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		<title>No Sacred Cows in Pre-Budget Report Please - British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Economic Forecast - December 2009</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/328/no-sacred-cows-in-pre-budget-report-please-british-chambers-of-commerce-bcc-economic-forecast-december-2009</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Economic Forecast - December 2009
Ahead of the Chancellor’s Pre-Budget Report, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has today published its latest Economic Forecast. The business group, which calls itself &#8220;the National Voice of Local Business&#8221;, has made downward revisions to its GDP expectations for 2009 and 2010, but is more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corus Steel Plant Mothballed in Northeast England</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/320/corus-steel-plant-mothballed-in-northeast-england</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[TCP’s Redcar Blast Furnace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An international consortium’s breaking of a binding contract has led Corus, Europe&#8217;s second largest steel producer, to partially implement the proposal announced in May 2009 of mothballing some of the facilities belonging to the Teesside Cast Products (TCP) business in northeast England.
TCP’s Redcar Blast Furnace, Lackenby steelmaking and the South Bank Coke Ovens will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GBP 40 Million Backing for Technology and Careers in Manufacturing</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/259/gbp-40-million-backing-for-technology-and-careers-in-manufacturing</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Walker</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Levels]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Leicestershire]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ministers gave further backing for British manufacturing excellence today with Business Minister Pat McFadden announcing an increase of Government funding to £40 million for a new manufacturing technology centre (MTC).
Since the Manufacturing Strategy was published in 2008, Government has set out a new activist approach to supporting the economy. The transition to low carbon and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Export Credits Guarantee Department helps deliver the goods for Cleveland mine</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/245/export-credits-guarantee-department-helps-deliver-the-goods-for-cleveland-mine</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[All 1,000 workers at a potash mine in the North York Moors National Park will be working hard this autumn, after Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) and UK Trade &#38;Investment (UKTI) joined forces to help their company secure a major export order.
Cleveland Potash Ltd (CPL) feared it may have to make some tough cost-cutting choices [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Up to 5.2 Million Hours Wasted By London Commuters Due To Tube Strike</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/225/up-to-52-million-hours-wasted-by-london-commuters-due-to-tube-strike</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Walker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[London workers spent an additional 1.3m hours getting to work on the morning of Wednesday 10th June alone due to travel disruptions caused by the Tube Strike, equivalent to 188,000 lost working days. A survey of 1,000 Londoners, commissioned by Citrix Online, found that 33% of London-based employees were disrupted by the strike by London [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten years of the national minimum wage</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/107/ten-years-of-the-national-minimum-wage</link>
		<comments>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/107/ten-years-of-the-national-minimum-wage#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Walker</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Levels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1 April 2009 marks the tenth anniversary of a National Minimum Wage in the UK. The Low Pay Commission was established in 1997 and proposed the structure and rate for the National Minimum Wage, which was implemented on 1 April 1999. Since then, the Low Pay Commission has produced seven more reports, recommending successive increases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IPO review looks to reduce trademark and patent costs for businesses</title>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/4/ipo-review-looks-to-reduce-trademark-and-patent-costs-for-businesses</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hazel</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The cost of trademark fees and services could be reduced following a new review The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) announced today (March 9). This will be done with a public consultation.
Reduced fee packages and new support services could mean business save up to £700,000 per year. The aim is to help businesses register trademarks more [...]]]></description>
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