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North West employers’ hiring intentions move into positive territory for first time in two years

cbc — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:44:18 +0000

Hiring intentions by North West employers are positive for the first time in two years, and better than the national average. The latest Manpower Employment Outlook Survey reveals that employers across the region plan to increase staffing levels over the next three months with a seasonally [...More]

Debt Fears As Southern England Hit Hardest By The Recession

cbc — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:40:06 +0000

Although still better off overall, people living in the south of the UK have been hit the hardest by the economic downturn, says independent market analyst Datamonitor. The south, and London in particular, has witnessed a severe reversal of fortune during the recession with its affluent [...More]

Happy Birthday to our Website!

cbc — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:57:47 +0000

In 2009 we decided to look in to the possibility of modernising our website. With the help of our dedicated web development team Webrevolve, the new look CBC website was born. The website was brought up to date for our clients, in terms of user friendliness and to generally promote our modern [...More]

Ireland – 38,000 firms at risk of failure

cbc — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:31:51 +0000

A study of 100,000 companies published today by business information agency Vision-net.ie has found that more than 38,000 are ‘high-risk’ and showing signs consistent with business failure. Vision-net.ie also found that more than €1 billion of unpaid debt has been left behind so [...More]

Superlambanana snaps up winning place at Shanghai Expo

cbc — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:46:06 +0000

Liverpool’s most famous sculpture after the Liver Bird is proving to be a big hit with visitors at the World Expo in Shanghai. The Superlambanana, called Architecture, has become the focal point for people wanting their picture taken when visiting the Liverpool pavilion at the global [...More]

Fall in Business Confidence Indicates Slow-Down in Economic Recovery

cbc — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:44:13 +0000

Confidence among businesses has fallen according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM), indicating that the economic recovery will slow in the second half of 2010. Despite uncertainty as to the impact on the recovery of the Coalition Government’s plans to [...More]

Number of County Court Judgments drops by 23%

cbc — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:31:03 +0000

The latest half year statistics from the Registry Trust Limited have revealed the number of County Court Judgments (CCJs) in England and Wales are down 23.4% on this time last year. There were 355,922 CCJs in total in the first half of 2010, compared to 464,556 in the first half of 2009. The [...More]

Vauxhall parent General Motors cuts losses in European division

cbc — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:07:58 +0000

Car maker Vauxhall’s US parent General Motors (GM) has revealed a robust second quarter performance, with losses narrowing for a second consecutive period in its European division. The Detroit-based group announced £21.14bn of sales during the second quarter of 2010 and earnings, before [...More]

International Trade Bounces Back as Confidence Returns to Importers and Exporters

cbc — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:01:28 +0000

British importers and exporters’ confidence in the economy leaped in July, as positive economic data fuelled hopes for a return to strong economic growth. The Travelex Confidence Index (TCI) jumped 12 points in July to 116, from 104 in June. Analysts said the strong gains were driven by [...More]

Liverpool Chamber backs interest rates decision

cbc — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:14:37 +0000

Liverpool Chamber of Commerce has welcomed the decison by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to hold interest rates at their record low of 0.5%. The MPC also left its programme to boost the money supply unchanged at £200bn. Maresa Molloy, head of policy and information at [...More]