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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>UK Budget 2010 - Measures For Supporting Business and Growth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The UK Treasury has released further information following the Chancellor&#8217;s Budget Statement (Wednesday March 24th 2010). The following is an excerpt from the notice that outlines the particular measures for supporting business and growth.
 
The Government took decisive action to support the economy during the financial crisis and its aftermath. As the UK emerges from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2010/391/uk-budget-2010-measures-for-supporting-business-and-growth</link>
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		<title>Corus Steel Plant Mothballed in Northeast England</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/320/corus-steel-plant-mothballed-in-northeast-england</link>
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		<title>What is Google Wave?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Google Wave Protocol was demo&#8217;d at the 2009 Google IO Conference in May this year.
You can see the long developer&#8217;s demo video. But, below is a shorter introduction to this new radical concept that may, one day, become a replacement to &#8216;traditional&#8217; email.

There is one key aspect of Wave that the video (above) does not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/273/what-is-google-wave</link>
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		<title>GBP 40 Million Backing for Technology and Careers in Manufacturing</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2009/259/gbp-40-million-backing-for-technology-and-careers-in-manufacturing</link>
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