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JCI Liverpool
Honours Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Gary Millar
Photographs by Patrick
Trollope.
THE newly formed JCI
Liverpool has honoured the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Councillor Gary
Millar. The Lord Mayor has been a very big supporter of the JCI,
attending a number of events and also helping to promote the group
throughout the City. It is a very dynamic and diverse network group,
aimed at helping and developing young professionals in their 20's
and 30's, who live in and around the Merseyside area. At the end of
year social event, held at Hill Dickinson's building within the
heart of the financial sector of Liverpool City Centre, on Tuesday,
10 December 2013, Lord Mayor was awarded an honorary lifetime
membership for his support. He said that:- "I am delighted
that they are continuing to help members broaden their range of
social contacts, as well as helping good causes along the way, and
not just to focusing on pure business. Networking is not just about
business contacts, as social contacts can be are just as important
to true professionals. I am highly honoured to have received the
award and I will continue to support this group." Also
honoured at the event was Kai Graf von Pahlen, who founded the
Chamber in November 2011, who received few commemorative mementos in
recognition of his massive achievement and devotion to JCI. Sadly
for the branch, he has now stepped down as President of the branch,
because he has moved to Birmingham. Gudrun Stolzenburg also received
JCI Liverpool's award for most active member in 2013. The newly
installed President of the Liverpool JCI, Kartik Rajput said:-
"I hope I can fill the shoes that Kai has filled over the term as
President. He has achieved so many amazing things and even got me
interested in JCI." Kartik Rajput has already has great
plans for the Chamber in 2014, including setting up a twinning
arrangement between JCI Liverpool and JCI Edinburgh.
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Rural economy
recovers as last year's pessimism fades, says CLA/Smiths Gore survey
THE rural economy is firmly
in recovery as growth has spread from non-farming businesses to the
farming sector, according to the latest data from the CLA and Smiths
Gore.
The CLA said that The Rural Economy Index (REI),
which is a barometer of businesses in the countryside, has shown
continued improvement for the rural economy during the 3rd trimester
of 2013.
CLA President Henry Robinson said that:- "Rural areas were
last to enter the recession so it is good news that recovery in the
rural economy is now firmly rooted. For farming businesses, the
pessimism of the last year has gone, and they are now looking
forward to higher sales and profits in the next year."
The survey found that more farming businesses reported rising sales
than falling sales for the 1st time in a year.
Sales for non-farming
businesses had a net balance of 44% compared to just 2% in
the previous trimester.
According to the survey, profits for agricultural businesses are
expected to rise in the next 12 months, for the 1st time since the
second quarter in 2012, increasing by 11% and profit expectations
for non-agricultural businesses have risen by 48%, the highest
levels since the start of the survey.
Rural businesses, such as property and tourism enterprises, reported
a more positive outlook for employment and investment with farm
businesses expecting to employ the same number of people as last
year while nine percent more non-agricultural businesses now expect
to employ more people.
Smiths Gore's Head of Research Dr Jason Beedell said:-
"Non-agricultural businesses continue to recover and expect growth.
Business support is very important to sustain the recovery and the
investment strategies being prepared by Local Enterprise
Partnerships right now must support rural businesses. Rural
businesses need to understand this funding and work with their LEPs
to ensure it supports them. The rural economy is significant; with
28% of all British businesses and a quarter of the population."
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