Oct
2009
Articles from 28th Oct 2009
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Property expert sets up new consultancy
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
BILL ADDY has stepped down from Liverpool property firm Iliad to start his own business. Read
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New CBI survey hints at better sales conditions on high street
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
High street sales in the UK showed improvement in the latest monthly survey by business group the CBI. Read
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Entrepreneur reaches out to small businesses
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
AWARD-WINNING Merseyside entrepreneur Ellen Kerr is reaching out to other women and those in minority groups who run their own businesses to offer support to help them develop their companies. Read
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Fresh investment ‘to save’ Lancashire Tea
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
DIRECTORS at Newton-le-Willows based Lancashire Tea were last night putting the finishing touches to a deal it hopes will rescue the struggling firm from financial collapse. Read
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Study claims more staff taking working lunch due to increased workload or fears over job security
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
A STUDY claims one in four UK staff now take a working lunch, due to a heavy workload or fears over job security. Read
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Finance provider declares car scrappage scheme a success after spike in loans
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
THE Government’s scrappage scheme has driven a big rise in personal loans to buy new cars, it was claimed today. Read
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City’s regeneration wows visiting Shanghai officials
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
A TOP-LEVEL delegation from Shanghai confirmed its belief that Liverpool is the perfect choice for a place in the Urban Best Practice Pavilion at next year’s World Expo. Read
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Taylor Shaw helps kids eat healthier
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
WARRINGTON contract caterer Taylor Shaw is helping provide all primary school children across County Durham with free school meals as part of a Government pilot scheme. Read
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Merseysiders back firms with Apprentices
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
MORE than 90% of people in Merseyside would be more inclined to use the services of a company that offered Apprenticeships to young people, new research shows. Read
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One in five M&As involves distressed businesses
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
MORE than one in five mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the North West now involve businesses in distress, according to new research. Read
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Two more tenants snap up office space at booming Hurricane Court
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
TWO tenants have signed up for office space at Hurricane Court in Speke. Read
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Quantity surveyor company Baqus looks to Liverpool office to drive expansion north
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
BAQUS, the AIM-quoted quantity surveying company, is planning further expansion despite fears of a slowdown in public sector contracts. Read
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Signs of an upturn in North West commercial market
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
SMALL signs of optimism are returning to the North West commercial property market, according to the latest Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) quarterly survey. Read
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Staybridge Liverpool reports increased corporate activity at pioneering Kings Dock location
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
THE corporate travel sector is showing signs of recovery, says InterContinental Hotels Group. Read
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Business Centre Association hosts Commons empty rates reception
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
THE Business Centre Association (BCA) is hosting a House of Commons reception today, inviting cross-party MPs and members of the cabinet to rethink the removal of the empty property rates relief for small businesses. Read
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Mason Owen competes in boat race in memory of former partner
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
A TEAM from Liverpool commercial agency Mason Owen competed in the recent Dragonboat Challenge event at West Kirby Marina. Read
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Amion Consulting to assess impact of LEGI scheme
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL-BASED Amion Consulting has been appointed by the Department of Communities and Local Government to evaluate the Government’s Local Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI). Read
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Private Business: S Norton & Co
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
BOOTLE scrap metal firm S Norton reported its first operating loss “in many years” after the market for its materials collapsed at the end of 2008. Read
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Female staff from Liverpool builder Morgan Ashurst give schoolgirls insight into career opportunities for construction sector
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
A FEMALE team from Liverpool builder Morgan Ashurst explained what “jobs for the girls” are available in the sector. Read
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Speke office of building group Bramall celebrating Welsh contract success
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
THE Speke office of construction group Bramall North West has won its first major refurbishment contract in Wales. Read
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Action group calls for mandatory licensing of letting agents
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
THE Merseyside and Wirral Property Landlord Action Group is repeating its call for the mandatory licensing of letting agents. Read
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FPB urges Government not to cut help for small firms
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
THE Government must not sacrifice its support for small businesses as part of widely-anticipated spending cuts to plug the gap in public finances, the Cheshire-based Forum of Private Business (FPB) is warning. Read
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Viewpoint: Dilapidation claims are on the increase
Oct 28 2009 | Business News
OVER the past couple of years, the number of dilapidation claims served by landlords against tenants has risen dramatically. Read
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Working Day: Paula Cain of Knowsley Chamber of Commerce
Oct 28 2009 | Working Day
PAULA CAIN is chief executive of Knowsley Chamber of Commerce. The Kirkby-based business support organisation has more than 300 members, including Jaguar Land Rover and Vertex. Read
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Bill Gleeson: Just how tight are the banks’ purse strings?
Oct 28 2009 | Business Opinion
LIVERPOOL City Council’s decision to approve planning permission for a 228,000 sq ft office complex at 30 Pall Mall was inevitable. Read
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Matt Johnson: Closing the digital divide in Britain’s rural areas and inner cities
Oct 28 2009 | Business Opinion
AS IS so often the case in government communications, there’s a devil in the detail of the Digital Britain White Paper. Read
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Tourism could boost UK economic recovery
Oct 28 2009 | Business Opinion
OPTIMISTS have had to put the bunting back into storage after official statistics showed that the UK economy continued to shrink in the third quarter, declining a further 0.4%. Read
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Closing the digital divide in Britain’s rural areas and inner cities
Oct 28 2009 | Business Opinion
AS IS so often the case in government communications, there’s a devil in the detail of the Digital Britain White Paper. Read
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Workplace deaths fall to record low
Oct 28 2009 | National Business News
The number of people killed, injured or hit by work-related ill-health has fallen significantly over the past year, official figures showed today. Read
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Swine flu vaccine gives £1bn boost to GlaxoSmithKline
Oct 28 2009 | National Business News
Soaring global demand for swine flu vaccinations is expected to give drug giant GlaxoSmithKline a £1bn sales boost in the final three months of the year, the group confirmed today. Read
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Swinton ordered to offer refunds to 350,000 PPI customers
Oct 28 2009 | National Business News
High street insurance broker Swinton was fined £770,000 today and ordered to offer refunds to 350,000 customers after the City watchdog found “serious failings” in its sales of payment protection insurance (PPI). Read
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Private equity firm is £500m richer as it bows out of Debenhams
Oct 28 2009 | National Business News
One of Debenhams’ largest shareholders has exited the company nearly £500m richer, it emerged today. Read
