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<description><![CDATA[ BusinessZone offers a wealth of news and features covering all aspects of small to medium business: starting up, finances, technology, managing people and more... ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Let your staff play: Developing a creative workforce  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Somewhere in every business, there's one amazingly simple, yet amazingly smart idea just waiting to be had.  The trick is to harness the kind of creativity that allows those ideas to spark and grow. Mocky Khan, from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, explains how.        ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/187205/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ How to develop an entrepreneurial team ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Many companies fail because the entrepreneur tries to do everything themselves. So how do you recruit, manage and lead a team who help you fulfil your business ambitions? Morton Patterson, a business coach with Striding Out, offers his top tips for developing an effective and entrepreneurial workforce.             ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/184973/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ How to employ sales staff ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ As your business grows and you have less time on your hands, it could be time to employ your own dedicated sales team. Louise Druce looks at how to choose the right candidates.<BR>   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/186199/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ How to ensure your best employees never want to leave ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Employees are a business owner's greatest asset so making sure you keep hold of the best ones is vitally important. In this article, Ty Freyvogel provides expert tips on how to ensure key staff never want to quit your company.                ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/177585/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ How to measure employee engagement ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Regardless of the size of your company, ensuring workers are happy, satisfied and loyal is always going to be high on the agenda. But how can you tell if they are engaged? Kate Pritchard, head of employee research at ORC International, investigates.               ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/177832/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ The changing face of remote working  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ As Work Wise Week 2008 begins, Anton Levchuk, director of marketing at Famatech, examines where we are with remote working.     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/183561/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Whole brain thinking  ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Much is made of the importance of the traditional 'left brain' skills of analysis and logic for running a profitable business. But, as Jan Hills argues, entrepreneurs should also adopt 'right-brain' abilities like inventiveness and empathy if they want to achieve success.          ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/177761/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Corporate manslaughter rules: What they mean for your business ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ New corporate manslaughter regulations come into force on 6 April. Alan Vincent, senior partner at law firm Vincents, explains the changes and the impact on businesses.     ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/181703/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ BusinessZone.co.uk guide to Red Tape Day ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Several new business regulations come into force on 6 April 2008, the first of 2008's common commencement days. This guide summarises the legislation affecting small companies.            ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/181562/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Being an ethical employer ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Kim Stoddart looks at what it takes to be an ethical employer and the benefits that being one will have on a company.   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/181321/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ How much is email costing your business? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Malcolm Etchells examines how staff spending time emailing can prove damaging to your business.  ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/179812/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ The apprentice, you're hired! ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Louise Druce takes a look at the world of apprenticeships and whether they could be the solution to the yawning skills gap in the UK.           ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/180095/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ People: The key to start up success ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Entrepreneurs too often forget that having the right team around you is essential to achieving business success. Ed Cooper offers top tips on finding the people you need.             ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/177327/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Disciplining agency workers: What are their rights? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Do temporary workers have the same employment rights as permanent employees, when it comes to disciplinary procedures? Esther Smith, partner at Thomas Eggar, and Martin Brewer, partner at Mills & Reeve, offer guidance.       ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/179525/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Motivation from narrative: Staff need stories ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Some organisations have begun to use narrative as a way of getting staff to take their core business values to heart. But surely it can't be that simple? Matt Henkes investigates the story behind the technique.           ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/178875/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Employer-induced sickness: Is dismissal still fair? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Can it ever be fair to dismiss an employee for sickness incapacity when the employer has caused, or at least contributed to, that ill health? The Court of Appeal says 'yes', as employers everywhere breathe a sigh of relief. Junaid Haroon explains.      ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/178221/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Christmas parties: Are you headed for crisis? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ It's that time of year again, when HR must set about organising the good old Christmas shindig, but how can you ensure everyone is kept happy, religious pitfalls are avoided and all goes smoothly? Sarah Fletcher talks to some festive members of BusinessZone's sister website HR Zone.           ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/176650/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Using motivational interviewing for absent workers ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Jean Brading, employment services director at HCML, suggests using motivational interviewing to help people back to work after significant absence.   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/176087/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Taking your business to a hire level ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ There comes a time for any young business when running as a one person operation no longer cuts the mustard. The decision to recruit extra hands is not one that should be taken lightly, as businesses are often made and broken on the strength of their employees. Matt Henkes investigates how it's done.   ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/175287/1095/1097/1096</link>
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<title><![CDATA[ Opinion: Why business needs to go back to school over e-learning ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[ Kate Milner, marketing director, EMEA at WebEx, argues that businesses need to get to grips with e-learning solutions if the UK's skills gap is to closed.      ]]></description>
<link>http://www.businesszone.co.uk/item/169862/1095/1097/1096</link>
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