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INDIA'S economy is growing at an annual rate of 7%. You can imagine India's business community thinking to themselves: "Recession? What recession?" And, indeed, India's businesses have been making an impact locally in recent weeks.

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Park's On the Road to Success

NEW sites for enterprise development have been opened up at Liverpool Innovation Park (LIP) after the completion of a pounds 9.5m investment in a new road and site remedial works. The highway links Edge Lane with Wavertree Technology Park, creating a seamless connection with LIP and providing new plots for development.

Celebrating the Best of the City's Leisure Spots

LIVERPOOL'S leading bars and restaurants celebrated their achievements at the Liverpool Food and Drink Festival 2009's inaugural awards. The city's best eateries and bars fought it out for prizes in nine categories at Pan Am, Albert Dock.

Lfc Picks Manchester Firm to Boost Fan Members

LIVERPOOL Football Club has appointed a Manchester-based creative agency to boost its fans membership scheme. Agency Iris has been briefed to build a campaign that puts fans at the heart of the scheme, called "All Red".

Film-Makers in the Spotlight ; Stepclever Lends a Helping Hand to Local Production Company Digital Salad: Advertising Feature

SMALL and medium-sized companies which want to promote their business are often faced with difficult choices about the most cost- effective way of doing so. Do they go for the traditional advertising methods? Or do they look at newer social marketing methods? A new film and digital content production company, Digital Salad, based in the Liverpool Film Studios, north of the city centre, and given a start-up grant by StepClever, is providing the market with an affordable solution, enabling smal...

George Davies Returns with New Store Chain

PROLIFIC Merseyside retail sage George Davies is to launch a new range of fashion stores. GIVe, a new womenswear concept, has already signed up for a unit in Liverpool One, as well as others in London, Sheffield, Bristol and Glasgow. The intention is to create a portfolio of just 25 stores across the country to maintain exclusivity.

Mersey Briefs Advise On Morgan's Redrow Deal

CORPORATE lawyers at Merseyside law firm Mace & Jones have advised Harrow Estates on the pounds 15m sale of its business to Flintshire-based house building giant Redrow. Liverpool-based corporate partner Ian Hodgkinson worked on the sale of Preston Brook-based Harrow Estates from the Bridgemere group of companies owned by Redrow chairman Steve Morgan.

Totally Frank ; Frank Mckenna Is the Chairman of Downtown Liverpool in Business

THERE has been much debate in recent weeks about the future of regeneration body the Northwest Development Agency (NWDA), with both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats declaring that they would scrap RDAs if they were to take power at next year's General Election. They plan to transfer the powers of economic development, tourism and inward investment to local government partnerships; and in the Liverpool city region such a move would prove to be a massive step in the wrong direction.

E-Tech Is On Right Track As Rail Investments Boost Growth ; International Trade: Cable Firm More Than Doubles Turnover in Three Years, After Move Into International Markets

A NEW rail system in Dubai is just one of a number of projects helping to boost the fortunes of a Liverpool cable accessories manufacturer. E-Tech Components, based in Gillmoss, has been focusing more on export markets in the last three years and is now seeing significant benefits from its expanded horizons.

Increasing Number of Businesses Trading Overseas Leads to Hsbc Appointment

ONE-IN-FOUR businesses in the North West trading internationally have seen sales rise by more than half, according to the findings of a report published recently. Going International, produced by HSBC, found that 85% of North West firms currently trading internationally deem their overseas ventures as profitable.

Showcasing Liverpool:World Expo Shanghai 2010 ; the World Expo Takes Place Every Four Years and Is an Opportunity for Participants to Showcase Investment Opportunities and Cultural Distinctiveness to an International Audience.

This huge event is regarded as a once-ina-generation opportunity to consolidate existing and forge new relationships in the world's emerging markets. Expo 2010 is expected to be at least four times larger than any other previously staged. Thousands more commercial and cultural organisations seeking to make new connections will be involved, making Expo the world's largest-ever business fair. To see all of the exhibits will take visitors no less than ten days, Expo organisers estimate.

Newsletter Intro From Ceo

This is my final Newsletter as CEO of Liverpool Science Park, a project that I have led since its inception. Creating this successful new business for the City has been a fabulous experience and I'm pleased to be stepping aside at such a positive time in its development. Despite the severe economic turn down, overall the Liverpool Science Park community continues to thrive. Our first facility, ic1, is maintaining full occupancy. Our new facility, ic2, has welcomed its first five companies and...

Expo Spotlight On the Uk's Northwest As a Leading Hub for Digital Creative Industries ; Visitors to World Expo Shanghai 2010 Will Have the Opportunity to Take a Virtual Visit to Europe's Second Largest Digital and Creative Sector Right Here in the Uk's Northwest.

It is widely acknowledged that the Digital and Creative Industries are now as important to the UK economy as some more traditional sectors- the Northwest such as Financial is home to and Professional the second Services. In the largest digital last decade, the Digital and Creative creative sector Industries have in Europe become a driver of innovation and economic growth alongside science and technology. Nowhere is this more evident than in our own region. Since 1995, the sector has expanded ...

New Concept Gaming: Company Profile

Playing computer games is not usually regarded as a way to get fit and healthy. New Concept Gaming (NCG), one of Liverpool Science Park's creative companies, is aiming to change all that with the jOG - a device designed to get you fit as you play. New Concept Gaming was formed with the idea of challenging the 'couch potato' image of computer games by making games controllers that are healthy as well as fun. The revolutionary jOG means that players control and mirror the movements of on-screen...

Expo Focus On the Northwest's Green Technologies ; with Environmental Awareness High On the Global Agenda, Visitors to World Expo Shanghai 2010 Will Be Given a Snapshot of How Our Region Is Using Its Unique Natural Resources to Lead Innovation in Tidal Power, Creating a Clean, Green Alternative to Fossil Fuels.

High tidal ranges (the difference in height between low and high tides) at three prime sites at the Mersey estuary, Morecambe Bay and the Solway Firth provide the Northwest with a rich tidal energy resource that can be used to create green energy. The Mersey alone has more tidal energy potential than virtually any other river The Mersey has in Europe. If fully exploited, tidal power more tidal energy generated in the area could provide up potential than to 5% of the UK's electricity needs, an...

Spotlight On Energy Efficiency: Constructive Thinking

Renewable energy is not only about creating large infrastructure projects. A ground-breaking architectural company at Liverpool Science Park, Constructive Thinking, demonstrates that with the right expertise and innovative materials, individual buildings are able to generate up to 60% of their own energy requirements as well as creating 70% savings in energy consumption. Constructive Thinking works in the specialist area of energy research and applies its world-leading expertise to create sus...

Expo Creative Director: Interview with Mike Taylor, Investment Director at Liverpool Vision

Over a number of years Mike Taylor has worked with Dr Sarah Tasker (CEO of Liverpool Science Park) on strategy for business development and inward investment in the City. Mike has recently accepted the challenging role as Creative Director for Liverpool's Pavilion at the World Expo Shanghai 2010. We asked him how he is getting on. What is your personal involvement with Liverpool Science Park? My role at Vision is to stimulate business start-ups, to support the growth of indigenous businesses ...

Bibby Sails Into the Future ; the Big Interview: Sir Michael Bibby Says Every Company Should Have a Story - and the Bibby Line Group has More Stories Than Most.

YOU could forgive a 202-year-old business for resting on its laurels - but that's not the Bibby way. The Bibby name is among the most famous in Liverpool maritime history, and the models and paintings of ships visible throughout the Bibby Line Group headquarters show shipping is still a central part of the business. But today its interests stretch way beyond shipping from woodland burials to deep-sea diving and from corner shops to Transit vans with canteens in the middle. From his office in ...