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Summer 2012
It's 1:16pm on Sunday 20th May, 2012
Stewart prepares for coast-to-coast ride for Derian House
Moore and Smalley corporate services director, Stewart Case, and six of his friends will be cycling over 200km later this month when they take part in the Coast 2 Coast cycle ride. The challenge, to raise money for Derian House Children’s Hospice, will see Stewart cycling a gruelling route from Whitehaven on the Cumbria coast [...]
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Moore and Smalley news
On May 4 2012
Coalition Government: One Year On
Stewart Case, corporate services director at Moore and Smalley, gives his verdict on how the Coalition Government’s first year in charge has been for business. It’s been a bittersweet year for the business community in terms of what the Coalition Government has delivered, or committed to deliver. At a time when the priority is balancing [...]
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Moore and Smalley comment
On May 11 2011
How will spending cuts affect the property sector?
The construction sector derives something like 40% of its turnover from public sector spending on construction projects. Therefore on the face of it there can be little doubt in anyone’s mind that cuts in government spending will have a detrimental impact on the industry. The total volume of construction output had declined by 11% throughout [...]
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Advice for Businesses, Advice for Construction businesses
On December 16 2010
Finding finance for your business
One of the major problems that businesses face is obtaining finance. This was particularly the case when the banking sector came close to meltdown two years ago. Even though the worst of this should be behind us, the fallout has left an ultra cautious banking sector completely at odds with the often repeated mantra about [...]
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Advice for Businesses, Buying and selling a business
On September 24 2010
Will public sector cuts lead to a double-dip recession?
George Osborne has been left with a scorched earth economy and has little choice but to demonstrate to the world that Britain is serious about cutting its near bankruptcy level deficit. The gamble the Government is taking is that the slump in the public sector will be outweighed by the upturn in the private sector. [...]
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Advice for Businesses, Moore and Smalley comment
On June 17 2010
What to consider for the upturn
A balanced approach Growth must go hand-in-hand with balance, otherwise your business could be destabilised as the recovery takes off. It’s worth keeping in mind that twice as many companies fail coming out of a downturn than going in – often as a result of expanding too quickly. A company that knows its market inside [...]
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Advice for Businesses
On April 25 2010
Waiting for proof on recession exit
Much excitement and optimism abound in early January as a stack of financial events point towards an economic recovery. We’ve seen a string of retailers – including John Lewis, Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Next and Matalan – announce better than expected sales figures for the Christmas period, leading the British Retail Consortium to declare that consumer confidence [...]
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Moore and Smalley comment
On January 19 2010
