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Bill Gleeson: A double-edged sword that may speed recovery

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:19:00 GMT

STERLING’S slide earlier this week is a double- edged sword.

Bill Gleeson: Nostalgia aside, Lewis’s closure seems inevitable

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I FEEL a little nostalgic about Lewis’s closing its doors for good in a few months’ time.

Bill Gleeson: The importance of adequate working capital

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

ELAINE McPHERSON, the owner of retail chain Ethel Austin, kept her head firmly beneath the parapet, even when things were going well.

Bill Gleeson: Old-fashioned attitudes that prevent progress

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WHAT does the Church of England have in common with the nation’s biggest commercial law practices?

Bill Gleeson: Hung Parliament would be bad news for Britain

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MUCH talk recently has focused on the growing prospect of a hung Parliament after the forthcoming general election.

Bill Gleeson: Has ‘struggling city’ turned the corner first?

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:08:00 GMT

WHEN the epithet “struggling” was applied this week to the economic condition of his home town, it was always going to be the case that Liverpool Chamber of Commerce chief executive Jack Stopforth would jump to its defence.

Bill Gleeson: Puerile, childish and bad for airline’s image

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

RYANAIR makes virtually all of its profit from what it calls ancillary charges.

Tony McDonough: Time for Liverpool to embrace free market principles

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IN TODAY’S LDP Business, Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley once again talks about the goal of being seen elsewhere as a “business-friendly” city.

Bill Gleeson: Could Britain be in for a bout of rising prices?

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

FINANCIAL commentators spent much of yesterday trying to play down fears inflation may be rearing its ugly head again.

Liverpool Daily Post Business Editor Bill Gleeson: Why we should not punish our greedy bankers

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:40:00 GMT

THE windfall tax on bankers’ bonuses announced in yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report will disappoint many in business.

Bill Gleeson: Bank bonus windfall tax must not kill the goose that laid the golden egg

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:18:00 GMT

WHILE it was heavily trailed that big bank bonuses would be hit with a windfall tax in today’s Pre-Budget Report, the move will, nevertheless, disappoint many in business.

Bill Gleeson: Has Chancellor any room for manoeuvre?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT

IF LAST April’s Budget speech is anything to go by, today’s Pre-Budget Report is likely to duck the big issue facing the British economy.

Bill Gleeson: The chance to build new stadia has gone for good

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:11:00 GMT

THE surprise Whitehall decision to turn down Everton and Tesco’s plan for a new stadium and retail development in Kirkby sparked speculation that Merseyside’s big two clubs could yet build a shared stadium.

Bill Gleeson: Is the demise of our bookshops unavoidable?

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The smell of newly- printed pages fuses with the whiff of freshly- ground coffee (most bookshops house either a Starbucks or a Costa Coffee franchise), while mellow jazz rhythms provide a sonorous backdrop.

Bill Gleeson: When pleasant surprises come thick and fast

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:13:00 GMT

THE rate of unemployment in the UK has shown a surprise fall in recent months, according to official data published last week.

Bill Gleeson: Most of us would benefit from low prices

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:53:00 GMT

ECONOMIC pundits have been straining to spot the green shoots for the best part of a year now.

Bill Gleeson: Just how tight are the banks’ purse strings?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

LIVERPOOL City Council’s decision to approve planning permission for a 228,000 sq ft office complex at 30 Pall Mall was inevitable.

Bill Gleeson: The region’s best hope for future progress

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

THE NWDA’s spending at Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus has reached £67m. That’s a lot of cash for any business park.

Bill Gleeson: We need to hear realism amid the spin

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:00:00 GMT

I’M LOOKING forward to receiving my copy of the Merseyside Economic Review.

Bill Gleeson: How recession has hit the local housing market

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:54:00 GMT

I HAVE come to the end of what has proven to be a drawn-out search for a new house. It's been hard work.