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Newspaper sales are in decline [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11623514]. > The UK’s 11 major national daily newspapers have seen their circulation shrink an average 5.75% in the last year to 10.3 million copies a day, according to industry figures. By size of readership, broadsheet The

A young small business book-keeping duo collected a £30,000 start-up prize on Sky News [http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Business/Lucy-Cohen-and-Sophie-Hughes-Of-Accountants-Mazuma-Named-Sky-News-HSBC-Start-Up-Stars-Winners/Article/201010315761144?lpos=Business_First_Buisness_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15761144_Lucy_Cohen_and_Sophie_Hughes_Of_Accountants_Mazuma_Named_Sky_News_HSBC_Start_Up_

What an incredible good news story. With the final trapped miner, and team leader, now above ground, you can’t help but reflect on how amazing the pictures were over the previous 24 hours. In terms of coverage, it was pleasing that none of the London news networks spoke over

White good manufacturer Hotpoint got themselves plenty of commendable PR this week through their survey [http://www.hotpoint.co.uk/hotpoint/cooking_newstyle/cookinghabits.html] of Britain’s culinary habits. Apparently, when cooking for ourselves, a mind-boggling near clean sweep of nine out of ten of us stick to the

If it is true that you learn most from failure, then the protagonists’ lessons from what they themselves term “the biggest mistake in corporate history” must be really worth taking on board. It’s been all over media this week as a result of Jeff Bewkes’ keynote Royal Television Society

I happened across spirited Techcrunch praise [http://techcrunch.com/2010/09/01/jessica-mahindinero/] for a 20-yr old that’s just had her fledgling firm funded. Intriguingly, there’s a 2-minute video where she’s asked to explain the wonders of her invention. You’d expect a sassy, snappy pitch. Surely

Rarely the first, usually the best. That pretty much sums up how the world views a new Apple product. Of course, whilst the precise definition of that most subjective of words, ‘best’, can be hotly debated, the impact of their wares is widely lauded. I caught their latest iPod upgrade

High Street Fashion chain Guess? founder and chairman Maurice Marciano rang the NYSE bell on last day of August. Having never been tempted by their wares I watched CNN’s coverage intrigued. In a jolly interview by their Richard Quest (scroll down this page for full transcript [http://transcripts.cnn.