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Car industry needs short term help to survive

A CONSENSUS emerged across the car industry last night that the financial support announced by Lord Mandelson yesterday afternoon was not enough to save the day.Read

One think tank’s publicity can be a headache for Liverpool

THERE is always an orderly queue of people waiting to kick our beloved public service broadcaster – the BBC.Read

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HOUSEBUILDER Bellway lost a shareholder vote yesterday over the company’s controversial payment of more than £630,000 in executive bonuses.Read

Sales slump at Magners

MAGNERS cider maker C&C Group reported a further slump in sales due to “very weak” consumer demand.Read

Barclays prepares to pull plug on 2,100 more jobs

BANKING giant Barclays said yesterday it planned to cut 2,100 jobs at its retail and commercial banking business.Read

Fears over banking sector wipe £53bn off shares as City braced for more bad news

AROUND £53bn was wiped off the value of UK stocks yesterday as fears returned over the health of the banking sector.Read

Government unveils aid for small firms

THE Government yesterday unveiled a multi-billion-pound package of measures aimed at unblocking lending to small firms, including loan guarantees and a new enterprise fund to help companies struggling to access finance.Read

Whitehall refuses to hand over spare Euro cash

WHITEHALL’S decision to withhold £10m of Objective 1 money from Merseyside smacks of petty-minded, tight-fisted nonsense.Read

Protecting the environment? Then restrict searches on the Net

THE internet has done many things – transforming the way we can do business is one, and breaking down some barriers is undoubtedly another.Read

Region can take advantage as Brown’s Cabinet circus rolls into town

SO, MR BROWN comes to town. This, though, as one of our struggling retailers may say, is not simply a Prime Ministerial Visit; it's the full Gordon Brown Cabinet Visit.Read

Only crystal ball could have raised spectre of gloom

WHEN my mother retired from 40 years as a teacher, the LEA sent her a cheque to buy a retirement present. She chose to spend what was a few hundred pounds on a 60-piece Wedgwood china set.Read

Pressure to extend ban on short-selling

MPS have called on the City watchdog to extend its ban on the short-selling of shares when it expires in two weeks’ time. John McFall, chairman of the Treasury Select Committee, said the situation had not improved sufficiently since the ban was first imposed.Read

There may be an optimistic note for the year ahead

IS IT appropriate to offer the traditional wish of a “prosperous New Year” in the thick of a recession that could cost the people you are greeting their livelihoods?Read

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Merseyside windfall as pound crashes

THE collapse of the pound against the euro will provide a £20m Christmas boost to the Merseyside economy – if the region is given the time to spend it.Read

Merseyside windfall as pound crashes

THE collapse of the pound against the euro will provide a £20m Christmas boost to the Merseyside economy – if the region is given the time to spend it.Read

Firm’s founder steps back

THE Chester-based founder of price comparison website money supermarket.com is stepping back from the day-to-day running of the business.Read

Time to restore confidence in the global economy

IT IS clear that the world's economy has turned down and many major economies are experiencing an unusually sharp period of recession in the wake of the financial shocks of the autumn.Read

Bank of England Governor forecasts further falls in rate of inflation

INFLATION is on course to plunge below 1% next year as the UK economy slides into recession, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King signalled yesterday.Read

MATT JOHNSON: BBC’s actions in answering barbs is salutary lesson for rest of us

A BRAND as big as the BBC's takes a lot of managing and is susceptible to all manner of attacks.Read

Core maker slams MSIF as firm put in administration

A WIRRAL manufacturer of reusable cores used in the newsprint industry has been placed into administration in a move that could cost Merseyside Special Investment Fund more than £2m.Read

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Bill Gleeson is award winning business writer and broadcaster, has been covering business and economics in the Merseyside region for more than a decade. His weekly column and LDP Business Week show on CityTalk105.9 are compulsory reading and listening for influential movers and shakers. Tel 0151 4722319

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