Gary Neville, train strikes and Manchester Airport's new boss - Your weekend BusinessLive newsletter

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Welcome to your BusinessLive North West weekend newsletter Welcome to the latest edition of our BusinessLive North West weekend email newsletter - a chance to get up to speed on what's been happening - as well as a look at what's to come. Firstly I'd like to point you towards our weekly feature interview. This week we spoke to 4th Utility chief executive Tony Hughes about his plans to achieve a £1bn valuation for the company. In an exclusive interview with BusinessLive, Mr Hughes also reveals whether an IPO could be on the cards in the future as well as creating new jobs and the challenges facing the firm. Read the full story here

Have you seen our BusinessLive North West LinkedIn page?​​​​​​​ Elsewhere this week, Gary Neville's Relentless Group confirmed it had partnered with the property developer owned by Betfred founder Fred Done to build a 40-storey tower at its St Michael's scheme in Manchester city centre. Salboy will lead the project, which forms the second phase of the scheme, after signing a joint venture agreement. The tower will include a five-star hotel with 161 beds, 181 serviced residences and a "multitude of design-led amenity and leisure spaces". Read the full story here BusinessLive also reported that hundreds of staff at train operator Avanti West Coast are set to be balloted for strike action in a dispute over pay, conditions and job security. Rail union TSSA is behind the move, with ballot papers set to be sent out on June 15. If approved by members, a strike could take place as early as July 13. The news came after the dates of the biggest outbreak of strike action in the rail industry in a generation were revealed. Read the full story here It was also announced this week that a former boss at London Gatwick Airport boss is to become the new managing director of Manchester Airport. Chris Woodroofe, who was previously chief operating officer at Gatwick from 2016 to 2020, joins from Chevron Traffic Management. Mr Woodroofe will start in his new role on June 15 and will be supported by Ian Costigan who will continue to oversee the airport's operational functions, having been interim managing director since April. Read the full story here Have a great rest of your weekend! Jon Robinson, North West Business Editor

More writing from our network AO to close German business because of continuing poor results Opening date set for highest hotel in Liverpool that cost the council £43m Leonard Curtis unveils plans to double turnover to £50m Tech group formed after ANS and UKFast merger reveals £80m target Bonuses frozen at Simply Be, JD Williams and Jacamo owner N Brown as share price slashed in half​​​​​​​

Get in touch with us! Is there something specific you'd like us to write about or just some feedback to share? Send an email to Jon Robinson Don't forget to check our North West section regularly for our most recent stories and if you've been forwarded this newsletter and want to receive it each week, sign up here for free to have it delivered.

Next week's business diary  Monday, June 13 - Public accounts committee: Andrew Bailey on British Steel Pension Scheme Tuesday, June 14 - Finals: Ashtead, FirstGroup, OnTheMarket - Interims: Crest Nicholson - Trading update: Bellway Wednesday, Junr 15 -  Finals: Bloomsbury, Motorpoint - Trading updates: Whitbread, WH Smith Thursday, June 16 -  Finals: Halfords, Halma - Trading updates: Boohoo, N Brown - Bank of England interest rate decision Friday, June 17 - Trading updates: Tesco - Impact of Covid-19 on UK households and businesses, from the Office for National Statistics See more stories

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