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Business News: Stock Market report: May 25, 2012

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:29:00 GMT

London’s leading index was broadly flat as fears over Europe’s banks were offset by a strong consumer confidence survey on the other side of the Atlantic.

Business News: My Day Off: Jane Woodhead, partner at Paver Smith

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:00:00 GMT

Jane Woodhead is a partner at city PR firm Paver Smith. In her spare time she is a personal trainer, boxing coach, spinning and extreme kettlebell instructor

Business News: Small business of the week: Southport couple’s e247 brings customers a virtual corner shop

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A SOUTHPORT couple are bidding to bring about the return of the corner shop – but in fully automated form.

Business News: Wirral firm wins double deal for its blood-tracking system

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT

A MERSEYSIDE company has secured two contracts for its electronic blood tracking systems, used in hospitals.

National Business News: Hunt's ex-aide faces press inquiry

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:05:16 GMT

Under-pressure Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is braced for more revelations as his former special adviser and top civil servant give evidence to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards.

National Business News: Hunt defended over BSkyB letter

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:05:16 GMT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has come under renewed pressure following the publication by the Leveson Inquiry of a memo in which he made private representations to the Prime Minister supporting News Corporation's bid to take over BSkyB.

National Business News: Hunt 'urged PM on BSkyB decision'

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:05:17 GMT

Jeremy Hunt made private representations to the Prime Minister supporting the BSkyB bid before he was given responsibility for deciding the issue, it has been revealed.

Business News: Syock Market report: May 24, 2012

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:14:00 GMT

European shares defied the latest economic gloom as investors jumped back into the market on the hope of picking up cheap-looking stocks.

Business News: Business Profile: David Hunt, director of Eco Environments

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:00:00 GMT

Tony McDonough meets DAVID HUNT, director of renewables outfitEco Environments

National Business News: Wife's plea over man's Greek arrest

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 13:05:17 GMT

An MP has voiced his concerns about the plight of a British national who was imprisoned while on a family holiday on a Greek island.

Business News: Wirral's Typhoo plant has growth in the bag

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Alistair Houghton on how the tea producer has improved its performance

National Business News: Recession is deeper than feared

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 09:05:17 GMT

The double-dip recession is deeper than originally feared after revised figures showed a sharper decline in the economy in the first three months of the year.

Business News: Milk division's decline pushes Dairy Crest into the red

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 08:28:00 GMT

Dairy Crest slipped into the red today after write downs and losses at its dairies division took their toll.

Business News: United Utilities on course with annual results

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:21:00 GMT

North West water company United Utilities (UU) reported a rise in revenues for the year to March 31 today, up from £1.51bn in 2011 to £1.56bn this year, due to a planned price rise.

National Business News: Co-op to create 3,000 legal jobs

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:05:15 GMT

The Co-operative Group is to create 3,000 new jobs in the legal sector through a continued expansion in the range of services it offers.

Business News: Manufacturing leads the way for Merseyside region, says EEF

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:00:00 GMT

MANUFACTURING continues to buck economic trends, with Merseyside firms pledging to increase investment and recruit more staff.

Business News: United Utilities delivers strong results for 2012

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:21:00 GMT

NORTH West water company United Utilities (UU) reported a rise in revenues for the year to March 31 today, up from £1.51bn in 2011 to £1.56bn this year, due to a planned price rise.

Business News: Liverpool Vision reports a year of achievement

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 05:00:00 GMT

REGENERATION agency Liverpool Vision has delivered on its promises and is poised to support the city’s continued growth at national and international levels, it says in its annual review.

National Business News: Hunt ex-aide to face Leveson probe

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 03:05:16 GMT

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt's interactions with Rupert Murdoch's media empire are to come under the spotlight when his former special adviser and a News Corporation lobbyist appear at the Leveson Inquiry.

National Business News: HP issues British job cuts warning

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 01:05:19 GMT

Hewlett Packard has warned of cuts in its UK operation in a global purge that will see it axe 27,000 workers.

National Business News: Clegg: Greek euro exit damaging

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 24 May 2012 00:05:21 GMT

A Greek withdrawal from the euro would cause "unpredictable, irrevocable damage" to the single currency that "no rational person" should advocate, Nick Clegg is expected to warn.

Business Opinion: Alex Turner: Waterstones chooses to evolve rather than die