Up until now the right to request flexible working has only been an option for carers or guardians but from Monday (July 7th 2014), it will be extended to all employees. Government ministers are saying the new measures will help people…

Following a recent tax agreement between the UK and Switzerland, the Swiss Government has presented HM Revenue and Customs with a tax ‘hit list’. Des Veney, Director of Haines Watts Chartered Accountants on Victoria Street, said that as a…

Signature Living Developments have announced plans to expand their business operations into London and Manchester. The Liverpool based company has identified sites in both cities to roll out an expansion of its hotel and serviced apartment…

In hopes of giving something back to society, Carringtons Catering is offering continuous support to a new charity ran healthy eating café. Director of Carringtons Catering Helen Wynn, who is also the vice chair of Nugent Social…

Small and medium enterprises from across the North West were given the opportunity to connect with one of the country’s leading supermarket giants, as the International Festival for Business (IFB) hosts its first Meet the Buyer event. The…

Welfare to Work provider Work Solutions is the latest arrival at Downing’s Graeme House building on Derby Square. The not-for-profit organisation, which delivers skills, employment and recruitment services to employers and individuals, has…

The Contact Company in Wirral has been awarded £70,000 by the Skills for Growth Bank to enhance staff training and development. A successful bid was submitted to the Bank, which will be used alongside their own training budgets to help them…

Last week ten National Business Awards semi finalists pitched their business to a live audience and a panel of judges at Liverpool’s St George’s Hall and five finalists have now been selected by the judges. The five chosen finalist will now…

This year the world-famous Sony World Photography Awards exhibition will be held outside London for the very first time as award-winning leisure and retail destination Liverpool ONE is selected to hold host. The exhibition features the very…

Delegates from across China are heading to the International Festival for Business (IFB) to advise UK businesses on the opportunities the Far East holds. China and Hong Kong Week Launching today (Monday 30 June), IFB 2014’s China and Hong…