Business News Liverpool Daily Post The Business Week

LDP Business - the exciting new business website from the Liverpool Daily Post - is now live. The site will replace this section of the Liverpool Daily Post site, so bookmark www.ldpbusiness.co.uk Read

News from LDP Business

Footsie fall is worst since Black Monday

STOCK markets around the world suffered sharp falls again yesterday as London’s FTSE 100 Index endured its worst week since the Black Monday crash of 1987. Read

FTSE 100 plunges 10% as recession fear grips global markets

London's FTSE 100 Index plummeted beow the 4,000 barrier this morning as fears over a global recession rocked markets across the world. Read

2008 REGIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS

Duke wins top honour for Liverpool One

THE Duke of Westminster and Princes Foods were the big winners at the Daily Post’s celebration of business success in Merseyside and Cheshire. Read

Cherie Booth podcast

Cherie Booth at Liverpool John Moores University's graduation ceremony

EX-PM's wife hails her own city

Cherie Booth returned to Liverpool for the final of The Search, and spoke to the Daily Post's business editor Bill Gleeson Read

LIVERPOOL COMMERICAL PROPERTY

Industrial speculative developments decline

SPECULATIVE development of industrial floorspace in the North West is less than half that of six months ago, a new report reveals. Read

Plea to waive ‘stealth tax’

CITY business lobby group Downtown Liverpool in Busi-ness (DLIB) is urging local authorities across Merseyside to waive the empty property tax to help firms get through the credit crunch. Read

Business Profiles

Dotcom boss tells a moving tale of icebergs

Alistair Houghton meets internet entrepreneur and former Tiscali chief SIMON PRESTON Read

Liverpool skyline as it will look in 2008, montage created by Liverpool vision

Firm set for record turnover despite the economic gloom

ALISTAIR Houghton meets PETER LINFORD, director at Liverpool’s Nobles Construction Read

LIVERPOOL TOP 100

Leighton Baines warns Liverpool: Everton will pounce on every mistake you make

Everton believe they are ready to pounce on any mistakes Liverpool make now in the race for fourth spot in the Barclays Premier League. Read

Business link's key to success

WHETHER yours is a fast-growth company now, or whether it has the potential to be one in the future, all businesses need support at some point in their lifetime. Read

Start your own business

Business start-ups are back on track

MERSEYSIDE is back on track to tackle its long- standing deficit in the number of businesses in the region, it was claimed last night. Read

Regiment of women on the march

THROUGH history, men have always been more likely to start a business than women. While the historical reasons for this are obvious, change is proving slow Read