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Hollister And Gilly Hicks Open New Concept Store At Liverpool ONE
Hollister Co., the global teen retailer division of Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (A&F Co.), has officially opened at Liverpool ONE featuring an updated store design concept. The store opening sits alongside sister brand Gilly Hicks, giving the brand an expanded footprint and first dedicated storefront at Liverpool ONE. Located on Liverpool ONE’s South John Street, the opening is one of the first new prototype stores in Europe, bringing the Abercrombie & Fitch Co. brands under…
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‘Merseyside Women of The Year 2023’; Katumba Drumming & Movement Win Big At Liverpool Ceremony
Katumba Drumming & Movement took home the Arts, Culture and Media Award at the Merseyside Women of the Year ceremony last weekend. The Liverpool arts organisation’s founding Managing Director Juliana Pinheiro Landim, and her senior female leadership team, received the prestigious prize at the Crowne Plaza on Friday evening, surrounded by hundreds of the city’s most inspiring and passionate women leaders. The award highlighted the community based not for profit’s impressive impact on the local, national and international arts &…
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“More than a cultural capital” – The Drive To Prove Liverpool City Region’s Business Brilliance Through King’s Awards Recognition
Liverpool city region businesses have been urged not to be “modest” about their achievements and shine a light on their excellence by challenging themselves to win a King’s Award for Enterprise (KAE). At a special launch event at the Royal Liver Building (12 July 2023), city region business leaders heard from the Lord Lieutenant for Merseyside, a panel of deputy lieutenants, current and past award recipients and King’s Award officers, on how winning the UK’s…
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Disabled People And Carers Desperate For A Break While Millions of Holidaymakers Jet Off On Summer Escape
Disabled people and their carers are reaching breaking point as they are unable to afford respite care, while increasing numbers of people head off on relaxing summer holidays. Statistics show that the number of people going on foreign holidays this summer has risen compared to 2022, while in contrast, it has been more than a year since 41% of carers have had even a day off. A recent study by American Express shows that 61%…
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Liverpool News
Weekly Noise: Week #22
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. Bank of England has promised to work on reducing inflation,If successful, it would uplift our spirits as a nation.Merseyrail is taking a stand…
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The Momentum Group Launches Grant Scheme To Support Liverpool City Region’s Communities
The Momentum Group, the North West-based property services company, has opened applications for grants from its Momentum Foundation. Administered by the Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside (CFLM), the grants will cover purchasing and installation of various ecological improvements to community buildings, including double glazing, installation of energy-efficient appliances and lighting, improved insulation and alternative energy solutions, such as solar panels and ground source heat pumps. Using The Momentum Group’s skills and expertise, the initiative…
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Olivia Attwood Joins Rude Liverpool Owner To Learn The Ropes For IVTX’s ‘Getting Filthy Rich’
The owner of the UK’s biggest strip club will feature in Olivia Attwood’s second series of Getting Filthy Rich. The ITVX series sees Olivia exploring different worlds within the sexual entertainment industry and how those working in the various industries can make serious money. Returning for a second series this month, Getting Filthy Rich will explore strip clubs and the money that can be made for both the dancers and business owners. Amy Gwynn, owner…
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Steps Together & Katie Piper Foundation Launch New North West Partnership
The Katie Piper Foundation, dedicated to supporting people with burns and scars, has launched a new North West partnership with Steps Together, a leading UK health, wellbeing and addiction organisation. The Katie Piper Foundation will now offer its rehabilitation and scar management services for survivors of burns and traumatic scarring, at Steps Together’s North West retreat, the historic Rainford Hall. The charity, along with their founder Katie Piper OBE, joined the team from Steps Together…
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Liverpool News
Weekly Noise: Week #21
Weekly Noise is a short and straightforward way of sharing Liverpool’s trending news and topics in the form of a weekly poem. Laura Chonzi will take the top trending hashtags or stories on social media and turn them into a ten-line poetic masterpiece for each week of the month, hence the name. This summer’s weather is not giving,For that, we can’t blame the cost of living.Do you possess the rare 20 pence coin?When claiming your…
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Things to do in Liverpool
Gravity MAX Entertainment Centre To Open At Liverpool ONE On 9 August
The ultimate entertainment destination we’ve all been waiting for has finally announced its official opening date – Gravity MAX at Liverpool ONE will be opening its doors for the very first time at midday on Wednesday 9 August. This adrenaline-pumping venue brings a dynamic and exhilarating mix of competitive socialising, immersive entertainment, live music, live sport screenings, and properly delicious food & drink, not to mention a stunning rooftop bar; the largest in Liverpool. Plus,…
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Hope Street Hotel Spa Wins Best City Spa at The Good Spa Guide Awards 2023
The Good Spa Guide has unveiled the results of its 14th annual awards at Spa Life UK’s annual two-day conference in the Cotswolds, with Liverpool’s Hope Street Hotel Spa winning Best City Spa. The awards celebrate the very best in spa excellence across the UK and how they play an increasingly vital role in supporting our health and wellbeing. Winners in all 10 categories were announced by comedian and actress Jayde Adams at the host…
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Sweaty Betty And Space NK Open City Debut Stores At Liverpool ONE
Global activewear and lifestyle brand, Sweaty Betty, and worldwide retailer for luxury cosmetics Space NK have both opened their city debuts at Liverpool ONE. The duo of openings join the impressive range of first-rate brands at Liverpool ONE’s premium lifestyle hub, Peter’s Lane, displaying a strong vote of confidence in the destination. Sweaty Betty has made its standalone city store debut in the 2,600 sq ft Peter Lane’s site, marking the brand’s largest retail store…
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Liverpool ONE And Thoughtworks Create A Virtual Gaming Experience Celebrating Ukraine And Liverpool
Liverpool ONE has teamed up with global technology experts Thoughtworks (NASDAQ: TWKS) to create a virtual gaming experience for children to mark the Eurovision Song Contest taking place in Liverpool. The new concept has been created as the city hosts the iconic event from 9-13 May on behalf of Ukraine, taking inspiration from The Soloveiko songbird trail in Liverpool and the digital model of the City of Liverpool created by the University of Liverpool. A…
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YMCA Together Extends Domestic Abuse Service To Include Men For First Time
YMCA Together is extending its domestic abuse service by almost doubling the number of refuge units and offering safe spaces for men and their children for the first time. The charity already has two refuges in the city with 28 units of accommodation for women and children but has now been awarded a Safer Accommodation Contract that will provide a further 23 units, including two for male victims/survivors and their children and is due to…
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Tough Mudder Brings Its Magnificently Muddy Course Back To Cheshire
The globally recognised adventure course, Tough Mudder, returns to Malpas, Cheshire on the 9 – 10 September 2023. Up to 10,000 participants will push themselves to the limits on a course that takes no prisoners. With multiple distances over the course of the weekend, participants will look to take on a range of classic Tough Mudder obstacles from icy plunges, huge net climbs right through to electrifying passages. Located within easy travel distances of Liverpool,…
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Metquarter Joins Forces With The Hope Foundation
Metquarter has announced its official charity partnership with Liverpool based charity, The Hope Foundation as the centre endeavours to give back and support the local community. The Hope Foundation is a charity based in Liverpool which aims to help anyone and everyone in need of housing support. With a focus on advice, training and support to assist with accommodation, the charity helps enable people to sustain tenancies, live independently and break the cycle of homelessness. Alongside…
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Liverpool’s Cosi Living Expands To New Office Adding More Full Time Employees To The Team
A local Liverpool-born HMO agency that started out in May 2020 has expanded, doubling its office space and adding new full-time members to the team. Founders Joe Duggan, 24 and Olivia Maher, 25, started the HMO agency from scratch, securing their first property on Gumtree; a 10-bedroom house in Sefton Park. Since then, the property entrepreneurs have gone on to secure many other properties across the city via Facebook Marketplace, through word of mouth and…
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Music
Taylor Swift To Play Liverpool Anfield Stadium For 2 Dates In Summer 2024
Taylor Swift has announced that she will be bringing her “Eras” tour to Anfield Stadium in Liverpool on June 14 and 15, 2024. The tour is set to take concert-goers through each era of the singer’s career, from her self-titled first album to her latest release, Midnights. This will be Taylor’s first time performing at Anfield Stadium, and fans are already excited to see what she has in store. Anfield stadium is of course home…
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£490,000 Fine Dished Out To Paddy Power For Targeting Self-Excluded Players
Paddy Power Betfair (PPB) has been charged with a £490,000 fine for sending out marketing material to customers who had signed up to GamStop to be self-excluded. GameStop’s free self-exclusion tool allows players who have recognised that they are experiencing problem gambling habits to take active steps to remove themselves from compromising situations and gain the support they need. The bookmaker notified Great Britain’s Gambling Commission of the glitch, which resulted in a push notification…
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Liverpool’s Historic Epstein Theatre To Close At The End Of June 2023
Liverpool’s historic and much-loved Epstein Theatre is set to close on Friday 30 June 2023. Liverpool City Council own the freehold of Hanover House (formally known as Crane Buildings) in Hanover Street. They lease the entire building to a commercial property landlord and then sub-lease the Epstein Theatre back from them. Due to unprecedented financial pressures on the council’s budget, the historic financial deal between the two parties is unsustainable hence the council’s decision not…
