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  According to statistics, the UK is officially in recession again – the dreaded ‘double-dip’.
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  Last month I wrote about uncertainty and trying to spot the “new norm”. I’d like to report on some of the things I’ve learned about businesses and trends since then.
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  For companies of all sizes, cashflow remains an issue. Reduced order books and increased competition for customers make many reluctant to push hard for payment. As a result, they are acting as a
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  There has been an increase in the number of people working for themselves in recent years. But how much do politicians and others know about the views of sole traders?
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           <title>The ‘fun’ way to find out people's strengths</title>
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  I recently met Ellie Gage, the ‘director of fun’ of a local organisation.
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  Increasingly, people are talking about the importance and revival of manufacturing in the UK.
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  When the recession began there were many predictions on how Bradford and its business community would fare. Some thought that there would be immediate, large-scale job losses. In fact, there were
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           <title>Red tape moan, and a black mark for banks</title>
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  The recent British Chambers of Commerce conference revealed complaints about skills, transport, finance and a surfeit of red tape.
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           <title>Quotas can do more harm than good</title>
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  Lord Davies’s recent White Paper recommended that the FTSE 100 companies needed to improve the percentage of female directors by 2015. If there is no voluntary change, then quotas could be
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           <title>Togetherness the key to training future</title>
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  At the start of any year, people discuss whether it will be better than the last. Comments and surveys in 2010 suggested that it had been an easier year than 2009, but still difficult.
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