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Liverpool-based Princes Foods sells tinned pie division to rival Baxters

LIVERPOOL-BASED Princes Foods has sold its Fray Bentos canned meat pie business.Read

Dave Whelan defies gloom to grow health club chain

AGE has definitely not diminished Dave Whelan’s zest for enterprise.Read

George Mathewson

Cheviot predicts fund manager numbers to double in Liverpool office

CHEVIOT Asset Management hopes to more than double the number of fund managers at its Liverpool office over the next two years.Read

Bill Gleeson: The region needs strong leadership at the helm of the LEP

BY ALL accounts, there is a considerable amount of behind-the-scenes cloak and dagger politics going on at the city region’s much-awaited Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).Read

Bank economist warns Merseyside faces period of protracted recovery

A LEADING bank economist yesterday predicted that Merseyside’s economy could struggle more than other parts of Britain as the country continues to suffer a protracted period of slow economic growthRead

University of Liverpool receives £2.8m to research alternative to petrochemicals in personal care products

THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL is to collaborate with consumer goods and detergents giant Unilever and sugar producer AB Sugar to develop plant-based alternatives to petrochemical ingredients found in a wide range of personal care products.Read

TUC director general Brendan Barber tells University of Liverpool audience that capitalism is facing “crisis of legitimacy”

TUC general secretary Brendan Barber last night set out an alternative economic recovery plan to the government’s spending cuts.Read

John Halewood’s widow becomes chairwoman at family drinks firm famous for Lambrini

THE widow of drinks entrepreneur John Halewood is to takeover at the helm of the Huyton company he founded and owned.Read

Work starts on new Liverpool city centre hotel

WORK has started on the latest Liverpool city centre hotel scheme.Read

Ethel Austin brand bought by Ashloch boss Sue Townsend

A LONDON-BASED businesswoman plans to breathe new life into the famous Ethel Austin name, in a move that safeguards hundreds of jobs in the region.Read

Bill Gleeson

City in danger of not keeping pace with knowledge economy

GIVEN the emphasis that has been placed on identifying the sectors that offer the region the best prospects for economic growth in the years ahead, together with all the European money that has been expended on economic development in recent years, its amazing that some people still feel the knowledge economy sector has not yet received sufficient support.Read

Matalan files respectable figures despite tough conditions

RETAILER Matalan suffered a sharp fall in pre-tax profit last year as sales held steady despite the difficult trading conditions affecting the high street.Read

Bill Gleeson

Bill Gleeson: TJ’s problems are out of the blue

IT’S PROVING a very difficult June on the high street.Read

Haulage firms should expand overseas

MORE consolidation is predicted for the logistics business.Read

Airbus computer generated image of their concept plane

Record order caps bumper Paris air show for Airbus

AIRBUS yesterday unveiled the biggest order in its history, as Indian airline Indigo confirmed the purchase of 180 single-aisle planes.Read

Sales grow as Coral Products seeks new recycling markets

HAYDOCK-BASED Coral Products saw sales rise 5% last year to £13.2m, but full-year losses before tax widened 14% to £753,000.Read

Bill Gleeson

Bill Gleeson: Park Group back in favour after troubled decade

PARK Group appears to have had a bit of a return to favour with the stock market in recent months.Read

Bill Gleeson

Bill Gleeson: Peel’s expansion plan could get stuck in the mud

AS ROWAN Atkinson might tell you, the extent to which the natural environment is protected by law is no laughing matter.Read

Peel begins consulation on £500m River Mersey port expansion plan

PEEL Ports today launches a public consultation about its potentially controversial £500m plans to expand its River Mersey dock operations.Read

Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco

Clarke has basic pay cut as Sir Terry pockets £12m

TESCO, the world’s third-biggest retailer, is simplifying its boardroom pay scheme and cutting the base salary of its Liverpool-born chief executive Phil Clarke as it seeks to end rows with shareholders over how it pays its leaders.Read