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As luck would have it, I bumped into the boss of one of our largest manufacturing exporters last night, who complained that his ability to expand in the UK was being seriously hampered by the new restrictions on his ability to hire from outside the European Union, that have been imposed by the coalition government.
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/09/why_businesses_want_to_recruit.html
Monday, October 18
Is avoiding tax immoral?
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'For most companies and many wealthy individuals, what Danny Alexander said yesterday about tax avoidance was both shocking and potentially very significant. It repays reprinting a significant chunk of the Treasury chief secretary’s address to the Liberal Democrats' conference:'
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/09/is_avoiding_tax_immoral.html
'For most companies and many wealthy individuals, what Danny Alexander said yesterday about tax avoidance was both shocking and potentially very significant. It repays reprinting a significant chunk of the Treasury chief secretary’s address to the Liberal Democrats' conference:'
Link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/2010/09/is_avoiding_tax_immoral.html
Thinking Managers
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“Whose business is it in an organization to look for ‘concepts’? Because concepts can occur to anyone at any time, it is everyone’s business to look for concepts. Like many things that are ‘everyone’s business’, concepts end up by being no one’s business. Of course, corporate strategy teams do a lot of concept thinking.”
Link
http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/management/business-concepts
“Whose business is it in an organization to look for ‘concepts’? Because concepts can occur to anyone at any time, it is everyone’s business to look for concepts. Like many things that are ‘everyone’s business’, concepts end up by being no one’s business. Of course, corporate strategy teams do a lot of concept thinking.”
Link
http://www.thinkingmanagers.com/management/business-concepts
Australian SMEs fail at social media.
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“Australia’s small and medium-sized enterprises are yet to take full advantage of the social media boom by using social networking as a means to promote their business, according to a survey by interactive marketing services firm Acxiom Corporation and Professional Public Relations.”
Link http://www.dynamicbusiness.com.au/articles/articles-news/australian-sme-fail-social-media-1262.html
“Australia’s small and medium-sized enterprises are yet to take full advantage of the social media boom by using social networking as a means to promote their business, according to a survey by interactive marketing services firm Acxiom Corporation and Professional Public Relations.”
Link http://www.dynamicbusiness.com.au/articles/articles-news/australian-sme-fail-social-media-1262.html
Identify theft. What it is – how to avoid it
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“Identity theft leading to identity fraud is a growing crime, but the risk is not as much of a threat as stated by those looking to sell ID theft insurance policies.
It works by fraudsters pretending they are you and then taking out loans, racking up overdrafts on your bank account, and applying for Credit Cards and any other form of credit in your name.”
Link
http://www.learnmoney.co.uk/credit-cards/id-theft.html
“Identity theft leading to identity fraud is a growing crime, but the risk is not as much of a threat as stated by those looking to sell ID theft insurance policies.
It works by fraudsters pretending they are you and then taking out loans, racking up overdrafts on your bank account, and applying for Credit Cards and any other form of credit in your name.”
Link
http://www.learnmoney.co.uk/credit-cards/id-theft.html
University spin-offs: Opportunity or challenge?
Extract . . .
“With industrial research increasingly under pressure to produce rapid profits, and universities rightly concerned with primary research, can university spin-off companies fill the gap between invention and commercialization?
A major aspiration of science is to advance the living standards of human beings and, if at all possible, secure a bright future for generations to come — an aim that is likely to require development and commercialization of scientific discoveries in rational ways. Industrial research and development (R&D) laboratories, such as the renowned AT&T Bell Labs, have traditionally played the bridging role between fundamental research carried out in universities and industrial development in private companies.”
Link
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v5/n12/full/nmat1790.html
“With industrial research increasingly under pressure to produce rapid profits, and universities rightly concerned with primary research, can university spin-off companies fill the gap between invention and commercialization?
A major aspiration of science is to advance the living standards of human beings and, if at all possible, secure a bright future for generations to come — an aim that is likely to require development and commercialization of scientific discoveries in rational ways. Industrial research and development (R&D) laboratories, such as the renowned AT&T Bell Labs, have traditionally played the bridging role between fundamental research carried out in universities and industrial development in private companies.”
Link
http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/v5/n12/full/nmat1790.html
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