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Debtors’ book changes owners

LITTLEWOODS Shop Direct has agreed to acquire the debtors’ book of the troubled Empire Stores catalogues business. Read

Internet finance tycoon turns to luxury property

THE Chester entrepreneur who made more than £100m last year with the flotation of his North Wales price comparison website business is branching out into the up-market luxury property market. Read

Top business people help launch Prince’s Trust group

THE Prince’s Trust has launched its first Regional Leadership Group in the North West. Read

Bill Gleeson: Optimism not dented by the gloom around

IMAGINE the circumstances that would lead the Bank of England to cut interest rates by 0.75%. Last time it met, our MPC balked at the idea of a quarter-point drop. Read

Liverpool Vision chief executive Jim Gill

Jim Gill: Tall buildings a thing of past

THE man appointed to run Liverpool’s new economic and business development superquango has warned that it will be a long time before any more tall buildings are constructed in Liverpool city centre. Read

Bill Gleeson: The age of the skyscraper has finally ended

SHOPPING channel QVC needs a new head office and broadcasting base. Read

Bill Gleeson: Gill’s second choice - but he’s still first rate

LIVERPOOL Vision chief executive Jim Gill now knows how Steve McClaren must have felt when he was appointed England manager. Read

RETAILERS endured a “worse than expected” Christmas period as figures showed sales in December grew at their weakest rate for three years.

The British Retail Consortium said like-for-like UK sales rose 0.3% last month, compared to 2.5% growth in December 2006 and 2.6% in 2005. Read

Here to listen to city’s fantastic ideas

Entrepreneurs across Merseyside and the North West are hailed as inspirational, as The Bold Venturers book reveals. Author and editor Lew Baxter explains why Read

Europe’s cash has made all the difference as we await 08

WHAT will people say about 2007? Economists will undoubtedly think of it as a more challenging year for the UK economy than any we have seen for 15 years. Read

Focus for creativity which must stand on its own feet

Bill Gleeson meets LINDSEY SHARPLES, director of the International Centre for Digital Content at Liverpool Digital Read

US giant plans takeover of England kit-maker Umbro

ONE of the region’s leading textile manufacturers looks set to be acquired by a major US rival. Read

Credit crunch forces top Merseyside to axe 50 jobs

THE global credit crunch hit one of Merseyside’s leading construction and property groups last night, as David McLean announced it was laying off up to 50 staff. Read

Tiger Airways orders 20 A320s

SINGAPORE-BASED budget carrier Tiger Airways is to buy 20 more Airbus A320s valued at about £650m to expand its Asia-Pacific network. Read

Home Bargains to get ‘yes’

LIVERPOOL council officers will recommend retail group TJ Morris’s application for a huge extension to its Gillmoss head office. Read

Bill Gleeson: Great news from Ford – but why now?

IT’S great news that Ford plans to produce a second Land Rover model at Halewood. Read

Matt Johnson: Keep pace with the digital revolution or ignore it at your peril

IF YOU'VE battled your way through a stint of Christmas shopping in recent days, braving crowded streets and stores, you may find recently published surveys at odds with the evidence of your own eyes and ears. Read

£300m schools rebuild signed

KNOWSLEY Council has confirmed that a £300m contract for the construction of seven new secondary schools will be awarded to a consortium led by construction group Balfour Beatty. Read

Pram-maker urges business to fight EU treaty red tape

A LEADING north west businessman is urging the region’s firms to join his campaign to demand a referendum about the EU’s new Treaty of Lisbon. signed on Thursday. Read

Liverpool's famous waterfront at night

Retailer to create 700 new jobs in Liverpool

RETAIL chain Home Bargains plans to create up to 700 jobs at its Liverpool-based head office as part of a £35m investment. 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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