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Updates on businesses in Liverpool and North West business from the Liverpool Daily Post newspaper online. en-gb http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-business-awards/regional-property-awards/2008/03/18/regional-property-awards-2008-book-your-tickets-today-96026-20642487/ Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:03:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-business-awards/regional-property-awards/2008/03/18/regional-property-awards-2008-book-your-tickets-today-96026-20642487/ THE shortlist has been decided, the stage is set and the clock is ticking towards the announcement of this year’s city leaders in the property industry. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/darling-punishes-drinkers-and-drivers-96026-20615377/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/darling-punishes-drinkers-and-drivers-96026-20615377/ DRINKERS and drivers of gas-guzzling cars were punished yesterday to rescue Labour’s pledges to tackle child poverty. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-business-awards/awards-search/2007/09/03/the-search-fledgling-businesses-can-learn-how-to-fly-96026-19732813/ Mon, 03 Sep 2007 14:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-business-awards/awards-search/2007/09/03/the-search-fledgling-businesses-can-learn-how-to-fly-96026-19732813/ AN exciting initiative gives budding entrepreneurs the chance to get their ideas off the ground. Deputy Business Editor Tony McDonough reports http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/budget-sketch-very-boring-day-96026-20615404/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/budget-sketch-very-boring-day-96026-20615404/ BUMPING into a Labour whip just before the Budget speech, I nervously inquired: "I suppose it will be boring, but at least it will be short?" http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/chancellor-to-take-on-the-non-doms-96026-20615409/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/chancellor-to-take-on-the-non-doms-96026-20615409/ THE Chancellor said he would press ahead with plans to impose a £30,000 levy on wealthy “non-domiciled” foreigners living in the UK. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/darling-s-debut-is-bland-and-uninspired-96026-20615405/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/darling-s-debut-is-bland-and-uninspired-96026-20615405/ Tony McDonough and Alex Turner find there were no surprises in Alistair Darling’s first Budget, as they pick out the strands which will affect business http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/budget-08-analysis-a-word-from-our-sponsors-96026-20615408/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/budget-08-analysis-a-word-from-our-sponsors-96026-20615408/ THE global credit crisis, a slowing economy and public finances approaching their limits made for the most difficult Budget backdrop since Labour came to power. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/help-is-on-the-way-for-key-workers-96026-20615349/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/help-is-on-the-way-for-key-workers-96026-20615349/ ALISTAIR DARLING hopes to help more first-time buyers into the property market by revamping shared equity schemes. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-benefits-96026-20615376/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-benefits-96026-20615376/ MR DARLING announced welfare reforms which he said would lift up to 250,000 children out of poverty and maintain progress towards the Government’s goal of halving child poverty by 2010. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-the-environment-96026-20615375/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-the-environment-96026-20615375/ IN WHAT had been widely trailed as a “green” budget, Alistair Darling focused on cutting carbon emissions from homes, businesses and transport. But, within minutes of delivering his first Budget, Mr Darling came under fire from environmentalists who claimed he was tinkering in the margins and had dropped the ball on climate change. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-power-96026-20615374/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-power-96026-20615374/ FUEL poverty campaigners challenged the Government to set out how it would enforce a Budget warning to energy firms to do more to help vulnerable customers cope with rising costs. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-shopping-96026-20615372/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-shopping-96026-20615372/ ALISTAIR DARLING made public his widely expected plan to introduce charges on plastic bags if retailers do not take steps to reduce their use. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-fuel-prices-96026-20615371/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-fuel-prices-96026-20615371/ MR DARLING offered some respite to motorists by postponing April’s scheduled 2p-a-litre rise in fuel duty until October. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-education-96026-20615370/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-education-96026-20615370/ MORE than 600 secondary schools were given three years to improve or face closure as the Government stepped up its drive to raise standards. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-charity-96026-20615369/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-will-impact-on-charity-96026-20615369/ CHARITIES will not lose out when the new lower rate of income tax is introduced next month, Chancellor Alistair Darling pledged yesterday. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-impacts-on-savings-96026-20615368/ Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/budget-news/2008/03/13/how-the-budget-impacts-on-savings-96026-20615368/ PEOPLE on low incomes will be encouraged to save more through the national launch of a Government savings scheme. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/17/holiday-firm-breaks-trend-96026-20924199/ Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/17/holiday-firm-breaks-trend-96026-20924199/ CHESHIRE travel firm Holidaybreak is on the acquisition trail and expects to seal a deal within weeks. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/17/scores-respond-96026-20924201/ Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/17/scores-respond-96026-20924201/ THE deadline for entries for the Daily Post’s Regional Business Awards 2008 passed yesterday evening with scores of entry forms returned. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/17/pilkington-unveils-plans-for-pensions-96026-20924213/ Fri, 16 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/17/pilkington-unveils-plans-for-pensions-96026-20924213/ ST HELENS-based glassmaker Pilkington has unveiled plans to close the company’s main UK pension scheme to new entrants. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/bank-giant-hq-on-the-move-to-two-new-city-sites-96026-20919244/ Fri, 16 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/bank-giant-hq-on-the-move-to-two-new-city-sites-96026-20919244/ BANKING giant HSBC is vacating its long-established Liverpool city centre headquarters, on Dale Street, and moving its retail and commercial departments to two new separate locations. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/16/pension-funds-attack-shake-up-plans-by-regulator-96026-20921254/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:13:37 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/16/pension-funds-attack-shake-up-plans-by-regulator-96026-20921254/ The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) is today criticing proposals by the pensions watchdog to make schemes use more conservative mortality assumptions. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/16/british-energy-will-hold-discussions-with-possible-bidders-96026-20921189/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:09:12 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/16/british-energy-will-hold-discussions-with-possible-bidders-96026-20921189/ British Energy says today it has received a “range of proposals” from several parties wishing to make a full offer for the nuclear power firm. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/16/record-profits-for-british-airways-but-darker-clouds-gather-96026-20921184/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:07:02 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/16/record-profits-for-british-airways-but-darker-clouds-gather-96026-20921184/ British Airways is today reporting a 45% surge in pre-tax profits to a record £883m. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/house-starts-tumble-96026-20919934/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:44:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/house-starts-tumble-96026-20919934/ New housing starts tumbled by almost a quarter in the first three months of 2008 to their lowest level in 12 years as builders shelved projects in an ailing market, official figures showed today. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/three-million-visitors-flock-to-liverpool-for-culture-year-96026-20919932/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:43:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/three-million-visitors-flock-to-liverpool-for-culture-year-96026-20919932/ MORE than 3m people are expected to have visited Liverpool’s cultural attractions by the end of this week, as figures continue to break all records in Capital of Culture year. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/ba-makes-883m-but-no-bonus-for-chief-exec-96026-20919930/ Fri, 16 May 2008 06:41:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/ba-makes-883m-but-no-bonus-for-chief-exec-96026-20919930/ British Airways announced annual pre-tax profits of £883 million today, but warned it was braced for a “challenging” year ahead due to sky high oil prices and following its troubled move to Heathrow Terminal 5. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/eli-lilly-s-merseyside-staff-join-worldwide-walk-of-hope-96026-20919257/ Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/16/eli-lilly-s-merseyside-staff-join-worldwide-walk-of-hope-96026-20919257/ MORE than 200 staff at drug giant Eli Lilly’s Speke plant have joined a worldwide charity walk to raise money to fight tuberculosis. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/15/vphase-raises-3-5m-boost-96026-20912424/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:00:00 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/liverpool-business-news/2008/05/15/vphase-raises-3-5m-boost-96026-20912424/ CHESTER-BASED technology firm VPhase has raised £3.5m from a shares issue as it seeks to develop its product range. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/15/departing-bt-chief-executive-reveals-3-rise-in-profits-96026-20914621/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:49:26 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/15/departing-bt-chief-executive-reveals-3-rise-in-profits-96026-20914621/ BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen bows out on a high note today as he reveals a 3% rise in annual underlying profits to £5.78bn. http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/15/currys-and-pc-world-to-shrink-in-size-to-combat-slowdown-96026-20914625/ Thu, 15 May 2008 09:48:07 GMT http://www.ldpbusiness.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-business-news/2008/05/15/currys-and-pc-world-to-shrink-in-size-to-combat-slowdown-96026-20914625/ Currys and PC World owner DSG International is going to shrink the size of its Currys.digital estate in a bid to revive the business.