as last year, despite the contracting economic climate.

With a raft of programme commissions in recent years, Merseytravel kept Mills Media’s business television department very active in 2008.

Mills Media Ltd has completed its first live event project for English Partnerships.

Bromborough based Innov8 Safety Solutions Ltd are celebrating after securing a clutch of important contracts.

Resurgent Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird has completed a massive £18m refit of the largest ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), the RFA Fort George.

The Roy Hankinson Group is delighted to have won for the second time in ten years the GM Contractor of the Year for work at Ellesmere Port Vauxhall Motors Plant.

Long standing political rivalries were declared dead as Gordon Brown officially created the Liverpool "city-region” at a Downing Street ceremony on Monday.

A landmark deal to be signed by Gordon Brown will promise Liverpool a “homegrown plan” for economic recovery, with dramatic extra spending power.

Defence secretary John Hutton visited historic Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird last week to hear how its fortunes have been transformed.

A Wirral construction company has managed to divert over 50 tonnes of waste from landfill by passing reusable items on to charities and local businesses.

The Mersey Partnership is confident that its ‘beefed up’ sales team will pay dividends for the region in 2009.

Merseyside has been shortlisted to become the new home of a major maritime headquarters.

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One of the most illustrious names in British industry, Cammell Laird shipyard, made a spectacular return to trading on Monday 17th November.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is to operate new services out of Liverpool John Lennon Airport for the first time in 70 years, in a move which will increase Liverpool’s “global connectivity.”

CSM, the world's leading bakery supplier officially opened its Innovation Centre for Frozen and Bakery Products in Bromborough, Wirral.

An Anglo-Italian alliance has been formed to pursue a major UK naval auxiliary shipbuilding contract.

The BBC’s Breakfast Show was in Wirral this morning to highlight how businesses are beating the credit crunch.

Peel Holdings have released the results of their public exhibition held on 12th and 13th September recording over 95% of people supporting the Wirral Waters development.

A delegation led by the Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr. Steve Foulkes has been hailed a phenomenal success following a week of intensive activity in Suzhou, China.

The Leader of Wirral Council, Cllr. Steve Foulkes has been invited to deliver a key speech to a prestigious international conference in Suzhou next month.

Plans for shops, offices and new-build residential developments are expected to be with Wirral’s planners later this summer for the next stage in the ambitious £4bn Wirral Waters scheme.

The Ministry of Defence has placed contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds with the former Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead for the long-term maintenance of several navy support ships.

Wirral’s business community came together this week to celebrate the Borough’s first ever WiN business awards at a glittering ceremony held on the grounds of Birkenhead school.

The quality of life in Wirral has helped place Heswall at the top of a TV listing of the best places to live on the British coastline.

German renewable energy giant Stiebel Eltron has opened its new UK base at Wirral International Business Park, Bromborough.

Peel Holdings has received planning permission for the initial phase of its £4.5bn blueprint to regenerate the Birkenhead docklands.

Wirral Council is celebrating after winning an award for its ‘Think Big Think Wirral’ inward investment marketing campaign at a prestigious national awards ceremony.

Ambitious plans to build a multimillion pound golf resort in West Wirral have met with “significant interest” from international investors at a major conference for property developers.

Passionate about staying close to its long established roots in the Wirral, Lees Lloyd Whitley, the largest law firm in the Borough, has relocated its offices to Riverside Park, on the Wirral International Business Park in Bromborough.

Wirral's re-branded business newsletter 'Big Horizons' has been launched.

After recently leading a delegation of MPs to China in his capacity as Chairman of the China Parliamentary Group, where he met senior Chinese leaders, Ben Chapman MP has secured a visit from the People Republic of China’s Ambassador to the UK.