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Plans for two new Enterprise Zones
The Government has asked the Lancashire and the Hull and Humber Local Enterprise Partnerships to develop proposals for two new Enterprise Zones following the recent announcement by BAE Systems about their sites in Brough, Warton and Samlesbury. ... Opinion
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Kyocera Mita hopes to spark spending with finance package
Kyocera Mita has launched a finance programme to give resellers more of a chance getting customers to splash out on hardware and document management solutions. The vendor is working with CF Corporate Finance to deliver the programme which is aimed a... News
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Banks still not doing enough for SMEs
The banks have long been criticised by resellers, customers and politicians alike for failing to provide enough credit and support for cash-strapped firms and the situation shows little sign of improving. Despite various projects and iniatives being ... News
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Wozniak urges industry to innovate
Steve Wozniak, the founder of Apple, has been sharing his experience in the industry with attendees at IP Expo uring the IT community to continue innovation. The industry veteran, who now has a position as chief scientist at Fusion-IO, used his keyno... News
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Changes aim for swifter justice over workplace deaths
The Government is seeking more health and safety prosecutions before Inquests with changes to an agreement - the Work-Related Deaths Protocol - between those who investigate and prosecute work-related deaths. Previously, only in exceptional circ... Opinion
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Don't quote me
Executive pay has never really left the spotlight. However, in today's straightened times, it's a very hot topic especially as executive pay of quoted companies is rising much faster than the pay of workers. And so the Government has recently publish... Opinion
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Resellers encouraged to extend brand through LinkedIn
Resellers should encourage their best and brightest to shine on social media platforms rather than try to stem the adoption of tools like LinkedIn if they want to get the most out of online networking tools. The temptation to block access to social ... News
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Negligence and dismissals
In most cases, serious negligence could be grounds for gross misconduct. But what happens if an employee has a lucky escape and nothing results from the negligence? Will a dismissal be unfair? Sadly for employees, the answer is 'yes' according to an ... Opinion
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Olympic Workforce?
With the Olympics less than a year away, employers should start thinking about writing a specific Olympics policy to deal with requests for leave as well as any unauthorised absences. Any policy written needs to handle issues such as flexible wo... Opinion
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Channel has role to play plugging skills gap
The IT skills gap will only get wider unless more action is taken by both businesses and schools to get more young people to study ICT. The warning has been sounded by the Recruitment and Education Confederation which has issued a report using words... News