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The government must promote growth and encourage investment in this week's Autumn Statement to reverse falling business confidence levels, according to Clive Parritt, national president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). Speaking during a visit to Liverpool, he said: "We need to be promoting a growth economy that requires people to get out and invest." READ MORE...
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Warrington-based Assura Group has raised £110m through a ten-year bond, it has announced. Read More...
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Processed meat producer Tulip, which has a factory in Bromborough, has bought Yorkshire food manufacturer Parkam Foods. Read More...
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Chancellor George Osborne is set to unveil credit easing schemes which could release £40bn in loans to small businesses, it has been reported. Read More...
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Capita's multimillion-pound contract with Sefton Council has been terminated by the authority, it has confirmed. Read More...
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The Wirral's Thornton Hall Hotel & Spa has been chosen as the host hotel for the Ricoh British Women's Open golf tournament in 2012. Read More...
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The directors of Liverpool-based Henry Bath & Son have hailed the company's "strong operating margins" despite reporting decreases in turnover and profit. Read More...
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Huyton-based drinks giant Halewood International has reported rises in turnover and profit. It comes just a month after chairman and majority shareholder John Halewood died in October. Read More...
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Liverpool is taking its Software City technology event to London this week in a bid to showcase the city as "internationally significant" in the sector. Read More...
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Nick Clegg's £1bn plan to provide subsidised work and training placements is "doomed to fail", according to a Warrington-based BIGDOG. Read More...
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