Tuesday, November 2

EU glossary: Jargon

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The acquis communautaire, Coreper, QMV, Schengen... These are among the many well-used - but often misunderstood - terms in the EU. Use this guide to navigate through the jargon.

Read more here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7908588.stm

Business Link scrapped and replaced by call centre

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Business Link, the publicly funded advice network, is to be scrapped and replaced by a website and call centre, the Government has confirmed.
The Government said the £154m cost of the Business Link network of offices was “high” and the “generalist nature” of the advice often “poorly targeted” towards “lifestyle businesses that have no aspiration to grow”.

Read more here
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/8093448/Business-Link-scrapped-and-replaced-by-call-centre.html

Working 5 to 9

How to start a successful business in your spare time, by Emma Jones

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Emma Jones is founder of online community Enterprise Nation, a well-respected resource for anyone running a home business. She is therefore expert at combining the domestic and the entrepreneurial. Here, she provides advice for anyone who likes the idea of starting a home business but who doesn't know where to begin.

Read more here
http://www.director.co.uk/MAGAZINE/2010/7_July_August/books_working_5-9_63_11.html

Yahoo Mail gets first major revamp in five years

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Yahoo Mail is getting its biggest redesign since 2005 to make it a message hub for its 279 million users.
At the centre of the revamp is a plan to make the communications system much more compatible with social media.

Read more here
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11624822

Improving productivity

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Improving productivity is an objective for many businesses. We thought that we might offer an accountant's view of how to address enhancing company output...

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http://www.eaassociates.co.uk/content/business/business-finance/managing-costs/improving-productivity.html?u=40c38F45&m=7780

Employee resignations cost £42bn a year

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The UK's flighty employees are costing the economy billions. The bad news is, we're worse than everyone else . . .

Read more here
http://www.managementtoday.co.uk/bulletin/mtdailybulletin/article/1032883/employee-resignations-cost-42bn-year/

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