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Net-zero emissions is a great goal for companies to set — but it’s incredibly hard to reach. Here’s why

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Though the pledges make great press releases, net-zero is more complicated and potentially problematic than it may seem. Environmentalists may welcome this conservationist agenda, but what if other oil companies, the airline industries, the shipping sectors and the US government all propose a similar solution?

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Free Home Business Startup Video: Genealogy Research | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

If providing additional income for your family is on your agenda, this could be one of your opportunities. To See More of these business ideas, you can use the free trial login to OnlineOffice. I hope these videos will help you to make up your mind to start your own business, it does not cost the earth. Maybe we will make them into a video.

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Q&A: What are some social and economic issues small business face.

The Small Business Blog

You can find it here: [link] and in light of today’s reports saying that small businessess are setting the flexi-time agenda, it is curious to see how business is adapting in conjunction with the technological means that are now available in the home and at the office. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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Small Business Checklist: Business Process Outsourcing | THE SMALL.

The Small Business Blog

If you don’t, you’ll be last on the work and service agenda, that means you business suffers. Pay on time. You want good service, pay on time. You want professional work, pay a decent retainer or hourly rate. If you can’t afford the service don’t hire them. Get at least three quotes and compare them.

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Sugar Not The Icing On The Small Business Cake.

The Small Business Blog

I know of companies that are constantly back to the banks because they need to supply a big amount of product however self sufficiency should be the top of a business’s agenda. As far as unemployment is concerned it has been slowing for a while now and is due to fall towards the end of this year and the beginning of next.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

People look to their employers for entree into systems of social safety nets (Social Security, disability insurance, health care benefits, etc.). A greater feeling of control is associated with more energy and better health, studies show, making those workers more productive. For generations now (at least here in the U.S.),

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An Open Letter To Our Prime Minister, David Cameron

The Small Business Blog

Let’s get this on the agenda, build some momentum and help bring “Change!” &# Stefan Topfer CEO WinWeb.com To the readers of my Blog, please contribute to this discussion; add any additional points, and tell me if you agree, or even disagree, with any of the points I have outlined above. Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo! Digg Furl Netscape Yahoo!

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