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Wedding Ceremonies
You can have your ceremony at any time of the day or evening - the choice is yours! We are also very relaxed about what you would like...
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Church embraces solar energy businesscornwall.co.uk
A Cornish church has become one of the first in the UK to light the...
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Only hotel to have Blue Flag beach businesscornwall.co.uk
The Carbis Bay Hotel in St Ives has been named as the only hotel in...
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Live Council meeting businesscornwall.co.uk
Join us for live streaming video and audio of today's full council...
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Cornish company's crowning glory businesscornwall.co.uk
A Cornish company is playing its part in the forthcoming Jubilee...
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Scandal of the missing loo paper businesscornwall.co.uk
According to a new survey, it is not just rolls of Sellotape that...
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Free event to empower young apprentices to avoid death, injury and... hse.gov.uk
Young construction apprentices in Aberdeen are to receive lifesaving...
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Dumper truck breaks worker's foot hse.gov.uk
A Northamptonshire construction company has been fined after a...
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Employer fined after electrician injures back in fall hse.gov.uk
An apprentice electrician sustained serious back injuries after...
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Aberdeenshire roofing boss fined after worker seriously injured in fall hse.gov.uk
An Aberdeenshire roofing boss has been fined after one of his workers...
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Welcome to Public Appointments online publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk
For more information on public appointments, including general...
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Time to force change? bmmagazine.co.uk
An independent Task Force geared to helping retain top talent within...
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Green Construction Board secures £1 million investment bmmagazine.co.uk
Business Minister Mark Prisk will today announce that the Green...
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Surveys show high value of apprentices bmmagazine.co.uk
A new report will show that Britain's apprentices are getting...
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Marketeers should think 'integrated' bmmagazine.co.uk
With more than 80 million UK mobile subscribers, we are fast becoming...
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Apple Prepping Ultra-thin 15in MacBook Pro with Retina Display bmmagazine.co.uk
Apple is set to give its MacBook Pro a fresh new look, by slimming...
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Companies face £100bn pension top-up bmmagazine.co.uk
British businesses face a £100bn drain on their finances over the...
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German economy posts 0.5 per cent growth in first quarter bmmagazine.co.uk
The German economy returned to growth in the first three months of...
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Sir Richard Branson High Five's the Winner of his Global 'Screw... bmmagazine.co.uk
From more than 500 inspirational entries, Sir Richard Branson and his...
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Mary Portas set to run hotel with Gordon Ramsay training unemployed... bmmagazine.co.uk
The retail expert Mary Portas is joining forces with the celebrity...
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Dress Codes
This is an interesting analysis (albeit from a clothing retailer), and I was wondering if it reflects your experiences of dress codes ...
Dresscode.jpg It appears that workplace dress codes are starting to become casual, with ‘dress down Fridays’ becoming the new norm – all week.

Has your SME taken advantage of the new £1500 grants available to help you hire your first Apprentice?
With the college and Sixth Form students finishing their studies this month there are hundreds of young, motivated and talented people ...

Owners who hate selling orion-consultancy.com
Entrepreneurs are reluctant to sell and find it distasteful, they’re either afraid to ask for fear of rejection or just plain hate everything about selling. They dislike being sold to yet they love to buy, when we understand...

Poll of the Day: Would a 'Made in Britain' label make you more likely to buy an item?
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Allowable interest linkedin.com
Following a recent tax case, and in light of the current economic situation, I thought I would just reiterate that not all borrowings taken on to support your own company are tax allowable. The 2 key exceptions most relevant at the moment are interest on a personal overdraft or credit card. Interest on a personal loan is fine. If the bank refuses credit to your company but suggests personal


Shekinah's employability programme in Plymouth tops performance table out of 14 cities delivering programmes through Business Action on...
64% clients who have criminal records, long term unemployment, or multiple barriers to employment have secured employment in the last 12 ...

Networking
It seems that there are few, if any, networking evenings in Cornwall. Would you attend if an evening networking event was set up?

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has said that HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) assessment of the impact of the introduction of Real Time Information (RTI) on small employers is inadequate....

Work experience ‘boosts life prospects’ peoplemanagement.co.uk
There is a clear link between undertaking work experience at school and better job prospects in later life, a new report has found. Helping to clarify career aspirations through a placement meant 16 to 18-year-olds were less...


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