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                    <title><![CDATA[How important is customer feedback?]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Marcus Leach

    The key to a successful business is understanding your customer's needs. That is the view of World First co-founder Jonathan Quin who spoke at the latest Smith & Williamson Entrepreneurs' Lunch.

    Quin, who founded World First in January 2004, has seen...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Confidence continues to build in manufacturing sector]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

Manufacturers continue to expect strong output growth in the next three months, according to the CBI&#8217;s latest monthly Industrial Trends Survey.

But the survey of 404 firms found that output growth was broadly flat over the three months to May, again disappointing expectations for a more pronounced recovery.

However, the...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[UK economy a long way from 'a sustainable recovery']]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Marcus Leach

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the UK economy is still a long way from 'a strong and sustainable recovery'.

The warning comes as part of their closing statement following the mission to the UK. The IMF went on to say that current austerity measures were acting...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Pay budgets set to increase before the year is out]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

More than half of employers (53%) expect their pay budgets will have increased by the end of the year, and many would like to see variable pay (such as bonuses linked to individual or company performance) play a greater role in total pay packages. That&#8217;s according to a...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Sterling falls after weak retail sales data and Bank&#8217;s minutes]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Andy Scott, premier account manager at HiFX
 
Sterling fell by around 0.5% Wednesday morning against both the euro and the US dollar to a 1-month, and 6-week low respectively following the release of very weak retail sales data for March. Sales fell sharply by 1.3%, against expectations for a...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Are British exporters shying away from global markets?]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

&#8220;UK businesses are so fixated on the EU that they are missing out on growing world markets,&#8221; says William Chase - the founder of the multinational Tyrrells crisp empire and owner of the single estate Chase Distillery in Herefordshire.
 
This week the British Chambers of Commerce ( BCC)...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Lack of time to finish projects hampering finance departments]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

As finance teams across the UK continue to experience skills shortages, new research from leading recruitment specialist Robert Half UK, shows that more than a third (35%) of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are concerned about the lack of time their teams have to complete work and projects.
 
The...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Bad weather hits UK retail sales in April]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

Official figures have revealed that bad weather continued to hamper spending, as retail sales dropped in April.

The Office for National Statistics's (ONS) data showed that sales were 1.2% lower in April than March. The ONS also said retail sales volumes last month were 0.5% higher than a year...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Job creation to be boosted by new employment allowance]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

According to new research from Direct Line for Business (DL4B), one in five small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK has been encouraged to expand following the Government&#8217;s decision to introduce an Employment Allowance of &#163;2,000 a year towards employer National Insurance (NI) contributions.
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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                    <title><![CDATA[Report shows job vacancies are up 0.2%]]></title>
                    <description><![CDATA[By Daniel Hunter

The Adzuna Jobs Index reveals there are currently 460,977 live vacancies in UK, up 0.2% over 6 months, proving the labour market is more resilient than expected as GDP returns to growth in the first quarter of 2013. 

April&#8217;s vacancy stock has risen in tandem with the number...]]></description>
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                    <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
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