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	<description>Helping the over 50s get back into work through self-employment</description>
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		<title>Can franchising solve unemployment problems of the over 50s?</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2010/11/can-franchising-solve-unemployment-problems-of-the-over-50s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Franchising is back in the spotlight, with the news that Jobcentre staff will now be offering it as a possible solution to the unemployed. The press release that announced this said, under the heading &#8220;Jobcentre Plus to promote business start-ups&#8221;, that its advisers will &#8220;also explain opportunities for running franchised businesses. In countries such as <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2010/11/can-franchising-solve-unemployment-problems-of-the-over-50s/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beginners guide for those completely new to self-employment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 19:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRIME has produced a short, very simple leaflet aimed at people who have not thought about self-employment at all before &#8211; at least not as something that they themselves could do. Called Puzzled about self-employment? it is available as an eight-page A5 leaflet suitable for mailing and display in places like libraries, and as a <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2010/11/beginners-guide-for-those-completely-new-to-self-employment/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Survey follows PRIME clients as they start up</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2010/10/survey-follows-prime-clients-as-they-start-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Olderpreneurs are not being put off by the recession. A higher proportion are going ahead and giving self-employment a go than five years ago. And the gender gap is narrowing &#8211; a higher proportion of women are going ahead than five years ago, These are among the results of a follow-up study PRIME has completed <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2010/10/survey-follows-prime-clients-as-they-start-up/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Get printable large-text versions of popular PRIME guides</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2009/11/get-printable-large-text-versions-of-popular-prime-guides/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To make its material more accessible, PRIME is having its most popular booklets and guides redone as downloadable PDFs that can be printed out on ordinary A4 ink-jet and laser printers. We are taking the opportunity of also having large-print versions made, with a minimum text size of 16 point (the industry norm is 10 <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2009/11/get-printable-large-text-versions-of-popular-prime-guides/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>PRIME reports on a forgotten generation – the over 50s</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2009/04/prime-reports-on-a-forgotten-generation-the-over-50s/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRIME has published Generations Forgotten, a study into attitudes to older people as entrepreneurs based on an independent survey of a thousand people. The study demonstrates the difficulties the over 50s have in finding work as employees, principally because of ageist attitudes &#8211; which the over 50s clearly perceive as still rife. And it highlights the <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2009/04/prime-reports-on-a-forgotten-generation-the-over-50s/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>New edition of Working for YOURSELF guide</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2009/03/new-edition-of-working-for-yourself-guide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRIME has updated its popular free &#8220;Working for YOURSELF guide, which explains sales, marketing and preparing a business plan in a practical way for people setting up their first business. You can download it as a PDF immediately here, while we are getting this new paper version printed. We do still have some paper copies <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2009/03/new-edition-of-working-for-yourself-guide/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Report calls for more jobs for the over 50s</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2008/01/report-calls-for-drive-to-improve-employment-prospects-of-over-50s/</link>
		<comments>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2008/01/report-calls-for-drive-to-improve-employment-prospects-of-over-50s/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRIME and its sister charity PRIME-Cymru have jointly published a report into improving the employment prospects of the over 50s. &#8220;It is worth putting real money behind a drive to re-employ economically inactive over-50s&#8221;, says the report&#8217;s lead author Christopher Smallwood. &#8220;In order to reintroduce them to the workforce, two things are needed: (1) widespread <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2008/01/report-calls-for-drive-to-improve-employment-prospects-of-over-50s/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free PRIME guide to working for yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2008/01/free-prime-guide-to-working-for-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2008/01/free-prime-guide-to-working-for-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:25:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The printed paper version of &#8220;Working for YOURSELF &#8211; a practical guide to sales, marketing and preparing a business plan for people aged over 50&#8243; is now available. You can still download the guide as a PDF. We can send PRIME business club members a hard copy, just email us your details and we&#8217;ll post you <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2008/01/free-prime-guide-to-working-for-yourself/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Encouraging older entrepreneurship</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2007/12/encouraging-older-entrepreneurship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:35:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRIME has published &#8220;Encouraging older entrepreneurship&#8221; a report on how best to help older people starting or running their own businesses. It looks into the support needs of those entering self-employment after the age of 50, and at what PRIME and its partners can realistically do to help. The study coincides with an unusual period <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2007/12/encouraging-older-entrepreneurship/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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		<title>Selling for beginners – and the fearful</title>
		<link>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2007/12/selling-for-beginners-and-the-fearful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2007/12/selling-for-beginners-and-the-fearful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:49:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ian Stobie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re reluctant to sell you are not alone &#8211; it is something many people feel when starting in business. But it&#8217;s one of those things that disappears with practice &#8211; and in particular as you relax and develop your own style. Here are some tips taken from &#8220;Working for yourself&#8221;, a new guide from <a href='http://www.primebusinessclub.com/2007/12/selling-for-beginners-and-the-fearful/'>- - - read more > </a>]]></description>
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