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Catch up on all the latest business gossip and business comment from the North West and around the UK. business opinions, business blogs, business gossip, business comment http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/columns/2008/10/01/another-week-and-yet-another-delegation-from-liverpool-hot-foots-it-to-shanghai-to-press-the-flesh-with-potential-investors-96026-21936246/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/columns/2008/10/01/another-week-and-yet-another-delegation-from-liverpool-hot-foots-it-to-shanghai-to-press-the-flesh-with-potential-investors-96026-21936246/ The trip was organised by the Liverpool Shanghai Partnership (LSP) and led by city council leader Warren Bradley. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/columns/2008/10/01/conference-calls-help-link-phone-company-96026-21936248/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/columns/2008/10/01/conference-calls-help-link-phone-company-96026-21936248/ JOHN McGUIGAN, 48, started working for Telefonica O2 UK last May. Prior to this, he was the chief executive of NHS 24 in Scotland for two years. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/columns/2008/10/01/fortis-may-struggle-to-sell-abn-amro-stake-96026-21936341/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/columns/2008/10/01/fortis-may-struggle-to-sell-abn-amro-stake-96026-21936341/ PARTLY-NATIONALISED Belgian-Dutch bank Fortis is struggling to find a buyer for its stake in ABN Amro. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/09/24/bill-gleeson-city-whizzkids-lack-commonsense-96026-21890017/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:20:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/09/24/bill-gleeson-city-whizzkids-lack-commonsense-96026-21890017/ I’M NO City whizzkid. If I was, I wouldn’t be sitting here writing this. I would be far too busy counting my fat bonus while showing no concern whatsoever for you or your savings. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/09/24/matt-johnson-time-to-build-on-2008-s-self-confidence-96026-21889899/ Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:18:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/09/24/matt-johnson-time-to-build-on-2008-s-self-confidence-96026-21889899/ SOME may whinge about the acoustics, but St George's Hall will always be one of Liverpool's most impressive and imposing venues for anything "big". http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/09/24/trading-gossip-september-24-96026-21887731/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/09/24/trading-gossip-september-24-96026-21887731/ Punters in the principality can now take advantage of dry cleaner Johnson’s environmentally-friendly GreenEarth technology when they take in their best suits for a spruce-up. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/09/17/vital-for-a-steady-hand-and-mind-in-volatile-times-96026-21842034/ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/09/17/vital-for-a-steady-hand-and-mind-in-volatile-times-96026-21842034/ AS WALL Street went into meltdownon Monday, an auction room in London witnessed amazing scenes of its own. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/09/17/trading-gossip-96026-21835115/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/09/17/trading-gossip-96026-21835115/ Last week saw the official launch of the new-look Chav-asse Park incorporated into Grosvenor’s £1bn Liverpool One development. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/09/17/bill-gleeson-firm-hand-on-the-tiller-required-in-choppy-waters-96026-21835215/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/09/17/bill-gleeson-firm-hand-on-the-tiller-required-in-choppy-waters-96026-21835215/ WHEN commentators use words like diving, tumbling, plunging and freezing to describe the financial markets, it creates the impression we are helplessly in the grip of a force of nature, but what is needed now, more than ever, is a cool head. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/08/27/like-it-or-not-us-electioneering-is-the-shape-of-things-to-come-96026-21616626/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:18:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/08/27/like-it-or-not-us-electioneering-is-the-shape-of-things-to-come-96026-21616626/ Choosing a leader for what is after all the most powerful nation on earth is not a job to be done in haste. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/08/27/if-we-continue-to-be-entrepreneurs-we-will-be-strong-96026-21616624/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:16:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/08/27/if-we-continue-to-be-entrepreneurs-we-will-be-strong-96026-21616624/ WHAT chance the UK economy will escape recession? http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/27/trading-gossip-96026-21613132/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/27/trading-gossip-96026-21613132/ Trading Gossip readers will recall that at the end of the last gathering, which took place at one of the swish apartments above Liverpool’s Malmaison Hotel, one lady had somehow left a garment behind. Ding dong. This latest event is being held at the newly-refurbished Bang & Olufsen showroom in Castle Street. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/27/on-the-move-96026-21613142/ Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/27/on-the-move-96026-21613142/ ACCOUNTANCY and business services group Baker Tilly has appoint- ed Ian Ainsworth as manager of its restructuring and recovery team in Liverpool. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/08/20/smart-developers-will-grow-stronger-as-rivals-go-bust-96026-21571415/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:25:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/08/20/smart-developers-will-grow-stronger-as-rivals-go-bust-96026-21571415/ VERMONT Developments has become the latest Liverpool property firm to succumb to the harsh climate presently affecting the world’s property market. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/08/20/staging-the-greatest-show-on-earth-does-not-come-cheap-96026-21571508/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:40:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/08/20/staging-the-greatest-show-on-earth-does-not-come-cheap-96026-21571508/ WHAT price brand Beijing? Set aside the commendable achievements of the athletes currently competing in the Olympics, and consider how the host country, and in particular the leading host city, is faring. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/20/trading-gossip-96026-21566124/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/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-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/20/on-the-move-96026-21566508/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/liverpool-business-gossip/2008/08/20/on-the-move-96026-21566508/ BIRCHWOOD design, engineering and project management company Morgan Professional Services (MPS) has appointed Dr Susie Riley as manu- facturing logistics consultant. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/08/13/political-high-fliers-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-the-gauges-96026-21527880/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:01:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/08/13/political-high-fliers-need-to-keep-an-eye-on-the-gauges-96026-21527880/ TO MY knowledge, both Labour and Liberal Democrat 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-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/08/13/waterways-may-play-key-role-in-the-next-transport-revolution-96026-21527863/ Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/08/13/waterways-may-play-key-role-in-the-next-transport-revolution-96026-21527863/ 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 the nation's habits. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/07/02/troubled-waters-but-a-wave-of-success-for-others-96026-21213696/ Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:04:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/07/02/troubled-waters-but-a-wave-of-success-for-others-96026-21213696/ "THERE'S always a problem with Matalan somewhere in the business and there's always an excuse." 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/bill-gleeson/2008/06/18/inflation-s-demise-has-been-greatly-exaggerated-96026-21094347/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:18:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/06/18/inflation-s-demise-has-been-greatly-exaggerated-96026-21094347/ COULD inflation be making a comeback? For 10 years now, economists everywhere have been celebrating the death of inflation. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/06/18/dreaming-of-the-day-when-h2o-drives-us-all-forward-96026-21094216/ Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:14:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/06/18/dreaming-of-the-day-when-h2o-drives-us-all-forward-96026-21094216/ IT'S a long way from the gates of the Stanlow oil refinery to sunny California, yet the distance appeared to be covered in the blink of an eye earlier this week. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/06/11/new-life-to-be-breathed-into-tired-brands-96026-21055687/ Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:38:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/06/11/new-life-to-be-breathed-into-tired-brands-96026-21055687/ SAYERS the Bakers and Ethel Austin share something in common. 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/bill-gleeson/2008/06/04/super-cabinet-is-nothing-but-a-new-talking-shop-96026-21024344/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:40:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/bill-gleeson/2008/06/04/super-cabinet-is-nothing-but-a-new-talking-shop-96026-21024344/ THE proposal for a super cabinet populated by a group of local politicians amounts to the creation of yet another talking shop when what the region really needs is action. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/06/04/confidence-is-the-special-ingredient-for-potential-investors-96026-21024342/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:37:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/business-opinions-blogs/matt-johnson/2008/06/04/confidence-is-the-special-ingredient-for-potential-investors-96026-21024342/ WHAT makes a business want to invest in one location, rather than another? It's not a question that has a simple answer. There are so many variables. 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.