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Liverpool food festival aims to showcase local quality
The Liverpool Food and Drink Festival, which began on Sunday with an event in Sefton Park that attracted 40,000 visitors, is set to raise the profile of local producers and manufacturers often overshadowed by larger rivals. Festival director Denise Harris told Insider the week-long event can help to put the city's food and drink businesses on the culinary map.
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Deals
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Warmer Heating hot for IQ
Knowsley heating installation business Warmer Heating has completed the takeover of Lancashire-based IQ Energy. The deal coincides with the company’s relocation to a larger site at Knowsley Business Park.
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Business
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Stiebel Eltron launches solar range
Merseyside green energy product manufacturer Stiebel Eltron has launched its first range of solar panels as it looks to diversify its offer. The company, which has its UK headquarters at Wirral International Business Park, said its Tegreon solar photovoltaic (PV) range is designed to be one of the most efficient on the market.
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Enterprise looks to long-term growth
Support services giant Enterprise, which has a joint venture with Liverpool City Council, is confident of further growth despite government spending cuts and pressure to deliver value for money. Chief executive Neil Kirkby said the difficult economic environment had presented its own challenges, but it had also helped to create opportunities for “substantial contracts with long timescales”.
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Report: 5,835 jobs to go in region
There are almost 6,000 public sector job losses lined up in the North West across 14 organisations, a new study by the GMB union has indicated. The number, which includes 1,000 posts at Lancashire Police Force, is part of a nationwide total of 150,000.
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Confidence and persistence key for regions, says Lyons
Local leadership, striking the right public private sector balance and having a long-term vision are the keys to regional economic growth in the present climate, according to Sir Michael Lyons.
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Halite Energy brings in former UU chief
Prominent industry figure John Roberts, the former chief executive of United Utilities, has been named as the chairman of Halite Energy. The company is behind plans to build an underground gas storage facility at Preesall in Lancashire.
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Fraud Breakfast - last few tickets remain
Only a few tickets remain for Insider's Fraud Breakfast taking place at the offices of law firm DLA Piper tomorrow morning.
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Brand new North West Top 500 Database 2011
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Property
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Sea2Sky makes Daresbury move
Liverpool-headquartered Sea2Sky Energy has relocated its research and development operations to the Science and Technology Facilities Council's (STFC) Innovations Technology Access Centre (I-TAC) at Daresbury.
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Rhino moves to Deeside
Rhino Products has agreed a 15-year lease for a 45,000 sq ft premises on Deeside Industrial Estate, Flintshire, in a deal brokered by property consultancy Legat Owen on behalf of landlord Andrews Property Investment. Rhino manufactures roof bars and roof racks for commercial vans.
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