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Manchester based WWII battle group plan massive splash at seaside Forties Festival

by Gareth Hughes
April 11, 2018

A World War Two battle re-enactment group that rehearses its manoeuvres in Manchester  is set to make a massive splash at a seaside 1940s festival on April 21-22. The supercharged display will be put on by North West Military Collectors group (NWMIL), whose pyrotechnic experts strive to make the action as authentic as possible.  As […]

Wirral entrepreneur on hunt for more staff after £1.5m new seaside café success story

by Gareth Hughes
January 31, 2017

A Wirral-born food entrepreneur who created 50 new jobs by ploughing more than £1.5m into an seaside café has launched a recruitment drive for extra staff. Phil Brown, who built up the Philpotts bespoke sandwich empire from his first branch in Chester to 22 outlets across the UK,  has now launched the Sea Shanty Café in […]