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Family Spending averages £418 per week

A government report shows that household expenditure in the UK averaged £418 per week. Transport accounted for £61. Spending on recreation and culture represented the second highest outgoing, with households paying out £57 a week on TVs, computers, newspapers, books, leisure activities and package holidays. ..more

Salary Survey shows skills shortage is pushing up wages

A salary survey just published, confirms what most of us in the business community already know – that a a skills shortage is pushing up wages.

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Motivation and Experience are Top Characteristics for Franchises

The ability to self motivate (68%) and experience of sales and marketing (24%) are the most important characteristics that franchisors seek in potential franchisees, according to the 2004 NatWest/British Franchise Association survey.

Work and life experience is very important to franchisors when recruiting new franchisees. Nearly two thirds of franchisees were in salaried employment immediately before taking out their current franchise, 29% were self-employed outside franchising and just 2% were self-employed with another franchise. Of the new recruits coming into franchising for the first time, only 12% had previously been unemployed or made redundant.

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No Sex Please We’re Scottish … Workers

A news survey shows that 19% of Scots are being put off sex because they have to work long hours.

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Do You Remember the Last Time You Saw Your Desk?

-If Not Then You Are Probably Suffering From Deskitis! Britain is in the grip of a bad case of Deskitis – that is Dump Everything Seldom Keep It Tidy – with more than half those questioned (55%) in a new nationwide survey for office products manufacturer Avery admitting they were unable to remember the last time they saw their desk!

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