- Robert Craven offers practical tips to help you survive the recession
- But before implementing them you must ask yourself, is your business viable?
- If not, it is time to move on and do something else with your life
- If your business is viable, stop procrastinating and start acting
- Despite what some may say, recession is the time to put your prices up
- It is also time to sack underperforming staff, customers and suppliers
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