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Posts Tagged ‘environment’

Greening your fleet: a good idea?

We received a survey last week which was embargoed to yesterday. “Strange”, I thought, “to have a Sunday embargo on something.” On reading the survey, Behind the Wheel II from the Energy Saving Trust, the penny dropped. It’s the start of a new tax year and the content of the survey - about cars and [...]

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That time of year again

OK, I think we’ll take all the digs about journalists going off that nice Mr. Darling because of the hikes on alcohol as read - suffice it to say a lot of us will be binge buying very quickly.
There’s a lot of positive stuff in this budget, though - and after Northern Rock there needed [...]

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The climate change threat to your business

Earlier this year, I interviewed Felix Dennis about climate change and sustainability for Sustainable Solutions magazine. Dennis is probably best known for creating Maxim although he has heaps of other titles to his credit, including PC Pro and The Week. He also owns masses of farmland which he’s gradually converting to broadleaf forest which he [...]

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Can email save the planet?

As a frequent, and guilt-ridden, writer on environmental topics, I changed my life fairly significantly this year. I downsized from a large four-bedroomed house to a two-bedroom bungalow. Of course, a move to a flat in the centre of London or New York would have been even more environmentally friendly, but life is full of [...]

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Web hosts and sustainability

Strato, a German web-hosting company with operations in six countries, including the UK, invited me along to hear its ‘carbon neutral’ story. “Yeah, right”, I thought. Just another company jumping on the greenwash bandwagon. I put the cynic’s hat on and off I went.
Turns out that it has really worked hard on the carbon neutralisation [...]

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SmallBizPod #21 - Friday 20 January 2006

SmallBizPod #21 - Friday 20 January 2006

Guy Kawasaki of Garage Technology Ventures talks about his time as an original Apple evangelist, business mantras, the relationship between VCs and entrepreneurs and simplicity in business.

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SmallBizPod #37 - Wednesday 10 January 2007 (with correct mp3 file)

SmallBizPod #37 - Wednesday 10 January 2007 (with correct mp3 file)

Shaa Wasmund, CEO of Brightstation Ventures, and Professor Zoltan Acs of George Mason University discuss web 2.0, online business and the difference between US and UK entrepreneurs.

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SmallBizPod #31 - Monday 4 September

SmallBizPod #31 - Monday 4 September

Brian O’Kane, entrepreneur and author of Starting A Business in Britain on starting up, sales, market research and planning effectively & his own journey as a publishing entrepreneur.

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SmallBizPod #28 - Thursday 29 June 2006

SmallBizPod #28 - Thursday 29 June 2006

BJ Cunningham of Brand Evolution on how to create a memorable and effective brand and really get into the hearts and minds of your customers.

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