AS a former employee of the Manchester Evening News – who was until the last six months of my 10 years there – very happy, it was with mixed feelings that I learned of the sale of the newspaper by... Read More
February 9 / Media, North West, Publishing / Chris Barry / 3 Comments
THE ACQUISITION of the Manchester Evening News by Trinity Mirror – publishers of my old paper the Birmingham Post – has baffled some of my former colleagues. Why would Guardian Media Group, MENâ€... Read More
IT'S not often that big City firms can keep things secret. Especially when it comes to a topic as hotly debated as who will become the next chief executive. Morrisons has not only mercurially suc... Read More
THE stellar price tag, £955m, commanded by retailer Pets at Home is proof that some degree of confidence is returning to corporate markets. This is long over –due – the credit crunch obviously t... Read More
THE thaw may have begun.....but we are still in deep winter. The Office for National Statistics has declared that the UK has finally emerged from recession. Growth in GDP for the last quarter of 20... Read More
 GOOD news in the regional property sector was pretty scant in 2009. With major commercial schemes being mothballed across the Yorkshire region, most in the sector were glad to see the back of a yea... Read More
 I CERTAINLY never expected to be sitting in the office at 6pm on New Year's Eve. I'd been in since 7am that day and thought that by the early evening I would be preparing to ring in the New Year ... Read More
 AS 2009 draws to a close we would like to wish all our readers a very Happy New Year. This year has been one of the toughest ever experienced by businesses and we hope that 2010 will bring more c... Read More
 I’VE drawn inspiration and learned a lot from many giants of British business that I’ve been fortunate enough to meet during my career. But a tiny woman from the Yorkshire Dales tops the lot.... Read More
WHEN the biggest cheer from MPs during the Pre- Budget Report was reserved for a reduction in bingo duty, you know times are hard. Chancellor Alistair Darling’s 40-minute speech today showed a po... Read More
JOURNALISTS are by nature a fairly cynical breed, so it was a pleasant surprise this week to encounter a North West business that lives up to its billing. As readers of TheBusinessDesk.com will know... Read More