CAST your minds back to the global panic of winter, 1999. Those claiming to know about such things were predicting an IT Armageddon due to the Millennium bug.Read
In the same way as old family photo albums can make people cringe, so it must be with those seeking to shift perceptions of Liverpool when TV producers raid their archives.Read
IT HAS taken a while and some legal hurdles have had to be cleared but we now have access to a directory service that allows us to find the mobile phone numbers of people we don’t know.Read
TIME is playing its tricks again. We’re almost through July and, as 2009 speeds by, it becomes easier to forget the triumph that was Liverpool’s big year in the spotlight.Read
CONFERENCES bring money to their host cities. In the case of Liverpool’s award- winning venue, the BT Convention Centre, the economic impact has been greater thanks to the simultaneous arrival of its neighbour, the Echo Arena.Read
WHAT we waste has rarely been a bigger issue. In business and at home, everything from energy to food is coming under the scrutiny of those driving conservation and related green issues.Read
SIR Richard Branson’s grin has become almost as famous as his hairdo. Save the moments when he is being rescued from one of his world record attempts or is required to inspect the scene of a crash involving a train bearing his Virgin brand, Sir Richard is generally to be found smiling broadly.Read
HEARD the one about the banker, the airline boss and the celebrity chef. The week has been no laughing matter for Sir Fred Goodwin, Michael O’Leary and Heston Blumenthal.Read
AS ENDS of years go, we are in uncharted territory. It has undoubtedly been a big one for Liverpool and the rest of the Merseyside region, but it’s been an even bigger one for the world’s economy.Read
IT'S hard to imagine a more volatile period in which to consider launching a new business or touting a new commercial idea around potential backers.Read
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.Read
