Business Up North

A new online platform, wishLockr.com, has now officially launched, aiming to help the public tackle the difficulty often faced when discussing end-of-life plans. Co-created by Iain Nicholson, originally from Newcastle, wishLockr takes a refreshing approach...

The CEO and Founder of Now Healthcare Group, Europe’s largest digital health company has criticised the recent leaked government document which revealed that if Britain gets a soft Brexit or if a no deal scenario, the country's economy will be worse off with Growth predicted to slow by up to 8% over the next 15 years.

Tradespeople seeking vital protection for their vehicles and their livelihood can now take up a 'fantastic' proposition from Lancashire-based high street insurance specialist, BP Insurance Brokers.

North East digital agency, Flow Digital, has announced a record 2017, with exciting new developments underway. Newcastle-based agency, Flow, has seen its most significant growth...

Disruptive North-east digital collective, Cameo Digital has shifted up another gear after winning the business of local and established cycling holiday brand, Saddle Skedaddle, and securing an exclusive working partnership with one of the region's leading SEO talents, Gemma Neesham.

Maxweb has recruited a new apprentice in a bid to continue to develop young business talent. The Wirral based digital agency, which specialises in app...

Businesses are being encouraged to help raise £30,000 for a charity that cares for seriously ill youngsters from Cheshire. Teams will walk to the summit of Snowdon on July 1to raise much-needed funds for Hope House and Tŷ Gobaith Children’s Hospices, which provide care and support to life-limited children, young people and their families from Cheshire and Shropshire plus North and Mid Wales. Organisers of the event are hoping to recruit around 300 walkers to raise at least £30,000, to help towards the running costs of the charity - it needs £6.3 million every year to keep the two hospices open.

The Corporate Finance and Tax teams at North West accountancy and advisory firm, CLB Coopers, part of the Baldwins Group, have supported mobile remanufacturing company, EcoRenew Group, which has a base in Lancashire, in its multi-million pound acquisition of Mazuma Mobile as part of its global expansion plans.

A business entrepreneur is aiming to expand her company after swapping working in noisy cafes for her own purpose-built meeting room and office. Catherine Williams, founder of Popcats Music Time singing and dancing classes for pre-school children, is now rolling out franchises around north west England, with plans to open soon in Liverpool. She ran the business from home, holding meetings in cafes and other public venues but became frustrated by the lack of privacy and space. So she decided to create an office and meeting room in the garden of her Wirral home. Thanks to Rubicon Garden Rooms, the 41-year-old can now sit down with clients and franchisees in a “professional” office space rather than having to travel to meet them at busy coffee shops.

North West England, 31 January 2018 - Grocery prices may recently have risen at their fastest rate in four years, but over half of...