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Liverpool reveals MIPIM plans
Liverpool Vision has revealed more details about the city’s plans at next week’s property festival MIPIM in Cannes. City council leader Joe Anderson will not be on a plane to the south of France, but Vision’s Mike Taylor will lead a small delegation to the exhibition and give a presentation on the city’s on-going waterfront regeneration projects.
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Deals
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Communicate Better swoops for Liverpool company
Communicate Better, based in Manchester, has acquired Liverpool-headquartered telecoms company MH Communications. The company said the Liverpool company would not be its last acquisition of the year, adding it had targeted several other companies for takeover.
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£550m green funding package unveiled
The Carbon Trust and Siemens have unveiled plans to provide UK businesses with green equipment finance worth up to £550m over the next three years. The deal aims to boost green growth and unlock business investment in the 'low carbon economy'.
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Business
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Talk up the city, urges Steinberg
The time is now for Liverpool to start talking up its assets on the world stage, Liverpool Vision chief executive Max Steinberg this week told a Downtown Liverpool in Business event.
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Coral on track despite cost increases
Coral Products, the Haydock-based manufacturer of plastic cases, has said its results continue to be in line with expectations but "significant raw material price increases" meant operating margins remained low.
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UK economy will remain sluggish
GDP growth in the UK will be just 1.2 per cent in 2011, according to the Institute of Directors’ latest economic outlook. This is unchanged from the institute’s previous quarterly forecast in November 2010.
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Something for the weekend
This week: Cheat! Cheat! Cheat!; the master mixers; we Cannes work it out; canapé won’t pay.
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Property
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Rental demand boosts Bluerow
Bluerow Lettings, based in Liverpool, has reported a 20 per cent rise in turnover during the past 12 months as demand remains high in the rental market.
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BPF welcomes JJB’s restructuring plans
The British Property Federation (BPF) has welcomed proposals that would mean landlords share in JJB’s future profits following the publication of the Wigan sportswear retailers’ bid for a second company voluntary arrangement.
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