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Lightbox Education, of Cheadle, won the Grand Prix accolade at the Big Chip Awards which honoured the north west’s digital sector. Lightbox also carried off the best public sector project category.

The awards, organised by the Manchester Digital trade association, were held at Manchester’s Palace Hotel and attracted a record number of entries.

Winners from Manchester included Stardotstar, which won the best new media agency and best e-learning project categories, and Digital Blah Blah, which took the prizes for best freelancer/microenterprise and best use of visual design.

Manchester’s 11 Out of 10 won best e-business project.

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Top sales performers, whether they are business owners or sales reps, see things differently than average or mediocre performers. In other words, they have a Winning Sales Paradigm. That Winning Sales Paradigm produces fruit such as energy, confidence, tenacity and comfort with prospects and customers.

There is a pretty common belief among business owners and sales managers that these and other characteristics of successful sales people are innate. A person has them or they don’t. Find people who display that “natural” sales ability, give them product training and some sales training and they will be successful… right?

If this were true, the majority of people responsible for business development and sales would succeed.

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Latest figures from Moneyfacts show that over the past year, the number of cards offering no interest on new purchases for at least ten months has risen by 450%.

Furthermore, there has been a 20% increase in the number of cards providing 0% on balance transfers.

Spokesperson for the company Michelle Slade commented: “Credit card companies have taken time to assess the market and now feel comfortable with doing business in the current economic environment.”

She added that anyone seeking to make a new purchase will find there are products on the market that offer no interest for a year, while those repaying existing debts can locate deals charging no interest for 16 months.

In recent days, Egg launched a new credit card providing 10% cashback from around 1,500 different retailers.

Up to 250 jobs may be lost at the Cheshire Building Society, which is to close its headquarters in Macclesfield.

Five branches, including Droylsden, Poynton and Romiley, will also shut by October as part of the changes. The Cheshire is also axing its estate agency operation.

The shake-up comes 18 months after the long-established Cheshire was taken over by the Nationwide Building Society.

The head office in Castle Street, Macclesfield, will close within the next two years, a move the company claims will reduce duplication of work already carried out at other administrative sites across the Nationwide group.

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A precipitous sell-off in the stock market took place last Friday (Chart 1) as the Labor Department’s May monthly report showed that job growth was weak in the private sector.  The NYSE had to(…)Read the rest of A Closer Look Into The May Jobs Report
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