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Analysis, information for starting a business in Liverpool, business profile for an insight into local business people and more. business features, business analysis, starting a business in Liverpool, business profile, liverpool business people http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2009/01/07/family-firm-devoted-tosense-of-sacred-duty-96026-22623127/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2009/01/07/family-firm-devoted-tosense-of-sacred-duty-96026-22623127/ BRENDAN GALLAGHER is the owner of West Derby-based Gallagher Altar Wines, a family business which has been supplying churches across the North West for 50 years. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2009/01/07/spare-a-thought-for-the-thousands-of-staff-who-have-lost-their-jobs-but-give-thanks-to-the-workers-at-liverpool-s-allerton-road-branch-who-gave-us-a-giggle-96026-22623128/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2009/01/07/spare-a-thought-for-the-thousands-of-staff-who-have-lost-their-jobs-but-give-thanks-to-the-workers-at-liverpool-s-allerton-road-branch-who-gave-us-a-giggle-96026-22623128/ They printed posters advertising X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke’s, below, Christmas Number One, Hallelujah. But the poster instead read “X Factor winner Axexandra”. Understandably, spelling was the last thing on their minds. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2009/01/07/why-jlr-needs-cash-help-to-ride-out-the-crunch-96026-22623329/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2009/01/07/why-jlr-needs-cash-help-to-ride-out-the-crunch-96026-22623329/ As part of the Daily Post's campaign to save Jaguar Land Rover, Alistair Houghton examines the business case for temporary government support http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/nerves-and-excitement-help-make-auction-day-96026-22579496/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/nerves-and-excitement-help-make-auction-day-96026-22579496/ ESTABLISHED Liverpool estate agency chain Whitegates this year launched a property auction division. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/feelgood-factor-starts-to-fade-96026-22579498/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/feelgood-factor-starts-to-fade-96026-22579498/ 2008 started on a high note, Barry Turnbull recalls – but it all ended in uncertainty http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/trading-gossip-beating-global-financial-meltdown-with-humour-96026-22579500/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/trading-gossip-beating-global-financial-meltdown-with-humour-96026-22579500/ WE BRITISH are a conservative lot, or so we are often told. But a new survey by a Merseyside company shows we may all be a little racier than we’re given credit for. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/street-spectaculars-could-end-up-counting-for-little-in-jobs-crisis-96026-22579778/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/31/street-spectaculars-could-end-up-counting-for-little-in-jobs-crisis-96026-22579778/ AS ENDS of years go, we are in uncharted territory. It has undoubtedly been a big one for Liverpool and the rest of the Merseyside region, but it’s been an even bigger one for the world’s economy. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/contacts-everything-in-the-networking-world-96026-22542732/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/contacts-everything-in-the-networking-world-96026-22542732/ HOLLY WOOD is director of Liverpool’s leading networking company, MyNetworkingPA, an online firm which finds suitable networking and referral events in an area, tailored to meet the business’s specific needs. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/why-save-the-car-firms-but-leave-woolies-to-die-96026-22542770/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/why-save-the-car-firms-but-leave-woolies-to-die-96026-22542770/ SO WHY should the Government consider bailing out Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Vauxhall, but stand by and let Woolworths go to the wall? http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/profile-healthcare-and-its-backers-need-emotional-intelligence-96026-22542783/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/profile-healthcare-and-its-backers-need-emotional-intelligence-96026-22542783/ Tony McDonough meets ARTHUR ROBINSON, chief executive of Raphael Healthcare http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/small-businesses-struggling-against-a-tide-or-regulation-and-red-tape-96026-22542855/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/24/small-businesses-struggling-against-a-tide-or-regulation-and-red-tape-96026-22542855/ MUCH uncertainty remains over just how and when the banking system may return to any sort of normality. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/merseyside-born-city-fund-manager-nicola-horlick-is-rather-irate-after-seeing-21m-of-her-clients-cash-disappearing-in-what-could-turn-out-to-be-the-world-s-largest-ever-swindle-96026-22493830/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/merseyside-born-city-fund-manager-nicola-horlick-is-rather-irate-after-seeing-21m-of-her-clients-cash-disappearing-in-what-could-turn-out-to-be-the-world-s-largest-ever-swindle-96026-22493830/ Wall Street trader Bernard Madoff is alleged to have set up a pyramid-selling fraud and conned investors out of tens of billions of pounds. Those investors included HSBC, the Royal Bank of Scotland, Man Group and Bramdean Asset Management, controlled by former Birkenhead High School pupil Horlick. Among Bramdean’s investors is Merseyside Pension Fund. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/24-7-support-crucial-for-internet-provider-96026-22493858/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/24-7-support-crucial-for-internet-provider-96026-22493858/ CHRIS AIREY is the operations director of Warrington-based Airangel, one of the UK’s leading providers of branded wired and wireless guest internet access services. It works closely with hotels, conference venues and professional services firms across the UK. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/gibson-s-philosophy-is-not-about-it-per-se-but-creating-rounded-citizens-96026-22493880/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/gibson-s-philosophy-is-not-about-it-per-se-but-creating-rounded-citizens-96026-22493880/ Tony McDonough meets CARL GILBERTSON, director of Merseygrid http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/chemicals-industry-fears-carbon-curbs-threat-96026-22493975/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/17/chemicals-industry-fears-carbon-curbs-threat-96026-22493975/ Chemical producers have a fearful eye on what the EU has in store for them, as Tony McDonough finds http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/10/trading-gossip-96026-22443391/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/10/trading-gossip-96026-22443391/ SOMETIMES, it gets to the point when things are so bad that all there is left to do is pray to the Almighty. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/10/matt-johnson-despite-recession-there-appears-to-be-a-willingness-to-shop-96026-22443481/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/10/matt-johnson-despite-recession-there-appears-to-be-a-willingness-to-shop-96026-22443481/ UNDER a barrage of reports and statistics from a variety of sources, it’s becoming harder to fathom out exactly how our economy is faring. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/03/the-time-could-now-be-right-to-allow-airlines-to-merge-96026-22391876/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/03/the-time-could-now-be-right-to-allow-airlines-to-merge-96026-22391876/ WHEN Ryanair made a £1bn bid for rival Irish carrier Aer Lingus two years ago, the offer was swiftly rejected by the board. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/03/trading-gossip-96026-22391897/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/03/trading-gossip-96026-22391897/ THE launch of the St Helens City Growth Strategy last week was designed to show a wider audience what the town has to offer. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/03/working-day-sue-clement-evans-96026-22391900/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/12/03/working-day-sue-clement-evans-96026-22391900/ SUE CLEMENT-EVANS is the general manager of one of Liverpool’s best- known boutique hotels, the Racquet Club and Ziba restaurant.