Infrastructure's inefficiencies Jul 2, 2008
The canal operation remained a profitable independent company until being sold to the Manchester Ship Canal (also private) in 1885 - the canal itself remains active to this day. Since around 1900, most infrastructure investment has been financed by the public sector. (Asia Times Online)
Hazy, crazy Cup year Mar 15, 2008
To say Portsmouth rode their luck would be understating the case by the length of the Manchester Ship Canal, the paper said. Never mind Sir Alex Ferguson staying on for another three or four years. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
PAUL RAYMOND 1925-2008 Man who made millions selling sex to Britain Mar 4, 2008
" In business, everything Paul Raymond touched turned to gold. In his personal life, almost everything turned to dust. Born Geoffrey Quinn, the son of a Liverpool haulage contractor. His philandering father left when he was five but his mother, a devout Catholic, refused to divorce him. Young Geoffrey was ordered to tell people his dad was working abroad. He left school at 15 and got a job as an office boy with the Manchester ship canal company. To avoid military service, he volunteered to work... (Mirror.co.uk)
Port of callLiverpool's docks are expanding on a wave of regional optimism Jan 14, 2008
The Port of Liverpool was bought in 2005 by Peel Holdings, which also owns the Manchester Ship Canal and Liverpool's John Lennon airport. It has since sold a minority stake to Germany's Deutsche Bank. (BBC News -- UK)
'Burger bar' oil plant withdrawn Dec 15, 2007
The company said it would be developing a site at Eastham at the mouth of the Manchester Ship Canal instead. The company, a subsidiary of Irish Food Processors, had held several meetings with nearby residents and there was some opposition to its plans. (BBC News -- UK)
Raise a glassWaterways can deliver an Olympic success for London 2012 Oct 30, 2007
Very recently, Tesco became the first major UK retailer to transport freight by canal, when it began moving wine by barge from Liverpool to Manchester via the Manchester Ship Canal. This will take 50 lorries off the roads each week. (BBC News -- UK)
Tesco turns to barges to cut emissions Oct 19, 2007
The vessel, with wine tanks concealed in 20ft containers, was heading for a bottling plant 32 miles away at Irlam on the banks of the Manchester ship canal with supplies that would eventually bring cheer to drinkers who buy their favourite New World wine from Tesco. The company made quite a song and dance about this maiden voyage, claiming it is now the "first major UK retailer to start transporting freight by canal". (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
New blow to BAA as its passengers champion walks out Oct 6, 2007
1 billion last year by Grupo Ferrovial, the Spanish construction group, said Stephen Baxter had left to become chief executive of Peel Ports, the owner of Mersey Docks, Clydeport and the Manchester Ship Canal. The company, whose clutch of UK airports includes Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, has been plagued by an exodus of top executives since its takeover. (Times Online)
Scouse v Manc Aug 22, 2007
Mike Taylor, Oldham-born chief executive of BusinessLiverpool, traces rivalry back to the days of the Manchester Ship Canal and its bypassing of Liverpool. "It was Manchester's response to the fact Liverpool was a world class port. The idea was to take some of that trade directly into Manchester. It's the nature of human beings when there are two large powerful forces in a region there is bound to be some competition.". (BBC News -- UK)
Stobart reverses into Westbury in 138m deal Aug 16, 2007
Eddie Stobart also operates rail freight services, primarily on a contract for Tesco, and the new company plans a regeneration of Weston Port that will improve links to the Manchester Ship Canal. A new container handling facility should enable Stobart to handle 1 million tonnes of freight through the unit. (Independent)
NHS manager in pay row killed herself Jun 28, 2007
A hospital manager stabbed herself and then leapt 100ft to her death from a motorway bridge into the Manchester Ship Canal because she could not cope with the strain brought on by the Government s health reforms, an inquest was told yesterday. Morag Wilson, 32, was head of dietetics at Wythenshawe Hospital, in Manchester, but felt estranged from junior colleagues after a pay review under the Government s 2004 Agenda for Change. (Times Online)
Reforms drove NHS manager to suicide Jun 28, 2007
Morag Wilson, 32, a manager at Wythenshawe hospital, stabbed herself with a kitchen knife before jumping from the M60 into the Manchester ship canal. An inquest heard that Ms Wilson, head of dietetics at the hospital, had been facing huge pressure at work from government reforms under the Agenda for Change review. (Guardian Unlimited)
Made in Manchester May 28, 2007
Radcliffe has seen an artist's impression of the new building, attractively titled MediaCity: UK. "There is a big building and three little bubble pods in the middle of the canal. I would like to be allocated one of those, playing records in a little bubble in the middle of the Manchester Ship Canal.". Mark Radcliffe Curriculum Vitae. (Guardian Unlimited)
Life in the fast lane - part two Jan 22, 2007
The number was originally given to the M63 Stretford and Eccles bypass - the bit where you soar over a sewage works and the Manchester ship canal. At peak times, the M62 is also the Friendly Motorway. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
