http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/ Catch up on our Liverpool business gossip. Chat and opinion on all the latest North West and UK business news. en-gb http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/07/02/trading-gossip-96026-21212822/ Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/07/02/trading-gossip-96026-21212822/ A CORPORATE training course with a difference is being offered by business trainers Paula Harrington and Bryan Adams. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/25/trading-gossip-96026-21145547/ Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/25/trading-gossip-96026-21145547/ TRADING Gossip previously stated that Dougal Paver, head of Liverpool’s biggest PR firm Paver Smith, was ending his blogging days. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/11/trading-gossip-96026-21054547/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/11/trading-gossip-96026-21054547/ CHAMPERS and fine legged fillies were the order of the day at Nantwich last Saturday, when the cream of the North West social scene gathered for the latest Cheshire Polo Club event. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/04/trading-gossip-96026-21019510/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/04/trading-gossip-96026-21019510/ LIVERPOOL One opened with a spectacular fanfare last week, and so far the hype seems to be working. Despite the economic downturn, legions of shoppers with a “crazed look” have descended on Grosvenor’s development to shop as if their lives depended on it. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/04/on-the-move-96026-21019627/ Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/06/04/on-the-move-96026-21019627/ COUTTS & Co has appointed Donna Okell as private banker to its Liverpool team to advise the group’s growing client base in the region. Ms Okell, who spent two years as an investor communications director in London, will focus on the Chester and South Cheshire market. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/21/trading-gossip-96026-20940012/ Tue, 20 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/21/trading-gossip-96026-20940012/ TRADING Gossip has so far kept away from the whole Superlambanana hysteria. More than enough column inches have been written without us adding to the frenzy. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/14/trading-gossip-96026-20905842/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/14/trading-gossip-96026-20905842/ STRANGE goings on at the Hope Street Hotel last week, when Freedom Business Coaching held a networking event. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/14/business-diary-96026-20905906/ Tue, 13 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/14/business-diary-96026-20905906/ Thursday, May 15:Investment managers Rensburg Sheppards is to hold a free seminar for private investors who wish to gain a better understanding of inheritance tax and the steps that can be taken to lessen its impact. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/07/trading-gossip-96026-20871437/ Tue, 06 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/05/07/trading-gossip-96026-20871437/ Panoramic, located on the 34th floor of Beetham’s West Tower near the waterfront, opened in a blaze of publicity earlier this year. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/23/trading-gossip-96026-20804019/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/23/trading-gossip-96026-20804019/ ARTISTS have a reputation for being sensitive souls, but those at Liverpool’s Bluecoat centre clearly have a bit more bite to them. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/23/business-people-on-the-move-96026-20804164/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/23/business-people-on-the-move-96026-20804164/ LIVERPOOL accountant Rob Young has been promoted to partner at Bootle-based SB&P accountants and business advisers. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/23/viewpoint-the-importance-of-energy-efficiency-96026-20807816/ Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/23/viewpoint-the-importance-of-energy-efficiency-96026-20807816/ ENERGY efficiency has never been more of an issue for the property industry. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/16/trading-gossip-96026-20769293/ Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/16/trading-gossip-96026-20769293/ WELL done to Harish Aggarwal, who has been appointed as national conference and events manager for serviced office provider Your Space. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/09/trading-gossip-have-things-gones-baa-dly-wrong-96026-20738649/ Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/09/trading-gossip-have-things-gones-baa-dly-wrong-96026-20738649/ CONGRATULATIONS to Elaine Clarke, chief executive of Liverpool bar operator Baa Bar Group, who has been nominated for a top national women’s enterprise award. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/02/who-says-lawyers-don-t-have-a-risqu-side-96026-20705291/ Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/04/02/who-says-lawyers-don-t-have-a-risqu-side-96026-20705291/ Senior legal eagles at Halliwells, in Liverpool, no doubt worked hard to avoid any double entendres last week when the guest speaker for their annual partners con- ference turned up. The glam- orous and successful Michelle Mone, below, founder of the Ultimo range of bras and lingerie, addressed the event. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/03/12/trading-gossip-cannes-special-96026-20609485/ Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/03/12/trading-gossip-cannes-special-96026-20609485/ “We simply can’t afford not to be there, old boy,” is the unified cry as another bottle of Champers is cracked open. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/03/05/trading-gossip-queen-at-a-beatles-hotel-96026-20558190/ Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/03/05/trading-gossip-queen-at-a-beatles-hotel-96026-20558190/ THE fine fellows of Liv- erpool’s commercial pro- perty market gathered at the city’s new Hard Day’s Night Hotel for the official launch of Grosvenor’s Liverpool One office space offering. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/02/27/trading-gossip-96026-20527981/ Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:06:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/02/27/trading-gossip-96026-20527981/ PROBLEMS in the economy are clearly worrying local business people more than we thought as some are now turning to more mystical sources for their financial forecasts. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/02/20/and-so-the-freeloading-bandwagon-moves-on-96026-20497546/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/02/20/and-so-the-freeloading-bandwagon-moves-on-96026-20497546/ The bar/restaurant, formerly Colin’s Bridewell, is, of course, located in what used to be the local police nick. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/02/13/trading-gossip-64375-20468263/ Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/02/13/trading-gossip-64375-20468263/ LIVERPOOL’S Malmaison hotel marked its first birthday last week in a celebration that was a little more low key than its launch party last year, when the local liggers drank the place dry.