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Energy costs to rise 15%. Are long contracts the answer?
11 May 2011 | Filed under: Cost reductionPrices are rising, but are long term contracts the answer? Sometimes, but only if you get a genuinely good offer. Shopping around can be deceptive and make a bad price look a bargain. Some suppliers offer attractive headline rates, but profit from penalties hidden in the Ts & Cs. So how do you get the lowest overall cost?
What royal marriages and minimising costs have in common.
03 May 2011 | Filed under: Cost reductionThe recent royal wedding was a magnificent occasion, and all good wishes go to William and Kate for a long and happy life together. However royal marriages have not always been such perfect partnerships, and if we cast our minds back nearly 500 years we see how ostensibly excellent ‘marriages’ can turn out to be [...]
Brains are expensive
03 Mar 2010 | Filed under: Cost reductionDid learning to cook make mankind the most powerful creature on the planet? What does this tell us about Delia, and can it help our own business?
ITV return to profitability through . . . . cost cutting
03 Mar 2010 | Filed under: Cost reductionImproving profitability triggers a chain reaction that can greatly improve the success of an organisation. ITV have pulled this off in the face of some of the toughest trading conditions on record, but it is still something that smaller businesses can achieve.
Never give up
25 Feb 2010 | Filed under: Cost reductionWhy it pays to never give up. Being thorough and methodical (nearly) always pays off.
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