Sep
2009
Articles from 2nd Sep 2009
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Shop Direct targets European-based Brits
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL-based online and home shopping giant Shop Direct is today launching its Littlewoods brand across Europe. Read
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Service specialist checks in at Chester hotel
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
A HOSPITALITY specialist who worked on a White Paper on skills gaps in the tourism industry has been appointed to a key role at Doubletree by Hilton Chester. Read
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Intrum Justitia plans to axe 247 jobs
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
THE Liverpool office of debt collection agency Intrum Justitia will see staff numbers cut “substantially” after the company announced it was scaling back its UK business. Read
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Former Bootleg Beatle Paul in personalised songs business venture
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
FORMER Bootleg Beatle Paul Cooper has launched a business venture recording personalised songs for special occasions. Read
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City Point secures two new tenants
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
AN OFFICE development just outside Liverpool city centre has secured two new tenants. Read
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Telent wins Merseyrail station information deal
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
TECHNOLOGY services company Telent has been awarded a contract by Merseyrail for the maintenance of its Station Information and Surveillance Systems (SISS) across 66 stations. Read
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Liverpool women’s enterprise organisation Train 2000 releases first images of global enterprise project
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL women’s enterprise centre, Train 2000, has unveiled the first images of its proposed £5.3m Women’s International Centre for Economic Development (WICED). Read
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CBRE appointed to market nine-acre Southport site
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
A NINE-ACRE plot in Southport, comprising a number of buildings, has been put on the market. Read
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Liverpool accountants welcome record rise in business confidence
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
BUSINESS confidence levels among North West professionals have shown a record rise. Read
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109 lots go under the hammer at property auctions in Merseyside
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
TWO of Merseyside’s leading property auction houses will hold their next events within 24 hours of each other. Read
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Prince of Wales on a collision course with RIBA
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
THE Prince of Wales is on a collision course with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) after calling for planning reform which would give “ordinary” people the right to influence planning policy. Read
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Skelmersdale plumber cuts costs with vehicle fleet satellite tracking system
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
A SATELLITE vehicle tracking system has allowed Skelmersdale-based Huyton Plumbing and Heating to improve services and make savings, including cutting a third off its fuel costs. Read
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Merseyrail joint operator Serco in Government deal worth up to £500m
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
MERSEYRAIL joint operator Serco has clinched three new deals with the Government, worth up to £500m. Read
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Wirral farming firm reaping the benefits of diversification
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
FARMERS understand better than most the truth in the motto “reap what you sow”, and Andrew Pimbley, of Claremont Farm Shop and Claremont Kitchen, in Wirral, is seeing the benefits of his hard work. Read
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Silver Blades development is icing on Allenbuild’s £16m contracts
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
CONSTRUCTION firm Allenbuild has got its skates on to secure four contracts worth a total of £16m. Read
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Newton-le-Willows soft drink firm Nichols announces departure of finance director Taylor Purkis
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
VIMTO maker Nichols has announced the departure of its group finance director, Taylor Purkis. Read
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Aggregate Industries completes takeover of Liverpool firm
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
INTERNATIONAL construction and building materials firm Aggregate Industries has completed the acquisition of a Liverpool-based company. Read
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Maghull wins planning approval for hotel in Hope Street
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
PLANS to refurbish Hope Street’s Hahnemann Building into a boutique hotel have been approved by Liverpool City Council. Read
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Miko secures Blackpool Tower contract
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
COMMERCIAL coffee supplier Miko Northern has added tourist attraction Blackpool Tower to its growing client list. Read
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Record numbers of small firms use tax scheme
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
RECORD numbers of small businesses in the North West are using a pioneering scheme to ease their tax burden in the recession, according to accountants and business advisors Beever and Struthers. Read
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Royal Liver Assurance reveals job cuts and interim deficit
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
LIVERPOOL financial services group Royal Liver Assurance is axing jobs in a restructuring exercise that has already seen the departure of chief executive Steve Burnett. Read
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Widnes Vikings given sporting chance by long-term investments
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
SIGNIFICANT investment in rugby league club Widnes Vikings saw its parent company Widnes Sport lose nearly £1m as it relaunched the club after administration. Read
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Barburrito’s £2.5m expansion plan
Sep 02 2009 | Business News
MEXICAN restaurant business Barburrito is planning to spend more than £2.5m on an expansion plan that will see it open seven new stores. Read
