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		<title>Government in a Pickles over extensions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has now confirmed the new rules regarding constructing extensions without the need for planning permission. The original proposal designed to give construction a boost, was to allow homeowners to build larger extensions without planning permission, thus short-circuiting the predictable planning delays generally created by neighbourly objections. This brought a storm of protest from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Short sighted pilot scheme excludes builders’ merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Atkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has announced a short sighted pilot scheme designed to enable small builders and tradesmen to get credit accounts up to £25,000 from B&#38;Q, Screwfix and TradePoint – all members of the Kingfisher Group. Traditionally, small builders would only be eligible for credit up to around £3,000 but because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pinterest Analytics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Harris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the increasing need to demonstrate the commercial value of social media, Pinterest’s recent announcement of Pinterest Analytics, a rich set of statistics for users’ pins and pin activity, should prove a much-needed asset for the business community. Available to any user with a verified website, the analytics include detail on the number of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boris cleared on bus advertising ban</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advertising]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The humanists probably started the trend back in 2008 with advertising on London buses proclaiming “There’s probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life.” This started a series of controversial advertisements which parodied one other including Stonewall’s “Some people are gay, get over it!” campaign which I found difficult to get over, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merlot and Chianti at Kidmore End</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 17:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In preference to staying in chain hotels during our 30,000 miles a year travel around the UK; the intention is to book small, privately run hotels that offer good quality accommodation and service, discounted to ensure we provide value for money for our clients. We propose to share our experiences through this blog and hope [...]]]></description>
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