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Steve Purdham
Debbie Pierce
Richard O'Sullivan
Brian Hay
Gary Jacobson
Jeremy Roberts
Tony Caldeira
David Pollock
Ian Morris

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Like Mr Toad, David Cameron is setting a cracking pace. With Mr Weasel (I must stop being unkind to Clegg) at his side the coalition have wasted no time in exploiting their mandate.

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So how have the first two months of the Righteous Brothers been for you? Cameron and Clegg have got off to a good start. There is a real sense of purpose and the public seem to be in a masochistic mood. Bring on the cuts, make them deeper, was many people’s reaction to the Budget!

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The posh boys have pulled off an historic deal. Having called him a joke during the campaign, Cameron discovered Clegg wasn’t an oik after all.

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If only business in the North West could be certain that after weeks of campaigning the imminent result of the General Election would bring an end to the potential uncertainty. Whilst a Tory government, with or without an overall majority, seems likely, the possibility of instability can’t be ruled out.

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If James Purnell can’t be bothered to stand for Labour at the general election, why should you have any faith in the party?

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Do you want a clean sweep of MPs in May to cleanse the Augean Stables that the Palace of Westminster has become?

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Year of living dangerously

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By next summer the North West Development Agency could be fighting for its life if the Tories come to power. Do business people in the region care? Has the agency made enough difference to the local economy to earn the support of firms in its fight to survive?

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The most important round of party conferences is under way. Impressive shows of unity or conversely knock-down drag-out fights will set the tone for the long run-up to the inevitable General Election
next May.

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Preston may be proud but it needs to raise its game. It should be attracting thousands of extra shoppers, spending their dosh in the proposed Tithebarn centre.

  • Turning excess lard into dough? It’s like taking candy from a baby. EN heads to the fit farm and examines a bulging bottom line.

  • EN visited the British Business Angels Association’s annual conference and found a sector torn between confidence and crisis.

  • Are we emerging from recession into an energy crisis? Probably not, as EN discovers.

  • EN and Downtown in Business hosted a wide-ranging panel debate following June’s emergency Budget. This is what happened.

  • Making money out of nurseries should be child’s play. Shouldn’t it? EN examines the real bottom line.

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Frank McKenna has never exactly been shy about being the public face of the Downtown in Business brand, which he founded in Liverpool in 2004 and now boasts operations in Preston and Manchester (the latter launched earlier this year). His weekly, “Thank Frank it’s Friday” email missives, “Frankie Says” blog and Tarantino-inspired advertisements are cases in point.

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