Wirral Council’s Leader has urged eligible businesses in the borough to take advantage of a major new funding opportunity to help them scale up and expand.

Proposed major improvements to the roads and public spaces around Woodside and better travel connections from there into Birkenhead town centre via Argyle Street are set to be decided on by councillors.

A jobs fair aimed at those looking for work in the crucial Early Years sector is coming to Birkenhead on 16th July.

Birkenhead is one the Government’s 25 “trailblazer” areas set to receive millions of pounds for community-led regeneration.

A new program to improve privately rented properties and proposed changes to help people seeking social and affordable housing are on the agenda when councillors meet this month.

More than 60 Wirral-based entrepreneurs have launched or scaled their businesses thanks to two fully funded specialist programmes delivering targeted support for the borough’s growing Creative, Digital and Tech (CDT) sector.

Wirral is due to see major investment in local transport following the Government's announcement of a massive funding injection across the country and city region.

A further 53 new buildings, landmarks and structures have been added to Wirral’s Local List, taking the total number of approved assets now recognised for their special historical significance to 139.

Major plans for the regeneration of Seacombe are set to move ahead as the council starts to seek developers to bring new homes to the sites of the former town hall annexes.

Contractor Freeley has started a key demolition project marking the first step in Wirral Council's £12 million regeneration of Liscard.

Hundreds of people have been helped into work in the last year thanks to a specialist service delivered across Wirral.

The announcement of £80 million investment into a state of the art new research facility in the borough has been welcomed by the Leader of Wirral Council.