Stobart in management buy-out

A MAJORITY stake in the Warrington-based Eddie Stobart truck business
has been bought by a management team led by William Stobart – third son
of the legendary founder of the business, Eddie Stobart.

A MAJORITY stake in the Warrington-based Eddie Stobart truck business
has been bought by a management team led by William Stobart – third son
of the legendary founder of the business, Eddie Stobart.

WARRINGTON’S Park Royal, one of QHotels’ 21 unique and luxury hotels, is
celebrating after being awarded the prestigious Venue Verdict Gold
Standard accreditation for consistently high conference service
standards over the last year.

WARRINGTON’S historic Sankey Canal, the first canal built in England in
1757, has been awarded a £654,000 grant from the Coastal Communities
Fund to sustain and facilitate economic growth.
NUCLEAR industry experts from all over the world will soon be converging
on Warrington for Nuclear UK – a major event in the International
Festival for Business (IFB) calendar.

THE ever-popular Lymm Duck Race organised by Lymm and District Roundtable is once again on the Easter Monday bill (April 21).
A PUBLIC consultation exercise will start tomorrow (Thursday) into the
future of Warrington’s Cultural Quarter and the area around Palmyra
Square.

BOY band 911 – which includes Warrington’s own Spike Dawbarn – launches
their spring tour at the Parr Hall next Tuesday (March 11).
WARRINGTON company G&J Distillers has won the overall Food &
Drink Award in the prestigious “Made in the North West Awards.”
WARRINGTON Borough Council faces hard choices on whether to reduce or
even stop altogether some of the services is currently provides.

A MAJOR planning application has been submitted for further business
development which could provide up to 4,000 more jobs on the giant Omega
site close to the M62 Junction 8 at Warrington.