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	<title>Nigel Collins</title>
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		<title>Everything Everywhere</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new company formed following the merger of T-Mobile and Orange is making some rapid changes. We have it on good authority that from some time in October, if you drop a call whilst with T-Mobile, your mobile device will, if the T-Mobile signal is weak or non-existent when you redial, seek to connect to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2010/08/30/everything-everywhere/</link>
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		<title>iPhone Signal Strength</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple has denied a design fault in the antennae of the iPhone 4 and has blamed instead the formula used to calculate signal strength. Link to article: http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2010/07/05/241834/apple-says-tests-confirm-iphone-4-has-best-wireless-performance.htm I was thinking of getting an iphone but have put on hold &#8211; it&#8217;s a expensive device so I may stay with my Blackberry. If you are offered a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2010/07/09/iphone-signal-strength/</link>
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		<title>The 7 Rules of Business Networking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Alistair Macdonald of amtv for an enlightening talk this morning at Business Network on the 7 Rules of Business Networking: Be there Give to Get Look good (visual impressions are so important) Be Interested (be a good listener) Business cards &#8211; look upon them as a tool. They should have enough white space [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2010/05/13/the-7-rules-of-business-networking/</link>
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		<title>A day in the life of an Auditel Consultant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taking a leaf out of a colleague&#8217;s book, thought I might describe the human side of a typical day (some of this may sound familiar): Just finished finalising a 160 site electricity contract for a housing association client; found out this morning that not only does the acceptance form have to be signed but every [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2010/03/02/a-day-in-the-life-of-an-auditel-consultant/</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions &#8211; what&#8217;s yours?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[According to one article in the Guardian, 78% of New Year&#8217;s Resolutions fail. However, those who succeeded in keeping their resolutions had a plan. When it comes to getting round to reviewing non-core expenditure such as in energy and telecommunications, how many FDs have a plan and what resources are available to achieve it? Should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2010/01/20/new-years-resolutions-whats-yours/</link>
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		<title>BT Business One Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BT&#8217;s new Business One Plan package has attracted quite a bit of interest and may attract some customers back to BT. The question is, how do you really know whether it&#8217;s right for your business, given the complexity of analysing even the simplest of telecoms tariffs. As Auditel consultants, we know that the devil is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2009/12/04/bt-business-one-plan/</link>
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		<title>Environment Agency backs voltage optimisation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Utility Week reported on 9th November that the Environment Agency is using voltage optimisation equipment to make electricity savings of around 12% on electricity usage in 33 of its buildings. This is just one of the areas of energy efficiency in which Auditel can assist in offering advice as companies realise that effective procurement is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2009/11/16/environment-agency-backs-voltage-optimisation/</link>
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		<title>New Broadband Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has just announced that a new Broadband tax of 50p a month will apply to everyone with a phone line. It&#8217;s not clear from the BBC article how this will affect businesses. Would 50p be applied to each account, or each line? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8270772.stm It is being reported that the income from this tax may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2009/09/28/new-broadband-tax/</link>
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		<title>T-Mobile and Orange in UK merger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was reported last week that T-Mobile and Orange plan to merge their UK businesses, creating a mobile phone giant with 28.4 million customers. The BBC website reported: UK mobile phone operators would welcome consolidation in the sector said lawyer Chris Watson, of CMS McKenna, adding firms saw the current levels of competition as &#8220;ruinous&#8221; because [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2009/09/15/t-mobile-and-orange-in-uk-merger/</link>
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		<title>Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Carbon Reduction Commitment is a new carbon emissions trading scheme that will affect large organisations in the UK. It wil, start in April 2010. However, there are legal obligations placed on smaller organisations and preparation work to be done which can and should be started now. From April 2010, any organisation who had at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://auditelconsultants.co.uk/nigelcollins/2009/07/20/carbon-reduction-commitment-crc/</link>
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