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£1m plan for former Victorian school building could create 75 jobs

Plans have been revealed for one of Southport’s most prominent buildings with the new owner of The Cloisters promising to spend more than a million pounds redeveloping it.

The 6,000 sq ft, two-storey former Victorian school on Corporation Street is subdivided into two units and has a large rooftop terrace that was once a playground.

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New appointment at West Lancashire IFA Acumen

West Lancashire IFA Acumen Financial Partnership has added to its team and strengthened the company’s commitment to training up talent.

As the independent financial adviser’s new receptionist, Caitlin Jones is the first person visitors to the company’s Burscough office will meet, with her appointment bringing Acumen’s headcount up to 18.

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Derby escape room offers NHS heroes free games for reopening week

An escape room attraction in Derby is offering NHS workers free games during its first week of reopening.

Game Over at Abbots Hill Chambers on Gower Street has five escape rooms themed on movies with electronics helping to animate the scenarios. The themes are Maniac, Espionage, Jack the Ripper, Forbidden Temple of Montezuma and the recently added Winter is Coming.

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