With cards starting at just £9 each and offering savings across Liverpool of more than £800, LiveOne20 is the perfect present for staff this Christmas.

The Chamber of Commerce is offering its members 10% off purchases of the city’s first lifestyle smartcard until the end of December, so now is the time to take advantage.

New partners are coming on board the successful scheme every week, with exclusive offers from the best shops, bars, restaurants, hotels, health & beauty salons and visitor attractions across the city making LiveOne20 a must-have for 2008.

An exclusive deal new this week comes from one of Liverpool’s finest bars, Anderson’s on Exchange Street East.

It is offering cardholders a free bottle of wine with food from Monday to Thursday, 5 to 7pm. The menu boasts an array of tasty dishes, from winter warmers to international favourites, and the cocktails are second to none.

Hugely popular with Liverpool’s business set, Anderson’s is the prefect retreat as the nights start drawing in after a day in the office.

The Anderson’s offer is one of many available to LiveOne20 cardholders that will make savings on pre-Christmas parties and gatherings with clients or staff a breeze to arrange.

To find out more, visit www.liveone20.com or call Livesmart’s account manager Sam Hart on 0870 055 3472 or by e-mail at liveone20@livesmart.biz.

As an accredited BCC chamber, Liverpool Chamber of commerce members can enjoy all the benefits of the exclusive Chamber Primary Health Plan.
This simple and innovative healthcare plan helps as an effective absence and risk management tool and an extremely valuable employee benefit - two in one!

The Chamber plan provides your employees with cash benefits towards routine treatments, together with access to diagnostic scanning facilities, an Employee Assistance Programme, fitness & well-being services and Personal Accident Cover, to help them stay healthy every day.

With Chamber Members In Mind

Developed to help make your life easier, this innovative plan may assist in many employee health and recruitment issues:

.    Reducing absenteeism and related costs
.    Staff recruitment and retention
.    Improving staff morale, motivation and productivity
.    Lowering the risk of stress and musculoskeletal related litigation
.    Can help as an integral part of your health and safety policy
.    Helping employees cope with stress related problems

For Kids Cover Too

And what’s more the plan can cover your employee’s children too!  After all, healthy kids mean happy staff!

To find out more about the Chamber Primary Health Plan, call Westfield Health on 0845 602 1629 or find out more at www.westfieldhealth.co.uk

REACH, the EU regulation for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals that came into force in June 2007, has one key central aim: to protect human health and the environment from the potential risks arising from the use of chemicals. It represents the latest step in the next generation of EU Health, Safety and Environmental legislation and is gong to affect almost all businesses that operate within the EU. Dr. Jo Lloyd, Technical Director of REACHReady Ltd, a subsidiary business of the Chemical Industries Association, talks us through the effects on the supply chain.

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Chamber members Honey Sports would like to invite you to a special VIP night with snooker legend Ronnie ‘The Rocket’ O’Sullivan.

The event takes place on Wednesday 28 November at the Olympia Theatre, Liverpool.

The Rocket has been called snooker’s most naturally gifted player. He has won 18 ranking titles, as well as being crowd favorite with his fluent attacking style of play and breath-taking skill. Ronnie has made the five fastes 147s on record and is the only player to make two maximums at the Crucible.

This is a great opportunity not just to meet the man himself, but also to offer your clients or staff a real night to remember.

The VIP package includes:

• Ten FREE front row tickets
• Entry into the VIP guest lounge
• Group photo with Ronnie
• Drink on entry
• Buffet

This package costs £500 ex VAT, but book before November 7 and pay just £350.

To reserve a VIP package call 07974 905 147.

The fundamental message of the Construction (Design and Management) 2007 Regulations is clear; Health and Safety is everyone’s business and must be planned-in from the beginning and taken into account throughout a project.

Innov8 Safety Solutions have put together a series of articles to highlight the key changes in the new Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007 usually known as the CDM Regulations) which have been in place since April of this year .

CDM 2007 is a classic example of how health and safety legislation is constantly changing and demonstrates that the concept of construction design management has not yet been fully realised.

Summary of Key Changes:

• The Construction (Health Safety and Welfare) Regulations will now be combined with CDM 2007.
• New single trigger of 30 days or 500 person days, for appointments, notification and H&S Plan.
• Increased responsibility on clients to ensure adequate management arrangements are in place.
• Removal of Clients Agent Appointment.
• Planning Supervisor is removed and new duty holder CDM-Coordinator introduced.
• Designers to ensure designers comply with Workplace Regulations.
• Clarity in relations to competence assessments
• Pre-tender H&S Plans replaced with Information Pack

Chamber Member Innov8 Safety Solutions has fulfilled the role of CDM Coordinator and Principal Contractor on numerous projects. In addition, we have been consulted by numerous clients with respect to CDM on many projects particularly with regards to the responsibilities placed on various Duty Holders. If you would like to discuss any of the issues related to the key changes to the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007 (CDM 2007), contact Sam Davies at Innov8 Safety Solutions on 0845 468 1974 or email info@innov8safetysolutions.com.

Next month Innov8 Safety Solutions will look at the increased responsibilities on the role of the client and designer…..

Merit and Liverpool Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to deliver a new and innovative project assisting SMEs on Merseyside to harness digital technologies more effectively helping them to develop and grow.

Businesses will be able to receive grants towards the training costs associated with their IT project where it can be demonstrated that this project and specifically the training element of it will benefit the business by enhancing its potential to grow.

Businesses wishing to engage with the project should visit the project website in the first instance.

Harnessing Digital Technologies - www.hdtp.co.uk

This project is part funded by ESF through the Enterprise Programme managed by The Mersey Partnership on behalf of Government Office for the North West.

6th December 2007

Radisson SAS Hotel, Liverpool

This conference aims to explore the crucial role  of new development and transport links in regeneration and attracting investment. The conference will also examine how Liverpool can ensure the structures are in place to capitalise on 2008 and secure a sustainable legacy.

Speakers include:

Jack Stopforth, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce

Cllr Warren Bradley, Leader of Liverpool City Council

Neil Pakey, Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Frank Robothham, Peel ports

This conference looks at the development of the city so far. It examines new development and transport links roles in regeneration and attracting investment. It will also focus on the future; how Liverpool can ensure that the structures are in place to capitalise on 2008, inviting further investment and securing a sustainable legacy.

How to Register

Online:  www.thewaterfront.co.uk

Fax:  0207 787 1211

Post: 130-132 Tooley Street, London SE1 2TU

Delegate Fees

Standard conference fee - £399 + VAT = £468.83

Public Sector - £299 + VAT = £351.33

Voluntary Organisations & Charities - £199 + VAT = £233.83

Pre-conference dinner - £25 + VAT = £29.38

Virgin Trains and Eurostar are to offer return fares from Liverpool Lime Street to Paris, Brussels, Disneyland Resort Paris, 75 connecting destinations across France and any station in Belgium from just £84.00.

Tickets will be available from 14 November, the date when Eurostar begins services from St Pancras International, a stone’s throw from London Euston. For the first time, regional travellers to the near Continent will have a realistic alternative to the airlines. Liverpool Lime Street will come within five hours thirty five minutes of Brussels and five hours fifty minutes of Paris.

With up to 12 connecting rail services a day to Paris and seven a day to Brussels, travellers will enjoy frequencies to compete with regional airlines as well as the comfort and convenience of at-seat office facilities and catering and connecting rail travel. Eurostar check-in time is half an hour - ten minutes for business travellers - and passengers will avoid time wasting journeys to and from out-of-town airports and baggage reclaim.

Richard Brown, Chief Executive of Eurostar, said: “These through fares make Eurostar truly accessible to people living to the north of London. Rail will provide cost-effective, convenient and comfortable travel to the Continent. And all Eurostar journeys will be carbon neutral from 14 November 2007, at no extra cost to travellers.”

Virgin Trains tickets, which include one-stop Underground travel, and Eurostar tickets may be booked from 14 November through Eurostar’s Contact Centre on 08705 186 186.