Listed legal services business Knights has completed its acquisition of Birkett Long, a law firm which can trace its roots back 200 years.

The chief operating officer of the South Tees Development Corporation has taken up the position of chief executive.

Great Places has hosted partners at an event to mark the official start on site at its £37m flagship majority LGBTQ+ Extra Care social rent housing scheme in Whalley Range, south Manchester.

The director of two companies which run mobile phone shops across the UK has been handed a two-year suspended sentence, after he fraudulently claimed £150,000 in Covid Bounce Back loans.