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Peel buys UK Coal shares

PEEL Holdings has increased its stake in UK Coal to 28%, increasing speculation the Liverpool John Lennon Airport and Mersey Docks and Harbour Company owner is positioning itself to launch a takeover bid. Read

Private equity deals drop

THE number and size of private equity deals in the North West has slowed dramatically during 2008, according to figures released yesterday by the Centre for Management Buy-Out Research (CMBOR). Read

LDP news now sent to mobiles

THE latest business news is now available straight to your mobile phone with the launch of LDP Mobile. Read

City PA in running for prestige prize

A PERSONAL assistant from Liverpool has been shortlisted for a prestigious national PA of the Year award. Read

Prestige prize as trainee accountant makes her mark

A YOUNG Liverpool accountant has out-performed nearly 1,000 other students and recorded the highest score in the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales’ professional stage examination. Read

Town chief given key role in city’s festive retail plans

LIVERPOOL Business Improvement District (BID) has appointed a temporary replacement for outgoing chief executive Rita Waters. Read

Prospects in China talk

THE prospects created for British companies in China through environmental technologies will be discussed at an evening seminar later this month. Read

Venmore: talks continue over sale

NEGOTIATIONS were continuing late last night as a potential buyer moved closer to acquiring Liverpool estate agency The Venmore Partnership. Read

Jaguar seeks 400 further job cuts as sales decrease

JAGUAR Land Rover (JLR) is seeking up to 400 further job cuts in response to weakening sales, and after its initial voluntary redundancy programme was oversubscribed. Read

Jaguar Land Rover to seek 400 voluntary redundancies

The company will also hold its second non-production week, starting on December 1. Read

’Appy ’Arry follows Marx’s lead

THE late, great Groucho Marx – the comedian not the radical economist – was once asked by an eager young actor what the greatest gift of them all was for a professional performer. Read

OPINION: Nick Howe on why the first Liverpool Design Symposium could be the start of something big

LAST Thursday saw the inaugural Liverpool Design Symposium take place at St George’s Hall. Read

PR firm hires new manager

LIVERPOOL PR and marketing agency Think has appointed Laura Finn as account manager. Read

Marketing firm’s mobile unit to deliver chemotherapy care

A CHESTER-BASED marketing company is to develop a mobile chemotherapy unit after landing a major contract with Welsh cancer charity Tenovus. Read

Cup ‘tedium’ as Australia’s domination continues

THE sight of the Scottish rugby league team gathered together with the players were all decked out like extras on Brigadoon with the constant noise of live bagpipe music wailing in the background marked a new low in the sport’s expansion attempts. Read

Hungry for victory not prize, key to sport’s value

THE face of cricket will change forever this weekend – or so the hype surrounding the Stanford Super Series would have us all believe. Read

Billboard poster to help charity’s cause of building low cost homes

DESIGN agency Bolland & Lowe has provided their services pro bono for a Liverpool housing charity. Read

£1m plan to beat festive sales gloom

LIVERPOOL One says it can beat the gloom on Britain’s high street this Christmas. Read

Christmas comes early for Liverpool firm after securing £50k funding package

CHRISTMAS has come early for a Wavertree firm, after it secured a £50,000 funding package. Read

Healthy rise in profits for A&L owner

ALLIANCE & Leicester owner Santander yesterday reported a healthy rise in third-quarter profits to £1.77bn. Read

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