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Expert advice on home-based working
Bursting with entrepreneurial spirit or fed up with job insecurity? Two new books are full of first class advice on an alternative - working from home. But before jumping ship, both authors advise 'read me first'
Easter launch for home business manifesto
Easter sees Live Work Network team up with home-based business experts Enterprise Nation for the launch of new manifesto Home Business Progress
Live/work lifts Potteries
Leading housing association Midland Heart is using live/work to revitalise Stoke on Trent's once dilapidated Burslem town centre
Broadband rising up political agenda
Internet access – or its lack - has featured strongly at both the Labour and Tory party conferences in the past fortnight
Live/work key to rural economy says MP
A review by Lib Dem MP Matthew Taylor of rural housing and the economy,
commissioned by Gordon Brown shortly after he became prime minister,
calls on planners and regional government agencies to encourage and
support live/work
Public plaudits for live/work artistsThis month has seen Staffordshire live/worker Jason Conway win a prestigious national award for graphic design, and in London the live/work artist community at Havelock Walk throws open its doors for the twice-yearly Open Studios on 28-29 June
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London live/work market going strongEstate agents Cityscope have reported no let up in London live/work sales, with sales matching last year's 'boom' period and new enquiries coming in daily
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Live/work untouched by credit crunchMortgage lenders may be fighting shy of buy to let and securing a loan on residential is getting a lot harder. But brokers John Charcol say live/work is bucking the trend |
Rural council backs its Microbiz-nizzesSix years ago, a survey for Horsham District Council found more than one in six of its householders were running a home-based business. It's response was Microbiz - a one-day package of advice and support for home-based entrepreneurs. And just like many of those businesses, Microbiz is still going strong, with the sixth annual Microbiz fair scheduled for Saturday 15 March.
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Taxing question for rural live/workWhat have barn conversions, live/work and VAT got in common? In rural north Yorkshire they're three key ingredients of a long-standing dispute with HM Revenue & Customs
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