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Liverpool regeneration boss steps down

ONE of the architects of Liverpool’s regeneration retires today.Read

Planned NI cut unlikely to work in deprived cities

GOVERNMENT plans to encourage business start-ups by waiving National Insurance contributions are unlikely to work in Liverpool or other deprived areas, says a new think-tank report.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Who will feel the most pain from public sector cuts?

WE ALL know that big public sector spending cuts are on the way.Read

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Bill Gleeson: The importance of nurturing the next generation of talent

THE Duke of Wellington once remarked that the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.Read

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Bill Gleeson: New LEPs must be given meaningful powers and cash

TWO initiatives announced yesterday to replace the work currently done by regional development agencies failed to impress.Read

Top level talks to discuss Vauxhall's Ampera funding imminent

SENIOR management at Vauxhall will meet Business Secretary Vince Cable within the next few weeks to discuss funding for the company’s new electric car.Read

Carbon Trust to be replaced by green bank

THE Carbon Trust is likely to be scrapped, according to weekend press reports.Read

Crisis budget will please the City more than voters

YOU would think nobody would like the fact VAT has been increased to 20%, but you would be wrong.Read

Bill Gleeson: America’s politicians must show consistency on oil

THE explosion and oil spill at the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico has been a corporate disaster of the highest proportions for BP.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Can NWF make better returns than MSIF did?

AT LONG last, the North West’s new venture capital and business loan funds are up and running, with fund managers appointed and terms of reference agreed.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Could it be time to slice through the Gordian Knot?

JOE Anderson’s plan to merge The Mersey Partnership with Liverpool Vision may sound to some as a bit of aggrandisement by the newly elected council leader.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Dividend payout marks an end to Ryanair’s expansion phase

RYANAIR’S better-than- expected financial performance, unveiled yesterday, means one of Liverpool John Lennon Airport’s largest operators can pay its first dividend in 13 years, a year ahead of plan.Read

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Bill Gleeson: No government should be allowed to default on debts

IT WAS another bad day on the stock markets yesterday.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Public sector to feel chill wind

IT’S going to be a painful time for the public sector. You can expect to hear loud squeals as the bad news about where the public spending cuts will fall is announced in a few days’ time.Read

Start of new era in chilled distribution at Stobart

EDDIE STOBART started its £25m-a- year distribution contract for Tesco yesterday with the arrival of the first goods at the brand new chilled distribution centre at Widnes.Read

Peel extends £200m debt facility to 2040

PEEL Land and Property has struck a deal to extend a £200m debt facility to 2040.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Some governments were every bit as bad as the bankers

THE markets don’t seem to know what to make of the European Central Bank’s package of measures to support Greece and other eurozone countries.Read

Lewis’s owner Vergo collapses into adminstration for the second time

Lewis’s owner Vergo Retail collapsed into adminstration this morning after management failed to secure a financial restructuring deal.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Social justice maybe, but at what cost to Britain’s taxpayers?

AFTER 13 years of Labour government, the big question that has to be asked is whether Britain is a more socially just society than it was when John Major, aided and abetted by the likes of John Redwood and Peter Lilley, was in charge.Read

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Bill Gleeson: Government may yet recover hefty banking profits

SURPRISINGLY cheerful news from the banking sector this week.Read