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Diary Of An Entrepreneur: Patrick Smith, Red & Blue Restaurants Group Feb 09 2012

MY PASSION for cooking led to me spending 15 years in the trade and I only became self-employed by circumstances.Read

Liverpool Vision adopts a new approach to start-up support Feb 09 2012

LIVERPOOL VISION, the city’s economic development agency, is changing the way it delivers support to entrepreneurs, creating what it claims will be a “smarter and more effective” business start-up programme for 2012.Read

Stock Market report: February 8, 2012 Feb 08 2012

Nerves about whether Greece will stave off default weighed on London’s leading shares index despite strong results from Nurofen to Durex firm Reckitt BenckiserRead

Virgin Media announces first annual profit Feb 08 2012

VIRGIN Media today announced its first annual profit as customers of its TiVo entertainment platform doubled in the fourth quarter.Read

Stock Market report: February 7, 2012 Feb 07 2012

A heavyweight mining merger and BP’s first dividend hike since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill failed to boost the London market as fears of a Greek default continued to rattle investorsRead

TalkTalk raises earnings forecast Feb 07 2012

PHONE and communications group TalkTalk raised its earnings forecasts today after reporting revenues of £422m for the third quarter.Read

St Modwen delivers strong annual results Feb 07 2012

PROPERTY developer St Modwen delivered strong results for 2011 today with pre-tax profits up 34% to £50.4m, despite a fall in group revenues from £121.4m in 2010 to £109.6m.Read

Liverpool brewer Cains secures deal with Tesco Feb 07 2012

Toxteth brewer Cains has clinched a national distribution deal with supermarket giant Tesco for a new brewRead

Stock market report: February 6, 2012 Feb 06 2012

A LACK of progress in talks between Greece and its creditors unsettled investors today as London’s leading shares index failed to build on last week’s gains.Read

Fall in Easyjet monthly passenger stats for January Feb 06 2012

EASYJET, the biggest carrier at Liverpool John Lennon airport by passenger numbers, saw monthly customer numbers fall in January.Read

Government favours sell off for Urenco Feb 06 2012

THE UK Government is reportedly lining up banks to handle the sale of its stake in the Chester-based Urenco, the uranium enrichment operation.Read

Ineos plans refinancing Feb 06 2012

INEOS, the chemicals group which owns Runcorn-based Ineos Chlor, could raise £536.7m from the bond market to help it refinance its £5.1bn debt mountain.Read

Economic fears grow among manufacturing SMEs Feb 06 2012

SENTIMENT among small and medium-sized manufacturers fell for the third quarter running in the three months to January, as output stagnated and orders fell against a backdrop of heightened economic and political uncertainty, the CBI said today.Read

Liverpool International Tennis Tournament looks to private sector for record-breaking event Feb 04 2012

ORGANISERS of this year’s Liverpool International Tennis Tournament hope the prospect of attracting London 2012 Olympics stars to the city can inspire sponsors to make it a record-breaking 25,000-spectator success.Read

Stock Market report: February 3, 2012 Feb 03 2012

London’s leading shares index exploded into life after US jobs figures smashed expectations and boosted recovery hopes for the world’s largest economyRead

My Day Off: Jon Bloor and his ukulele Feb 03 2012

I’VE been playing the ukulele for about a year and a half.I originally bought a ukulele for my wife, because she said she wanted one. But she never played it.Read

Women in Business: Kathryn Mullen, Dream Body Personal Training Feb 03 2012

SOMETIMES that old maxim of the customer always being right doesn’t apply.Read

Property group Bruntwood hails solid year Feb 03 2012

COMMERCIAL property giant Bruntwood saw profits rise after a “solid” year.Read

Pilkington to shed 150 jobs Feb 03 2012

UP TO 150 jobs will be lost at glassmaker Pilkington, it was announced yesterday. Read

Merseyside Engineering firm secures £120,000 cash injection Feb 03 2012

A Merseyside engineering company with a pedigree in the oil and gas sectors has received a £120,000 loan from the North West Fund for Business Loans towards expansionRead