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UK/Ireland small Business News Round-up – 11/04/2008 | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

FPB warns that removing ‘green’ fuel tax incentive will further alienate small firms : The FPB is questioning the Government’s commitment to helping small firms switch to environmentally friendly fuels, following an announcement in the 2008 Budget that it is to remove a tax incentive for investing in ‘green’ biofuels.

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Australia/ New Zealand Small Business News Round-up – 02/07/2008.

The Small Business Blog

« Government – Small Business Quote of the Day Small Business Start-Up Checklist – Time Management » « Previous Entries This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 12:30 pm and is filed under SME News Round-up. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 Sponsors Advertise Here?

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10 Time Management Tips

Ian's Messy Desk

Updated and reposted from May 2008 1) Always Look Ahead It is human nature to want to live in the past: to savour accomplishments or to wallow in defeats. Cheers, Kathy Comment by Kathy on May 21, 2008 @ 3:09 pm Kathy, the permalink is built into the post title. Comment by Ian McKenzie on May 21, 2008 @ 3:13 pm I used to exercise #3.

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Improve Communication

Ian's Messy Desk

with 7 Tips for Effective Email There is something about e-mail that fosters poor communication habits. Develop at set of personal rules for processing your email in a productive way. Read: Five fast email productivity tips @ 43 Folders Ignore the above tips. Or, if you prefer, you can subscribe to my blog posts by e-mail.

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Top 5 Ways of Maintaining Virtual Relationships

The Small Business Blog

Set aside time each day to answer your email and try to update your website slightly if you have time left over. If email communication is not working well with a particular customer, don’t hestitate to pick up the phone or send a letter instead. Invest in good software and hardware that you can rely on. Sponsors Advertise Here?

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How to Never Be a Victim Again

On The Job

Remember what 2008 felt like? Once a week reach out to someone in your network, either through LinkedIn, a phone call or email. Keep up with industry news, and understand the financial health of your own company. Pretty grim years. Thousands of people lost their jobs, and didn't have the foggiest idea of where to turn.

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Procrastination Carries Big Costs

Ian's Messy Desk

Health is one. This helps reduces the amount on my desk… If I have two aggravating duties sometimes I make a little deal with myself: One of this I allow myself to postpone, but the other one needs to be done today… Comment by Branchenbuch on January 28, 2008 @ 6:15 am You might enjoy this little cartoon about procrastination.

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