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Union warns cutting wages board will damage farming

Monday, August 23, 2010

Farming could be "fundamentally undermined" if the Government goes ahead with scrapping the body that sets wages for agricultural workers, unions in...

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FSB demands green support for small firms

Monday, August 23, 2010

Small businesses are keen to go green but need financial support so they don't go into the red, according to the Federation of Small Businesses.

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Communities up to speed

Monday, August 23, 2010

Internet service provider Vtesse Broadband says it has brought super-fast broadband to two small communities in South East Cornwall.

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Thought for the day: Deals are back

Mike Warburton, a senior tax partner at business experts Grant Thornton

Monday, August 23, 2010

One of the features of business life before the credit crunch was that finance was readily available at reasonable interest rates, writes Mike...

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Weston-super-Mare's Grand Pier owner is 'bitterly disappointed' at delay

Weston's Grand Pier hit by another delay

Friday, August 20, 2010

The opening of Weston-super- Mare's new £51 million Grand Pier could be delayed further – because of problems with the decking around the...

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Edward Cooke, partner: The banks v the economy

Monday, August 23, 2010

Hardly a day goes by without opposing announcements from the Banks on one hand, and the Government on the other, writes Edward Cooke, partner, Withy...

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