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Speke retailer confirms interest in DIY chain’s premises

B&M Retail is hoping to acquire the leases on some premises currently occupied by collapsed DIY chain Focus.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Royal Liver must migrate to more southerly climes

ROYAL Liver’s membership will in the next 48 hours vote on a board proposal to consign the mutual to the history books by merging with rival Royal London.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Downgrades to credit worthiness are no surprise

IT CAN’T come as too much of a surprise to find that two credit rating agencies have downgraded Matalan’s creditworthiness.Read

Prof Dennis Kehoe, ehief executive of AIMES

Liverpool firms to benefit from new superfast digital exchange

A NEW super-fast broadband service for businesses will shortly be launched in Liverpool.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Congress should bring fresh thinking to city

IT IS excellent news that the Kauffman Foundation has chosen Liverpool as the venue for next year’s Global Entrepreneurship Congress.Read

Pensions deal should clear way for sale of Stanlow refinery

ALL 960 existing staff at Shell’s Stanlow oil refinery will have their pension benefits protected as part of a deal struck last week between trade unions and a potential buyer of the site.Read

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Bill Gleeson: The perilous choice between climate change and nuclear disaster

IN TIMES of disaster, big numbers are bandied about quite liberally.Read

Bill Gleeson: At last Rumford makes progress at Chapel Street

THE proverb, “it’s an ill-wind that blows nobody any good” is the subject of fierce debate about its meaning.Read

Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco

Sir Terry Leahy retires at Tesco as Philip Clarke takes over

TESCO’S Liverpool born chief executive Sir Terry Leahy retires today after 14 years at the helm as the supermarket is launching a £200m price war with rival Asda.Read

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Bill Gleeson: No surprise to find protestors targeting Princes

WE LIVE in an age when every restaurant menu seeks to reassure diners about the ethical sourcing of the fare on their plates.Read

Hugh Frost of Beetham

Bank dispute brings down Beetham Hotels Liverpool ventures

PROPERTY group Beetham’s Liverpool and Manchester hotel businesses have been placed into administration, as a result of a dispute with its bank.Read

Easyjet founder Stelios Haji-Ioannou attacks former chief executive’s pay deal

EASYJET’S largest shareholder and founder, Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has attacked the company’s board over payments made to the airline’s former chief executive.Read

Founder refuses offer to rejoin MAM board

THE founder of Liverpool-based fund management firm MAM Funds revealed yesterday that he turned down an offer to rejoin the company’s board.Read

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Bill Gleeson: A cruel wind did blow, but spring will come soon

JUST before Christmas, I telephoned a utility company to ask them to carry out some repairs at my home. I could only get through to an automated message which informed me that, due to the bad weather, they were only responding to emergencies and everybody else should call back another day.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Weak coalition remains biggest threat to economy

IT’S the time of year when a legion of experts are wheeled out to offer their forecasts for the year ahead. I am about to join their ranks, but I do so knowing that in all probability most attempts at crystal ball gazing will turn out to be wrong.Read

Lord Mayor of London’s overseas mission for Liverpool

THE Lord Mayor of London visited Liverpool yesterday, in his capacity as Britain’s principal ambassador for the financial services industry.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Tax changes that should make all the difference

IT WAS a bad day for Merseyside’s aspiration to become home to a cluster of pharmaceutical and biotechnology firms when Glaxo SmithKline closed its Speke asthma inhaler factory in 2004.Read

Philip Green steps down as United Utilities chief executive

UNITED Utilities today confirmed that chief executive Philip Green is to step down.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Could life be returning to city centre property market?

THE Albany Building in Old Hall Street has proved bad luck for several property developers.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Flexible approach needed to stay ahead of competition

A HUGE amount of effort and goodwill has been invested into Jaguar Land Rover’s Halewood plant by both management and workforce over the past decade.Read

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