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Social video entrepreneur Sarah Wood on a digital sector that is ‘exploding’

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Business advice, Media sector, Technology sector, Women in business | Tags: business, entrepreneur, digital, CEO, insight, advice, video, interview, online, social media, marketing, advertising, leadership, internet, Elevate magazine, YouTube, social business, viral, Sarah Wood, web

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Sarah Wood started her first business aged 13; now 38, she is the Winner of the 2011 Fast Growth Female Entrepreneur of the Year Award. But you’ll know her better from her social media work, turning brand campaigns such as Compare the Market/Meerkat and Evian’s Roller Babies into viral hits. In true tech entrepreneur style, she sent her interview answers in via smartphone from the middle of a Cambridge conference…

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Confidence falls in Q3 as economic realities hit home

Wednesday, August 01, 2012 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories: Economy | Tags: business, recession, economy, ICAEW, Scott Barnes, Michael Izza, BCM, Business confidence monitor, economic indicator

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A fragile economy, flatlining GDP and the prospect of a sustained period of low economic growth has knocked UK business confidence in the third quarter of 2012, according to the latest ICAEW/Grant Thornton UK Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) out this week. Here are the key findings…

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