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For all their faults, Lib-Dems are best of a bad bunch

Businesses urged to keep calm to ride the credit crunch

Cheshire Oaks to be sold for £250million

Oil and gas explorer BG reaps benefit of higher prices

Broadcaster BSkyB says it’s on target for 10m customers by 2010

Boeing protests over Airbus to be rejected

Glass maker invests £40m in factory site

BSkyB on target for 10 million customers

Wednesday: Early trading bumpy

Silverjet gets cash injection

Paver to buy Factory as PR professionals in ‘advanced talks’

Johnson Group finally on the road to recovery

Deadline countdown for LDP Regional Business Awards

Top boss talks of fond farewell to life at A&L

About the awards: The TMP Investment of the Year

About the awards: University of Liverpool Corporate Social Responsibility of the Year

Europa Court sold for £4.1m

Wirral Waters advisers named

NHS Trust to move into business park

£2,3m deal for mixed development

Virtual manufacturer with a passion for white goods

Ship fuel firm wins eco grants of £1.8m

Pedal power energy to kick-start the day

Constructionstarts on £8.6mlearning centre

TFS-ICAP to sponsor tournament

Glaziers Greenbergs open new national call HQ

Boutique scoops European franchise rights for leather baby bib

HRS foresight pushes recognition technology forward

Computer games retailer Game reports soaring sales

Shell and BP report combined first quarter profits of £7bn

Online price comparison firm may move offices

Sir Terry Leahy back in Liverpool for conference

Foreign brewers expected to take control at Scottish and Newcastle

Oil giants Shell and BP announce over £7bn profit

HBOS asks shareholders for £4bn

Bus and rail firm's surprise gains

Royal Liver on track despite credit crunch

Merseytravel takes over smart card company

Potential Mars takeover makes for a good day on the markets

Osborne: UK needs a “new economic dynamism”

Business rates set to rise on back of 2008

Firms ‘have little faith in politicians’

Virgin Trains help Stagecoach to improve revenues

Pudding maker Uniq announces plan to close factory

HBOS will asking its shareholders for extra funds, say reports

FTSE preview: The week ahead

Whitbread profits rise against expectations

HBOS tipped to ask shareholders for £4bn

ACC complete at last – and ready for business people

Heath science park to start second phase

Flu bug vaccine sales help Astra - but generic rivals impact on income

Barclays warns of plummeting profits

Ford posts a profit

Chance to build links to China

Company picked for Silicon Valley internet showcase

Shining star wins scholarship in Liverpool ‘first’

Housebuilder Persimmon reports 24% plunge in revenues

UK high street suffers worst sales volumes for more than a year

UK’s biggest pub group backs bid to bar Chancellor from pubs

Bus giant facing major hike in fuel costs

Agency expands into new offices

Pub chain backs bid to ban Alistair Darling

Persimmon revenues running 24% lower

Barclays reports first quarter profits down

LFC man has got the Power

Quilts deal sewn up

New deal completes full Warrant MBO

City firm’s Crystal film gem wins computer graphics award

Artroom the latest to sign up for business group

LDP CREATIVE OPINION: The times they are a changin’ and marketers need a trainin’

Rod Holmes named new TMP chairman

Nisbet in plan for new-look Liverpool hotel

Office of Fair Trading apologises to supermarket chain Morrisons

UK mortgage approvals for March slump by 46%

Bank of England policymakers split three ways over interest rates

City store key to rise in profits

Apology and damages for supermarket over price fix claims

BUSINESS AWARDS: Make sure your firm gets prize recognition

New HQ to create 90 jobs for Assura

Money website upbeat in face of turbulent market

RBS chief to face shareholders

Ex-TV chief calls for Channel 4 to be privatised

Group on target after soccer blow

Independent ownership breeds success at Roodee

Internet poser for clothing retailers as web-based stores take the cream

Football banter kicks off successful strategy

Retailers face tougher times as credit crisis bites deeper

Liverpool launch for apartments service

Open and honest approach bears fruit

Debt agency appoints new MD

Trading Gossip

£16.7m investment by property company

Which bank will seek new funds next?

Firm extends business park

Business Diary

Home found for Superlambananas

Sky-highcosts leadto hike injet prices

New acquisition for maintenance company

New future for group

Firms arestartingto feel the crunch

Accolade for BT centre sales chief

Expanding printer develops taste for food packaging

Hundreds visit online advice site

£10m Maelorshares boost

Nobles wins new contracts in schools sector

Business people - On the move

Let the markets rule during the credit crunch

Drastic measures vital to salvage customer confidence in BA

Viewpoint: The importance of energy efficiency

Drug giant’s shares slip despite doubling profits

MBNA Bank profit down 77%

Royal Bank of Scotland boss Sir Fred rejects calls to quit

Boomtime at Primark boost profits at Associated British Foods

DLA's global board to meet in Liverpool

RBS boss defends £2bn share issue

Moss Bros looks for help to fend off takeover

Oil prices reaches new record high above $117

Rentokil Initial warns of significant losses at its City Link arm

RBS confirms plan to ask shareholders for cash injection

Debenhams moves into Liverpool's shopping paradise

Fight to save Liverpool eyesore launched

British banking sector set for £50bn cash injection

Outlook for retail and housing sectors described as "bleak"

Oil tops $117 a barrell amid fears over supply

More deliveries woe for Rentokil Initial

RBS confirms shareholder cash request plan

Resort on the up as chic hotels move in

FTSE back below the 6,000 mark

9,000 jobs to go at world's largest bank

FTSE puts on 3% as credit bail-out gives markets hope

Vista to come off AIM following takeover deal

Latest Liverpool hotel opens for business

30 potential buyers line up for Ethel Austin

UK Coal looks to re-open deep mine in Nottinghamshire

Mortgage lending up just 5% between February and March

Corus cuts 290 jobs in South Wales due to “difficult market conditions”

RBS expected to go for new share issue to raise £5bn-plus

Citigroup's UK staff braced for job losses

Win tickets to see Everton vs. Aston Villa - courtesy of BT

Transport firm cools on HQ switch to Merseyside

City centre builders part of OFT price-fixing inquiry

Mixed fortunes for Prudential

WH Smith boosted by travel stores

Ethel Austin: Jobs axed at head office

JJB to axe 800 jobs as doubts grow over Au Naturale

Malmaison chain to be sold

DLA Piper extends sponsorship of Tate until 2012

Videoke creators aiming to get their faces known

OPINION: Competition in PR is welcome, as long as quality of service to clients doesn’t suffer as a result

Showgoers’ evening

Clarity secures contract

500 Ethel Austin jobs axed

£9m Training aid for Vauxhall plant approved

Thousands of jobs at risk as Ethel Austin collapses

Slowdown hits plans for new business park

JJB Sports to shut 72 stores

Atkins upbeat after contract wins

L&G sees ‘opportunities’ despite market turbulence

Jurys manager feeling confident ahead of city hotel opening

Share price falls as phone giant profits disappoint

Awards search begins for best of the region’s economic driving forces

Cosmetics firm changes hands in £1.5m deal

Pressure grows on Airbus

A varied day bringing everything together

On budget and on time

Banks snap up £15bn of funding from central financiers

Spencer lets two new units

Centre for expanding businesses filling up fast

Firms can beat credit crisis, says bank chief

MD who reached Nirvana stays on acquisition road

Business lettings healthy despite credit crunch fears

Trading Gossip

Sponsor helps business make most of Culture Year

NW ‘top region’ for business, says survey

Bank confident in face of credit crunch

Shell Step seeks hosts for students

FoodPort offerstaste of future

Check green impact online

EEF wary on future figures

Storm over Josephine Butler House row emails

Thousands of jobs in doubt at Ethel Austin

Debenhams pleased with sales, despite 12% profits fall

Tesco posts £2.85bn profits

Johnson shares soar after £82.5m sale is revealed

Growth will see GB post a profit

Grosvenor take £49m write-off on centre

FTSE preview: Credit squeeze impact to be revealed

Bradford & Bingley scotches rumours of rights issue

Mitchells and Butlers looks as possible sell off

Sir Philip Green to sell BHS?

NW profit warnings rise for third quarter

Two million visitors in four months as Capital of Culture gets going

Property awards celebrate Liverpool's rising profile

'Encouraging' John Lewis sales fail to reach Liverpool

Cadbury's egg shrinks under Easter pressure

Barratt looking for commercial property buyer

Cains makes loss of £2.8m over 14 months

Finance leaders back rate cut

Homeowners may not benefit from rate cut

Auction generates £6m in receipts

‘Green’ refinery to close in face of subsidised imports

Hub for hi-tech business

Boeing jet facing fresh delays

Metquarter aiming to defy downturn

Top name for design

OPINION: Are creatives in Liverpool losing our sense of identity?

Medicash signs up Liquid

Town’s brand new image proves a great success

FTSE closes Wednesday back in negative territory

Road freight giant may switch HQ to Widnes

Green light for Freeport terminal

Airbus hopes high for Qantas £2bn order

Final push to revamp Chester Racecourse

New man at the top aims to revive era of holidays at home

Scottish Power faces ‘abuse’ inquiry

NW confidence falls

Cyprus base for Wirral training firm

Early riser with some ‘cunning plans’ in mind

Brown’s heavy hint to Bank on interest

Trading Gossip: Have things gones baa-dly wrong?

Lonrho invests in firm

THE credit crunch has had far-reach- ing effects in the industrial market.

Offices ready for a facelift

First tenant moves in

FTSE heads south again

Are we investing enough in selling Merseyside?

Watchdog upholds complaint against Littlewoods

Bargaining chip in a real-life game of Monopoly?

Developers confident in face of the credit crunch

Sales team has hard task against competition

Chamber’s business portal

City’s ‘wireless’ use up 40%

Hotel to create 160 jobs

Growing business

Glastonbury is proof that music is a cut-throat business

MSIF £30k investment funds new gear for film company

Profits fall flat forbaking firm

Scottish Power to be investigated by Ofgem

Whitbread prepares to cash in on the 2012 Olympics

Yahoo openminded about takeover by Microsoft

Traders fury at water main chaos ahead of Grosvenor opening

Marks & Spencer plan huge Cheshire Oaks store

Multi-million pound deal for luxury travel firm

Easyjet ‘unlikely’ to escape effects of fuel price increase

FTSE back above 6,000 mark

Street concierge plan for Liverpool city centre

Liverpool One on track to meet shops target

FTSE week ahead: Retail to reveal extent of gloom

National organisers look to Middle East to boost crowds

‘Lorenzo’s oil’ firm in £6.3m expansion

The spending power of sterling

Sweet smell of success as Australian connection pays off

Park could benefit from credit crunch’

Bumper weekend for John Lewis Direct

Barclays to beef up Liverpool operation

Mortgage availability set to get worse

Marks & Spencer bow to pressure over Rose deal

Interest rate cut looking more likely

Tropical medicine deal for New Mind

Ryanair passenger numbers up 19% year on year

Odds favour Stanleybet return to High Street

Blears raises questions over tower

Abolish the rump and would we notice?

AHC moves in

AMZME buys Southport business park

Bootle church up for auction

Businessman lives by motto: Drive forward by grinding

Has Liverpool Culture Company backed a winner?

I step onto a treadmill and end up in Majorca

Who says lawyers don’t have a risqué side?

Business leaders want city centre private security force

£750k Northern Rock payoff is "reward for failure"

S&N shareholders back £7.8bn takeover