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Alex Turner: Four days of frustration at the hands of BT Sep 14 2011

ALEX TURNER is the general manager of financial training firm, Ambitious MindsRead

Alistair Houghton: MediaCity could be an opportunity for Mersey firms Sep 14 2011

IT’S tempting to see Media CityUK as a threat to Merseyside’s creative industry – but now is not the time to be defeatist.Read

Could this age of slapdash communication hurt your business? Sep 07 2011

ALEX TURNER is the general manager of financial training firm Ambitious MindsRead

Profile: Graham Worrell, chief executive of ELECT Sep 07 2011

Tony McDonough meets GRAHAM WORELL, chief executive of ELECTRead

Time to construct more homes for young families Sep 07 2011

IT’S hard to be certain about the fundamental causes of the recent stock market volatility at home and abroad.Read

The twin engines of growth are still in robust good health Sep 07 2011

THOSE who used to watch the television series, Star Trek, will remember Captain Kirk’s habitual mid-combat information request (most often to Chief Engineer Mr Scott) for a damage report. The response, in the brief lull as the Klingon aggressors circled for another attack on the Starship Enterprise, was usually that sundry engines couldn’t function, the shields were at half-power and the weapon systems were down to the last few photon torpedoes.Read

Profile: John Hall, chief executive of Professional Liverpool Aug 31 2011

Tony McDonough meets JOHN HALL,chief executive of Professional LiverpoolRead

Alex Turner: Still no clear path out of the UK’s economic troubles Aug 31 2011

ALEX TURNER is the general manager of financial training firm Ambitious MindsRead

Brock Carmichael Architects have designs on China Aug 31 2011

Alistair Houghton on how a Liverpool firm used the World Expo in Shanghai as a springboard to success in ChinaRead

Profile: Growth plans at insurer Paymentshield Aug 24 2011

Alistair Houghton meets TIM JOHNSON, chief executive of Paymentshield, in SouthportRead

Alex Turner: Dangers of allowing hope to triumph over experience Aug 24 2011

ALEX TURNER is the general manager of financial training firm Ambitious Minds.Read

Bold Street Coffee creating a stir Aug 24 2011

Sam Tawil, 31, is co-founder and director of Bold Street Coffee, a specialist coffee shop situated at the top of Bold Street, in Liverpool city centre. This was his working dayRead

Trading Gossip: Clean team at Cains Aug 24 2011

NEW head brewer Jim Kerr, below, may only have been at Cains for a few weeks, but his pride in the brewery is already obvious.Read

Reasons to be cheerful about world investment markets Aug 24 2011

INVESTMENT markets have recently experienced very high levels of volatility. World share prices have fallen by a precipitous 18% from their May highs in Sterling terms (as measured by the Morgan Stanley World Index, to August 19), whilst those assets perceived as safe havens have seen strong gains.Read

Does Grosvenor have big plans for Lord Street? Aug 24 2011

THE £19.1m purchase of the row of shops on Lord Street that the Duke of Westminster’s Grosvenor has bought from Land Securities is slightly puzzling.Read

Retail investors face difficult conditions Aug 24 2011

IT’S A brave move to acquire any retail chain during the current slow economic conditions, but that doesn’t seem to be stopping people.Read

New owner tells of plans to revive Ethel Austin Aug 24 2011

Ethel Austin’s new owner tells Bill Gleeson about her plans to revive the struggling stores groupRead

Alex Turner: Just 100 working days until Christmas – time to get energised Aug 17 2011

Alex Turner is the general manager of financial training firm Ambitious Minds.Read

Future looks bright for gin distiller Aug 17 2011

Alistair Houghton meets CHRISTIAN ROSE, chief executive of gin distillery G&J GreenallRead

Sophie Nixon: architectural conservationist with 2020 Liverpool Aug 17 2011

Sophie Nixon is an architectural conservationist at 2020 Liverpool. She is project- managing a condition survey of buildings on the Croxteth Park Estate as well as other projects. This was her day.Read