Kev
10-19-2005, 04:36 PM
CONFIDENCE among Liverpool businesses is rising, a new report reveals today.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce quarterly economic survey shows that sales rose 8% and orders by 5% in the third quarter of 2005.
And 53% of city firms believe turnover will rise in the next three months, while 46% expect profitability to improve.
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The report also claims a 10% rise in employment within the city, with 66% of new jobs being full time or permanent, building on a similar trend in the manufacturing and service sector the previous quarter.
Chamber chief executive Jack Stopforth said: "It's excellent news that Liverpool businesses are enjoying increased sales at a time when the trend is towards reduced consumer confidence."
Further good news came from government data that reveals the number of start-up businesses in Liverpool continues to outstrip national and regional rates, with 950 opening up in the past year.
The overall Merseyside figure showed 26,070 VAT regis-tered firms at the start of this year, an increase of 0.8% since 2004 and up by 12.2% since 1997 compared with UK and north west growth rates of 0.1% and 0.4%, respectively.
Source: Here (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/business/news/tm_objectid=16267755%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=confidence%2dboom%2din%2dcity-name_page.html)....
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce quarterly economic survey shows that sales rose 8% and orders by 5% in the third quarter of 2005.
And 53% of city firms believe turnover will rise in the next three months, while 46% expect profitability to improve.
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The report also claims a 10% rise in employment within the city, with 66% of new jobs being full time or permanent, building on a similar trend in the manufacturing and service sector the previous quarter.
Chamber chief executive Jack Stopforth said: "It's excellent news that Liverpool businesses are enjoying increased sales at a time when the trend is towards reduced consumer confidence."
Further good news came from government data that reveals the number of start-up businesses in Liverpool continues to outstrip national and regional rates, with 950 opening up in the past year.
The overall Merseyside figure showed 26,070 VAT regis-tered firms at the start of this year, an increase of 0.8% since 2004 and up by 12.2% since 1997 compared with UK and north west growth rates of 0.1% and 0.4%, respectively.
Source: Here (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/business/news/tm_objectid=16267755%26method=full%26siteid=50061% 26headline=confidence%2dboom%2din%2dcity-name_page.html)....