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Yell let their people do the walking
18/11/08
Reading-based Yell, publisher of the Yellow Pages, has announced plans to slash 1,300 jobs in 2009. In a bid to make £100m-worth of savings before March 2010, the Berkshire employer is set to see 350 redundancies out of its 3,860 UK workforce. Yell has two main Berkshire sites, in Reading and Slough, and both are set to be hit by the proposals.
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Small Business Survival Package
25/10/08
FSB Proposal for a Small Business Survival Package Small businesses face unprecedented problems during this economic downturn in accessing affordable finance, winning healthy contracts and from aggressive late payment policies from big businesses. Figures from the OECD state 40 per cent to 50 per cent of small businesses fold within the first three to four years. The FSB pins this to the lack of cash flow which has a devastating impact on the job market.
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Government help small businesses
21/10/08
Skills secretary John Denham has announced that government departments and agencies have been instructed to pay any bills for work done by small businesses within 10 days. The idea is that this will help with much needed cash flow for these companies and the move has been welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses as a step in the right direction.
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Business & Enterprise Committee want YOUR comments
15/10/08
The Business & Enterprise Committee today announces its forward work programme for the next month and highlights its intention to consider the impact of the current economic circumstances on business within the UK
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Business planning – How companies achieve business plans
29/07/08
In spite of what we read in the papers not all businesses are suffering from a major downturn. Some are fortunate because of the specific industry segment they are in but others are just quietly doing well, irrespective of how badly many are doing in their industry segment. Very little of this is down to pure luck. It’s usually due to understanding what their customers want and implementing successful marketing plans to give it to them.
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People in business – a hindrance or help?
10/06/08
I have heard many times that if it weren’t for people, running a business would be easy. I have also heard the comment that all of the employment legislation makes it too difficult to set up, run, expand or change a business.
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The Queen’s Award for Enterprise
20/05/08
QUEEN’S AWARD FOR ENTERPRISE AND NATIONAL BUSINESS AWARDS RECOGNITION FOR SIGNET INTERNATIONAL Staff at international transportation and logistics organisation, Signet International, headquartered in Colnbrook, Berkshire are celebrating winning The Queen’s Award for Enterprise, the UK’s most prestigious awards for business performance.
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Health and Safety at Work
09/05/08
Microsoft scoops award Software world leader Microsoft received an international recognition for its top health and safety practices. The company located with in the Thames Valley Park scooped the coveted Five Star Health and Safety Audit Award at a ceremony at Lincoln’s Inn in London.
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