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Personal biography
Holly Jones has enjoyed a varied career from working for music giant EMI to processing Criminal Records Bureau checks. Holly joined inspiresme.co.uk as a Marketing Executive early in 2011 and is a graduate of Edinburgh Napier University, where she studied Business Management. Holly moved on from inspiresme.co.uk at the end of August 2011 but her work played an important part in establishing inspires me as one of the leading resources for the UK's SME sector.
My recent posts
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August 26, 2011
Call for SME financial reporting to be reduced
Proposals to simplify financial reporting have today been the subject of a new paper published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS...
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August 26, 2011
eBay million-pound businesses to rise by a quarter
Online auctions website eBay is expecting a 25 percent increase in the number of million-pound businesses on the site this year.
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August 25, 2011
Graduate pay average decreases
New figures have revealed that levels of graduate pay in comparison to the national average wage have decreased over the last two decades.
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August 25, 2011
TV advertising is still most effective
Television advertising remains the most effective form of advertising in the UK, although other medias are becoming more popular.
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August 25, 2011
Apprenticeships must be better marketed
The body representing the UK’s leading training providers has stated that not enough employers in the UK understand the benefits of apprenticeships to...
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August 24, 2011
Cheque uncertainty must be reduced
The use of cheques, which were until last month (July 2011) going to be abolished, must be improved, according to a committee of MPs.
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August 24, 2011
Health and safety ‘being used as excuse’
Businesses and councils in the UK have been accused of using health and safety as an excuse for unpopular decisions.
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August 24, 2011
UK customers most likely to complain
UK shoppers have been revealed as the most likely to complain about poor service or rude staff ahead of anywhere else in Europe.
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August 23, 2011
Half a million companies created since general election
Official figures have shown that more than half a million new companies have been formed under the Coalition Government.
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August 23, 2011
Businesses paying too much for essentials
As costs rise businesses are failing to adapt and make cost savings, according to business savings expert Makeitcheaper.com.
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August 23, 2011
Wales ‘back in recession’
Economists have warned that Wales may have already re-entered the recession, as the country’s economy continues to struggle.
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August 22, 2011
Steady growth expected over coming decade
Businesses in the UK have said that they expect to see steady growth, increased GDP and an improved business environment over the next 10 years.
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August 22, 2011
One in three would report underperforming workmates
A new survey by Monster.co.uk has revealed that a third of workers would report their friends at work to their boss if they felt that they were underperforming...
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August 22, 2011
Eleven percent of shops vacant
More than a tenth of shops in city centres across the UK now stand empty, according to new figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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August 19, 2011
Employers: female employees won’t return after maternity leave
Two thirds of employers believe that their female employees will not return to work after their maternity leave ends.