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Business analysis: Solar panel uncertainty continues for Merseyside firms Feb 02 2012

SINCE the day it was elected Britain’s coalition Government has fallen over itself to be seen as pro-business – putting the private sector front and centre of its plan for economic recovery.Read

Stock Market report: February 2, 2012 Feb 02 2012

London’s leading shares index fail to gain significant ground after a raft of blue-chip results overshadow optimism in the US and merger talks in the mining sectorRead

Unilever maintains growth despite difficult markets Feb 02 2012

PERSONAL care to foods group Unilever said it achieved strong growth throughout the year, despite difficult markets.Read

Liverpool St John’s shopping centre put up for sale by owners Land Securities Feb 02 2012

LIVERPOOL’S St John’s shopping centre is up for sale.Read

Energy Innovation Centre secures more than £29m investment pot Feb 02 2012

CHESHIRE’S Energy Innovation Centre (EIC) has secured more than £29m of funding for firms bringing new ideas to the energy sector.Read

Liverpool facing tough competition to win Green Investment Bank Feb 02 2012

LIVERPOOL is among 32 cities and towns bidding to host the Government’s Green Investment Bank (GIB).Read

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce spearheads community apprenticeship drive Feb 02 2012

LIVERPOOL Chamber of Commerce is spearheading a new community interest company to help create hundreds of apprenticeships.Read

Albert Dock wine specialist Vinea maturing into full-bodied success story Feb 02 2012

A LITTLE bit of California exists within Liverpool’s Albert Dock – at least in the mind of James McGrory and his wife Karen.Read

Game on for Liverpool’s video gaming sector Feb 02 2012

Alistair Houghton hears how city’s small video games firms are finding independenceRead

Diary of an Entrepreneur: John Bullock, chairman of City Lets in Liverpool Feb 02 2012

THEY say that entrepreneurs don’t do days off.Read

Liverpool Sound City announces biggest-ever Expo Feb 02 2012

MUSIC showcase Liverpool Sound City is to hold its biggest-ever Expo event in May to promote the latest innovations in music, art and technology.Read

Legal Week Opinion: Brian Dawson of Walker Smith Way on the truth about delays to justice Feb 02 2012

Brian Dawson of law firm Walker Smith Way on the truth about delays to justiceRead

Consul General visit to build trade links with South China Feb 02 2012

HM Consul General for the South China region of Guangzhou is visiting Merseyside tomorrow as part of a bid to increase trade links.Read

St Helens pickler Bartons in Tesco poll success Feb 02 2012

A TRADITIONAL St Helens pickler has been hailed as the essence of Northern food.Read

EMS Warrington expansion creates 30 jobs Feb 02 2012

AT least 30 new jobs are being created at the second Warrington office of EMS Internet.Read

Lancashire Tea manager travels back in time to help arts students Feb 02 2012

LANCASHIRE TEA executive Paul Needham dressed up as his grandfather might have done to travel back in time to a 1930s tea room as part of sponsoring a project raising funds for North West art students.Read

Pink Shoe Club holds North West launch in Liverpool Feb 02 2012

LIVERPOOL’S upmarket Panoramic restaurant was the venue for the first regional launch of a London-based women-focused networking group.Read

ELECT helps more than 1,000 North West start-ups Feb 02 2012

MERSEYSIDE-BASED ELECT is celebrating helping more than 1,000 business and social enterprise start-ups under the Intensive Start Up Support (ISUS) programme.Read

Barclays appoints Liverpool charity specialist Feb 02 2012

WIRRAL manufacturer Meyer Group has acquired a Blackburn-based housewares supplier.Read

FPB urges Government to change law on insolvency Feb 02 2012

THE Forum of Private Business FPB has responded with “dismay” to a Government announcement that legislation to improve the pre-pack insolvency sales process, will now not go ahead as planned.Read