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Garrett's Restaurant, which has been bringing a taste of the Mediterranean to the people of Bebington for the past five years, reopens today after a lengthy absence. The restaurant now seats 100 people and plans are in place to expand the business with a new delicatessen and bakery. Chef Garrett Forsey, who worked in the Ritz and gained cooking experience in Toronto before he lived in the Wirral, prepares meals from scratch using fresh local produce. 
Blackpool gets a result from the government Was securing Sir Howard Bernstein as chairman of the urban regeneration company really all it took? Blackpool has received £4m from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) towards its £11m Tower Festival Headland scheme, a project that will create an outdoor performance and events space with a 20,000 capacity at the front of Blackpool Tower. Under the Sea Change programme, the DCMS is investing £45m in cultural regeneration projects in UK resorts. Bernstein said: "This is another step forward in Blackpool's transformation. We are determined that this will lead to further investment by both private and public sectors."
If it weren’t for the boys and girls over at Alliance Fund Managers (AFM) and their various funds, we wouldn’t have much of a deals section in these troubled times for the Liverpool edition of Insider Daily. So it’s another round of drinks for the Liverpool Seed Fund this week as it hands over £250,000 to New Concept Gaming, which has developed an add-on gadget for games consoles to make gamers get fit without realising it. The jOG device will be released later this year and AFM will hand over up to a further £450,000 if the company reaches certain targets.
Rallying quote of the week Speaking at the launch of a new report into skills gaps in the interactive media and games sector, Tony Hughes, assistant director at Liverpool's International Centre for Digital Content, called on the assembled companies to act now to prepare themselves for the North West's new media dawn. "If the industry is to benefit from MediaCity and its proximity to Sony in Liverpool, these problems need to be addressed," he said.
Bullish quote of the week "There are customers out there - you've got to go and get them. The agreement our guys came back with is likely to exceed the value of the work we were doing for Rolls when they were round the corner." The incredibly aptly-named Rod Steel, boss of Liverpool Fabrication Company, on how his business followed Rolls-Royce from Bootle to Ohio to retain its business.
Local produce ambassador of the week Take a bow, Ray Farley, Insider’s top Liverpool lensman. The dapper snapper was working at some function or other with Cherie Blair in attendance (who can tell which one?). Somehow, the wife of the ex-Prime Minister and the tireless photographer fell into conversation on the subject of local foodstuffs, and our man wasted no time in recommending the legendary pork pies made by Crosby-based Sattherthwaite’s, even offering to escort Madame Blair there on her next visit north. Hurry back, Cherie!
Canapé won't pay In these financially constrained times it's always a relief to discover there are still events at which the canapés are substantial enough to represent a complete evening meal when consumed in large enough quantities. The launch of a new book from Liverpool Vision and English Heritage this week called for that perennial favourite mini fish and chip cones, plus more chips with mini steaks of just the right shade of pink courtesy of 62 Chapel Street and Room. And reports from a Downtown Liverpool in Business Event held at Paver Smith proved that the chocolate biscuits were luxurious but the lemon ones with the bits in were better.
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