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		<title>EUK Ambassador helps to inspire women in Bradford</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/20/euk-ambassador-helps-to-inspire-women-in-bradford/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 11:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diane Beckett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over 80 women from Bradford met at the Carlisle Business Centre last night to be inspired by EUK Ambassador Dr Mah Hussain-Gambles to start and grow their businesses. Dr Mah is the owner of SAAF cosmetics which produces a range of Halal approved and organic beauty products. The event was hosted by Bradford Grid and <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/20/euk-ambassador-helps-to-inspire-women-in-bradford/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>More enterprise on the TV</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/10/4761/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 08:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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				  As I mentioned in my blog post last week we can&#8217;t open a newspaper or switch on the TV without stumbling across a story of an entrepreneur these days. As if to prove my point two new series start on the BBC this week. Tonight sees the doyenne of candles and moisturisers, Jo Malone, helping <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/05/10/4761/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Spending 48 hours with entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/01/spending-48-hours-witn-entrepreneurs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I went back to where I grew up to join the family business in celebrating their latest achievement. My parents and brother run a garden centre and this weekend they opened their new retail shop, an impressive 1200 square metres of barn-style building complete with underfloor heating and impressive ranges of giftware, clothing and garden furniture.
My Dad took <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/03/01/spending-48-hours-witn-entrepreneurs/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>What is the holy grail for small retailers?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/16/what-is-the-holy-grail-for-small-retailers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well according to Ganesh Selvarajah, an adviser at the government-backed business support service Business Link, the holy grail for small retailers is knowing how to target new customers. He directly answers a question about this on the BBC website and he makes some interesting suggestions to one small business owner about the demographics of the <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2010/02/16/what-is-the-holy-grail-for-small-retailers/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The pains of youth</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/10/05/the-pains-of-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I spoke to one of my friends, a recent graduate, who has been unemployed for a number of months &#8211; a situation I remember well after leaving University, unlike my contemporaries, without a job in the city lined up. We chatted about the sense of worthlessness, the fear and panic that at not <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/10/05/the-pains-of-youth/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Did you know Superman has a laundry business?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/28/did-you-know-superman-has-a-laundry-business/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/28/did-you-know-superman-has-a-laundry-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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				  Yes its true. Well its true in the sense that a man with a laundry business dressed up as Superman and washed some clothes on the plinth in Trafalgar Square.

What a great example of how a small business can punch above their weight and get national exposure &#8211; off the back of his appearance he <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/28/did-you-know-superman-has-a-laundry-business/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Everyday Entrepreneur</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/19/the-everyday-entrepreneur/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex_Goldup</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all have our favourite, inventive entrepreneurs. Men and women who were driven by ideas that were far-fetched at the time, but that have now become an established part of our social and work lives.
However, it is worth remembering that not all new enterprises need to be driven by a shiny, glistening new idea.
Independently owned, <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/19/the-everyday-entrepreneur/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are entrepreneurs and charitable causes natural bedfellows?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/are-entrepreneurs-and-charitable-causes-natural-bedfellows/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex_Goldup</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there something unique about enterprising activity, or the minds that drive it, that make entrepreneurial activity and social enterprises particularly natural bedfellows?]]></description>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s your inspiration?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jonathan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nominations for the Queen&#8217;s Award for Enterprise Promotion 2010 have now opened.  Lord Mandelson suggests that &#8216;recipients of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion (QAEP) are outstanding individuals who are inspiring tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and giving them the skills and attitudes they need to succeed&#8217; and that &#8216;they hold the key to unlocking Britain’s entrepreneurial talents <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/08/17/whos-your-inspiration/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Will we have to say goodbye to Coffee Republic?</title>
		<link>http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/07/08/will-we-have-to-say-goodbye-to-coffee-republic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hbourne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So sad to see Coffee Republic to go into administration this week, let&#8217;s hope they find some buyers. At least one of our Ambassadors cites them as the inspiration for setting up her business, so it just shows that even good and inspiring business people don&#8217;t neccessarily last for ever (at least in their current <a href="http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/07/08/will-we-have-to-say-goodbye-to-coffee-republic/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
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