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		<title>Energy costs to rise 15%. Are long contracts the answer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prices 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 &#38; Cs. So how do you get the lowest overall cost?]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2011/05/11/energy-costs-to-rise-15-are-long-contracts-the-answer/</link>
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		<title>What royal marriages and minimising costs have in common.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 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 &#8216;marriages&#8217; can turn out to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2011/05/03/what-royal-marriages-and-minimising-costs-have-in-common/</link>
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		<title>Striking out unfair energy contracts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The GMB Union are reported by the BBC to be balloting staff for strike action over claims of bullying and customer exploitation. ]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2010/03/10/striking-out-unfair-energy-contracts/</link>
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		<title>Online accounts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Is it time to chuck out your dinosaur of an accounts package? New hosted systems are well worth a look, as they incorporate sophisticated workflow features, and multiple user access via multiple platforms including Blackberry and iPhone. ]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2010/03/04/online-accounts/</link>
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		<title>Brains are expensive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did 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?]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2010/03/03/brains-are-expensive/</link>
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		<title>ITV return to profitability through . . . . cost cutting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Improving 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.]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2010/03/03/itv-return-to-profitability-through-cost-cutting/</link>
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		<title>Never give up</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why it pays to never give up. Being thorough and methodical (nearly) always pays off.]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2010/02/25/never-give-up/</link>
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		<title>Inflation &#8211; making it work in your favour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are going to be many pressures driving inflation up as the economy improves, but how can this be a useful opportunity for businesses?]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2010/02/04/inflation-making-it-work-in-your-favour/</link>
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		<title>Successful cost-cutting drives 10% surge in Wolseley shares</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As reported at morningstar.co.uk (28Sep09), plumbing supplies group Wolseley revealed exceptionally strong cash-flow in their latest results. Despite the difficult market, they were able to reduce debt to less than 40% of the previous year&#8217;s level. Successful cost reduction measures have played a major part in their performance, with the actual benefits of this for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2009/10/05/successful-cost-cutting-drives-10-surge-in-wolseley-shares/</link>
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		<title>Waste of money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many companies are literally throwing money away &#8211; and sometimes even paying for the privilege of doing so. Plastic packaging, cardboard, paper, glass, plant and food waste can all be expensive to dispose of. However, this costly problem can be greatly reduced with some specialist expertise. Turning muck into brass is possible and will help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/jamesbury/2009/09/28/waste-of-money/</link>
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