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Posted on 17 October 2008 - Comments

Small business owners and contractor may be buoyed by comments that inflation "has almost certainly peaked".

Capital Economics chief European economist Jonathan Loynes says a number of factors including falling oil...

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Posted on 16 October 2008 - Comments

Taking a work role while studying can improve an undergraduate's appeal to potential employers once they leave university, it has been claimed.

Alison Clark, director at the National Association of Student Employment Services...

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Posted on 15 October 2008 - Comments

Small businesses seeking a competitive advantage may wish to follow the lead of a Yorkshire-based lingerie firm, which continues to benefit from the adoption of flexible working practices

Earlier this summer, the government...

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Posted on 14 October 2008 - Comments

Employers needed to be educated about mental health, in order to reduce absenteeism and keep staff in the workplace, it has been claimed.

Alison Kerry, spokesperson for leading charity Mind, says that "a quarter of staff are...

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Posted on 13 October 2008 - Comments

Plumbing is the profession least likely to be hit by a recession, it has been claimed.

Research conducted by Train 4 Trade Skills has indicated that there are currently more than 30,000 unfilled plumbing vacancies across the...

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