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Whitehall delays launch of region’s £140m aid fund

THE launch of a venture capital fund aimed at the region’s small and medium-sized businesses has been delayed.Read

Online comeback for famous Woolworths name

THE Woolworths name is back in business this morning.Read

Broadband access isn’t a universal right

WRITING in a national newspaper ahead of the publication of the Government’s Digital Britain report yesterday, Prime Minister Gordon Brown asserted that broadband access was one of life’s bare necessities.Read

Make the most of city’s unique selling point

NOBODY should be surprised that the Government has warned it would claw back the grant cash used to construct the city’s cruiseline berth if Peel or anyone else builds passenger lounges, check-in desks, baggage handling or Customs facilities there.Read

Working Day: Darren White of Morecrofts Solicitors in Birkenhead

DARREN WHITE is 25, from Chester, and is a solicitor specialising in contact issues within family law, including cases involving domestic violence.Read

Bill Gleeson: We had hoped to see the back of gap funding

GAP funding features in the next phase of the St Paul’s Square development in Liverpool city centre.Read

Developer’s tenacity gives town a future

PROPERTY can be a long game. Schemes can take decades to come to fruition.Read

Unions should be grateful for Italian interest

IF REPORTS are to be believed, there is strong interest in acquiring General Motors’ European operations, including its Vauxhall plant, at Ellesmere Port.Read

Old-fashioned principles are here to stay

WHEN Royal Liver Assurance announced its annual trading results on Monday, it took the opportunity to make the claim that people were rediscovering their trust in mutuals, in the midst of the credit crunch.Read

Bill Gleeson: Region must fight for more knowledge jobs

THE need for Liverpool to have a presence in the knowledge sector seems pretty obvious. High- value added activity like science and technology inventions will form a part of any 21st-century economy.Read

Joanne Jennings

Liverpool One boss Joanne Jennings seeks work with rivals

THE woman who masterminded last year’s launch of the Duke of Westminster’s £1bn Liverpool One shopping development is now hoping to help rival retail centres in the region fight back.Read

Bill Gleeson: Globalisation loses out to protectionism

GLOBALISATION was meant to be a good thing. World markets would become ever more efficient and the benefits of technology would mean more efficient production and better products would flow around the world.Read

Mark Newton-Jones, Shop Direct

Shop Direct a victim of its own success?

SHOP Direct last night attributed the decision to cut 1,150 jobs on Merseyside to the “success” of its switch from traditional print catalogue sales to online retailing.Read

Company victim of its own success?

Shop Direct’s decision to cut over 1,000 jobs reflects more than just the recession, says Bill GleesonRead

Mark Newton-Jones, Shop Direct

Shop Direct to cut 900 Merseyside jobs

Shop Direct has this lunchtime told staff that it is to close its Crosby call centre and reduce staff numbers elsewhere.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

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

Bill Gleeson: Tough challenges for America’s new President

THE whole world seemed to get caught up in the excitement surrounding yesterday’s inauguration of America’s first black President.Read

Bellwaylosesvote on

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