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Business News for 2 July 2008

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A CORPORATE training course with a difference is being offered by business trainers Paula Harrington and Bryan Adams.

Jul 2 2008

Take A Stand offers corporate presentation skills training, teaching participants the art of presentation through comedy....

Risk is on the rise as the US slows down

Jul 2 2008

The latest Merseyside and North Wales Business Prospect, published by the Liverpool Research Group in Macroeconomics, is out this week. Editors Patrick Minford and Peter Stoney review the outlook for the national and local economy...

Manager is chairman again

Jul 2 2008

THE manager of Liver-pool’s Crowne Plaza Hotel has been appoint-ed chair of the Liver-pool Hoteliers Associa-tion a second time....

£30m land deal signals start for new business park

Jul 2 2008

FUND manager and developer Property First Asset Management has completed the purchase of land in south Liverpool in a deal that will allow it to create a £30m business park....

Stobart rescue for chilled food group

Jul 2 2008

TRANSPORT group Stobart has rescued 1,300 jobs by buying a chilled foods distributor out of administration....

CHESHIRE travel company Holidaybreak has appointed Chris Stephens as a non-executive director. Mr Stephens is the senior non-executive director of listed design and engineering consultancy WSP Group. Until 2004 he was group human resources director of global logistics company Exel, now DHL. He will succeed Sally Martin as chairman of Holidaybreak’s remuneration committee when she steps down from the board later this month.

Jul 2 2008

CONSTRUCTION firm Rok has appointed Wayne Booth as area leader to head up the company’s building and maintenance business in Liverpool. Mr Booth has worked in the construction industry for 18 years and joined Rok in 2005....

Billington chairman joins radio show line-up

Jul 2 2008

THE chairman of one of Liverpool’s oldest companies, Edward Billington and Son, will be on this weekend’s LDP Business Week radio show to talk about the firm’s 150 years in business....

Sportech on target for pools relaunch

Jul 2 2008

GAMING company Sportech says it is ahead of schedule with the integration of Vernons Pools into its football pools business....

Smoothie operator opens with an eye on expansion across the country

Jul 2 2008

A LIVERPOOL entrepreneur has launched a smoothie and health drink outlet in the city’s Metquarter....

JLA joins crusade for ‘rethink’ on tax plans

Jul 2 2008

LIVERPOOL John Lennon Air-port is joining forces with other airports in the North of England to push the Government to rethink plans to hit the airline sector for £500m in extra taxes....