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Rathbones funds under management top £16bn
Wealth manager Rathbone Brothers, thought to be Liverpool’s oldest company, has posted a 14 per cent increase in funds under management in the first three months of 2011, compared with the same period last year. It takes the company's total funds under management above the £16bn mark as its affluent clients continued to invest.
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Deals
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Santander secures £150m business fund
Santander has secured £150m in its third round of funding from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Santander said the money would be used to provide discounted loans to qualifying businesses.
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Business
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Jetsetters help break JLA records
Liverpool John Lennon Airport (JLA) said it enjoyed record passenger numbers during April with almost 500,000 passengers passing through the airport - an increase of 33 per cent compared with last year.
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Well Travelled opens in Manchester
Well Travelled Clinics, a company owned by the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, has opened a clinic in Manchester.
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Government sets out international ambitions
UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and the and Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) have set out new strategies designed to boost exports and provide a more joined-up governmental approach for attracting inward investment.
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Seven up for Downtown
Downtown Liverpool in Business (DLIB), the private sector lobby group set up by Frank McKenna, is this week celebrating its seventh anniversary.
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Property
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Knight Frank to market Switch Island scheme
Maghull Developments has instructed Knight Frank to jointly market Switch House, a grade A office scheme at Switch Island in north Liverpool.
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Lack of land will lead to housing shortage - Savills
There will be a shortfall of 1.1 million homes in England by 2016 if more sites do not become available for building. That's according to Savills.
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Peel project in running for EU cash
Peel Energy's plans to build a new multi-fuel power station in Scotland is one of 12 schemes to be put forward by the government for funding from the European Union’s new entrant reserve scheme.
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