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A guy in America sets up a website selling spectacle frames. When customers get them, some of the frames appear to be fake. Some customers who ask for refunds are threatened. People start to complain about the man’s company on consumer websites and message boards. This pleases him. Why?
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Many commuters will find their train season tickets will have gone up in price next year – what are you doing to prepare?
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roundup: Businesses hurt by floods get help.More news this week on National Freelancers day and businesses hurt by the floods.
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YouTube Social has launched. The new service combines instant messaging into the you tube experience.
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Black Friday sales hits the UK with Amazon, but how are UK shoppers responding? Is it too big a hit for hungry UK shoppers?
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All SMEs will have to chip in to employee pension schemes, is this fair? Take part in the poll.
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Global Entrepreneurship WeekSmall business news is here and for the past week. Global Entrepreneurship Week kicked off on Monday, with its eye-catching slogan, Don’t Take a Job, Make a Job!
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I really need to get a life; I'm actually impressed by a USB hub.
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According to an academic paper, napping could improve people's cognitive performance. Surely more energetic staff are good for business, but which boss is going to be brave enough to set up camp beds amongst the office furniture?
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There's a post over at Mental Floss about buildings that look like the objects they sell.
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If you've Googled a company today, chances are you have influenced the number of trades in its shares.
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Do TV programmes like " The Apprentice" and " Dragons' Den" help entrepreneurism in the UK? Take part in the poll.
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This is where, using second-hand tools, Bill Hewlett and David Packard created the very first Hewlett Packard ( HP ink) product...
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Turns out they could be, because they can affect staff emotionally, who then don't provide as good customer service to other people.
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Watch this week's SME News Roundup, including SMEs gearing up for new legislation.
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From 2017, all firms will have to be in a pension scheme and and business owners will have to chip in a minimum of three per cent of an employee's salary, with the government saying there'll be £46 in administration fees. The FSB comes up with a £2,550 figure.
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If you're asked to recommend new staff to the business, do you do so based on what's good for the company or the safety of your job?
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According to a World Bank report, Singapore remains the best country in which to run a business.
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I've been trying to lose a bit of weight recently, but a new study suggests slimming down might be bad for my pay packet. According to research done with several thousand Germans and Americans, people's weight can affect their salaries.
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Not sure what day it is? Overcome by grief at losing yer yoof? Got cold hands? If you're suffering from all or any of these malaise..s(what's the plural of malaise?) we can help.
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In the news this week, the Federation of Small Businesses criticise plans which insist that all small businesses automatically enrol staff into pension funds by 2012, and 8 in 10 bosses won't allow home working.
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Is your bank offering your business good access to finance? Take part in the poll.
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There's a cool post on Lifehacker about how the idea of 'the dream job' can be distracting and, in some ways, dangerous. If we're constantly thinking about some great profession, some calling that's always over the next hill, we risk making our actual job seem boring and less fulfilling.
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What do you do after you have founded three technology companies? You put up a list of 57 tips for people to learn from. Thankfully a lot of them can be applied to any new business venture.
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And in the news: In the wake of the Comprehensive Spending Review of last week, it has been revealed that SMEs are apprehensive when it comes to securing public sector contracts.
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