Monthly Archives: March 2012

That quiet liverpool plan Larry Neild on a new marketing plan for Liverpool. Hang on didn’t we have one of these the other day? WITHOUT so much as a ticker-tape welcome, cheerleaders or Uncle Sam razzmatzz, Liverpool today announced its … Continue reading →

Dolly Parton’s favourite tune might well have been ‘Lord won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?’ but when it comes to luxury cars all you need to do is work for Liverpool City Council. Every tax payer should react with … Continue reading →

As readers of my blog know well I am not always a great supporter of things that David Cameron says BUT I am 100% behind him on the need to put an end to the misery caused by senseless over … Continue reading →

Liverpool as a City creates a lot of wealth. 110,000 people work in our city centre of which only half come from the city itself. 80% of the top earners in the city live outside it. Inside the city there … Continue reading →

Some people have accused me of hypocrisy for standing for the position of elected mayor when I clearly do not believe that such a position should exist. It should be noted, however that all 4 candidates for the mayoralty who … Continue reading →

I was delighted to see that the Local Government Association issued a report to the Government this week calling for powers to enable councils to create local investment bonds to boost local growth and enterprise. This follows on from work … Continue reading →

I have spent today in London. Part of it I spent working but this afternoon I went to Westminster Abbey to join HM the Queen and representatives from the 53 Commonwealth countries in celebrating both the achievements of the Queen’s … Continue reading →