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	<title>Business Blogs &#187; Michael Smyth</title>
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		<title>How to avoid a Personal Grievance when you suspend an employee</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/11/10/how-to-avoid-a-personal-grievance-when-you-suspend-an-employee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personal grievance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staff management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If an employee has done something which could amount to misconduct, then the last thing you want is for that employee to attempt to wriggle off the hook because you have made a procedural mistake by suspending the employee from work. ]]></description>
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		<title>Why you shouldn’t copy someone else’s terms of business</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/10/06/why-you-shouldnt-copy-someone-elses-terms-of-business/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/10/06/why-you-shouldnt-copy-someone-elses-terms-of-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your terms of business is the most important document in your business. It dictates how you interact with your customers…and it’s your customers that make you money.]]></description>
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		<title>How to protect your IP being stolen by your employees</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/29/how-to-protect-your-ip-being-stolen-by-your-employees/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/29/how-to-protect-your-ip-being-stolen-by-your-employees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confidentiality clause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non competition clause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protection of Intellectual Property Clause]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Restraint of trade clause]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How would you feel if someone broke into your house and stole your TV, stereo, DVD player, furniture, CD collection and some very personal items of jewellery?]]></description>
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		<title>How to get your customers or clients to pay up</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/24/how-to-get-your-customers-or-clients-to-pay-up/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/24/how-to-get-your-customers-or-clients-to-pay-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 04:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[client payments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://businessblogs.co.nz/?p=1391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This may seem like an obvious strategy, but one which many businesses neglect to their downfall. By a system, I mean having a process for collecting unpaid fees.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Business Tenants should proceed with caution</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/24/why-business-tenants-should-proceed-with-caution/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/24/why-business-tenants-should-proceed-with-caution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agreement to lease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial lease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commercial tenant]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With commercial vacancies in New Zealand's main commercial centres tipped to go above 10%, many businesses may be tempted to get bigger or better premises, or open up new offices to take advantage of lower rents.]]></description>
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		<title>Do you give a refund or not? Recent case makes it easier for retailers</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/18/do-you-give-a-refund-or-not-recent-case-makes-it-easier-for-retailers/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/18/do-you-give-a-refund-or-not-recent-case-makes-it-easier-for-retailers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Guarantees Act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since Martin sold his stereo to consumers (and not businesses) his sales were governed by the Consumer Guarantees Act (CGA).]]></description>
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		<title>How to get free credit without burning bridges</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/16/how-to-get-free-credit-without-burning-bridges/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/16/how-to-get-free-credit-without-burning-bridges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:29:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In business, cash-flow is king. A great product or good business idea is useless if cash-flow is not under control. It is as essential to your business survival as water is to your own survival.]]></description>
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		<title>Where the Bible teaches us how to improve our cashflow</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/12/where-the-bible-teaches-us-how-to-improve-our-cashflow/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/12/where-the-bible-teaches-us-how-to-improve-our-cashflow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[improve cashflow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[money management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Well believe it or not, one strategy for getting your customers to pay on time is actually sitting there in the bible. You just need to know where to look…]]></description>
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		<title>How directors can prevent themselves being liable for their company’s debts</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/10/how-directors-can-prevent-themselves-being-liable-for-their-companys-debts/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/10/how-directors-can-prevent-themselves-being-liable-for-their-companys-debts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[director topics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have decided to incorporate your business the chances are that you will have appointed yourself a director of the company. In simple terms, your duty as a director is to ensure the company is well run. ]]></description>
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		<title>How to stop your business partner ripping you off</title>
		<link>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/03/how-to-stop-your-business-partner-ripping-you-off/</link>
		<comments>http://businessblogs.co.nz/2009/09/03/how-to-stop-your-business-partner-ripping-you-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Smyth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business mindset]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How Laura ended up in this mess. Laura and Sarah had met when they were working for their former employer. During that time they had come up with a unique idea for a business.]]></description>
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