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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>£158 million investment in e-infrastructure to power growth and innovation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UK scientists and businesses will have access to the most sophisticated technology keeping them at the cutting edge of research and development, as details of the Government’s multi-million pound e-infrastructure investment were announced today by David Willetts.
The investment includes £43 million for ARCHER, a new national supercomputer to support advanced research, such as complex chemistry [...]]]></description>
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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>New device attaches to boilers to lower heating and utility bills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hot water and central heating costs are unavoidable and becoming increasingly expensive but they can easily be managed keeping the size of your bills to the bare minimum.  There are many ways to achieve lower fuel bills ranging from  changing your fuel supplier to the installation of cavity wall and loft  insulation.  But, [...]]]></description>
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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>OSCAR Introduces Marketing Initiative for Franchisees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Running her business for five years Clare Muir, from Hampshire, took up a new OSCAR marketing initiative that has helped her to see the bigger picture on how to promote and refocus the image of her business.
&#8220;Even after running a successful OSCAR business for five years I still needed to know more and a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/636/oscar-introduces-marketing-initiative-for-franchisees</link>
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		<title>Audio Podcast - Farm shop loyalty scheme helping local businesses take on the big boys</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As an alternative loyalty scheme to rival supermarkets signs up more than 500 businesses in just six months, a local business owner under the scheme, Heather Copley talks about her experience running a small business in today’s climate.

A shopping loyalty scheme set up to get people out of supermarkets and into farm shops is gathering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://biznewz.co.uk/business_news/2011/628/farm-shop-loyalty-scheme-helping-local-businesses-take-on-the-big-boys</link>
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