http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/ Latest business opinion, views and comment on Liverpool and UK businesses from the Liverpool Daily Post columnists en-gb Trinity Mirror 2012 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 04:46:09 GMT Liverpool Daily Post no Latest business opinion, views and comment on Liverpool and UK businesses from the Liverpool Daily Post columnists business opinion, business comment, liverpool daily post, liverpool post, LDP Business, Business Columnists, Business Views, Business news, local businesses in liverpool, commercial property in Liverpool http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/10/alex-turner-a-new-solution-is-needed-for-st-helens-99623-30289817/ TONIGHT sees the much-anticipated first competitive match at St Helens RLFC’s stadium, Langtree Park.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/10/alex-turner-a-new-solution-is-needed-for-st-helens-99623-30289817/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/09/bill-gleeson-the-economic-cost-of-old-fashioned-conservative-values-99623-30298132/ I FIND myself perplexed when listening to what seems to be the interminable debate about whether the Church of England should appoint women bishops.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:01:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/09/bill-gleeson-the-economic-cost-of-old-fashioned-conservative-values-99623-30298132/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/09/viewpoint-liverpool-can-find-a-way-to-progress-while-still-keeping-world-heritage-status-99623-30289815/ OVER the last decade Liverpool’s waterfront has benefitted from investment, with the Kings Dock, Arena and museum widely praised.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/09/viewpoint-liverpool-can-find-a-way-to-progress-while-still-keeping-world-heritage-status-99623-30289815/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/09/ben-hatton-the-advertising-world-is-going-mobile-99623-30289821/ GOOGLE’S divisive amalgamation of its privacy policies is what every mobile advertiser has been wishing for, as it finally gives them a chance to prove their value in the digital purchase chain.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/09/ben-hatton-the-advertising-world-is-going-mobile-99623-30289821/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/viewpoint-why-more-and-more-businesses-are-choosing-to-go-flexible-99623-30242836/ FLEXIBILITY is a weapon in the arsenal of businesses right now – allowing them to react more readily and in some cases survive during what is a difficult economic climate.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/viewpoint-why-more-and-more-businesses-are-choosing-to-go-flexible-99623-30242836/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/social-enterprise-andrea-rushton-of-bh-maintenance-99623-30242856/ AS WE head towards the Gobal Entrepreneurship Congress and the eyes of the world will again be on Liverpool, the issue of women in the boardroom is high on the agenda.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/social-enterprise-andrea-rushton-of-bh-maintenance-99623-30242856/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/alex-turner-duke-of-wellington-offers-a-lesson-for-the-modern-business-leader-99623-30244279/ EXACTLY 200 years ago this summer, the Duke of Wellington fired off a sarcastic memo to ministers in London complaining of the burden of bureaucracy.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/alex-turner-duke-of-wellington-offers-a-lesson-for-the-modern-business-leader-99623-30244279/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/opinion-facebook-timeline-could-boost-businesses-99623-30245597/ THIS month saw the official launch of Facebook Timeline. Easily the biggest change ever introduced by Facebook, Timeline is a means to digitally document your entire life, from birth to the present day.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/opinion-facebook-timeline-could-boost-businesses-99623-30245597/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/ben-hatton-how-will-your-brand-cope-with-a-crisis-99623-30245598/ THE year has already seen a host of crisis management campaigns which have put brands in the spotlight.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/02/02/ben-hatton-how-will-your-brand-cope-with-a-crisis-99623-30245598/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/26/alex-turner-the-pipeline-is-better-than-the-grapevine-99623-30195694/ A MEMO was circulated this week to a group of business owners in one of our region’s commercial sites that began “You may have already heard the news on the grapevine . . . ”, and went on to announce the memo author’s promotion to site manager.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/26/alex-turner-the-pipeline-is-better-than-the-grapevine-99623-30195694/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/26/ben-hatton-retailers-must-think-clicks-and-bricks-99623-30199726/ LAST year, it was reported that ailing high-street sales were boosted by online spending. Now internet retailing trade body IMRG and consultancy Capgemini are predicting a further 13% growth in 2012.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/26/ben-hatton-retailers-must-think-clicks-and-bricks-99623-30199726/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/26/social-enterprise-ben-donnelly-chief-executive-of-elixir-99623-30199783/ LAST week, the news reported that unemployment rates had risen to a level that has not been seen for over 17 years.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/26/social-enterprise-ben-donnelly-chief-executive-of-elixir-99623-30199783/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/20/alex-turner-can-you-stick-to-your-vision-and-get-rich-99623-30150200/ ALMOST every entrepreneur wants to become rich.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Fri, 20 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/20/alex-turner-can-you-stick-to-your-vision-and-get-rich-99623-30150200/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/19/ben-hatton-social-networks-changing-how-we-watch-tv-99623-30148807/ THE past week has seen an influx of social media chatter as new platforms and social TV apps get ready to launch in the UK over the coming months.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 19 Jan 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/19/ben-hatton-social-networks-changing-how-we-watch-tv-99623-30148807/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/19/comment-by-kevin-mcmanus-acme-a-festival-of-trade-as-well-as-great-music-99623-30149973/ IT WAS great last week to see Sound City announce their high-profile industry speakers for the New York Sound City event in March.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2012/01/19/comment-by-kevin-mcmanus-acme-a-festival-of-trade-as-well-as-great-music-99623-30149973/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/12/07/bill-gleeson-the-region-needs-strong-leadership-at-the-helm-of-the-lep-99623-29908412/ BY ALL accounts, there is a considerable amount of behind-the-scenes cloak and dagger politics going on at the city region’s much-awaited Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP).

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/12/07/bill-gleeson-the-region-needs-strong-leadership-at-the-helm-of-the-lep-99623-29908412/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/10/03/daily-post-business-monday-memo-headteacher-elaine-cogan-on-work-placements-99623-29526169/ To: Stephen Roberts, Chairman of the Merseyside Employers Coalition

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/10/03/daily-post-business-monday-memo-headteacher-elaine-cogan-on-work-placements-99623-29526169/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/07/06/trading-gossip-johnny-vegas-faces-a-storm-in-a-st-helens-tea-cup-99623-29000141/ ANY good comedian worth their salt wants to be topical, and Liverpool comic and Radio Merseyside presenter Sean Styles was bang on the money with his routine at last week’s Venmore office opening.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/07/06/trading-gossip-johnny-vegas-faces-a-storm-in-a-st-helens-tea-cup-99623-29000141/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/07/06/city-in-danger-of-not-keeping-pace-with-knowledge-economy-99623-29000562/ GIVEN the emphasis that has been placed on identifying the sectors that offer the region the best prospects for economic growth in the years ahead, together with all the European money that has been expended on economic development in recent years, its amazing that some people still feel the knowledge economy sector has not yet received sufficient support.

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/07/06/city-in-danger-of-not-keeping-pace-with-knowledge-economy-99623-29000562/ Business Opinion true http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/07/06/matt-johnson-the-high-street-is-taking-a-buffeting-as-storms-rage-all-around-99623-29000734/ ARE we seeing the green shoots of recovery, or is the vista ahead just a barren and arid landscape?

]]> Liverpool Daily Post Tue, 05 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/ldpbusiness/business-opinion/2011/07/06/matt-johnson-the-high-street-is-taking-a-buffeting-as-storms-rage-all-around-99623-29000734/ Business Opinion true