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Worrying portents bedevil economy

After a shaky summer, Bill Gleeson hears a senior figure reflecting uncertainty over the region’s prospects Read

Transport Secretary Alistair Darling arrives in Liverpool

A taxing question for businesses

GOVERNMENT tax changes are alarming the business world. Business Editor Bill Gleeson reports Read

Uncertainty for new homes deals

Extra caution is slowing sales in the new homes market, as Tony McDonough reports Read

Cammell Laird MD hopes for a brighter future

COULD warship building return to Cammell Laird? Business Editor Bill Gleeson investigates Read

Are we creating a ghost town?

Firms are on the move to new offices – but what of the empty spaces left behind? Tony McDonough investigates Read

Pools merger set to kick-start a major revival

TONY McDonough looks into the reasons why the Competition Commission allowed Littlewoods to merge with Vernons Read

Liverpool's famous but ever changing waterfront viewed from Woodside

Getting down to business in China

Liverpool’s twinning with Shanghai needs to start reaping dividends. Tony McDonough investigates Read

Fusion of culture and commerce

Embracing art and business is vital to a culturally vibrant city like Liverpool. Alistair Houghton reports Read

Fashion shop bucks the trend

As crowds rush to the new Primark store, Alistair Houghton examines its strategy for success Read

Police cordon off the coach station on Norton street and surrounding roads in Liverpool city centre. Picture: Andrew Teebay

Does crime deter investment and growth on Merseyside?

Business Editor Bill Gleeson discovers the issue is not top of the list of concerns for investors Read

Merseyside keeps a cool head and rides shockwaves of US sub prime crisis

There’s a positive outlook in the region despite threats of a credit crunch. Tony McDonough reports Read

Why some entrepreneurs give up a slice of their business to investors

PRIVATE equity – a force for good, or as one union leader put it, the “provisional wing of capitalism”? Read

After Mathew Street fiasco we can’t afford to mess up again

Alistair Houghton reports on the views of experts who believe that Capital of Culture success is crucial Read

The strife and times of Bill Davies – a much maligned city property tycoon

IT WOULD be an understatement to say Bill Davies is thick-skinned. Brickbats were first chucked in the property developer’s direction back in the mid-1970s following his £3m takeover of Aintree Racecourse, and they’ve continued to fly at him ever since. Read