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All work and some play: the rise of the ‘Bleisure’ travellers

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There’s also something particularly poignant about sitting down to a table set for one in an unfamiliar restaurant amid the sound of strange accents and clinking glasses. Rather than remain grounded while her hubbie trots the globe, the couple have devised a lifestyle where Deborah goes too.

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Competitive Intelligence: Not Just For Big Business | THE SMALL.

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Competition analysis is not only important when you’re launching a business but it’s important not to become complacent and keep a watchful eye on the competition. Steve Said on January 26th, 2010 at 3:38 pm I often find that CI is overlooked by small businesses especially regarding restaurants for example.

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Entrepreneurship live and kicking! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

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Raphael Dobbin is not going to help me loose any weight soon with his idea of a West African restaurant, but he was going to offer me free fruit as a dessert option for healthier living. Emmanual Opanuga is opening a shoe store chain , focusing on customer care while understanding the price pressures in this business.

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Dave Cairns SVP of CBRE |Unlocking Urban Potential: Repurposing Office Spaces for Sustainable Development

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And it was a fun lifestyle. Although the counterpoint to that argument is that much like bustling restaurants or things of that nature, sometimes it’s actually not a bad thing for a customer to be turned away because it creates this sort of scarcity that makes them actually want to come back. And it’s massive.

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