Members have given the thumbs-up for officers to proceed with professional team appointments, finalising an anchor tenant lease and allocating government and combined county authority funding.

The global consulting firm has hired Chris Balshaw to establish a cost consultancy and management services offer in Manchester, initially focusing on the North West.

Metis Real Estate has been appointed to seek offers in excess of £1m for the High Lane building four years after it was last saved from the threat of closure.

Considered the largest speculative industrial and logistics hub in the North West, X-Dock 549 will sit in the Liverpool Freeport Zone.