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	<description>The thoughts, ramblings and day-to-day experiences of Richard "Ozzy" Osborne</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Benefits of a Joint Venture</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/08/03/the-benefits-of-a-joint-venture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 20:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[business information]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[company data]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[company formation agent]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[limited company]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New Start Data]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I first started up in business my first business was in a 50/50 partnership, but we didn&#8217;t really agree what each of our objectives were or what each others roles were going to be in the business. Needless to say, after a couple of years the business relationship broke down. Just like 50% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anti-Competitive Behaviour of the Government</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/anti-competitive-behaviour-of-the-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/07/13/anti-competitive-behaviour-of-the-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[companies house]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dvla]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[limited company]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[mlr]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[money laundering regulations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quick formations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sally keeble]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago there was an active industry with a good few hundred companies in the UK trading at varying levels of success, from big companies to small one man operations. This industry was just like any other, providing income and jobs to hundreds maybe thousands of people in the UK. This industry was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix or corporate restructure?</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/07/01/phoenix-or-corporate-restructure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/07/01/phoenix-or-corporate-restructure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[corporate restructure]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[enterprise act]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[insolvency]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[liquidation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[phoenix]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This time I&#8217;m providing an article that I didn&#8217;t write but was in fact written by a friend of mine that I hope will provide helpful to business owners who may find themselves in a difficult situation with a shareholder, or worse still in difficulty with their business overall.
You will probably be aware of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are we heading into a recession, or is it Mind Games?</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/27/are-we-heading-into-a-recession-or-is-it-mind-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/27/are-we-heading-into-a-recession-or-is-it-mind-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 08:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[consumer spending]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[credit crunch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[property]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My wife made a fantastic observation at the weekend which to a degree can summarise much of what is happening in the media about the Credit Crunch we are experiencing at the moment, and I think this has a lot to account for with the downturn in the economy.
Her Father is widower on a fixed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Bannatyne way, or the Osborne way?</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/16/the-bannatyne-way-or-my-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/16/the-bannatyne-way-or-my-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 20:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[duncan bannatyne]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[efiling]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[limited company]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[quick formations]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[time management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I read Duncan Bannatyne&#8217;s autobiography last year, and must confess to finding it a good inspirational story. However I&#8217;d like to use one piece of advice he gives in his book that goes against much of the advice offered by many business advisors, and that I myself also disagree with.
My first business wasn&#8217;t a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working with your competitors</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/09/working-with-your-competitors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/09/working-with-your-competitors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competition]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[competitors]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sharing knowledge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week my salesman for E-filing Limited was calling through a number of company formation agents doing his job, selling the services of E-filing. He was doing a pretty good job too.
He did hit a problem with one company, a problem which I had anticipated but I would never have guessed it would happen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Shareholders Agreements</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/06/the-importance-of-shareholders-agreements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/06/the-importance-of-shareholders-agreements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 11:40:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[contract]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[partnership]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shareholders agreement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/?p=69</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the day to day activities of my Quick Formations business we frequently deal with people who are setting up a business with a friend or family member, or even an old work colleague. These people are always keen to work together, they have a shared vision or dream, and know they are going to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judging the Young Enterprise Awards</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/05/judging-the-young-enterprise-awards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/05/judging-the-young-enterprise-awards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 22:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[judging]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sustainable]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[young enterprise]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/?p=68</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I was asked by a nice chap called Robin Neighbour from Young Enterprise to be a judge for the Daventry and Northampton Young Enterprise Awards. Of course I was more than happy to do so, and am happy to say I will be happy to do so again.
I found this event extremely valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train from Within, Develop Loyalty</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/05/train-from-within-develop-loyalty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/05/05/train-from-within-develop-loyalty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 21:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Entrepreneurialism]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[director]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[manager]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[promotion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/?p=66</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I made one of the most difficult decisions of my Entrepreneurial Career, I changed my accountant. I&#8217;ll tell you a little bit more about that another time, but for now I want to tell you about a disagreement I had with my new accountant .. and why I think he is wrong, although [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inspiring Young Entrepreneurs</title>
		<link>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/03/29/inspiring-young-entrepreneurs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ozzy.co.uk/blog/2008/03/29/inspiring-young-entrepreneurs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ozzy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who know me personally, or have read this blog for a while, will know that I firmly believe that our economy is a small business economy and to keep our economy afloat we should all be encouraging the next generation of Entrepreneurs from a young age.
So imagine my surprise after a young lad, Ben, interviewed [...]]]></description>
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