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Steve Purdham
Debbie Pierce
Richard O'Sullivan
Brian Hay
Gary Jacobson
Jeremy Roberts
Tony Caldeira
David Pollock
Ian Morris
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Doing it for the lads

Tony Caldeira

At a recent corporate event two of my female staff decided to put on a display of, ahem, affection for the benefit of the male attendees. Funnily enough, this isn’t covered in any of our staff policies but I don’t feel it can be left unremarked upon. How do you suggest I discipline them?

Videoconference time?
Tony Caldeira

My consultancy company does a lot of business abroad, involving frankly too much travel to project meetings for my liking by my senior team. I’m sure a lot of this could be substituted with videoconferencing but I don’t want to alienate clients. What do you think?

Avoiding Offshoring?
Tony Caldeira

I'm thinking about buying a low-end clothing manufacturer, which is making a small loss on its £2 million turnover. At the moment it still does all its manufacturing in the UK – is it realistic to think I can turn it around without offshoring? And is that really worth the effort for such a small business?

Independent schools

Have private schools been given six of the best by the recession? EN examines the real bottom line.

Keystroke cops

These days the data held on your computers could be worth more than the hardware itself. So what can you do to make it more secure?

Pigs in lipstick?

Examples of impressive business sales were thin on the ground in 2009 but this year could see that change – if sellers get their presentation right.

Ad its chips?

During the recession marketing budgets have migrated onto the internet at a rate of knots. What has the impact been? EN investigates.

Barring a miracle

The economy might still be limping along but at least gold traders are making a mint. EN discovers how the inflation of a bubble is spawning a glut of new businesses.

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