LIVERPOOL law firm DLA Piper has extended its record sponsorship with Tate Liverpool until the end of 2012.

DLA will support the new Tate Liverpool Collection display, which will re-launch in spring, 2009.

The current DLA Piper Series: The 20th Century - How It Looked & How It Felt, is one of the cornerstone exhibitions of the city's Capital of Culture year.

Masterpieces now on display include Rodin's The Kiss, Picasso's Weeping Woman and Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych.

EVERTON FC has signed up two Liverpool companies to help it find a name for the club's planned new stadium.

Design and marketing agency Ampersand will team up with multi-media partner Mocha to promote the search for a naming partner for the Kirkby development.

ST HELENS creative design agency PalfreyGreer says the new brand it has designed for its home town is proving a great success.

The agency, working with St Helens Council economic development team, created Brand New St Helens to showcase the town as a "vibrant, regional location of choice at the heart of the North West".

The project aims to highlight St Helens's regeneration, encourage investment, promote local pride and challenge perceptions of the borough.

PalfreyGreer's design features a St Helens logo in red and white. The logo features on signs throughout the borough, including five "boundary markers" at key points in the town displaying information on forthcoming events.

LIVERPOOL design and marketing agency Liquid has been chosen by health payments group Medicash to run its entire external marketing programme.

Medicash recruited Liquid to help it expand its brand recognition. The company wanted to bring its branding under one umbrella rather than working with a number of different agencies.

LIVERPOOL musicians can tap into the American music market when a US radio executive visits the city.

Dori Hayman is the creative director for six radio Maryland stations which are owned by media conglomerate Clear Channel.

Her visit to the UK is being hosted by music development project Country Roots 6LV, which aims to commercialise the city's music output through Liverpool's long-standing links with the United States.

Mike Swift, the Southport radio producer and presenter who started the project, said Ms Hayman's visit was based on strong links between Liverpool and America.