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• New ‘game changer’ export boost for smaller firms

  05-06-2019 20:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  THE Government has unveiled a major new export package for SMEs extending the support and guarantees available.
  
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• Neil Woodford dropped by major backer after suspending fund

  05-06-2019 18:55
  St James’s Place terminates stock picker’s contract hours after his YouTube apology to investorsOne of Neil Woodford’s biggest City backers dropped the fund manager on Wednesday, hours after he apologised to investors on YouTube for suspending trading in his largest fund.Wealth manager St James’s Place, announced it had terminated the stock picker’s contract to manage three of its funds – worth a total of £3.5bn. That mandate, which Woodford has held sin
  
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• Dropped wrappers and dirty cups: the tricks bosses play at interviews

  05-06-2019 18:15
  Employers have shared some of the ways they pick a suitable candidate. But does washing your coffee mug mean you’re right for the job?For some employers, doing extensive prep for an interview and arriving on time isn’t enough. They may also subject you to some serious mindgames and some have been giving insights into the tricks they use to supposedly highlight the best candidates. Trent Innes, managing director of Australian accounting company Xero, bases his hiring decisions on what
  
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• Why are London Bridge station’s departure boards so confusing?

  05-06-2019 08:00
  Southern and Southeastern seem to operate in an upstairs-downstairs worldI and others were waiting for the 20.07 Uckfield service operated by Southern at London Bridge. The train was displayed on the departure board but the platform remained blank as it often does until the last minute. Five minutes before it was due to leave, the information board said it was expected at 20.08 but still no platform.Continue reading...
  
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