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Alistair Houghton

Business Live Editor
AwardsWincott Awards for 2018 - Journalist of the Year in the UK Nations and Regions Regional Press Awards for 2018 - Business & Finance Journalist of the YearRegional Press Awards for 2017 - Business & Finance Journalist of the YearO2 Media Awards North West 2010 - Business Journalist of the YearYorkshire Bank Northern Business Journalist of the Year Awards 2007 - Young Business Journalist of the Year

Alistair is Editor of BusinessLive. He's a former business editor of the Liverpool Echo and has also worked at the Liverpool Post and the Hull Daily Mail. He won the Business and Finance Journalist of the Year tile at the Regional Press Awards in 2018 and 2019.

Developer Langtree on working from home and property prospects in an election year
property news
North West stalwart says it had successful year despite profit fall
Vimto founder's great-grandson joins Nichols board as soft drinks giant reports positive trading
Food and Drink
John Noel Nichols invented Vimto in 1908
Boohoo considers closing its controversial Leicester factory
Boohoo
Group says less than 100 employees will be affected
Asda owners insist chain had no ‘strategy’ to profit from higher fuel prices
Asda
TDR Capital co-owns Asda with brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa
Housebuilder Stewart Milne Group in administration - talks continue over future of its North West sites
Insolvency and Administration
Homes England discussing strategy for builder's English sites as administrators pause Scottish developments
B&M Bargains to open 45 more stores a year after success in Christmas 'Golden Quarter'
Retail & High Street
Group saw growth in UK and France as well as at its Heron Foods chain
UK entertainment sales up 7% to £11.9 billion
Apple
Video was the fastest-growing sector of the year
Eco-friendly food packaging firms 2M Group and Xampla win Innovate UK support to grow manufacturing
Technology
Morro technology designed to save millions of tonnes of waste from landfill or incineration
Report calls for more rail freight in Manchester to help construction sector and cut carbon emissions
North West
Mineral Products Association and Rail Freight Group want to encourage more use of rail rather than road
JD Sports downgrades profit expectations as customers hunt sale prices
Retail & High Street
Slower Christmas season and milder weather hit retail stalwart
What’s in store for the North West economy in 2024
North West
From climate policy to the deals market - we ask business leaders what they hope to see this year
New Year Honours: Bosses at TalkTalk, BAE Systems, AJ Bell, Wetherspoon and Arriva among those recognised
BAE Systems plc
Former RBS CEO adds: 'I suppose this is very cliched, but I’m absolutely delighted, pleased and delighted'
TalkTalk CEO Tristia Harrison 'humbled' by damehood
North West
Broadband leader and charity chair honoured for services to telecommunications
North West business interviews of the year - from entrepreneurs to politicians and former football stars
North West
We met Jeremy Hunt, Gary Neville, Booking.com's boss and many more
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reveals Budget date - and asks business leaders to have their say on its contents
The Budget
'Representation portal' opened to encourage comments in finance plans
Unilever to buy K18 haircare brand
Retail & High Street
Group has been selling off other brands
Neil McArthur's Freedom Fibre in 'strategic merger' with VX UK to accelerate growth
Technology
'We are delighted to be joining forces with the VX team and are hugely excited about the future potential of this newly combined business'
Glass recycler Recresco acquired by European giant BA Glass Group and aims for international growth
Climate Agenda
Company has sites in South Wales and Cheshire
How do we get the North West to net zero? Liverpool report has some answers - but lots of questions too
United Nations
City region issues report on plans to become a climate tech cluster
Asda boss Mohsin Issa says he is not worried about size of group debt and that there is 'no gap' in its finances
Asda
Supermarket group has faced criticism from unions over finance structures
Stena Line signs major deal with Peel Ports to operate at Heysham Port for another 77 years
Transport
It follows shipping line's launch of a new freight service between Merseyside and Dublin
Capital & Centric plans New Year start for Neptune Mill scheme
CBRE
Manchester news follows start of work on Liverpool's Littlewoods project
Global growth ambition for Apadmi after private equity investment from CBPE
North West
Manchester-based firm bought The Mobile Company in Amsterdam in 2022
The Manchester team setting off lightning to keep our lights on - and help the UK’s push to Net Zero
Climate Agenda
Inside the High Voltage Lab that's the biggest of its kind in the UK