Michael Taylor

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Home / North West / Technology / Wakelet update – founder saves jobs in ‘most difficult and emotional’ periods of his life The insolvency firm acting on the administration Manchester tech business Wakelet has confirmed to Thebusinessdesk.com that business and all its assets have been sold to a new company, Reviven Ltd, set up by founder Jamil Khalil. All 23 jobs in the business have preserved in the sale of Wakelet. Mike Dillon and Hilary Pascoe of Leonard Curtis were appointed joint...

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Home / North West / Universities and business / University nuclear deal with US giant expands life extension of UK nuclear power stations Nuclear technology specialist Amentum has expanded a collaboration with The University of Manchester to look at new advances in materials science, robotics, digitalisation, energy and social impact. A fresh deal expands a decade-long agreement with the university’s Dalton Nuclear Institute on structural integrity, corrosion, robotics and chemistry. This...

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Greater Manchester Police has claimed that its crackdown on shoplifting gangs has led to nearly 900 arrests with more than 700 charges secured for shoplifting offences across Greater Manchester across the first quarter of 2025. And the senior officer in charge of the initiative has said she hears the frustrations that businesses have when it comes to shoplifters, and pledged to work closely with businesses suffering from attacks on workers and large scale thefts.

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Home / North West / Deals / On Rainmakers – what the MHA float tells us about the professional services feeding frenzy Keeping any float going requires nerves of steel.

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Home / North West / Deals / Shift to larger venture deals across UK says report National investment figures revealed that a shift towards larger investments has created a challenging environment for UK start-ups. The latest KPMG Private Enterprise Venture Pulse report showed that the UK notched up a total of £4.1 billion raised across 507 deals during the first quarter of 2025, securing four out of the top 10 deals including the biggest in Europe after London-based AI drug discovery...