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		<title>Gift Aid is changing… for the better!</title>
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		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst the Gift Aid scheme is not undergoing the kind of changes it experienced in 2006, it is changing again and it’s important to understand how these changes will affect your organisation. Up until this year, Gift Aid claims have &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=227">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lets tell the world why we love Barnsley</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To celebrate what&#8217;s great about Barnsley a 12 hour tweetfest will take place on Friday, 5 October. the event aims to encourage people from across the borough and further afield to go online and share what they love about Barnsley &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=222">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shortlist unveiled for the best graduate employers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE shortlist has been revealed for the Yorkshire Graduate Employer of the Year Awards, with supermarket chains Asda and Morrisons, which are headquartered in the region, among the finalists. The awards, which are organised by Graduates Yorkshire, aim to celebrate &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=217">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>London Olympics 2012: Maximising retail sales and keeping staff happy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With a few weeks to go until the Olympic Games begin, excitement and anticipation are building, not just in London, but across the whole of the UK. In addition to lifting the mood of the nation, the Olympics are expected to be a boost to the UK economy generally, and to the retail sector in particular, where all hands will need to be on deck to maximise profitability and provide a much needed commercial boost.  <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=209">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retail margins hit as non-food deflation bites</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[THE price of clothes, shoes and electrical goods plunged at its steepest rate for 28 months in March, new figures show, piling further pressure on the embattled high street. Non-food deflation increased to 0.9 per cent in March versus a &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=206">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Littlewoods brings customer magazine to life with augmented reality</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online retailer Littlewoods.com is enhancing its printed customer magazine with the inclusion of augmented reality content. Working with augmented reality specialists Aurasma, the retailer has developed its first interactive editorial for the April edition of New Things, the brand’s bi-monthly &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=203">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Retail in the midst of a painful revolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fall into administration of the likes of Peacocks, La Senza and Blacks&#8217; may be part of an ongoing clear-out of retail stores that ultimately helps the remaining players on the high street to prosper. This was the view of &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=199">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s experimenting with raft of technologies in UK trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Burger chain McDonald&#8217;s is using the UK as the base for a trial of four cutting-edge stores involving a raft of innovative technologies that it intends to roll out around the world. Speaking at the Wincor Nixdorf Executive Briefing in &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=196">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>WH Smith hits targets despite drop in sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[WH Smith has described its performance as resilient during the Christmas shopping season and said that profit was in line with expectations. In a trading update covering the 21 weeks to 21 January 2012, the book, newspaper and stationery  retailer &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=193">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>South Yorkshire Business Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=190</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very first South Yorkshire Business Conference is due to take place in Barnsley on 24th February 2012.  This ground breaking event is being organised jointly by all the Chambers of Commerce in the Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership. &#8230; <a href="http://www.merlinsoft.co.uk:/blog/?p=190">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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