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Smartcards at the ready as Scales rolls out transport plan
Neil Scales, chief executive of Merseytravel, has said that the transport authority is preparing to batten down the hatches over the next three years. But there could be major changes in smartcard technology on the city region’s transport network.
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Deals
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Allens & Co sells herbal remedy brand
Anglesey cough and throat lozenge manufacturer Allens & Co has sold the Allens brand to Yorkshire pharmaceutical manufacturer Thornton & Ross. The Allens brand consists of a range of herbal remedies for coughs, colds, bronchitis and sore throats.
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Business
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Peel LEP bid strangled at birth
Peel Group has admitted defeat already in its audacious bid to form a local enterprise partnership (LEP) after local authority leaders said they wouldn't support the surprise bid, but would still support the longer term aims of the Atlantic Gateway strategy.
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Universities head group to boost knowledge economy
The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University are at the forefront of the city region’s Knowledge Economy Plan, which aims to boost growth in high-value sectors of the local economy.
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New green-friendly business centre for ACC Liverpool
ACC Liverpool has announced the opening of the E.ON Business Centre at the BT Convention Centre. The centre has been fully refitted and now features a new ‘Netpod’ comprising 14 energy efficient high-speed internet desktops, to be used on a drop-in basis by delegates, clients and visitors to conferences and exhibitions at ACC.
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Gill to provide regeneration guidance
Liverpool City Council has outlined the role that former Liverpool Vision chief executive Jim Gill will play over the next three months. The move follows the announcement that Gill will advise council leader Joe Anderson and interim chief executive David McElhinney on “strategic projects” until the end of the year.
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Liverpool One appoints new agencies
Grosvenor’s Liverpool One scheme has handed its £1.5m marketing budget to Manchester agencies Weber Shandwick North and McCann Manchester. The agencies secured the business following a four-stage pitch process.
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LT Print confident of growth
Wirral printing business LT Print Group is confident of further expansion after posting a 10 per cent rise in sales. Managing director Bob McWilliams said the company is “well positioned to not only weather economic storm, but to successfully expand and develop in the short, medium and long-term”.
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Insider Business of Media Summit 2010 – last few tickets remaining
Leading figures from the North West business community will meet at The Lowry in Salford on Tuesday 21 September for the second Insider Business of Media Summit. The event will feature presentations from a selection of the North-West’s most exciting and fast growing media businesses and a keynote address from Philip Coen, chief operating officer of In the City. Click here for details.
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Property
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Liverpool a bright spot in North West retail gloom
A clear north-south gap is emerging in retail markets according to the latest report from the Local Data Company, published today. Worryingly for the North West, several of its larger centres are clearly suffering.
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Hawtin sells Wirral stake
South Wales property investment company Hawtin has sold its 50 per cent stake in Hawtin Developments, the owner of the former Champion Spark Plug factory in Wirral. The sale has netted the company £275,000 which Hawtin will use to reduce bank debt.
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Biomass plan for Wrexham
Green Plan Energy has lodged a planning application for biomass power plant in Wrexham. The plans outline proposed works at the Bryn Lane site within Wrexham Industrial Estate, with Manchester-based HOW providing advice on the site’s environmental constraints.
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