Google Voice - Coming to a phone near you

By Claire West
Currently available by invitation only [b]Google Voice[/b] is a service that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls, and more.
Of course as with all things Google there…
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A Tory vote winner

The Welsh Tory strategy for countering Nationalists appears to be to ‘give in’ on national sovereignity and full devolution but repair Unionism byinsisting on ‘ federalisation’ to the UK in a sort of United States of Britain.
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Small To Medium Sized Businesses Fail To Care for Customers In Recession

29/06/09
By Claire West
• Customers demand greater service for less cost
• [b]SMEs losing clients in recession[/b], yet not prioritising customer service
• Firms place greater emphasis on finding new business
[b]Customers of the UK’s small businesses are demanding greater levels of service for the same or less cost from Small to medium sized…
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Getting your business message across

How many of you find it difficult writing the text for your websites? Often we know our business so well but find it hard to write a convincing business message for other people. Thinking through the project before you start can be very helpful.

Companies Need To Embrace Social Media If They Are To Survive

Trends in social media as predicted from the longest established moderation company, Chat Moderators
Social media is becoming a common practice for marketers and organisations wanting to reach large audiences with relatively little financial impact. Social media, or social networking, is a popular and creative method of encouraging users to…
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Wales’s Westminster freeloaders

If ever there was a need to get rid of an ‘extra, expensive and useless tier of government’ (the old chestnut once much loved by critics of the National Assembly) it is now. And the tier that should be in our sights is that which consists of Wales’s 40 Members of Parliament and some 48 [...]

Real jobs for real people

Last week, Ieuan Wyn Jones, the Minister for Economy and Transport, stated his party, Plaid Cymru, was “calling for a fiscal stimulus during this recession – a stimulus targeted at real jobs in the real economy, not at banks, bankers, insurance companies and the City”.
With bankers such as Sir Fred Goodwin being vilified for their [...]

EU Convergence Funds sucked into the Public Sector

For many years the West Wales Business Initiative (WWBI) has expressed concerns about the economic policies of the Welsh Assembly, the size of the Public Sector in Wales and the consequent imbalance of the Welsh economy.

We have argued that the Assembly Government has channeled UK and EC resource into a rapidly growing Public Sector in Wales to the detriment of the private sector. Throughout the “so-called” good years of 1999-2007, when UK GDP rose significantly, the private business sector in Wales has declined. The opportunity to rebalance the Welsh economy was missed.

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A Tory vote winner

The Welsh Tory strategy for countering Nationalists appears to be to ‘give in’ on national sovereignity and full devolution but repair Unionism byinsisting on ‘ federalisation’ to the UK in a sort of United States of Britain.
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Hain conflict of interest

Does he still claim for his old mum as secretary?
The Sunday Times has uncovered that Peter Hain, despite being made Welsh secretary is still a partner in a firm that specialises in political communications.
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Small To Medium Sized Businesses Fail To Care for Customers In Recession

29/06/09
By Claire West
• Customers demand greater service for less cost
• [b]SMEs losing clients in recession[/b], yet not prioritising customer service
• Firms place greater emphasis on finding new business
[b]Customers of the UK’s small businesses are demanding greater levels of service for the same or less cost from Small to medium sized…
Read Article

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Google Voice - Coming to a phone near you

By Claire West
Currently available by invitation only [b]Google Voice[/b] is a service that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls, and more.
Of course as with all things Google there…
Read Article

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Businesses still face real difficulties accessing finance according to British Chambers of Commerce

By Claire West
Most businesses agree with the recent sentiments expressed by the [b]Bank of England Governor[/b], Mervyn King, over the need for a clearer plan outlining how the public finances will be improved.
In the latest [b]British Chambers of Commerce[/b] (BCC) Monthly Business Survey, over three quarters of companies said they…
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Three Wishes For Bank Recovery

By Claire West
Changes to [b]banking regulation[/b] and supervision need to fit together if London is to remain the hub for international banking, [b]British Bankers’ Association[/b] chief executive Angela Knight warned an international audience at the Mansion House.
She said she had three things on her wish list if change was to…
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Government Aims For £1 Billion Venture Capital Fund To Invest In The Businesses Of The Future

By Claire West
The [b]Prime Minister[/b] has today announced the creation of the [b]UK Innovation Investment Fund[/b] to invest in technology-based businesses with high growth potential. The new fund will focus on investing in growing small businesses, start-ups and spin-outs, in digital and life sciences, clean technology and advanced manufacturing.
The Department…
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Building Britain’s Future Growth, Jobs And Better Public Services

By Lea Pachta
The Prime Minister has today published a plan for [b]Building Britain’s Future[/b].
It is a radical vision for a [b]fairer, stronger and more prosperous society[/b]. [b]Public service[/b] entitlements will for the first time be guaranteed to parents, patients and communities.
New measures will also drive economic growth and…
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UK economy sees 2.4% contraction

The UK economy contracted 2.4% in the first quarter of 2009, its biggest decline in 51 years, the latest data shows.
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House prices ‘rose 0.9% in June’

UK house prices increased by 0.9% in June, according to the latest survey from the Nationwide building society.
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