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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>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>Audio Podcast - Finance directors ignoring employee health</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Wilson and James Glover of Simply Health discuss why employers are still to be convinced of the business case for investing in health benefits and links between wellbeing and productivity.

Companies are struggling to show they care about their staff, according to a new report which reveals that employees believe employers now care less about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/619/finance-directors-ignoring-employee-health</link>
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		<title>Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Drive, by Dan Pink - a YouTube video, first recorded on 8th April 2010.

If you are setting up a new business and trying to devise plans for staff remuneration packages this video might be of interest.
The presenter argues that the &#8220;carrot and stick&#8221; approach to staff motivation works well for simple, straight forward, mechanical work. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/595/drive-the-surprising-truth-about-what-motivates-us</link>
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		<title>Freelancer Wins Seven Year Battle with HMRC in Significant IR35 Ruling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tribunal cites lack of ‘mutuality of obligation’ as key to ruling in favour of taxpayer.
A seven-year battle with the taxman has ended in victory for PCG member Mark Fitzpatrick.
The long running IR35 dispute reached a conclusion when a tribunal cleared Mark of using his limited company MBF Design Services (MBF) to avoid tax, in reference [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/582/freelancer-wins-seven-year-battle-with-hmrc-in-significant-ir35-ruling</link>
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		<title>Poll shows Freelancers are happier with their health, their financial situation, and their prospects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Britain’s 1.4m freelance workers love life, are happier with their health, their financial situation, their prospects and their wife, husband or partners!
A ComRes survey published today (Nov 22nd) shows that nearly three-quarters (73%) of the 1,624 polled had actively chosen to become freelancers as a long-term career option in a survey to celebrate National Freelancers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2010/548/poll-shows-freelancers-are-happier-with-their-health-their-financial-situation-and-their-prospects</link>
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		<title>National Union of Teachers: Education Cuts Harm Us All</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Commenting on the recent Comprehensive Spending Review, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said;
&#8220;The cuts announced in the Government’s spending review are a retrograde step and will have a devastating impact on vital public services, including education.
&#8220;The Government may talk about protecting schools, but schools are not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2010/530/national-union-of-teachers-education-cuts-harm-us-all</link>
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		<title>Advanced Computer Software Group plc provides its thoughts on the much anticipated Comprehensive Spending Review cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Comprehensive Spending Review 2010 will deliver the biggest budget cuts since the Second World War, according to leading economists. In anticipation of the Treasury&#8217;s announcement on 20 October, Advanced Computer Software Group plc (the leading supplier of software and IT services to the public, not-for-profit and commercial sectors) is urging the public sector to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2010/521/advanced-computer-software-group-plc-provides-its-thoughts-on-the-much-anticipated-comprehensive-spending-review-cuts</link>
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		<title>Business community is polled on their view of the contribution of freelance workers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When the alarm goes off in the morning are you a sunshine, happy person or do you pull up the duvet in the hope of escaping the dark, cruel world outside?
As a freelancer do you know how your skills are valued? If you engage freelancers in your company or organisation, do you welcome a talented [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2010/517/business-community-is-polled-on-their-view-of-the-contribution-of-freelance-workers</link>
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