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By-election loss would mark new low for Labour

THE timing of the Crewe and Nantwich by-election tomorrow coincides with a new low in the Government’s popularity. Read

Prince’s Trust celebrates 25 years helping companies to grow

BUSINESS support organisations have become a business in themselves in recent years. Read

Scores respond

THE deadline for entries for the Daily Post’s Regional Business Awards 2008 passed yesterday evening with scores of entry forms returned. Read

Three buyers vying for Ethel Austin

A DEAL to rescue Knowsley based retailer Ethel Austin from administration is imminent. Read

Who will be counting the cost of Post Office counter closures?

BEEN to a Post Office recently? How long were you there? Try as I do, I still find it hard to understand how such a valuable business is in such a mess. Read

Upmarket fashion chain to open store in Liverpool

UPMARKET fashion group Austin Reed yesterday revealed plans to return to Liverpool after three decades away from the city. Read

Rathbones grows

RATHBONE Investment Management is opening an office in Birmingham for the first time. Read

No consolation for Liverpool’s council leader

THE outcome of last week’s local elections has sent a clear signal to national government that it is failing to impress voters. Read

This is not just a green campaign . . . it’s an M&S campaign

IMAGE and brand consultants must have been burning the midnight oil at the Baker Street, London, headquarters of Marks & Spencer. Read

Unbeatable value for money in city’s lavish ’08 souvenir guide

BY ANY reasonable measure, the cover price of the official Liverpool 08 Yearbook makes no business sense at all. Read

BILL GLEESON: It all comes down to LibDems best of a bad bunch

EMBATTLED Gordon Brown had to make a humiliating U-turn to avoid defeat in the House of Commons this week. Read

Prospects for women setting up in business

BROADCASTER Esther McVey will be the main guest in this week’s LDP Business Week radio show. Read

Drastic measures vital to salvage customer confidence in BA

YOU run a business. You have good days and you have bad days. Some of the bad days are long and they run on, one after the other, until it seems you are on a hiding to nothing. Read

Let the markets rule during the credit crunch

THE Government has decided to intervene to alleviate the effects of the credit crunch by injecting £50bn into the global money markets. Read

Make sure your firm gets prize recognition

DOES the firm you work for deserve recognition for its achievements in the past year? Read

ADMINISTRATORS at collapsed Merseyside-based retail chain Ethel Austin yesterday made 181 head office staff redundant and announced the closure of 33 of the group’s stores.

181 jobs axed as Ethel Austin set to close 33 stores

ADMINISTRATORS at collapsed Merseyside-based retail chain Ethel Austin yesterday made 181 head office staff redundant and announced the closure of 33 of the group’s stores. Read

Ethel Austin

Thousands of jobs at risk as Ethel Austin collapses

MERSEYSIDE-BASED retail chain Ethel Austin collapsed into administration yesterday, raising fears for the jobs of thousands of staff. Read

Time to think about some protection for the Liverpool brand

THERE are few places quite like Liverpool's waterfront to get a sense of the scale and scope of the city's regeneration. Read

Ethel Austin won’t be the first retail casualty

THE news that Ethel Austin has gone into administ- ration is a big blow to the hundreds of staff based in the region who work for the retail group. Read

Pickfords on the move as Team deal secures its future

PICKFORDS, the UK’s oldest removals firm, was yesterday saved from going into administration after being bought by The Team Group. Read

Author Profile

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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