A special edition of DLIB’s Business Bulletin, before you all head off for your hols! Robyn Archer, the Culture Company’s Artistic Director, has joined Sven and decided to take extended leave! Next year, we can all go to New York via Liverpool airport, for a break. And property developers can play on their yachts this summer, happy in the knowledge that the dreaded ‘tall buildings policy’ has been well and truly buried with the approval of the ‘twin towers’ central village scheme - Read on...               Our chairman’s view on Archer’s departure, and who he thinks should be given a key role in delivering 08 can be viewed on the Daily Post’s excellent business week website. Click here to view...               Liverpool City Council has approved plans that will transform wasteland by Central Station into a £160 Million shopping, residential and leisure development. The 600,00 sq feet development includes ‘twin towers’, a twenty-five storey building and a twenty storey structure, which have been nicknamed Spencer and Hepburn, after film legends Spencer Tracy and Audrey Hepburn.               Direct flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport to New York will be available from next May. The news is another success for the Mersey Partnership (TMP), which started to campaign for the link eighteen months ago. TMP’s Chief Executive Robert Crawford is to address the ‘Liverpool Business Oscars’ event, organised by DLIB and sponsored by the Northwest Development Agency and No Name Kitchens, later this month.               A senior Labour Councillor, Paul Brant, has posed a written question to officials, asking what the cost to the city council has been in its objections to the proposed Maro Development at Brunswick Quay. Watch this space for the answer!               If you want to travel in comfort and luxury to the Liverpool Business Oscars at the Palm House on 20th July, Balmoral Chauffer Service are offering special discounted rates to all our members. Call 0800 011 2123 or click here for further details.               A ‘Free Michael Shields’ charity event has been organised for Tuesday 11th July, at the Newz Bar. The evening will start at 9.00 P.M. finishing at 2.30 A.M. Entry is £10.00 at the door, but please register your attendance in advance if possible, via info@sintillate.co.uk. Entertainment and the usual Sintillate crowd will make this a night to remember.               When you do eventually drag yourself back to work, give yourself something to look forward to by registering for the next DLIB business networking evening, which will take place on Thursday 7th September at the fabulous Sir Thomas Hotel. Click here to register...               Your membership contributions allow us to function, develop and reinvest into Liverpool’s future. Becoming a member ensures DLIB can remain totally independent from any public sector funding or influence. Read more...