http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/ Read interesting business features. Analysis, information for starting a business in Liverpool, business profile for an insight into local business people and more. en-gb LDPbusiness http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/27/ex-banker-prepares-dairy-business-for-more-growth-96026-21612914/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/27/ex-banker-prepares-dairy-business-for-more-growth-96026-21612914/ Alistair Houghton meets PAUL DEAKIN, managing director of Meadow Foods http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/08/27/rising-from-ashes-of-budget-bonfire-96026-21612885/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/08/27/rising-from-ashes-of-budget-bonfire-96026-21612885/ Business Link Northwest was born out of a bid to streamline small business support. Tony McDonough reviews the effect of the change http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/27/gloomy-outlook-for-retailers-as-continuing-fall-in-high-street-sales-forecast-96026-21612915/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/27/gloomy-outlook-for-retailers-as-continuing-fall-in-high-street-sales-forecast-96026-21612915/ IT has been a torrid time for retailers, with the list of companies in trouble lengthening by the week. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-working-day/2008/08/27/working-day-phil-ventre-96026-21613129/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-working-day/2008/08/27/working-day-phil-ventre-96026-21613129/ PHIL VENTRE is a major shareholder and director of Albert Dock-based VK Media, a marketing and business development agency. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/08/20/the-race-for-cleaner-and-more-efficient-fuel-could-put-ellesmere-port-in-the-electric-car-spotlight-96026-21566094/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/08/20/the-race-for-cleaner-and-more-efficient-fuel-could-put-ellesmere-port-in-the-electric-car-spotlight-96026-21566094/ The clean fuel race may put Merseyside in the electric car spotlight. Alistair Houghton reports http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/20/hard-times-in-the-past-for-watch-company-which-is-now-ticking-along-nicely-96026-21566099/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/20/hard-times-in-the-past-for-watch-company-which-is-now-ticking-along-nicely-96026-21566099/ Alex Turner meets ANGUS MATHESON, managing director of In-Time Watch Services http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/20/trading-gossip-96026-21566124/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/20/trading-gossip-96026-21566124/ THE brightest brains in business – or they were at the start of the evening – set off from Dale Street boozer Rigby’s, below, last night, in the final round of the Business Crime Direct pub quiz treasure hunt. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-working-day/2008/08/20/working-day-mark-blankstone-96026-21566125/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-working-day/2008/08/20/working-day-mark-blankstone-96026-21566125/ MARK BLANKSTONE is the owner of Blankstone Opticians, in Liverpool city centre. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/08/13/crashes-triumphs-and-near-misses-96026-21521811/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/08/13/crashes-triumphs-and-near-misses-96026-21521811/ THIS may sound like mayhem, but, as Alex Turner discovers, gaming industry is big business. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/political-high-fliers-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-the-gauges-96026-21521814/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/political-high-fliers-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-the-gauges-96026-21521814/ TO MY knowledge, both Labour and Liberal Demo-crat policy is in favour of a free market economy for the UK. So why can’t they just leave well alone? http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/crashes-triumphs-and-near-misses-96026-21521815/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/crashes-triumphs-and-near-misses-96026-21521815/ This may sound like mayhem, but, as Alex Turner discovers, gaming industry is big business http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/13/we-re-doing-something-that-can-make-a-difference-96026-21521818/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/13/we-re-doing-something-that-can-make-a-difference-96026-21521818/ Alistair Houghton meets STUART JACKSON, chief executive of communications agency ICE http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/the-merseyside-entre-preneurship-commis-sion-was-created-in-2005-96026-21521830/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/the-merseyside-entre-preneurship-commis-sion-was-created-in-2005-96026-21521830/ It was chaired by former Mersey TV owner Phil Red-mond, and was tasked with looking at ways of increas-ing the number of entrepre-neurs in Merseyside. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/it-s-all-relative-for-top-family-law-specialist-96026-21521833/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/it-s-all-relative-for-top-family-law-specialist-96026-21521833/ LESLIE CHEESMAN is senior partner with Cheesman and Company Solicitors – the Liverpool-based family law and conveyancing specialists. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/interest-rates-may-fall-as-the-pound-slips-downwards-96026-21521835/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/interest-rates-may-fall-as-the-pound-slips-downwards-96026-21521835/ STERLING reached its lowest point against the dollar since November, 2006, yesterday as new figures on UK retail sales and house prices hinted at an interest rate cut this year. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/waterways-may-play-key-role-in-the-next-transport-revolution-96026-21521989/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/13/waterways-may-play-key-role-in-the-next-transport-revolution-96026-21521989/ THE BBC's new series, Britain from Above, got off to a spectacular start on Sunday as Andrew Marr took an unusual view of some of Šthe nation's habits. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-working-day/2008/08/13/working-day-leslie-cheesman-96026-21527799/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-working-day/2008/08/13/working-day-leslie-cheesman-96026-21527799/ LESLIE CHEESMAN is senior partner with Cheesman and Company Solicitors – the Liverpool-based family law and conveyancing specialists. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/southport-filing-firm-railex-happy-to-report-that-the-paperless-office-is-a-myth-96026-21473408/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/southport-filing-firm-railex-happy-to-report-that-the-paperless-office-is-a-myth-96026-21473408/ Alex Turner meets DEBBIE JONES, joint managing director of Southport-based Railex http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/a-day-in-the-life-of-liverpool-internet-marketing-guru-bryan-adams-of-ph-creative-96026-21473416/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/a-day-in-the-life-of-liverpool-internet-marketing-guru-bryan-adams-of-ph-creative-96026-21473416/ BRYAN ADAMS runs Liverpool internet marketing firm PH Creative. The firm’s offices are in Rodney Street, in the city centre. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/cheap-airlines-should-continue-low-cost-fares-96026-21473423/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/cheap-airlines-should-continue-low-cost-fares-96026-21473423/ RYANAIR’S shy and sensitive chief executive Michael O’Leary was surely shaking like a leaf after his pummelling from City analysts last week. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/some-would-dismiss-rounders-as-merely-a-game-for-girls-not-a-view-of-course-shared-by-the-enlightened-souls-here-at-trading-gossip-96026-21473426/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/some-would-dismiss-rounders-as-merely-a-game-for-girls-not-a-view-of-course-shared-by-the-enlightened-souls-here-at-trading-gossip-96026-21473426/ So we have nothing but the warmest congratulations for the guys and girls at Merseyside estate agency chain Sutton Kersh who triumphed in a charity rounders tournament. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/how-liverpool-can-survive-credit-crunch-96026-21473429/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/how-liverpool-can-survive-credit-crunch-96026-21473429/ Will the ‘08 Effect’ protect Merseyside from the worst of the recession? Or must business leaders do more? Tony McDonough reports http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/don-t-leave-people-lagging-behind-in-the-great-digital-dash-96026-21473461/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/08/06/don-t-leave-people-lagging-behind-in-the-great-digital-dash-96026-21473461/ IT’S not that many years since mobile phones were the size of a house brick and connected to fledgling networks offering mixed levels of reliability and service. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/06/southport-filing-firm-railex-happy-to-report-that-the-paperless-office-is-a-myth-96026-21474846/ Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/08/06/southport-filing-firm-railex-happy-to-report-that-the-paperless-office-is-a-myth-96026-21474846/ Alex Turner meets DEBBIE JONES, joint managing director of Southport-based Railex http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/featured-businesses/2008/07/31/welcome-to-the-north-west-leading-business-publication-96026-21440045/ Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:30:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/featured-businesses/2008/07/31/welcome-to-the-north-west-leading-business-publication-96026-21440045/ LDP magazine is an innovative high gloss A4 business magazine created specifically for leading business professionals who wish to keep there fingers on pulse of Liverpool. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/07/30/brewery-s-chief-vows-we-ll-survive-hard-times-96026-21428591/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/07/30/brewery-s-chief-vows-we-ll-survive-hard-times-96026-21428591/ Despite difficulties facing a Liverpool brewery, the owners remain confident. Alex Turner reports http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/07/30/dedicated-to-providing-a-home-away-from-home-96026-21428576/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-profile/2008/07/30/dedicated-to-providing-a-home-away-from-home-96026-21428576/ Alistair Houghton meets ROD TUCKER, chief executive of Haulfryn Group http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/07/30/decline-in-the-sales-of-bee-in-the-uk-is-acclerating-96026-21428592/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/07/30/decline-in-the-sales-of-bee-in-the-uk-is-acclerating-96026-21428592/ THE decline in beer sales is accelerating, according to figures from the British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA). http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/07/23/chief-s-back-to-basics-policy-pays-off-at-tj-s-96026-21387507/ Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/business-analysis/2008/07/23/chief-s-back-to-basics-policy-pays-off-at-tj-s-96026-21387507/ PROFITS have soared at discount chain TJ Hughes, following a successful return to the business of chief executive Sue Tennant. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/07/23/more-investors-are-taking-the-plunge-abroad-to-beat-the-credit-crunch-96026-21387338/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-features/features/2008/07/23/more-investors-are-taking-the-plunge-abroad-to-beat-the-credit-crunch-96026-21387338/ Canny investors expand their horizons to tackle the downturn, as Tony McDonough reports