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		<title>The advantages for sustainable businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a business world that is evermore geared towards profit, there is a new and somewhat opposing trend developing. The importance of sustainable businesses has grown quite rapidly during the last decade and this new trend is certainly expected to continue over the next few years. Part of the story is that consumers are becoming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/06/19/the-advantages-for-sustainable-businesses/</link>
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		<title>Efficient office communication</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the modern work place, digital technology has transformed the way we communicate, from acquiring clients to conversing and exchanging information with colleagues. It could be argued that the speed of which we can send information now has made a working environment a lot more fast-paced. Many of us will know that not replying to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/06/19/efficient-office-communication/</link>
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		<title>Technology in retail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The retail industry is facing tough times in the recession. Stores are closing regularly and the competition to hold onto customers is fiercer than ever before. Although research from SAS and Verdict Research suggests that the retail industry will see some growth in 2013, it also foresees challenges ahead and predicts that the stores which survive will be the ones making it a priority to embrace new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/06/13/technology-in-retail/</link>
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		<title>Getting by on your first business trip</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those who have been asked to travel for business reasons, it might sound like an exciting opportunity. If travel is not involved in your occupation, the excitement of doing something other than the regular 9-5 routine will have most employees putting their hand up to the challenge. If this is something quite new to you, it’s best to keep a few things [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/06/10/getting-by-on-your-first-business-trip/</link>
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		<title>Buy-to-let boom: how being a landlord became more attractive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When it comes to finding the appropriate property, many small businesses have found buying one outright is beyond their means. Buying one can swallow up a significant amount of any SME’s finances, leaving renting as the only option available to them. As businesses and families find renting a property more affordable, landlords are benefiting enormously [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/05/29/buy-to-let-boom-how-being-a-landlord-became-more-attractive/</link>
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		<title>Business cards are far from dead &#8211; and here&#8217;s a few tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the interconnected, always-online nature of business today, you might be forgiven for thinking business cards are on their way out: after all, it&#8217;s usually easy to find contact information on a company&#8217;s website, and you can enter a new contact&#8217;s phone number and email address into your smartphone almost as quickly as putting a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/05/27/business-cards-are-far-from-dead-and-heres-a-few-tips/</link>
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		<title>Asset Labels: What businesses should know about them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When you’re in a large, busy workplace that’s a hive of activity from nine to five, it can be pretty easy to forget something. It might be something negligible like leaving your glass in the staff kitchen, or it could be something major like losing your laptop. In either case, losing something you need could [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/05/23/asset-labels-what-businesses-should-know-about-them/</link>
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		<title>Clicks to Bricks: Online shops moving to High Street</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given the comparative ease of use that having an online shop brings to both the customer and company, it’s no surprise that in recent years many big companies have chosen to supplement their sales with an online shop. From supermarkets to stationary suppliers, all sorts of shops prevalent on the high street have enjoyed more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/05/23/clicks-to-bricks-online-shops-moving-to-high-street/</link>
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		<title>Irish Spotlight: Banks’ cautious approach opens the door to non-traditional finance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much has been spoken about Ireland’s financial turmoil over the past couple of years yet the focus has tended to centre predominately on the economic struggles of both government and traditional financial institutions. Little has been mentioned of the emergence of so-called non-bank finance in light of increasing caution amongst Irish banks meaning that they [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/05/20/irish-spotlight-banks-cautious-approach-opens-the-door-to-non-traditional-finance/</link>
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		<title>A guide to calculating payroll</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employers are charged with accurately calculating their employees’ payroll…to the last pound. However, even corporations aren’t infallible and errors can mean employees get short-changed or overpaid; this causes a problematic ripple effect when taxes are evaluated by governmental bodies. When taxes are calculated incorrectly, it creates a lot of issues for your employees and harms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://britishsme.co.uk/2013/05/20/a-guide-to-calculating-payroll/</link>
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