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    B2B Email List Broker Recommendations

    Hi I'm looking to get hold of some UK B2B email lists based around specific B2B business exhibition attendees - but I'd like to talk to some one about the best list to choose - not simply talk to sales people who want to sell me their particular lists. Are there any good independent list...
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    Enterprise Level Hosting Needed

    We are currently building a software system in PHP and MySQL which will store company documents including for example purchase invoices. The amount of data will be fairly small maybe 1 or 2 Gb but ensuring we have 24/7 access and no data loss is vital. We need a company to host the system...
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    Status checking a charity

    Just because an organisation is a charity doesn't mean it can or will pay it's bills. You should carry out your usual credit checks with whoever you use.
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    Domain names

    You can only buy a domain name if the owner is willing to sell it. You can find out the actual owner by visiting http://whois.net Whatever you do there is the danger of annoying a bigger company. We used to be called Cloudnet until BSkyB sent us a cease and desist letter for using the word...
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    Are you missing Business Link?

    Less the government interferes and wastes our money the better. I was glad to see them go.
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    Landlords responsibilty.......

    The terms of the lease will make it clear the relationship you have (or should do). There is the added complication of just how did you take over the shop - did you buy shares in a company, did you simply take over the business etc, etc If you have a full repairing lease then the problem is...
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    Jayde B2b Dir - now the biggest in the world?

    I'd never heard of them. However,some easy checking reveals that they are as described though with high page rank (6), high traffic and good Alexa. However, it also shows that most of their success derives from India and surrounds. This probably explains my ignorance. Clearly if your aim is SEO...
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    Arrrgh - what's the word for 'get out clause'?

    Try early termination clause
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    Become a charity or not ?

    Becoming a charity nowadays involves quite a lot of form filling. It will not allow you to raise any more money than you can at present per se. It brings with it kudos and some tax breaks (including business rates) - however it also brings with it the obligation to account differently from other...
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    Cheque bounced !

    The obvious thing to do is to get in your car and go and sit in their reception until some one agrees to see you. You must be polite and determined (not aggressive) but from experience it does work. Good luck
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    New Ideas For Corporate Christmas Cards Wanted

    I see no reason why Christmas is offensive - no one complains about Diwali. This is England with over a millennium of Christian tradition
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    New Ideas For Corporate Christmas Cards Wanted

    I've been asked to come up with a new idea for our corporate Christmas cards this year.We will send out about 100 only so they can cost a couple of pounds each. Last year we promised everyone the chance of becoming a millionaire and enclosed a lottery ticket but we can't do that again. Does...
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    Why do some businesses say they can't pay by bank transfer?

    We bank with Barclays and have a problem in paying our bills by electronic banking simply because we need to pay more than £50K a day out. Barclays simple business banking can't handle that. The next system up apparently leaves them at risk of us countermanding payment after they've paid it and...
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    Should we wait....or not?

    Influencing Google can be very difficult or very easy depending on what you want to achieve. Ranking for "reduced height shower cubicles in Smethwick" is very easy - ranking for Business Telephone Systems which is what my company is trying to do is very difficult. The trick is to find a niche...
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