Chamber member City Executive Centres (CEC) have some great deals on business premises available in the city:

At CEC we understand how difficult it is to predict where your company will be in three years or even 12 months.

That’s why we offer flexible office contracts from only three months. Our offices come with exceptional onsite business support, fully furnished work-spaces, and beautiful city centre buildings.

If you would like to discuss how we can solve your office needs please request a free callback here.

CEC Liverpool

• Prominent landmark building of Silkhouse Court
• Fantastic views over Liverpool
• In the heart of the business district
• High quality office accommodation offering contemporary design
• Large windows with excellent natural daylight

Office Space Solutions

We offer a wide range of flexible office solutions to suit all requirements from start up offices, overflow space, project team offices and much more.

We have a nationwide coverage in all major cities including London, Manchester and Newcastle. Our all-inclusive monthly billing provides a fully furnished work environment ready for use. Find out what is included.

Why work with CEC?

• Stylish modern buildings in City central locations
• Up to 60% savings on conventional leases
• Exceptional customer service and business support with no hidden extras
• A full range of IT and Telecoms to meet your needs
• Fully furnished offices - start work the moment you enter

Maybe you’re looking for more flexibility in your business or don’t want to commit to a long term lease or want someone else to manage the office for you.

Whatever your reason it’s worth contacting us for a free no-obligation quote on your office space requirements.

CEC are aslo offering a 30% discount to Chamber Members and anyone who visits the centre will receive a £50 meeting room voucher.

If you want to find out more, just contact Ellen Lovell on 0151 515 3000 or email: elovell@cecoffices.com

An Environmental Project lead by NET students at the Academy of St. Francis of Assisi

Here’s news of a great environmental project by Chamber member St Francis of Assisi:

The NET team are a group of enterprising students in years 10 and 11 who are passionate about their local and global community.

Our mission is to help educate local residents, businesses and our families about the impact their individual actions are having on our delicate planet.

Our Aims are to get local residents and school children working together to improve the environment we live in and to develop these projects on a Global scale by educating our partners in the USA and Canada.

Our Projects:

• Save the bees -Wild flowers for local residents
• Change for Change - employees pledge a change and give their small change to fund our projects
• Community Clean-up - in local parks and shared spaces
• NYC Exchange - a carbon neutral visit to a school in NYC to help them develop their projects
• Bin the Bags - providing companies with sustainable products to give out at conferences

What you can do:

• Allow us to come and present Change for Change and make a pledge
• Ask us to source your sustainable promotional items for an event
• Get involved in a community clean-up event
• Sponsor us and send us your logo which we will use in promotional literature

The following companies have shown their support and a HUGE commitment to change:

FACT

Arena Homes

For more information on these and other highway schemes, please visit www.liverpool.gov.uk/highwayprojects

Baltic Triangle
The CCMS scheme to improve the pavements and highways in the Baltic Triangle area is due to start on site on Monday, 15th March.

Sections of Jamaica Street will be closed to traffic to allow the works to be completed safely and efficiently. The first phase will be from Parliament Street to Jordan Street with a full closure of this section of Jamaica Street from March 15th to the end of May. The works will then move along Jamaica Street with a further section closure.

From March 15th there will also be a Phase 1b on site outside the bicycle shop Giant on Parliament Street for the installation of parking bays and repaving. This will be weekend working only and will require lane closures on Parliament Street.

Knowledge Quarter/Mount Pleasant
Work is due to begin on the CCMS scheme in the Knowledge Quarter on Monday, 15th March.

The upper part of Mount Pleasant from the junction with Oxford Street to Brownlow Hill will be closed to traffic for at least 42 weeks to allow the works to be completed safely.

Access to the University car parks, Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Cathedral House and the Catholic Chaplaincy to the University will be maintained at all times from the Brownlow Hill junction.

Work will also begin to repave Clarence Street, starting at the Brownlow Hill end of the road.

Byrom Street
The northbound carriageway of Byrom Street, between Dale Street and Great Crosshall Street in Liverpool city centre is to be resurfaced over the weekend. Work will start on Friday 5th March, after peak travelling time, and will be completed by 6am on Monday 8th March. The diversion route is Dale Street, Hatton Garden and Great Crosshall Street.

Hall Lane Strategic Gateway
Hall Lane Strategic Gateway, now under construction, will provide a much improved traffic route for vehicles entering Liverpool from the east and will take traffic out of the residential areas.

Work is now on site and on programme. All demolition works are now complete and excavation is underway. Preparation of the road formation is being carried out in various locations. The Presbytery rebuild is continuing and this should be completed in early May.

Work is continuing to build the new retaining wall along Mount Vernon Street and the new section of the road, which will be called Low Hill.
There are no major works on the highway or traffic diversions at this time however there will be major diversions from mid March as statutory diversion works begin on Low Hill and Irvine Street.

The closure of West Derby Street has been brought forward to early May and the temporary signals are now being installed at the Crown Street/Brownlow Hill junction.

Further consultation will take place before the closure begins.

A59/Rice Lane
Work to improve road safety began on January 18th and will take 20 weeks to complete. All businesses remain open for the duration of the works.

While the works are on site, Rice Lane between Hornby Road and Cavendish Drive will be one way coming into the city centre only. Traffic travelling outbound follows a diversion route via Breeze Hill, Southport Road, onto Hornby Road and back onto Rice Lane. Traffic will still be able to access Cavendish Drive from the south but for access only.

Kerbing and footpath work is complete on the west side of Rice Lane from Queens Drive all along to Hornby Road.

Kerbing and footpath work is underway on the east side of Rice Lane from Queens Drive working towards Cavendish Drive and also from Hornby Road, citybound, to the Sefton Road junction.

The contractor anticipates starting the road resurfacing work in the section of Rice Lane between Queens Drive and Cavendish Drive.

The contractor is also working with utility companies to carry out maintenance work as the scheme progresses.

Liverpool Half Marathon
Sunday, 28th March - Waterfront and Sefton Park Areas

The race begins at 9.30am and will finish around 11.30am. The road closures will begin around 8am and will be lifted where possible as the race progresses.
The route is:

Queens Wharf, Wapping (junction with Queens Wharf to junction with Liver Street), Liver Street junction with Wapping to junction with Park Lane), Park Lane, St James Street, Great George Street (junction with St James Street to junction with Upper Parliament Street), Upper Parliament Street (junction with Great George Street to junction with Princes Road), Princes Road, Devonshire Road, Belvidere Road, Ullet Road (junction with Belvidere Road to junction with Sefton Park Road, Windermere Terrace, Princes Park circulatory road, Aigburth Drive (junction with Ullet Road to junction Croxteth Drive), Croxteth Drive, Greenbank Drive (junction with Croxteth Drive to junction with Mossley Hill Drive), into Sefton Park, Mossley Hill Drive (junction with Ibbotsons Lane to junction with Elmswood Road, Sefton Park inner pathways, Aigburth Drive (junction with Croxteth Drive to junction with Aigburth Road slip-road), Aigburth Road slip-road (junction with Aigburth Road to junction with Ashfield Road), Aigburth Road sub-way/underpass, Jericho Lane (junction with Aigburth Road to junction with Jericho Close), Otterspool Park inner pathways, Otterspool Promenade (from Mersey Road to Atlantic Way, Atlantic Way, Kings Parade.

Whilst the runners proceed from Queens Wharf into Liver Street, traffic will be temporarily held at Chaloner Street (northbound) / Queens Wharf junction and Strand Street (southbound) / Liver Street junction.

Richard Hayes, marketing director of everyone’s favourite baker, Warburtons, and current holder of the top spot on How-Do’s Top 100 Marketers of 2009 will be speaking at a Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) event in Liverpool on Thursday 11th March.

Hayes, who previously held senior roles with Allied Domecq and Whyte & Mackay, will be presenting on ‘The Importance of Branding in Creating Value’ and discussing how Warburtons, now in their fifth generation, have become the most widely used brand in the UK.

This CIM event, hosted in conjunction with the Chartered Management Institute, takes place at The University of Liverpool Management School and is free to both CIM and CMI members.

Chamber members are welcome to attend this event at a reduced rate of £15 (standard entry fee for non-members is £24.50).

For more information or to book your place, visit: http://www.cim.co.uk/31246

Liverpool Cathedral’s tower is to re-open for late night viewings, once again giving visitors the chance to experience breathtaking views of the city. 

The tower will open on Thursday evenings until 8pm from March 18th until the end of October – an extended season in response to the huge visitor demand during last autumn’s pilot scheme. 

The tower was able to begin late night openings last year with help from the Heritage Tourism Improvement Scheme, which is funded by the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) and English Heritage. The scheme has enabled the Cathedral to put lighting through the bell chamber and the top of the tower.  

To celebrate the new season, on opening night only (March 18th) visitors will have the chance to get up close to the highest and heaviest peal of bells in the world. On the same night, visitors will also be able to enter the main cathedral building after normal hours for refreshments.

The Cathedral Tower has become one of the main attractions for visitors to the Cathedral, and there has been a 72% increase in tower visitors since 2006.

Justin Welby, Dean of Liverpool Cathedral added, “We had extremely positive feedback regarding the tower opening last year. People who may not normally have had a chance to engage with the Cathedral during the day commented that it was a fantastic way to experience what the Cathedral has to offer, and in a most spectacular way. Many said that being above the city at night is a wonderful way to take time out from everyday life and just relax. By extending the length of the opening season, we hope that it will make the Cathedral even more accessible to the public as a place of peace and calm.”  

 These openings provide a great opportunity to catch a sunset across the River with the Welsh hills as a backdrop, or experience the lights beginning to come on around the city.  

Pre-booking is not normally required, but if you plan to come as part of a large party (especially on opening night), please first notify the Cathedral shop (0151 702 7255  shop@liverpoolcathedral.org.uk) to ensure that arrangements can be made for your group.

Please see the website www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk for  more information.