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Get great business ideas, business advice, tips for marketing your business, financing your business and more. manage your business, business ideas, business advice, marketing your business, financing your business http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/21/support-for-women-in-workplace-97298-20912116/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/21/support-for-women-in-workplace-97298-20912116/ Thousands of women are to be interviewed as part of a project aimed at breaking down any barriers to prevent them setting up in business, it was announced this week. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/21/manage-sterling-fluctuations-to-beat-meltdown-97298-20912117/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/21/manage-sterling-fluctuations-to-beat-meltdown-97298-20912117/ Survival tips for ailing SMEs http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/21/my-working-week-97298-20912118/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/21/my-working-week-97298-20912118/ Adam Gordon, head of marketing and communications at Rise Group http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/christmas-sickies-a-huge-blow-97298-20893512/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/christmas-sickies-a-huge-blow-97298-20893512/ Almost two million employees plan to skip work over the festive period to go Christmas shopping, new research has shown. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/staff-enjoy-maternity-pay-perk-97298-20893513/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/staff-enjoy-maternity-pay-perk-97298-20893513/ Three out of four firms offer more than statutory maternity pay, with just one per cent believing the arrangements are too generous, according to a study. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/football-tactics-good-for-business-97298-20893514/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/football-tactics-good-for-business-97298-20893514/ Well-defined goals bring long-term success http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/my-working-week-97298-20893515/ Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/14/my-working-week-97298-20893515/ Duncan Johnston, general manager of the Carlton George Hotel, Glasgow http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/in-brief-utility-staff-enjoy-pay-increases-97298-20875404/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/in-brief-utility-staff-enjoy-pay-increases-97298-20875404/ Pay rises over the past year have averaged 3.3 per cent, but workers in utility firms have enjoyed increases of 4.3 per cent, according to new research. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/in-brief-profits-hit-by-it-problems-97298-20875405/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/in-brief-profits-hit-by-it-problems-97298-20875405/ Workers spend more than two hours a week dealing with colleagues' computer problems, mainly because of a lack of IT skills among employees, according to a new report. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/r-d-tax-rebates-a-lifeline-for-smes-97298-20875406/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/r-d-tax-rebates-a-lifeline-for-smes-97298-20875406/ Relief plan to revive struggling companies http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/my-working-week-97298-20875407/ Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/11/07/my-working-week-97298-20875407/ Billy McGroarty, regional manager of RH Freight Services Ltd, Scotland http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/employees-work-life-balance-under-threat-97298-20856192/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/employees-work-life-balance-under-threat-97298-20856192/ Government plans to tackle downturn by halting flexi-time reforms http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/my-working-week-97298-20856193/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/my-working-week-97298-20856193/ Pamela Grant is development director at Miller Developments http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/in-brief-firms-failing-to-hire-right-candidate-97298-20856194/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/in-brief-firms-failing-to-hire-right-candidate-97298-20856194/ Most firms are unable to hire the right candidate for a job - but it's mainly their own fault because of a "shocking" lack of attention to recruitment, according to a report. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/in-brief-more-opting-for-takeaways-97298-20856195/ Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/31/in-brief-more-opting-for-takeaways-97298-20856195/ Sales of takeaway food have increased as workers stay late in the office to cope with the effect of the economic downturn. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/24/how-to-side-step-dramas-in-times-of-trouble-97298-20834180/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/24/how-to-side-step-dramas-in-times-of-trouble-97298-20834180/ Maintaining a sound PR strategy 'is just like taking out insurance' http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/24/my-working-life-97298-20834181/ Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/24/my-working-life-97298-20834181/ Chris Wayne-Wills, general manager of The Roxburghe Hotel, Edinburgh http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/17/in-brief-top-bosses-pay-scales-defy-gravity-97298-20812140/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/17/in-brief-top-bosses-pay-scales-defy-gravity-97298-20812140/ The scale of top directors' earnings in recent months "defied gravity", with increases still running into double figures, according to a new report. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/17/in-brief-one-in-three-fear-the-axe-97298-20812141/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/17/in-brief-one-in-three-fear-the-axe-97298-20812141/ More than one in three workers are worried about their jobs because of the economic downturn, with many experiencing increased levels of stress, according to a report. http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/17/focus-on-benefits-of-a-diverse-workforce-97298-20812142/ Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:00:00 GMT http://www.business7.co.uk/features/manage-your-business/2008/10/17/focus-on-benefits-of-a-diverse-workforce-97298-20812142/ EMB project aims to highlight advantages of jobs equality