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    How many of you know about the EU's forthcoming General Data Protection Legislation?

    You would argue that the process has been well-covered and people are generally well-informed about it? A lawyer's perspective on legislation is inevitably going to be different. I would be interested to know how many others here are aware of what their obligations will potentially be. Perhaps...
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    How many of you know about the EU's forthcoming General Data Protection Legislation?

    Predictably, there's not much information out there at the moment. I've not seen an exemption threshold for SMEs. I get the impression that it will sneak up on most and just cause mayhem, much like the VAT situation is currently doing.
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    Window cleaning tender for local council

    In my limited experience of working with public sector clients, I would think carefully about the amount of time you're going to have to put into the relationship, if not the bid, and what the costs of that might be. Sometimes it's luck of the draw as to how organised or business-like your...
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    Why Manufacturing employs fewer people

    UK manufacturing Index of Production:
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    How do I change my email address?

    Seems my email address is correctly set - was unsure if it was still going to an old address. Thanks anyway.
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    How do I change my email address?

    The only obvious place for me to change it is under 'contact details', but it keeps redirecting to an irrelevant upgrades page - http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/account/upgrades Any ideas?
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    How ethical is it for news channels/'journalists' to ambush small business owners?

    I thought the "biting the hands that feeds it" approach to the owner was amusing, too. Probably reads the Grauniad, watches C4 news, waffles on Twitter, signs every 38Degrees petition going and browses Buzzfeed/UsVsTh3m... But the hack made him the standard-bearer for all of society's ills that...
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    How ethical is it for news channels/'journalists' to ambush small business owners?

    He was probably stunned by the sheer stupidity of the question. It's obviously a great deal for someone on a low income who might otherwise have to fly to the US to be served a bowl of those cereals, though.
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    How ethical is it for news channels/'journalists' to ambush small business owners?

    It's also a bit of an odd question to ask in an area teeming with Asian restaurants. Can locals afford to eat in those places? Whatever I think of Hipsters and some of the banal stuff they're associated with, it's their prerogative. In this instance, aside from the beards, the area and the...
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    How ethical is it for news channels/'journalists' to ambush small business owners?

    It's unlikely that this business owner invited Channel 4 News to his shop for them to slag off his efforts. My assumption is that they claimed they were interested in the business itself and misrepresented their intentions. As much as I'm unlikely to ever visit the shop, it looked to be...
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    Digital product sellers, are you aware of this?

    There's a piece in City AM that expands on the lunacy of this new requirement: http://www.cityam.com/1412620320/london-s-thriving-tech-sector-under-threat-bonkers-eu-vat-reforms
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    Digital product sellers, are you aware of this?

    For those businesses thinking about preventing non-UK, EU customers from purchasing digital products, this would appear not to be an option: the Service Directive prohibits the discrimination of customers because they are in a different member state...
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    Tips on buying from Alibaba

    I've noticed a reluctance to highlight on this forum the other B2B sites that might be considered more reliable sources than Alibaba. Why is that?
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    How do I find trustworthy cheap suppliers in China?

    Out of interest, how do sourcing agents set fees? I imagine it's either a fixed cost or based on an MOQ. Either way, I get the impression that you already have to have a high degree of certainty about being able to shift the product (i.e. it's not a service to engage when you're looking to test...
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    Any recommendations for a one-off, single-colour custom stamp?

    Of the inky kind. I might be looking to get one done - between, say 75-100mm by 50mm or so. I'm on a very tight budget and can't afford to have one commissioned and it end up being really poor quality. Does anybody have any recommendations?
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