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		<title>High interest loan company preys on vulnerable businesses</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 08:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As it is announced this week that Wonga is going to be lending money to small businesses, this surely is damning evidence of the Government’s failure to ensure finance is available for SOHOs and SMEs?  It demonstrates a lack of support in the entrepreneurial private sector to help grow and push us out the recession, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The really bad, pretty good &amp; the really rather strange: 2012’s Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Broadcast earlier today, this year’s annual budget announcement brings about as many concerns as it does reasons to be cheerful. One of the most frightening facts revealed concerned unemployment; the one place the word growth isn’t welcome around. Expected to continue to increasing throughout the year, it was very disappointing to hear, especially since January [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Loans Just Got A Lot Simpler</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:36:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Powwownow: one of the first three companies in the country to benefit from new Government Scheme. Last night saw the launch of Chancellor George Osborne’s new Government Scheme which aims to make it simpler and cheaper for businesses to borrow money. The National Loan Guarantee Scheme (NLGS) allows businesses to access loans with an interest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Business PC&#8217;s?</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/future-business-pcs/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=future-business-pcs</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for SMEs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chrome]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Computer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google OS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mac]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Computer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[start up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xi3]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A start-up based out of Salt Lake City is redefining the old-style business PC, and the outcome of which is something I think might interest you all. X13 Technologies have been quietly developing a PC roughly the size of a grapefruit. And for those of you averse to healthy eating, that’s four inches by four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SXSW: The homeless hotspots, right? or wrong?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[geolocation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, I’ve recently been at arguably the world’s largest Tech and Innovation conference, SXSW. Based out of Austin Texas, thousands of the start-ups, investors, thinkers and do-ers spend four days eying up the products and ideas which look to shape our future. With that in mind, you might be able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great idea: let&#8217;s take it, tweak it and role it out!</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/great-idea-tweak-role/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=great-idea-tweak-role</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneur Zone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[StartUp Britain]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrewjpearce.com/?p=811</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A University in Georgia, U.S.A recently launched an ‘Entrepreneur Zone’ on campus, something that, if it really is as good as it sounds, should be replicated absolutely elsewhere. By offering a variety of entrepreneurial tools such as video conferencing and face-time with local business owners / investors, the idea is to better connect students with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Better To Be Proactive or Reactive? [when not knowing all the facts]</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/proactive-reactive-knowing-facts/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=proactive-reactive-knowing-facts</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/proactive-reactive-knowing-facts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrewjpearce.com/?p=804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I received an email earlier today from the founder of Seatwave , Joe Cohen. In it, he detailed that tonight&#8217;s Channel 4&#8242;s Dispatches programme will more than likely feature unfavourable footage of Seatwave employees.  This footage was filmed undercover and Joe believes it may be misrepresentative of what the company is about. However, by defending it before the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brand Partnerships &#8211; The New Bank Loans?</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/brand-partnerships-bank-loans/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=brand-partnerships-bank-loans</link>
		<comments>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/brand-partnerships-bank-loans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 12:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Advice for SMEs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[converse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[levi]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nike+]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrewjpearce.com/?p=801</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently read one of the most concise and interesting articles regarding strategies for partnering with big brands I’ve ever read. Published by entrepreneur.com, Tom Szaky’s piece offered insights in to how best to equip your business for exciting new routes to market; something that most (every?) companies are constantly eyeing up, but few actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Student Loans&#8217; for budding entrepreneurs!</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/student-loans-budding-entrepreneurs/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=student-loans-budding-entrepreneurs</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrewjpearce.com/?p=796</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may or may not have heard the cries from UK entrepreneurs over the past week, all of whom are calling for the government to introduce a new funding scheme for young entrepreneurs based on the student loan system.   Unsurprisingly, these calls have been led by jack of all trades and general business provocateur [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China; a growing VC hotspot.</title>
		<link>http://www.andrewjpearce.com/advice-for-smes/china-growing-vc-hotspot/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=china-growing-vc-hotspot</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Pearce</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[china]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Investment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.andrewjpearce.com/?p=782</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the third quarter of 2011, investors put $1.3 billion into 89 deals for venture-backed companies in China, an 84% increase in investment and 19% increase in deal flow over the same period last year, according to Dow Jones VentureSource. At the same time, VC spending slid 12 percent in Europe to almost the exact [...]]]></description>
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