Group chair and chief executive of Liverpool private sector lobby group Downtown in Business, Frank McKenna, is urging the government to review its planned fiscal and legislative changes Mr McKenna claims that they will negatively…

Analysis: Chancellor Rachel Reeves revives Heathrow third runway plan but will the project offer the previously promised billions of pounds for UK regions this time around? Tony McDonough reports Chancellor Rachel Reeves has revived…

Southport is Merseyside’s favourite day trip destination but now the coastal town is reinventing itself as digitally-connected place to work, do business and live well, says Southport BID CEO Rachel Fitzgerald A bold, confident and…

Government approves billions for the HyNet hydrogen production and carbon capture by the Mersey - is it a net zero breakthrough or a ruse to keep using fossil fuels? Tony McDonough with everything you need to know HyNet has won…

Simon Eardley, head of partnerships and policy at Mersey Maritime, offers his view on what the new Labour Government will mean for Liverpool city region’s £5bn maritime sector It has been little more than a month since the General…

Since its foundation in 2003 the Merseyside Women of the Year Awards have championed inspirational women in business and across all sections of society Merseyside Women of the Year (MWOTY) founding director, Ellie Kerr was named the…

West Kirby-based business finance specialist, Bathgate Business Finance, says online lending offers ‘significant opportunities’ for Liverpool city region SMEs Bathgate Business Finance says it is seeing diversification of the…

Business Improvement Districts first arrived in the UK two decades ago and now they play a critical role in the prosperity and evolution of our town and city centres, writes Liverpool BID Company CEO Bill Addy It was back in 2003…

Sean Traynor, Director of Strategic Growth at St Helens Borough Council, on how the 21st century incarnation of the traditional British market can be a powerful driver of growth and regeneration Britain’s market towns face remarkably…

Have the smelling salts to hand… a new study claims Liverpool has the best run council in Britain… no, seriously. Tony McDonough reports Anyone who works in a newsroom is familiar with the daily tsunami of nonsense studies and…