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What to do when an airline ceases trading and you are scheduled to fly with them?

29/01/2023 13:00

OVER the weekend Flybe ceased trading and all flights from and to the UK. This has led to many travelers asking what to do when companies go into admi...

Imitation firearm and scrambler bikes seized in Bootle

28/01/2023 16:45

MERSEYSIDE Police have asked the public for information after carrying out a warrant in the Bootle area of Merseyside. We are told that Officers fr...

Flybe Limited has ceased trading for the 2nd time

28/01/2023 08:17

ON 28 January 2023 David Pike and Mike Pink were appointed Joint Administrators of Flybe Limited. Flybe has now ceased trading for the 2nd time. This ...

Captain F.J. Walker and the Battle of the Atlantic

27/01/2023 14:08

THIS year is the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic and our area played one of the most important parts in this chapter of our nation's an...

CBI North West comments on reports of low investment in North of England

26/01/2023 19:30

A recent report from IPPR North, who is the leading think-tank for the Region says that North of England:- 'would rank 2nd worst for investment,' if i...

CLA comments on Defra’s changed approach to Environmental Land Management (ELM)

26/01/2023 19:07

THE Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on Thursday, 26 January 2023, set out detailed plans for the nation’s farming sector, s...

Action by ASLEF and RMT train drivers next week brings fresh disappointment for customers following new timetable roll-out says Northern

26/01/2023 00:31

THE rail operator Northern has issued a warning to customers ahead of 2 days of strike action by the ASLEF and RMT Unions. The firm says they will be ...

Small business confidence collapses – FSB calls for growth plan to power through

25/01/2023 23:57

SMALL firms’ confidence in the final quarter of 2022 plunged to a depth almost on a par with that measured during the second Covid lockdown two years ...