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Bill Gleeson

Trapped by his predecessor’s pledges

Trapped by his predecessor’s pledges

Alistair Darling may struggle to make an impact with his first Budget – and his boss is to blame. Bill Gleeson analyses the Chancellor’s options Read

Private equity money targets Norris Green

TWO private equity firms are to speculate tens of millions of pounds to develop land in some of Liverpool’s most deprived districts. Read

Private equity money targets Norris Green

TWO private equity firms are to speculate tens of millions of pounds to develop land in some of Liverpool’s most deprived districts. Read

Focus on Darling’s first Budget

THIS week’s LDP Business show on CityTalk105.9fm focuses on next week’s Budget speech. Read

Littlewoods is deeper in red

HOME shopping group Littlewoods Shop Direct has plunged deeper into the red. Read

A vision of the Wirral Waters scheme showing new skyscraper devlopments which will turn the former Cammell Laird shipyard area into a 'mini-Dubai'

Cammell Laird secures key £28m contract

CAMMELL Laird shipyard has landed its largest contract since it was reborn seven years ago. Read

Matt Johnson: The good ship Merseyside makes progress in heavy seas

THOSE who take on huge tasks have been known to liken their efforts to turning round a super tanker in an ocean. Read

Bill Gleeson: City centre shops in fear of Grosvenor

A GROWING number of Liverpool’s independent retailers fear that Grosvenor’s new £1bn shopping centre could pose a huge threat to their trade. Read

Tune in to man with Midas touch

IN this week’s LDP Business Week on CityTalk, Daily Post business editor Bill Gleeson speaks to the Liverpool man with the Midas touch. Read

Records book sold

GUINNESS World Records is in new hands after being sold to the company behind Ripley’s Believe It or Not Museums. Read

Virgin may face bill of £200m

SIR Richard Branson’s Virgin Group may be forced to pay as much as £200m to the Government if it succeeds in rescuing Northern Rock, a report said yesterday. Read

Waterford Wedgwood losses bigger than expected

CRYSTAL and china maker Waterford Wedgwood yesterday said poor trading over Christmas left it facing bigger-than-expected full-year losses. Read

Multi-million pound deal for man with the Midas touch

Bill Gleeson on howstock market listing has earned a Liverpool fund manager a fortune Read

Who needs a phone kiosk when you can have a mobile phone?

IMAGINE a city with no telephone boxes on its streets. Not easy, is it? Of course, there will always be some pay phone kiosks on our streets. Read

Is tide starting to turn for quoted firms?

THIS time last year, you could hear me complaining loudly about the rate at which the region was losing its stockmarket-quoted companies. Read

Bill Gleeson: Fruit to return at Port’s new £60m terminal

THE decision by Go Associates to build a £60m fresh produce terminal at the Port of Liverpool brings one chapter in the history of the city’s docks full circle. Read

Economist wants quarter point cut in rate

The interview forms part of LDP Business Week, a new show presented by Daily Post business editor Bill Gleeson at 11am this Sunday. Read

Federal Reserve cuts US rate again

It followed a three-fourths of a percentage point cut on January 22, a day after financial markets around the world plummeted on fears that the US economy was heading into a recession. That decrease had been the biggest one-day move in more than two decades. Read

Britain’s top banker sees the Mersey for himself

THE Governor of the Bank of England was yesterday given a guided tour of the site of Peel Holdings’ planned £100m Post Panamax container terminal at Seaforth. Read

Bill Gleeson: Beware of the risk posed by rising inflation

THE coming days will see a growing clamour as the nation’s business lobbyists demand a cut in interest rates when the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee meets next week. 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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