Business news

Bellway reports better trading but warns on mortgage levels and consumer confidence Dec 04 2009
HOUSEBUILDER Bellway reported rising levels of reservations, sales values and land acquisitions today - but warned that markets are still "fragile."Read
Manufacturers report better access to finance as banks start to ease credit conditions Dec 04 2009
BANKERS are finally loosening their purse strings, says manufacturers’ organisation EEF.Read
Bellway says housing market is improving, but warns on mortgage levels and consumer confidence Dec 04 2009
HOUSEBUILDER Bellway reported rising levels of reservations, sales values and land acquisitions today – but warned that markets are still “fragile.”Read
Jobs guaranteed in merger between Liverpool accountants Jackson and Bolton firm Dec 04 2009
LIVERPOOL accountants Jackson UK LLP has merged with Bolton firm Cowgill Holloway.Read
Liverpool One strikes gold in British Council of Shopping Centres annual awards Dec 04 2009
LIVERPOOL One, the £1bn retail centre, has been named joint winner of the British Council of Shopping Centres’ (BCSC) Supreme Gold Award for 2009.Read
Northwest engineers’ body says Mersey barrage scheme is vital to energy targets Dec 03 2009
PLANS by Port of Liverpool owner Peel Holdings to harness energy from the River Mersey should be adopted as soon as practicable.Read
Liverpool technology firm Arvia scoops national award Dec 03 2009
ARVIA Technology, based at Liverpool Science Park, has scooped the ‘Sustainability Innovation Award’ at the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Innovation Awards.Read
Five regional agencies commit to developing energy innovation sector throughout northwest Dec 03 2009
FIVE north west organisations have signed a partnership deal to increase energy innovation across the region.Read
New recycling range expected to drive growth at Haydock plastics firm Coral Dec 02 2009
HAYDOCK plastics firm Coral Products has reduced half year losses and sees salvation in a new range of homeware and recycling bins.Read
Small firms say government should offer more incentives to improve take up of environmental measures Dec 02 2009
THE recession is preventing 22% of small firms implementing green’ measures.Read
New recycling range expected to drive recovery for Haydock plastics firm Coral Products Dec 02 2009
HAYDOCK plastics firm Coral Products has reduced half year losses and sees salvation in a new range of homeware and recycling bins.Read
Fewer discounts and offers on high street point to better trading conditions Dec 02 2009
HIGH street trading conditions appear to be easing after a report by accountants Price- waterhouseCoopers (PwC) found 43% of high street retailers are currently advertising discounts or offering promotions, compared with 62% in the same week last year.Read
Liverpool jeweller David M Robinson relocates store to new premises within £1bn Liverpool One development Dec 02 2009
LIVERPOOL jeweller David M Robinson has relocated its North John Street store to the £1bn Liverpool One centre.Read
150th person finds employment in Liverpool City Region-wide jobs drive Dec 01 2009
THE 150th person has been employed into a Future Jobs Fund which aims to find work for more than 2,500 long-term unemployed throughout the region.Read
Liverpool accountants PKF welcomes HMRC extension of deadline for holders of offshore accounts Dec 01 2009
LIVERPOOL accountants PKF has welcomed HM Revenue & Customs’ decision that the registration deadline for the New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO) would be extended from November 30 to January 4, 2010.Read
Liverpool included in five year expansion plan by pubs group JD Wetherspoon to create 10,000 jobs Dec 01 2009
PUBS group JD Wetherspoon said today that it will create 10,000 jobs over the next five years with the opening of 250 new pubs, including Liverpool sites.Read
The Duke of Kent officially opens small business incubator facility in Bootle Dec 01 2009
THE Duke of Kent has opened an incubator for south Sefton businesses.Read

Wirral Tulip factory to get almost £2m in public cash Nov 30 2009
DANISH meat products company Tulip’s new Wirral factory is being built with the help of almost £2m of public cash, the ECHO can reveal.Read
Wirral recruiter Scantec announces management re-shuffle in five year bid to grow turnover Nov 30 2009
BIRKENHEAD recruitment specialist Scantec Personnel has targerted a £100m turnover and a slot in the top 50 UK agencies in the next five years.Read
Speke-based online retailer Shop Direct to offer maternity line of fashion brand Mamas & Papas Nov 30 2009
SPEKE online retailer Shop Direct is adding the maternity fashion lines of Mamas & Papas, the mother and baby clothing and nursery goods brand, to its offer, including its new fast-fashion online channel Very.co.uk, from next February.Read