Peter Hill | 09/10/2010 | 00:00
The slave trade was banned in 1807; the cotton trade died out in the 1950s.
Daniel Cunningham | 08/09/2010 | 12:16
Salford-based developer LPC Living has been granted detailed planning consent for a mixed-use scheme in the Greater Manchester town.
Daniel Cunningham | 25/02/2010 | 13:00
The North West must be granted greater economic powers in order to improve the region’s competitive advantage, a report has urged.
David Quinn | 13/02/2007 | 11:45
Office agent Paul Codling is leaving Manchester-based WHR Property Consultants to join Orbit Developments. The South Manchester specialist was one of the founders of WHR when he left Lambert Smith Hampton alongside several other agents, including Mike Hawkins, in 2004.
Stephen Rowe | 25/09/2006 | 13:00
Labour kicked off its annual conference in Manchester yesterday with calls to attribute the city’s regeneration to the party’s regional investment policy.
David Quinn | 11/09/2006 | 10:45
Leisure operators in Blackpool have clashed over proposals to bring a regional super casino to the Lancashire resort. Speaking at the Casino Advisory Panel’s Examination in Public (EIP) in Blackpool on Friday, Coral Island amusements owner Leaguenotion dismissed the need for the development.
David Quinn | 04/07/2006 | 14:15
Liverpool city council planners today awarded planning permission for Merepark and Ballymore’s £160m Central Village scheme in Liverpool city centre. The 600,000 sq ft scheme, on derelict land close to Central Station, includes two towers of 20 storeys and 25 storeys each.
David Quinn | 10/01/2006 | 10:30
Cibitas, the development company behind the £500m regeneration of the former Bradford Triangle site in East Manchester, has announced a shortlist of four firms to act as masterplanner.
David Quinn | 02/08/2005 | 14:45
Liverpool council’s planning committee this morning turned down Irish developer Chieftain’s plans for a 32-storey tower close to Lime Street station in central Liverpool.
US sports tycoon Malcolm Glazer has formally launched his £790.3m takeover bid for Manchester United after winning the support of its biggest investor.