http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/ Latest local business news for Liverpool and the Merseyside region. en-gb Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/19/beanz-mean-business-for-wirral-label-firm-64375-21368897/ Fri, 18 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/19/beanz-mean-business-for-wirral-label-firm-64375-21368897/ A WIRRAL packaging business has acquired the company that makes 60m labels a month for Heinz baked beans. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/18/20bn-order-secures-future-for-airbus-64375-21362902/ Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/18/20bn-order-secures-future-for-airbus-64375-21362902/ AIRBUS has secured orders for 256 aircraft at an international air show – helping to guarantee work for employees at its wings factory on Deeside for years to come. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/duke-wins-top-honour-for-liverpool-one-64375-21355607/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/duke-wins-top-honour-for-liverpool-one-64375-21355607/ The Duke of Westminster and Princes Foods were the big winners at the Daily Post’s celebration of business success in Merseyside and Cheshire. Business reporter Alistair Houghton was there http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/creative-campaign-64375-21355652/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/creative-campaign-64375-21355652/ LIVERPOOL firm USP Creative has been appointed as the retained agency for national structural engineering firm Curtins Consulting. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/opinion-is-the-game-really-up-for-britain-s-video-gaming-sector-64375-21355654/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/opinion-is-the-game-really-up-for-britain-s-video-gaming-sector-64375-21355654/ ON READING the words “games development”, images of teenage geeks in untidy bedrooms easily spring to mind. But games development in the UK is big business, and a great success story in our area. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/food-writer-joins-tourism-team-64375-21355658/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/food-writer-joins-tourism-team-64375-21355658/ AN AWARD-WINNING food writer has joined the team at the tourist board to boost the region’s culinary appeal to visitors from all over the world. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/empire-s-marketing-man-strikes-out-on-his-own-64375-21355663/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/empire-s-marketing-man-strikes-out-on-his-own-64375-21355663/ ONE of the best-known theatrical marketers in Merseyside is starting a new act in his life by setting up his own business. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/agency-to-create-campaign-for-top-class-badminton-championships-64375-21355669/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/agency-to-create-campaign-for-top-class-badminton-championships-64375-21355669/ CREATIVE agency Finch is serving up the marketing campaign for a European badminton tournament in Liverpool next year. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/st-john-s-overhaul-remains-on-track-64375-21355742/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/17/st-john-s-overhaul-remains-on-track-64375-21355742/ LAND Securities says its planned £100m overhaul of the St John’s shopping centre in Liverpool remains on track despite admitting yesterday the project was not yet part of its “formal development pipeline”. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/wednesday-july-16-64375-21348315/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/wednesday-july-16-64375-21348315/ Wirral & Chester Business Fair is being held at Wallasey Town Hall from 10.30am to 3.30pm. The fair includes exhibitions, seminars and networking opportunities. Visit www.business fairsuk.com for more information. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/global-shock-waves-as-us-mortgages-giants-bailed-out-64375-21348320/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/global-shock-waves-as-us-mortgages-giants-bailed-out-64375-21348320/ THIS week, the US Federal Reserve agreed to provide emergency funds for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which together hold or back around half of US mortgage debt. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/1-000-boost-for-hospice-64375-21348335/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/1-000-boost-for-hospice-64375-21348335/ MAGHULL Developments proved a safe bet for St Joseph’s Hospice at the recent Liverpool International Tennis Tournament by helping raise £1,000 for the charity. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/consultancy-s-award-for-dunlop-project-64375-21348341/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/consultancy-s-award-for-dunlop-project-64375-21348341/ STRUCTURAL and civil engineering consultancy Curtins Consulting has won the inaugural ACE Engineering Excellence Property Award for the part it played in the redev- elopment of the iconic Fort Dunlop, in Birmingham. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/welcome-for-town-s-first-stockbroker-64375-21348542/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/welcome-for-town-s-first-stockbroker-64375-21348542/ NEWTON-LE-WILLOWS saw its first stockbroking business open up this week. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/bank-pumps-in-cash-help-as-truck-tyre-firm-seals-320-000-buyout-deal-64375-21348545/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/bank-pumps-in-cash-help-as-truck-tyre-firm-seals-320-000-buyout-deal-64375-21348545/ BUSINESSMAN Mike Carroll has completed a management buyout of the Deeside-based commercial tyre division of Rhyl Tyre & Battery, in a £320,000 deal funded by the Royal Bank of Scotland. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/slowdown-in-region-64375-21348548/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/slowdown-in-region-64375-21348548/ THE latest PMI Business Survey Data produced for the Royal Bank of Scotland shows the North West experienced a contraction in private sector output in June. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/ryanair-boss-attacks-dublin-costs-64375-21348555/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/ryanair-boss-attacks-dublin-costs-64375-21348555/ RYANAIR is slashing passenger numbers by around 500,000 out of Dublin Airport this winter, but the cuts are unlikely to include flights to and from Liverpool. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/business-woe-64375-21348559/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/business-woe-64375-21348559/ THE Forum of Private Business (FPB) has published research showing the credit crunch is likely to get worse for small businesses. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/non-surgical-cosmetic-clinic-skingenesis-has-recruited-experienced-therapist-jayne-hill-to-its-team-she-joins-the-team-which-is-based-at-michael-owen-s-10-bridge-health-and-wellbeing-centre-in-helsby-from-the-park-royal-hotel-in-stretton-near-warrington-64375-21348564/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/non-surgical-cosmetic-clinic-skingenesis-has-recruited-experienced-therapist-jayne-hill-to-its-team-she-joins-the-team-which-is-based-at-michael-owen-s-10-bridge-health-and-wellbeing-centre-in-helsby-from-the-park-royal-hotel-in-stretton-near-warrington-64375-21348564/ RENSBURG Sheppards has strengthened its investment team with the appointment of Peter Nichols as investment advisor. Mr Nichols, 25, comes to Liverpool after three years with investment bank JP Morgan in London, where he focused on equity research and institutional sales. He will continue to specialise in equities alongside stockbroking and portfolio construction. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/cash-for-courses-can-help-builders-64375-21348569/ Tue, 15 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/business/business-local/2008/07/16/cash-for-courses-can-help-builders-64375-21348569/ BUILDING firms in the North West can apply, from August 1, for their slice of a record £170m in CITB-ConstructionSkills Grants for training.