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Small Business World News Round-up - 2009/11/03

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Business cuts back on training and hours in bid to hang onto staff : A new survey by the Australian Industry Group has revealed that a third of companies are planning to cut their training budgets in the next 12 months, as entrepreneurs fight… India Inc’s business confidence surges, says CII : The business confidence of India Inc.

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

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Canadian small business confidence slowly improving : Small business confidence in the Canadian economy is improving but it suggests that although the recovery is proceeding its pace is gradual. Businesses in Newfoundland & Labrador, New Brunswick, British Columbia and Alberta are the most optimistic for the coming year.

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Ten Small Business Startup Ideas – 2009/09/20 | THE SMALL BUSINESS.

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Improvisational comedy confidence-building exercises. do cost cutting do credit control do customer service export find funding grow your business handle problems keep data safe lower overheads manage your time market and sell motivate your staff not to do it! A premium hotline providing legal advice. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Is Your Small Business Worth Shouting About?

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Everyone that I talk to seems to think their products or services are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Stefan Töpfer Said on April 30th, 2010 at 8:15 am Mary, I guess you need to have confidence in your products and services to succeed. Thanks for your comment. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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WinWeb's One-Stop-Shop Business Services For Freelancers, Home.

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We have been training a large number of virtual assistants in all aspects of our service offerings for months and we are very confident we can provide a professional and extremely cost-effective service to all our clients. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Help customer focus with the.

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Service Untitled The blog about customer service and the customer service experience. Everyone puts their best attitude forward when interviewing for a position, but during the training period and internship, we can use the opportunities to observe and evaluate each new customer service agent.

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Small Business World News Round-up – 209/11/24

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Business conditions and confidence jump again : The optimism of Australian businesses finally appears to be matched by actually business conditions, according to a new survey from National Australian Bank 2009 funding drought rolls on : For Australian start-ups looking for venture capital, 2009 was a very bad year. 2010 may be no better.

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