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The search has begun for an inspirational Principal and Managing Director to lead the new WMG Academy for Young Engineers.
The WMG Academy, a business-led and business-like University Technical College for 14-19-year olds, is due to …

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SMEs turn away business to fight back against late payments…

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Sue Hayes, Managing Director of Barclays Business Banking

Over a fifth of small and medium sized businesses (22%) have declined future business from customers in the last year in an attempt to tackle late payments
In total, UK SMEs are currently …

Make 2013 the year to get your finances more organised…

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For Dummies

With less than three weeks to go until the deadline for filing Self-Assessment returns online, and the end of the current tax year looming in the not too distant future, many people …

GQ ranks Seedrs’s CEO as one of UK’s 100 most influential men…

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Jeff Lynn Seedrs

 
Significance of equity crowdfunding highlighted by founder of UK’s leader making the mainstream magazine’s ‘most influential’ list for 2013

Jeff Lynn, the co-founder and CEO of Seedrs – the …

TIS THE SEASON… Festive spike in new smartphone users could bring bumper bills…

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iPhone

The UK’s largest mobile phone retailer, Carphone Warehouse, has warned that smartphones given as gifts this Christmas could lead to unexpectedly large bills come January.
Smartphone adoption has jumped by 5.7 million in …

Carphone Warehouse confirms BlackBerry 10…

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BlackBerry 10

Carphone Warehouse has confirmed that it intends to range BlackBerry® 10 in the UK. The hotly anticipated new handsets will be available to purchase in stores nationwide, but eager fans who don’t …

Introducing white RAZR™ i – Motorola’s stylish new must-have for 2013…

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RAZR i

Motorola and Phones 4u bring you a special treat to either spend your Christmas money on or treat yourself to as we enter a new year, with the exciting arrival of the stunning …

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iPhone

Graham Stapleton, Chief Commercial Officer at Carphone Warehouse says, “We know from our customer feedback that GPS mapping is a major factor behind people choosing to upgrade to a smartphone. This new …

Carphone Warehouse offers the HTC Desire C for just £87.26…

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HTC phone

LONDON December 7, 2012 — From today, Carphone Warehouse is offering shoppers an extra 10% off the super-portable HTC Desire C. Customers will be able to get their hands on the HTC Desire …

4G Mobile Network to bring British Businesses into next dimension…

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Dan wagner mpowa

Businesses have welcomed the launch of the UK’s first 4G mobile service with excitement, as it will enable them to offer faster, enhanced services to customers.
The new service, launched today by mobile …

CHAMPION SECTORS TO SECURE THE UK’S INDUSTRIAL FUTURE – CBI…

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Katja Hall, CBI Chief Policy Director

Implementing a UK industrial strategy could boost exports by £30bn
An industrial strategy that plays to our strengths must be at the heart of efforts to rebalance the UK economy towards business investment …

I HEART MY ‘SIZE ZERO’ PHONE…

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iPhone

The first few generations of mobile phones were entirely about function – designed for one reason only, to make and receive calls. Fast forward a couple of decades and modern day devices …

Carphone Warehouse slashes tablet prices for Christmas surge…

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Graham Stapleton, Chief Commercial Officer at Carphone Warehouse

UK’s largest independent mobile retailer offers best value on the high street for this year’s most wanted Christmas gift

LONDON, 7 November 2012 – Carphone Warehouse has announced its aim to offer the lowest …

The Apprentice: Week 7: The BIP asks ‘What happened this week and what business lessons can be learned from it?’

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Lord Sugar summoned his 9 contestants to 65 Fleet Street, home, in times gone by, of the British newspaper industry.
 
The task this week was to create and publish a free premium magazine (‘freemium’) and sell …

The Apprentice: Week 6: The BIP asks ‘What happened this week and what business lessons can be learned from it?’

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The Apprentice: Week 6: The BIP asks ‘What happened this week and what business lessons can be learned from it?’

 
This week the surviving ten met Lord Sugar at the Smugglers’ Way Waste Transfer Station.
The aim, ‘to prove… that you can make money from just about anything’.
The task this week was to set up a …

The Apprentice: Week 5: The BIP asks ‘What happened this week and what business lessons can be learned from it?’

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The Apprentice: Week 5: The BIP asks ‘What happened this week and what business lessons can be learned from it?’

Week 5: Lord Sugar called his would-be apprentices to a Creative Agency in Fitzrovia, TBWA, where he delivered his instructions to them via a big screen. Their task: To make a pet food, create …

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