Bill Gleeson

Bill Gleeson: Can Capital of Culture save Liverpool from the crunch?

IF THE Lynn Jones hotel trade figures published on this supplement’s front page are anything to go by, we could be about to come down to earth with a nasty bump.Read

City-born fashion guru to retire as chairman of Per Una womenswear

THE Liverpool-born fashion designer behind Marks & Spencer’s hit Per Una womenswear range is retiring from the business, the retailer said.Read

‘Young pound’ key to surviving the crunch

HIGH shine leggings and the impact of the “young pound” may be the key to beating the economic downturn, fashion retailer ASOS said yesterday as it reported a 68% rise in interim profits.Read

Improved figures

FASHION retailer H&M has reassured on current trading after sales figures for October came in slightly ahead of expectations.Read

Citigroup sheds 53,000 jobs

BANKING giant Citigroup yesterday said that it planned to shed 53,000 jobs, with losses falling “particularly heavily” in London and New York.Read

Comparison website jobs go

WEBSITE Moneysupermarket.com says it cannot rule out further jobs losses after the banking crisis left third-quarter revenues in its money-based division down 15% on a year ago.Read

Belt-tightening vital in survival of car sector

Sales have plunged 22% and the industry is facing its most difficult time for years. Bill Gleeson reportsRead

Only transparent reporting can tellthe whole story

SHOP Direct has excelled itself again when it comes to transparent financial reporting. Until two years ago, Shop Direct, or Littlewoods as it was called then, would invite local journalists from the Daily Post and Liverpool Echo up to the group’s 12th floor boardroom for a one-to-one presentation by the chief executive and chairman.Read

Shop Direct report annual sales increase

SPEKE-BASED Shop Direct Group yesterday reported its first rise in annual sales for more than a decade.Read

Fears president-elect may snatch work from Deeside

AMERICAN President-elect Barack Obama could snatch a vital piece of work away from Deeside if he backs a bid by US company Boeing for a huge US Air Force contract.Read

Far East keen to use KLM city link

All are interested in bringing people into Liverpool.”Read

Market “extremely fragile” for Redrow

HOUSEBUILDER Redrow says house reservations plunged by 45% year-on-year since June in an “extremely fragile” property market.Read

Strong results for IS Pharma

CHESTER-BASED IS Pharma said it expected sales and profits growth to continue in the years ahead after yesterday publishing a strong set of half-year results.Read

O’Leary’s flightof fancy overfuture of Easyjet

COULD Easyjet be about to go bust? Yes, if you listen to Ryanair’s Michael O’Leary.Read

Building blocks of recovery in place

RECENT months have not been much fun or rewarding for equity investors. The three months to the end of September was one of the worst quarters on record.Read

Airbus forges ahead with cuts despite profits windfall hopes

AIRCRAFT manufacturer Airbus, which has major operations on Deeside, is refusing to abandon its cost- saving plans despite a potential profits windfall as the dollar soars in value.Read

Will new president change US’s policy on the DR Congo?

IT IS just 12 months since I returned from Democratic Republic of Congo, where I spent some time visiting a number of projects including a NGO involved in providing Clean Water.Read