Category: North West Business

News, posts and releases on North West Business in England.

Red Rose Awards 2016 is launched!

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Businesses across Lancashire are being called on to enter the national award-winning Red Rose Awards, which will crown the county’s best firms across 26 categories. The 2015 event, which was organised by Lancashire Business View magazine, attracted more than 1,000 of the county’s top business people for the celebration at Blackpool’s Winter Gardens. The 2016 …

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Manchester Veterans’ village project underway by BBC DIY SOS

The BBC DIY SOS team will join some of the UK’s best known constructions firms on site today to develop the first stage of a veterans’ community by bringing empty homes back into use in east Manchester. A first of its kind partnership, the project is bringing together Manchester City Council, the BBC’s DIY SOS …

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£66m boost for home-building in Greater Manchester

The first £66.3m of loan funding has been awarded from a £300m fund to boost housing in Greater Manchester. Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) approved loan funding totalling £42.564m  for five new schemes, in Manchester, Oldham, Salford and Trafford at its latest meeting. It follows the award of £23.731m for a further Manchester scheme. Together …

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