Liverpool Events | Hotels | Tickets | Tourist Information » Business News http://directoryofliverpool.net/blog Local Liverpool Business Directory, Information and News Tue, 03 Apr 2012 18:40:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 BEST BUY’S FOURTH STORE TO OPEN IN AINTREE IN SEPTEMBER http://directoryofliverpool.net/blog/2010/08/13/new-liverpool-electronics-retail-store-best-buy-uk/ http://directoryofliverpool.net/blog/2010/08/13/new-liverpool-electronics-retail-store-best-buy-uk/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:49:17 +0000 admin http://directoryofliverpool.net/blog/?p=8691 Best Buy, a leading consumer electronics retailer, has today announced that its fourth UK store will open in Aintree in September. 

  Situated at the Racecourse Retail Park, Best Buy Aintree will showcase the latest and greatest audio and visual equipment, computing technology, entertainment devices, appliances, mobiles, music, movies, games, and the connections – including fixed and mobile broadband – content and services to really enable customers to get the most out of their technology.  Best Buy’s Blueshirts – the in-store team – will also be on hand to help make buying technology easier by providing tailored and impartial advice.  Matt Fowler, General Manager, Best Buy Aintree, said: “We’re really looking forward to opening our doors to the public next month. Our team of Blueshirts and Geek Squad Agents are in the middle of their nine week training programme and can’t wait to put their knowledge and skills to the test.”   Best Buy’s first store opened in Thurrock on 30th April, followed by Hedge End (Southampton) on 28th May and Merry Hill (West Midlands) on 25th June.  After Aintree, Best Buy will open stores in Croydon (Surrey) and Derby in Autumn 2010, followed by Cribbs Causeway (Bristol) and Nottingham in Spring/Summer 2011. 

 

About Best Buy and The Carphone Warehouse

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]]> Best Buy Liverpool Electronics RetailerBest Buy, a leading consumer electronics retailer, has today announced that its fourth UK store will open in Aintree in September. 


 
Situated at the Racecourse Retail Park, Best Buy Aintree will showcase the latest and greatest audio and visual equipment, computing technology, entertainment devices, appliances, mobiles, music, movies, games, and the connections – including fixed and mobile broadband – content and services to really enable customers to get the most out of their technology.  Best Buy’s Blueshirts – the in-store team – will also be on hand to help make buying technology easier by providing tailored and impartial advice. 
Matt Fowler, General Manager, Best Buy Aintree, said:
“We’re really looking forward to opening our doors to the public next month. Our team of Blueshirts and Geek Squad Agents are in the middle of their nine week training programme and can’t wait to put their knowledge and skills to the test.”
 
Best Buy’s first store opened in Thurrock on 30th April, followed by Hedge End (Southampton) on 28th May and Merry Hill (West Midlands) on 25th June.  After Aintree, Best Buy will open stores in Croydon (Surrey) and Derby in Autumn 2010, followed by Cribbs Causeway (Bristol) and Nottingham in Spring/Summer 2011. 

 

About Best Buy and The Carphone Warehouse

In 2006 Best Buy established a partnership with the Carphone Warehouse to bring its business model and mobile phone expertise to the US market under the banner ‘Best Buy Mobile’. Two years later, Best Buy acquired 50% of the Carphone Warehouse’s European and US retail interests for £1.1billion, creating Best Buy Europe. The new venture is designed to accelerate the development of Carphone Warehouse’s retail proposition and to introduce Best Buy stores across Europe, beginning in the UK in spring 2010.
For more information go to www.bestbuy.co.uk. 
 
About Best Buy Co., Inc.
With operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, China, Mexico and Turkey, Best Buy is a multinational retailer of technology and entertainment products and services with a commitment to growth and innovation. The Best Buy family of brands and partnerships collectively generates more than $49 billion in annual revenue and includes brands such as Best Buy; Best Buy Mobile; Audiovisions; The Carphone Warehouse; Future Shop; Geek Squad, Five Star; Magnolia Audio Video; Napster; Pacific Sales; The Phone House; and Speakeasy. Approximately 180,000 employees apply their talents to help bring the benefits of these brands to life for customers through retail locations, multiple call centers and Web sites, in-home solutions, product delivery and activities in our communities. Community partnership is central to the way we do business at Best Buy. In fiscal 2010, we donated $25.2 million to improve the vitality of the communities where our employees and customers live and work. For more information about Best Buy, visit www.bby.com.

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The Pride in Liverpool website records the gathered information and will will remain as a living document. You can get involved by starting your own project, or by sharing your thoughts on the forum.

Visit the Pride in Liverpool Website: http://prideinliverpool.com/

LIVERPOOL COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES UNITE

The exhibition takes place at St George’s Hall, starts on the Monday 5th July 10.00 to 4.00 p.m and continues until the Thursday 8th July.

This is for the project groups throughout Liverpool to display their work and for the businesses to support this event. Our aim is to cover business and project groups from every part of Liverpool L1 to L39.

Friday is a The Friday is a Celebration day – full of fun and entertainment. This is for all the people who have been involved throughout the week and for invited guests.

If you would like to come along please contact val@prideinliverpool.comm

The start time for Friday will be 11.00 am and it will finish at 8.00 p.m.

There is no cost for the project groups.

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Pride in Liverpool – What’s it all About?

The aim of Pride in Liverpool (PIL) is to increase Liverpudlians knowledge of their city and to engage our community to build respect for their neighbourhood and city as a whole. We will create both an encyclopaedia, and a memory and myths book as a legacy for future generations.

The Pride in Liverpool website records the gathered information and will will remain as a living document. You can get involved by starting your own project, or by sharing your thoughts on the forum.

Visit the Pride in Liverpool Website: http://prideinliverpool.com/

LIVERPOOL COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES UNITE

The exhibition takes place at St George’s Hall, starts on the Monday 5th July 10.00 to 4.00 p.m and continues until the Thursday 8th July.

This is for the project groups throughout Liverpool to display their work and for the businesses to support this event. Our aim is to cover business and project groups from every part of Liverpool L1 to L39.

Friday is a The Friday is a Celebration day – full of fun and entertainment. This is for all the people who have been involved throughout the week and for invited guests.

If you would like to come along please contact val@prideinliverpool.comm

The start time for Friday will be 11.00 am and it will finish at 8.00 p.m.

There is no cost for the project groups.

The stands for the businesses are available at £50 deposit and £50 per day, so for the four days it would be £250, 3 days £200, 2 days £150 and one day £100.

Let us know what day or days you wish to exhibit and your contact details, including your postal code and we will be in touch.

Contact val@prideinliverpool.com for more details

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New high-profile, hi-tech networking events for the creative industries launches in Liverpool.

NorthernNet and Liverpool Sound City have announced a partnership which will enable creative businesses in the Northwest, Yorkshire and the Northeast to take part in an innovative and forward thinking programme of events designed to increase their contacts and expertise, facilitate collaboration, expand their ideas and products, and to survive and thrive in a multi-platform world.

The first NorthernNet Connects Sound City event will be launched in Liverpool at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and will feature an interview with TV Producer, Screenwriter and Cultural figurehead Phil Redmond in conversation with journalist, Peter Grant.  The Interview will be broadcast live to Media Access Bureaux positioned at MediaCityUK – Salford and The Round Foundry – Leeds and will also be hosted on the NorthernNet website at www.northernnet.co.uk .

This series of master classes and events will also show the benefits that NorthernNet can deliver to northern digital and creative industries, with the unique Media Access Bureaux (MAB) providing companies with industry standard kit and a high-speed digital network with transfer speeds of up to 1GB, all accessible through pay as you go.

The MAB will be particularly advantageous to freelancers and SMEs and will help to create a Northern hub of digital and creative companies which can compete at an international level.   Delivered by industry specialists the

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Monday 1st March 2010, 6 – 7.30pm at FACT, Liverpool
In conversation with Phil Redmond

New high-profile, hi-tech networking events for the creative industries launches in Liverpool.

NorthernNet and Liverpool Sound City have announced a partnership which will enable creative businesses in the Northwest, Yorkshire and the Northeast to take part in an innovative and forward thinking programme of events designed to increase their contacts and expertise, facilitate collaboration, expand their ideas and products, and to survive and thrive in a multi-platform world.

FACT Liverpool LogoThe first NorthernNet Connects Sound City event will be launched in Liverpool at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and will feature an interview with TV Producer, Screenwriter and Cultural figurehead Phil Redmond in conversation with journalist, Peter Grant.  The Interview will be broadcast live to Media Access Bureaux positioned at MediaCityUK – Salford and The Round Foundry – Leeds and will also be hosted on the NorthernNet website at www.northernnet.co.uk .

This series of master classes and events will also show the benefits that NorthernNet can deliver to northern digital and creative industries, with the unique Media Access Bureaux (MAB) providing companies with industry standard kit and a high-speed digital network with transfer speeds of up to 1GB, all accessible through pay as you go.

Northern NetThe MAB will be particularly advantageous to freelancers and SMEs and will help to create a Northern hub of digital and creative companies which can compete at an international level.   Delivered by industry specialists the events will aim to give a clear picture of who is doing what, where and how and an insight into what’s on the horizon for the industry.

The launch event on Monday 1st March at The Box at FACT in Liverpool will commence with CEO of North West Vision and Media, Alice Morrison, announcing the aims and objectives of the project and the benefits it can bring to creative businesses.  This will be followed by an interview with Phil Redmond, hosted by journalist Peter Grant.  The launch and masterclass will be broadcast live via NorthernNet to the Media Access Bureaux in the Northern hubs.

Mercedes Clark-Smith, Project Director, NorthernNet Innovation and Collaboration Project said:

“By partnering with Liverpool Sound City, we hope to create an exciting platform to unite the North’s creative businesses and provide unparalleled access to some of the industry’s most innovative and engaging figureheads. As well as the MAB and digital network, another key element of the project is to foster collaboration between northern companies and this partnership will support us in achieving this important challenge.”

Dave Pichilingi, Festival Director at Liverpool Sound City said:

Liverpool Sound City“We are delighted to be working on this hugely ambitious and innovative project.  Sound City is all about bringing together and doing the business for those organisations in the North who operate in the music, media and technology environment.  The NothernNet initiative allows us to take this mission to another level and embraces the most cutting edge concepts in business communication for this environment. NorthernNet Connects Sound City is a unique collaboration that promises to push the boundaries and provide a range of local, national and international business opportunities across the board.”

Over the coming months NorthernNet Connects Sound City will host a range of Masterclasses and high calibre networking events from international locations such as SxSW Music and Interactive Festival (Texas) in March and the world class Liverpool Sound City Festival and conference in May.

In addition to these they will also host a range of other seminars and workshops at locations across the North West, North East and Yorkshire throughout 2010.

To attend the launch event on 1st March or to find out more about the NorthernNet Connects Sound City programme of events, please contact northernnet@weareboss.co.uk, visit www.northernnet.co.uk or follow twitter.com/northernnet

Information can also be found on www.liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk

Useful Links for Liverpool Sound City 2010


Liverpool Sound City Website

SoundCity on Twitter

SoundCity on Facebook

SoundCity on MySpace

Calling All New Bands to Play at Sound City 2010 | theUnsignedGuide.com

Other Blogs We Found About Sound City Liverpool 2010


Liverpool Sound City 2010 | The Von Pipe Musical Express

Liverpool Sound City 2010 | AltSounds.com

Liverpool Sound City | Virtual Festivals.com

Marl Mc Nulty Framing Sound City 2010 | LivintheLimelight

Bill Elms Associates
For further information please contact:

Postal Address: Fenwick House, 2nd Floor, 15 Fenwick Street, Liverpool, L2 7LS. Visit www.billelms.com for more information.

Bill Elms at Bill Elms Associates on 07930 454376 (mobile) or email bill@billelms.com

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York and North Yorkshire Business News

Leeds and West Yorkshire Business News

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]]> click-liverpoolNew sustainable growth plan for Liverpool city region. The Agreement between the six local authorities of Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool , St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, key partners, and Government represents the next … and more

 New sustainable growth plan for Liverpool city region – Click Liverpool

 

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Liverpool and Merseyside Business News

Chester and Cheshire Business News

York and North Yorkshire Business News

Leeds and West Yorkshire Business News

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ACC Liverpool to host 2011 Labour Conference

Probably the biggest Liverpool business news of last week was that ACC Liverpool have been chosen to host the 2011 Labour Conference.

The four day conference offers potentially huge rewards in revenue for the city of Liverpool.

Read more at:

Liverpool to host 2011 Labour Party Conference – Click Liverpool Liverpool Business Lifeline Website launched to help small to medium businesses struggling in the recession

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce reports that Liverpool Business Lifeline has been launched, by Liverpool Vision, to advise small to medium businesses who are finding it difficult to find the information and innotiative to survive in the current financial climate.

Read more about the new website at : Liverpool Business Lifeline.com Liverpool’s Edge Lane project sees costs rise again

The work to regenerate Edge Lane through the demolition of  over 350 homes and the rebuilding of the city’s crucial route have soared from an estimated £40 million to a massive cost of almost £60 million.

Read more at the Liverpool Daily Post:

Costs soar for Liverpool’s Edge Lane road project £40 million investment in Liverpool’s Business District reaches its third phase

The North West Development Agency and North West European Regional Development Fund have both contributed over £4 million to the project which will enable the English Cities Fund to go ahead with planning the possibility of constructing a third phase of office buildings at the St Paul’s Square site.

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ACC Liverpool to host 2011 Labour Conference

Probably the biggest Liverpool business news of last week was that ACC Liverpool have been chosen to host the 2011 Labour Conference.

The four day conference offers potentially huge rewards in revenue for the city of Liverpool.

Read more at:

Liverpool to host 2011 Labour Party Conference – Click Liverpool

Liverpool Business Lifeline Website launched to help small to medium businesses struggling in the recession

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce reports that Liverpool Business Lifeline has been launched, by Liverpool Vision, to advise small to medium businesses who are finding it difficult to find the information and innotiative to survive in the current financial climate.

Read more about the new website at : Liverpool Business Lifeline.com

Liverpool’s Edge Lane project sees costs rise again

The work to regenerate Edge Lane through the demolition of  over 350 homes and the rebuilding of the city’s crucial route have soared from an estimated £40 million to a massive cost of almost £60 million.

Read more at the Liverpool Daily Post:

Costs soar for Liverpool’s Edge Lane road project

£40 million investment in Liverpool’s Business District reaches its third phase

The North West Development Agency and North West European Regional Development Fund have both contributed over £4 million to the project which will enable the English Cities Fund to go ahead with planning the possibility of constructing a third phase of office buildings at the St Paul’s Square site.

Read more at Property Week : Public sector funding gives green light for speculative …

and Epolitix:  NWDA and ERDF to invest £8.8 million in St Paul’s Square: ePolitix.com

New Museum to be constructed at Liverpool’s Pier Head – National Museums Liverpool chooses Mace Group to project manage

Read more:  National Museums selects Mace Group

Business Video of the Week:

Business Gateway Video – University of Liverpool

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Investment News

Liverpool Daily Post reports that Liverpool City Council is give the city’s markets a cash boost. One quarter of a million pounds is to be invested into Liverpool’s markets and there is even talk of increasing trading days which may possibly include a Sunday market day. The cash injection comes as a result of market trade suffering a 15% decline ‘during the credit crunch’.

 

Transport News

Sunday Herald reports that Allied taxi group wins high court ruling which allows it to sell taxis in Manchester, London and Liverpool. This is an important deal for Allied and they have fought for two years to win the case. The overall market is worth up to £40 million and Allied are the latest contender to want their share.

Government pledges £17 million to improve Liverpool’s Hall Lane ‘Gateway’

Following on from the £100 million to be spent on the ‘electrification’ of the Liverpool to Manchester railway in last week’s Business News Today the Government are hoping to reduce the extensive congestion on Liverpool’s roads.

Over two million pounds has already been spent trying to ease the traffic problems but further investment is desperately needed to form an effective solution.

P&O Ferries warns it may cut investment in the UK the Telegraph reports.  The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has backdating its rates bills right to April 2005 leaving P&O with additional costs which may may be as much as £200 million, approximately £600,000 of which is owed from the Liverpool business.

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Investment News

liverpool-city-councilLiverpool Daily Post reports that Liverpool City Council is give the city’s markets a cash boost. One quarter of a million pounds is to be invested into Liverpool’s markets and there is even talk of increasing trading days which may possibly include a Sunday market day. The cash injection comes as a result of market trade suffering a 15% decline ‘during the credit crunch’.

 

Transport News

sunday-heraldSunday Herald reports that Allied taxi group wins high court ruling which allows it to sell taxis in Manchester, London and Liverpool. This is an important deal for Allied and they have fought for two years to win the case. The overall market is worth up to £40 million and Allied are the latest contender to want their share.

Government pledges £17 million to improve Liverpool’s Hall Lane ‘Gateway’

Following on from the £100 million to be spent on the ‘electrification’ of the Liverpool to Manchester railway in last week’s Business News Today the Government are hoping to reduce the extensive congestion on Liverpool’s roads.

Over two million pounds has already been spent trying to ease the traffic problems but further investment is desperately needed to form an effective solution.

po-logoP&O Ferries warns it may cut investment in the UK the Telegraph reports. 
The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has backdating its rates bills right to April 2005 leaving P&O with additional costs which may may be as much as £200 million, approximately £600,000 of which is owed from the Liverpool business.

 

Liverpool Property News

Liverpool UK may be the best place to relocate to according to a report carried out by CB Richard Ellis.  

ldpBen Shofield at the Liverpool Daily Post reports that

‘Property developers slashing prices to kickstart sales of newly-build apartments in Liverpool city centre‘ as they struggle to sell or even complete the building of new city centre apartments.

This news comes just as Property Week announce that ‘UK Land & Property and Pochin have signed up stockbroker and investment management firm Blankstone Sington to it Exchange Flags building’.

 

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£70,000 contract won by Bootle engineering firm

Fantastic news for Liverpool Fabrication Company this week as they scoop a brilliant £70,000 contract for providing parts for Rolls Royce – the Liverpool Daily post reports.

Liverpool’s Railway connections to be given a £100 million boost The scheme announced last week may take up to four years to complete . The work, which involves ‘electrification’ of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line is to start immediately. Wirral Web Designer is up for  a National Award The Liverpool Daily Post Newspaper and LDP Creative report the great news that Nicola Smout has achieved a place in the final of the Barclays Bank Trading Places Award 2009. Despite suffering some set backs, Nicola has thrived in setting up her own web design company and is succeeding despite the recession.

Good luck Nicola!

Joint Venture between Liverpool City Council and BT – Liverpool Direct Ltd

The business project of the two parties, called Liverpool Direct Ltd (LDL), has suggested the formation of a ‘shared services platform’.

Liverpool and BT are pushing the ‘shared platform’ model for public sector bodies seeking efficiencies Sir Michael Bibby striving for Nisa’s Today takeover

Despite having had his bid refused last week Sir Michal Bibby, who is the sixth generation of his family to have run the family business Bibby Line, is still determined in to takeover Nisa’s Today.

Sir Michael has even appealed to the owner-members of ‘Europe’s largest supermarket buying group to accept his

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rolls-royce£70,000 contract won by Bootle engineering firm

Fantastic news for Liverpool Fabrication Company this week as they scoop a brilliant £70,000 contract for providing parts for Rolls Royce – the Liverpool Daily post reports.

Liverpool’s Railway connections to be given a £100 million boost

The scheme announced last week may take up to four years to complete . The work, which involves ‘electrification’ of the Liverpool to Manchester railway line is to start immediately.

ldpWirral Web Designer is up for  a National Award

The Liverpool Daily Post Newspaper and LDP Creative report the great news that Nicola Smout has achieved a place in the final of the Barclays Bank Trading Places Award 2009.
Despite suffering some set backs, Nicola has thrived in setting up her own web design company and is succeeding despite the recession.

Good luck Nicola!

Joint Venture between Liverpool City Council and BT – Liverpool Direct Ltd

The business project of the two parties, called Liverpool Direct Ltd (LDL), has suggested the formation of a ‘shared services platform’.

Liverpool and BT are pushing the ‘shared platform’ model for public sector bodies seeking efficiencies

bibby-lineSir Michael Bibby striving for Nisa’s Today takeover

Despite having had his bid refused last week Sir Michal Bibby, who is the sixth generation of his family to have run the family business Bibby Line, is still determined in to takeover Nisa’s Today.

Sir Michael has even appealed to the owner-members of ‘Europe’s largest supermarket buying group to accept his proposals.

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