Recruit using social networks

Harvey Nash offers the following quick-fire tips on how employers can incorporate social networking into their overall recruitment strategies:
• Once you have created a profile for your company on Facebook and Twitter, assign a team or an individual to actonline recruitment as main administrator to post jobs, search for and follow potential [...]

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Woolworths back in business online

Woolworths, the iconic peddler of pick ‘n’ mix, is staging a slight return online. But can it succeed in cyber space with the same product lines that helped it go bust on the high street?
The Woolworths we know and love fell into administration late last year with debts of £385m. Companies waded in to buy [...]

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ASOS posts latest profits surge

Online fashion retailer ASOS.com posted a 93 per cent increase in year-on-year profits today, reflecting the website’s continued robustness in the face of recession.
The increase came on top of a 52 per cent increase on sales in the 13 weeks to June 26 compared to the same period in 2008. ASOS founder and chief executive [...]

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Introduction to business investment

Getting investment for your business is a tough and complex process, but ultimately it could help you achieve your growth ambitions more quickly than other forms of business finance. We take a look at the pros and cons of securing investment for your business.
The business investor offering defined:
In private equity and venture capital an individual, [...]

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Las Vegas and its perfect business model

Las Vegas offers the ideal business model: it has developed a culture in which spending money is integral to the experience of being there, and where people expect very little in return for their squandered dollars.
Most people who visit Las Vegas, that gaudy tribute to capitalism at its sparkliest, go home without a lot less [...]

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Halifax is Hitwise UK double award winner

Halifax has achieved double success in the recent Hitwise Online Performance Awards – after being awarded two top ten ranking awards.
The annual Hitwise UK Online Performance Awards recognise excellence in online performance through public popularity, covering more than 50 key industries online.
Halifax is Hitwise UK double award winner

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When student debt is a good thing

I was once asked what I thought was the biggest barrier for young people starting their own businesses. My reply was “getting into debt at university”. Well from the sounds of things the opposite might be true.
Depending on what paper you read, the average debt of a British student is between £15,000 and £20,000. That’s [...]

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Small firms side-step the recession

Six in 10 small firms have thrown off the worst of the recession and either maintained or accelerated business growth, a new survey suggests.
Figures from PayPal and DIY website firm Mr Site show that the most ‘recession-proof’ industries have been education, manufacturing and public sector-focused firms. The legal professions and media have taken the worst [...]

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Get a grip, business boss slams politicians

The head of the CBI, Britain’s biggest business lobby group, says politicians have become obsessed with personal issues and are losing site of important economic goals.
Speaking at an industry event on Thursday evening, Richard Lambert gave a stark illustration of growing problems CBI director general including rising government debt, energy security, and fast-increasing youth unemployment, [...]

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Entrepreneurs are most admired leaders

Sir Richard Branson is considered a great leader by six times more people than the prime minister, Gordon Brown – a stark sign of the varying popularity of political and business figures.
Six in 10 respondents to a survey for leadership development company Impact International said they rated Sir Richard as one of their most inspirational [...]

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