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		<title>Banks rebound amid wider turmoil</title>
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The UK housing market has exhibited signs of slowing growth in the past few days. Bank of England figures show that the number of mortgage approvals were just 160 higher in July than in June and only a little higher than the average for the previous 6 months. The National Housing Federation is also forecasting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/banks-rebound-amid-wider-turmoil.html</link>
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		<title>Are the City analysts justified in attacking the Support Services Industry?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that every time I open the broadsheets someone else is attacking the Support Services Industry. Recent examples have derived from the profit warnings at Connaught and ROK and not satisfied with the fact that public sector spending on services is set to fall in the short term, the focus for criticism seems to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/are-the-city-analysts-justified-in-attacking-the-support-services-industry.html</link>
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		<title>We&#8217;re all going on a summer holiday</title>
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There never seems to be a good time in Interim Management to go on holiday. I’ve heard from a number of interims this year ‘……I’ve had to cancel due to work commitments before, if I cancel this one my wife / husband / significant other will leave / kill me’. As an interim provider you’re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/were-all-going-on-a-summer-holiday.html</link>
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		<title>Pretty Fair Investment?</title>
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There was plenty of coverage last week surrounding hospital PFI projects, and whether they represent good value for money. Of course it&#8217;s the familiar theme of &#8220;public sector wastes money in times of austerity&#8221; and the headline numbers offered by the media are at first alarming, the NHS pays 65B over 30 years for projects [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/pretty-fair-investment.html</link>
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		<title>&#8216;Cash strapped&#8217; NHS Trust finds value in interims</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Times reported on 29th July on &#8216;cash strapped&#8217; Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust spending £2500 / day on an interim chief executive, and there was the predictable angle covering the outrage from union representatives about the justification for paying such exorbitant fees to interims when front line services are under threat. Tales of spending [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/cash-strapped-nhs-finds-value-in-interims.html</link>
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		<title>Manufacturing July Update – Mixed Messages?</title>
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As ever, recent contradictory headlines in the business press have me wondering which is right? Surely the BoE&#8217;s statement that QE is back on the agenda in the face of &#8216;weaker than expected growth&#8217; as is at odds with GDP surging to its highest level for 4 years?!
Looking at the fundamentals, US commodities are off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/manufacturing-july-update-%e2%80%93-mixed-messages.html</link>
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		<title>Are Banks really “ripping off customers?”</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The question of retail banking charges on overdraft fees have been back on the agenda this week. Research for Panorama reveals that high street banks surveyed are charging as much as 167% interest on unauthorised overdrafts and an average of 32% interest on authorised overdrafts, despite advertised rates of around 19%.
Vince Cable, the Government&#8217;s Business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/are-banks-really-%e2%80%9cripping-off-customers%e2%80%9d.html</link>
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		<title>White Paper: white knight or red light for interims?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As for anyone working in a profession providing goods or services to the NHS you&#8217;re always wondering what impact new policy will have on your business, and I wanted to offer my opinions but also invite comment from our networks of candidates in terms of what the White Paper might mean for NHS interim managers.
The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/white-paper-white-knight-or-red-light-for-interims.html</link>
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		<title>High level recruitment consultants required &#8211; Can you help us?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are searching for excellent recruitment consultants to help us to continue to grow Interim Partners. It is not easy to find exceptional recruiters who are passionate about service and want to work hard to support our interim community. Can you help us identify them? 
Here’s how. You are probably already networked with good recruiters [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/high-level-recruitment-consultants-required-can-you-help-us.html</link>
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		<title>Is food too cheap?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I was out and about with the family and we visited a farm up in rural North Yorkshire where they encourage the children to feed the animals and give you an overview of the farming industry. During the course of the visit I listened to the farmer who owned the business as he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.interimpartners.com/is-food-too-cheap.html</link>
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