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Liverpool Smaller Earth youth ambassador Michael Teoh a hit with US President Barack Obama’s granny

WHEN Michael Teoh won a global competition to become Liverpool’s first youth ambassador, he never expected to meet President Obama’s grandmother in the heart of Africa.Read

Celebrated Liverpool business family Wade-Smith returns to retail after nearly six years’ absence

ONE of Liverpool’s most famous retail names Wade Smith has returned to the city after a gap of nearly six years.Read

Liverpool’s Metquarter defies doubt with new retail names

LIVERPOOL’S Metquarter designer brand retail centre is fighting back at stiff competition by securing three new international names.Read

Manufacturers are keeping up growth

THE UK’s manufacturing firms are divided on prospects for the coming months although they are maintaining healthy growth, according to a new report.Read

Share prices fall as top pay rockets up

AVERAGE bonuses for top company directors have risen by almost 200% in the last decade despite a big fall in share prices, according to a new study.Read

Liverpool-based Social Enterprise North West charity gets new loan

LIVERPOOL-based Social Enterprise North West, which represents social enterprises across the region, has received a £50,000 loan from The Social Enterprise Loan Fund.Read

Wavertree model railway shop teams up with Knowsley home shopping specialist Chums

REGENERATION agency Liverpool Vision has helped two Merseyside firms develop by arranging for them to pool their expertise.Read

Merseyside firms to benefit from UK nuclear power programme

THE Government’s revival of UK civil nuclear power will create a vast raft of new business opportunities for North West companies.Read

New annual Irish sea sailing race launched in Liverpool

A MAJOR new annual Irish Sea sailing ship race was announced yesterday at Liverpool Cruise Terminal.Read

John Syvret, chief executive of Cammell Laird

Peel Group and Cammell Laird’s boss buy shipbuilding rival A&P Group

PROPERTY group Peel and senior directors of Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird have taken over shipbuilder A&P Group.Read

Mersey consortium snaps up shipbuilding business

A CONSORTIUM of Merseyside businessmen has bought a leading UK shipbuilding company.Read

On the Move: Winning Aintree financial post job

MIKE OWEN has become finance director of national postal operator, Secured Mail, as the Aintree company rapidly expands.Read

First NWF loan opens window of opportunity for Knowsley glass maker

PROCESSED glass maker Tuff X, of Knowsley, is one of the first businesses to receive a loan through the new North West Fund (NWF), set up as a lifeline to the region’s small and medium-sized firms.Read

Boat show event calls for futher sponsorship

THE success of the revamped Liverpool Boat Show will depend on private sponsors coming forward to donate cash or services in kind.Read

Maersk gets new chief at its UK headquarters in Liverpool

A NEW boss took over at the Liverpool-based Maersk Line UK yesterday, part of the world’s biggest container shipping group.Read

NWF Business Loan fund boss is very optimistic

THE Business Loan fund is the second largest in the North West Fund with £35m committed to it.Read

Record profits for container shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk

SHIPPING and oil group AP Moller- Maersk has announced record profits for 2010 – just a year after producing the biggest losses in its history.Read

NWF gives expansion capital for small firms

THE biggest of the NWF sectors is Development Capital, worth £45m in committed funds.Read

Maersk Line takes a gamble ordering world’s biggest ships

MAERSK, the world’s biggest container shipping line, which has its UK headquarters in Liverpool, has ordered the largest vessels ever built.Read

Liverpool’s wealth of learning

Peter Elson discovers an astonishing number of collaborations between business and academiaRead