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	<title>Nick Beaumont-Jones</title>
	<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones</link>
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		<title>Why management consultants really do add value</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The old saying has it that the cobbler&#8217;s children are always the worst shod so perhaps we should not be surprised that management consultancy, a profession which analyses the problems of others and how to solve them, has been desperately slow at putting itself and its own problems under the spotlight.
Several things flow from this. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/03/11/why-management-consultants-really-do-add-value/</link>
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		<title>While we are all looking for oil, what we should be worrying about is water!</title>
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The energy-water nexus
Matt Simmons, energy investment banker and author of a leading peak oil book, gave a speech in Dubai last month about the role of water in energy. Oil is priceless, Simmons said, but water is even more valuable since:
– Without water, we cannot create modern energy
– Without water, we have no food
It is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/03/11/while-we-are-all-looking-for-oil-what-we-should-be-worrying-about-is-water/</link>
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		<title>University of Exeter to provide Euro wave prediction know-how</title>
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The University of Exeter is one of a consortium&#8217;s members providing wave prediction technology.
A consortium of companies has been given €4.5 million funding from the European Commission to deploy a wave energy device and associated wave prediction and tuning technology.
Ocean Power Technology&#8217;s PowerBuoy is likely to be deployed in Santoña, Spain.
Around half the money will go [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/03/05/university-of-exeter-to-provide-euro-wave-prediction-know-how/</link>
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		<title>Is this the thin end of the wedge for our water charges?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Southern Water has announced plans to start charging its customers more in the summer than in the winter.
The aim of the so-called &#8217;seasonal tariff&#8217; is to preserve water supplies in the dry summer months reports BBC News Online.
From June customers in Hampshire, parts of West Sussex and Medway in Kent will have new meters installed.
They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/03/02/is-this-the-thin-end-of-the-wedge-for-our-water-charges/</link>
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		<title>Swindon&#8217;s wi-fi service switched on</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first phase of Swindon&#8217;s free public wireless internet has been switched on in the north of the town.
Swindon Borough Council plans for all 186,000 citizens to have blanket &#8220;wi-fi mesh&#8221; coverage by April 2010, says BBC News Online.

The equipment, mounted on 21 lampposts in the Highworth area, will allow people to connect to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/02/19/swindons-wi-fi-service-switched-on/</link>
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		<title>Green Pioneers: Chris Farrell, inventor of the Gas Saver</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Boiler’s energy saving kit builds up a head of steam
When Chris Farrell returned to college for a plumbing qualification, he found that he had a problem not with the curriculum but the equipment, writes The Sunday Times:
                                        

The new boilers used in the class were meant to be energy efficient but actually wasted a lot of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/02/15/green-pioneers-chris-farrell-inventor-of-the-gas-saver/</link>
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		<title>An ill wind blows much good for energy companies &#8230; and consumers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The cold winter has boosted British Gas&#8217;s profits and this has helped them reduce prices - which in turn looks to be provoking a price war. The Times Online writes:

Britain’s big energy companies are on the brink of a price war after British Gas cut its prices by 7 per cent. The reduction, which will benefit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/02/05/an-ill-wind-blows-much-good-for-energy-companies-and-consumers/</link>
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		<title>BT delivers 40Mbps business fibre broadband for £45</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Businesses will be able to access 40Mbps fibre broadband for £45 per month under a service launched by BT, ComputerWeekly.com writes.
BT said the service gives business traffic priority at times of contention and upstream speeds of up to 10Mbps. It allows businesses to run multiple VoIP, high-definition video conferencing and business-grade cloud applications plus download [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/01/29/bt-delivers-40mbps-business-fibre-broadband-for-45/</link>
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		<title>The 7 mistakes people make that kill their business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Management Consultant Hilary Briggs warns that as your business starts to grow, it&#8217;s crucial that your actions don&#8217;t strangle it in its infancy. By avoiding the mistakes that so many business owners make you have a far greater chance of succeeding well beyond the first 2 years.
In her experience working with many business owners from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2010/01/18/the-7-mistakes-people-make-that-kill-their-business/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Glowing walls could kill off the light bulb&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Light-emitting wallpaper may begin to replace light bulbs from 2012 says The Carbon Trust (TCT):

A chemical coating on the walls will light up the room with an even glow which mimics sunlight and avoids the shadows and glare of normal light bulbs
A small, 3 to 5 volt, current will be needed to stimulate the chemical into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nickbeaumontjones/2009/12/30/glowing-walls-could-kill-off-the-light-bulb/</link>
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