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Coworking Spaces Can Hit Net Zero Targets If They Follow These Tips

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The Instant Group recommends responsible procurement processes and suppliers maintain honest and fair values. Advising the flexible workspace industry on future-proofing real estate strategies, The Instant Group facilitated an insightful workshop at GCUC U.K. Reviewing the supply chain is a medium priority for workspace operators.

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Top 5 Biz-to-Biz Sales Tips

The Small Business Blog

Try to learn a bit about the industry that your prospective business customer works in so you don’t look out of your depth. If they are unhappy with their purchases, work hard to repair the relationship between businesses. Listen carefully to what your B2B clients require. Keep following-up over a period of time.

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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Start-ups to save the UK economy says Digby Jones : The former head of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Lord Digby Jones, claims that small businesses alone will rescue the struggling UK economy. At the same time over 60 % of all high street purchases are researched online. — ST. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business World News Round-up – 2009/12/15

The Small Business Blog

MSMEs may get procurement preference in PUSs soon : Most of the public sector units will have to source at least one-fifth of their purchases from the micro, small and medium enterprises, if the recommendation of a task force headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s top aide is accepted. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Don't charge by the hour! | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

The truth is that charging by the hour is terribly customer unfriendly and is therefor very bad for your small business and start-up business, like SOHO-, SME, SMB-, Micro-, Lifestyle-, Home-, DIY-, Hobby-, Boomer- or Personal business, like professional, contractors, freelancer, self-employed, sole-trader and virtual assistants.

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

I disagree with your view that all businesses owners currently in trouble are ignorant, maybe you need to start talking to some small business owners who are not in the services industry to get the real understanding of the problem. IMO, Mr Sugar has not a clue what he is talking about, he is just helping his Labour pals with some PR.

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