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Archive for the ‘Business’ Category

We’ll ignore for a second whether the biggest funder of Labour should be threatening to bring the country to a halt, or the Tories have stoked the issue of fuel supplies. It doesn’t matter- there are some things you can do to make your fuel go further ALL the time! Driving more efficiently, emptying the […]

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The European Union has been there a while, and often we hear all kinds of horror stories and claims about what it’s up to.  But we don’t hear that much, which is really frustrating, especially when we’ve elected our MEPs from the UK and even our MPs which sit in the European Council of Ministers […]

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Youth Contract- something Labour never did

by awitherick on 9 January, 2012

Among the things launched last year was the Youth Contract, a £1bn programme to get every unemployed young person earning or learning again before long-term damage is done. As Liberal Democrats we know that as a society we cannot afford to lose the skills and talent of our young people – right when we need them […]

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Run a local business? Get some extra business…

by awitherick on 22 December, 2011

Did you know that for any of the county council contracts under £75,000 (that’s around £18m worth!) they have to get a quote from at least one Hertfordshire based company? That’s a lot of potential business! Further help for businesses wishing to supply to the public sector is also available online at the Hertfordshire Supplier […]

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