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		<title>Essex Business Seminar - The Bribery Act - implications for your business, March 6th 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Business Seminar: The Bribery Act - implications for your business
Date: Tuesday 6th March 2012
Time: 08.30 am to 10.00 am at,
Venue: Birkett Long, Basildon SS14 3EZ
The organisers, Birkett Long solicitors say:
The Bribery Act came into force on 1 July 2011 surrounded by a great deal of hype and uncertainty.  Rather than jump in at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2012/732/essex-business-seminar-the-bribery-act-implications-for-your-business-march-6th-2012</link>
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		<title>10 reasons to use a company checking service</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It would be nice to trust the people and companies you work with, but experience has probably taught you otherwise. There is a wealth of information available online, although not all of it is easy to find, aggregate or cross-check, while it&#8217;s also often pay-restricted. Here are some reasons to set up a profile on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2012/721/10-reasons-to-use-a-company-checking-service</link>
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		<title>QCon Software Development Conference comes to London March 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[QCon, the Software Development Conference will be taking place at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London from March 7th to March 9th 2012  and would be of interest to enterprise software developers, team leads, architects and those involved in project management.
The organisers list  Martin Fowler, one of the industry&#8217;s most influential authors,  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2012/709/qcon-software-development-conference-comes-to-london-march-2012</link>
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		<title>LibrePlanet 2012 conference announced: March 24th-25th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA &#8212; Monday, December 12, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the dates for its upcoming LibrePlanet 2012 conference as March 24th and 25th, 2012, at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. A call for papers has also been announced. The conference will include talks from the FSF staff and board, GNU project [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/706/libreplanet-2012-conference-announced-march-24th-25th</link>
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		<title>Gartner Reveals Top IT Predictions for 2012 and Beyond</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Gartner, Inc. has revealed its top predictions for IT organizations and users for 2012 and beyond. Analysts said that the predictions herald changes in control for IT organizations as budgets, technologies and costs become more fluid and distributed.
This year&#8217;s selection process included evaluating several criteria that define a top prediction. The issues examined included relevance, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/699/699</link>
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		<title>Summary of UK Chancellor&#8217;s Autumn Statement 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Chancellor has today delivered his autumn statement to Parliament, alongside the publication of the Office for Budget Responsibility’s updated forecasts for growth and borrowing. He announced permanent reductions in spending to ensure that the UK meets its fiscal targets, using some of those savings in the short term to fund infrastructure investment to generate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/692/uk-chancellors-autumn-statement-2011</link>
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		<title>Re-launch of Free Software Directory with over 6500 programs listed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA &#8212; Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the re-launch of its Free Software Directory at directory.fsf.org. The Directory lists over 6,500 programs that are free for any computer user to download, run, and share. It was first launched nearly a decade ago, but the new version brings a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/667/re-launch-of-free-software-directory-with-over-6500-programs-listed</link>
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		<title>Businesses Should Know Their Contract End Dates to Avoid the Energy Price Hikes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve seen the news this week, you may have seen that the last of the &#8216;big six&#8217; energy suppliers has put their domestic energy prices up by 15%. This price rise may sound severe and it&#8217;ll certainly worry domestic energy consumers. But in reality, business energy consumers face significantly higher price rises on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/649/businesses-should-know-their-contract-end-dates-to-avoid-the-energy-price-hikes</link>
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		<title>Google to Acquire Motorola Mobility</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Combination will Supercharge Android, Enhance Competition, and Offer Wonderful User Experiences
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and LIBERTYVILLE, IL - AUGUST 15, 2011
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Google will acquire Motorola Mobility for $40.00 per share in cash, or a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/626/google-to-acquire-motorola-mobility</link>
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		<title>My Top Productivity Tools for Small Businesses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the founder of an organisation that helps small businesses grow, one of the key challenges often faced by owners is how to increase my productivity.
At a basic level, increasing productivity starts with developing an optimised, streamlined workflow for day-to-day company administration. Thankfully, there are literally dozens of tools that can help you do just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/586/my-top-productivity-tools-for-small-businesses</link>
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