http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/authors/ Authors en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk no Authors Authors http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/08/concerted-action-needed-to-resolve-the-banking-crisis-64375-21988420/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/08/concerted-action-needed-to-resolve-the-banking-crisis-64375-21988420/ PERHAPS Shakespeare’s Polonius had it right when, in Hamlet, he advises Ophelia: “Neither a borrower nor lender be.” http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/08/new-business-confidence-should-see-region-through-hard-times-64375-21988424/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/08/new-business-confidence-should-see-region-through-hard-times-64375-21988424/ OPINIONS are not hard to find in Liverpool. And the business community, like many others across the city, is not slow in coming forwards to offer its view of how the land lies. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/07/germany-goes-it-alone-while-darling-lays-it-on-the-line-we-will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-restore-stability-to-the-financial-markets-64375-21978561/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/07/germany-goes-it-alone-while-darling-lays-it-on-the-line-we-will-do-whatever-it-takes-to-restore-stability-to-the-financial-markets-64375-21978561/ CHANCELLOR Alistair Darling pledged again yesterday to do “whatever is needed” to maintain financial stability, as he dis- closed that depositor protection for savers may rise again from the planned £50,000 limit. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/06/property-boss-movesover-cash-shortfall-64375-21973200/ Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/06/property-boss-movesover-cash-shortfall-64375-21973200/ PROPERTY development company Eatonfield has come up with a contingency plan to raise badly needed short-term funding if a £750,000 loan from its founder and chief executive Rob Lloyd is not approved by existing shareholders. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/04/region-s-reaction-to-bank-bail-out-64375-21962796/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/04/region-s-reaction-to-bank-bail-out-64375-21962796/ WHAT do the latest developments in the international banking crisis mean for busi- nesses in the region? http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/03/leahy-tells-how-to-survive-economic-downturn-64375-21955406/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/03/leahy-tells-how-to-survive-economic-downturn-64375-21955406/ TESCO boss Sir Terry Leahy told a Liverpool business audience yesterday that staying close to customers is key to surviving the current difficult economic conditions. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/03/bid-chief-quits-for-chester-challenge-64375-21955413/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/10/03/bid-chief-quits-for-chester-challenge-64375-21955413/ THE chief executive of Liverpool’s Business Improvement District has quit her job just a week before a vital vote on the organisation’s future. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/01/wait-for-the-political-fall-out-64375-21936481/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/01/wait-for-the-political-fall-out-64375-21936481/ SUCH is the turmoil in the world's banking sector this week that millions, billions and even trillions are being talked about as if they were the proceeds of a child's overturned piggy bank. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/01/facing-up-to-the-cost-of-one-very-greedy-binge-64375-21936247/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/01/facing-up-to-the-cost-of-one-very-greedy-binge-64375-21936247/ IF YOU think this is bad, it could get worse. That’s the view of James D. Wolfensohn, former president of the World Bank, expressed in the Daily Post yesterday. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/01/all-sides-pulling-together-as-crisis-grows-64375-21936485/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/10/01/all-sides-pulling-together-as-crisis-grows-64375-21936485/ INVESTORS were spared another bloodbath yesterday following the US failure to approve a Wall Street financial rescue. The FTSE 100 Index opened more than 2% lower before a mini-recovery for banking stocks pushed the London market back into positive territory. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/26/rsa-shares-soar-on-takeover-speculation-64375-21905066/ Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/26/rsa-shares-soar-on-takeover-speculation-64375-21905066/ SHARES in RSA Insurance rose sharply yesterday on the back of takeover speculation and improving sentiment about the insurance sector. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/09/24/time-to-build-on-the-new-self-confidence-generated-in-2008-64375-21887798/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/09/24/time-to-build-on-the-new-self-confidence-generated-in-2008-64375-21887798/ SOME may whinge about the acoustics, but St George's Hall will always be one of Liverpool's most impressive and imposing venues for anything "big". http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/24/dock-companies-at-risk-from-backdated-tax-bills-64375-21887852/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/24/dock-companies-at-risk-from-backdated-tax-bills-64375-21887852/ A LOBBY group fighting for the survival of companies based in the Mersey’s docks will fire its first campaign salvo today. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/23/breakthrough-for-peel-on-the-trail-to-secure-investment-64375-21877930/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/23/breakthrough-for-peel-on-the-trail-to-secure-investment-64375-21877930/ A SENIOR Shanghai bureaucrat yester-day promised to help Peel Holdings find investment for its ambitious Shanghai Tower project. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/23/china-sign-up-delay-could-hamper-plans-64375-21877929/ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/23/china-sign-up-delay-could-hamper-plans-64375-21877929/ LIVERPOOL City Council leader Warren Bradley said yesterday that the city remains committed to taking a stand at Shanghai’s World Expo in 2010, despite it not yet signing the contract for the event. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/20/biggest-ftse-gain-ever-as-us-debts-buyback-plan-buoys-markets-64375-21860030/ Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/20/biggest-ftse-gain-ever-as-us-debts-buyback-plan-buoys-markets-64375-21860030/ LONDON’S principal stock market index enjoyed its biggest one-day gain since it was set up more than 24 years ago. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/19/tycoon-to-buy-air-firm-64375-21852854/ Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/19/tycoon-to-buy-air-firm-64375-21852854/ ONE of Airbus’s biggest customers may be bought from troubled US insurance conglomerate American International Group. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/18/hbos-rescue-bid-fails-to-stablise-the-volatile-stock-markets-64375-21844210/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/09/18/hbos-rescue-bid-fails-to-stablise-the-volatile-stock-markets-64375-21844210/ BREAKING news of a plan to rescue one of Britain’s biggest banks from the uncertainty surrounding its future failed to prevent the stock market from falling for the third day running yesterday. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/09/17/cockpit-cctv-firm-on-awards-shortlist-64375-21835310/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/09/17/cockpit-cctv-firm-on-awards-shortlist-64375-21835310/ LEADING CCTV specialist AD Aerospace has reached the final of this year’s National Business Awards. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/09/17/vital-for-a-steady-hand-and-mind-in-volatile-times-64375-21835261/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-columns/2008/09/17/vital-for-a-steady-hand-and-mind-in-volatile-times-64375-21835261/ AS WALL Street went into meltdown, an auction room in London witnessed amazing scenes of its own.