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		<title>Blog Watch: Bristol council overspends &#8211; again</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/09/06/bristol-council-overspends-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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Something rare. A story resembling an investigative effort by the local BBC. And it reveals that the council&#8217;s World Cup fan park at Queen Square ended up costing the council tax payer £270,000 rather than the promised £80,000.
The reasons for this huge overspend are somewhat obscure with the council&#8217;s PR bods putting this latest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business media: &#8216;Why is bad news good news?&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/09/06/business-media-why-is-bad-news-good-news/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:36:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Sturge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom McCarthy, committee member, IoD Bristol Branch
No news is good news.  But bad news is great news.  And, it seems, that the smallest signs of an economic flutter is tremendous news.  For the British media.
In print, in pixels, on airwaves and TV screens the media gasped that house prices had fallen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digital PR: how to hire a social media consultant</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/09/06/digital-pr-how-to-hire-a-social-media-consultant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/09/06/digital-pr-how-to-hire-a-social-media-consultant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bristol Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chances are, if you’re a marketing agency director, PR agency account director, solo entrepreneur, or marketing director of a small to medium-sized business, you’ll have been dipping into social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter.
One of the biggest issues I regularly come across for those involved with, or looking to get involved, with social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol Editor: Call that PR? I wouldn’t wipe my arse with it…</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/24/bristol-editor-call-that-pr-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-wipe-my-arse-with-it%e2%80%a6/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/24/bristol-editor-call-that-pr-i-wouldn%e2%80%99t-wipe-my-arse-with-it%e2%80%a6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bristol Editor</dc:creator>
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By The Bristol Editor
…at least, not according to the brilliant FleetStreetBlue‘s verdict on this piece of shockingly-lazy churnalism-based PR.
The story highlights a worrying trend in both journalism and PR – yes, both need each other to survive, particularly during times of editorial cutbacks and marketing pinch amidst recession.
But to see the rise and rise of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Bristol can learn from The Algarve</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/23/what-bristol-can-learn-from-the-algarve/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/23/what-bristol-can-learn-from-the-algarve/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Sturge</dc:creator>
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By Fiona Hallworth, IoD Bristol
Sitting in the Algarve for eight weeks looking at the Atlantic from my home on top of the cliffs, I can actually see the curvature of the earth.
It gives me the opportunity to reflect on the interconnectivity of business and economies as Thomas Mann so carefully observed in his book.
Well EasyJet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Cameron: &#8216;why is it one rule for them&#8230;&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/20/david-cameron-why-is-it-one-rule-for-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:17:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tony Dyer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Tuesday, the Prime Minister David Cameron gave an interview in which he announced that his government would tackle fraud and error in the welfare system.
“Welfare and tax credit fraud and error cost the taxpayer £5.2 billion a year. That’s the cost of more than 200 secondary schools or over 150,000 nurses. It’s absolutely outrageous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bristol Editor: Don&#8217;t let your PR agency ignore social media</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/10/bristol-editor-dont-let-your-pr-agency-ignore-social-media/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 09:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bristol Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ab Fab days of PR are long gone – are you making sure your PR representation is relevant and utilising social media? ]]></description>
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		<title>Why a business and arts relationship should be encouraged</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/09/why-a-business-and-arts-relationship-should-be-encouraged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:34:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the age of austerity threatens, there is a real role for business of all sizes to get involved in the arts at a local level. ]]></description>
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		<title>Digital content rules&#8230; and here&#8217;s why</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/04/digital-content-rules-and-heres-why/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/04/digital-content-rules-and-heres-why/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bristol Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the face of increasing migration online by readerships, audiences and advertisers, it appears that only the foolhardiest of businesses would ignore this ongoing trend. ]]></description>
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		<title>Olympics spin off for Bristol business: chasing tails or will the ships come in?</title>
		<link>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/02/olympics-spin-off-for-bristol-business-chasing-tails-or-will-the-ships-come-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bristol247.com/2010/08/02/olympics-spin-off-for-bristol-business-chasing-tails-or-will-the-ships-come-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 09:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Sturge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the excitement of Bristol pursuing World Cup football in 2018, the much bigger and more expensive Olympics in 2012 has, it seems, disappeared off the radar.]]></description>
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