guardian.co.uk 'The eBay of social care'guardian.co.uk, UKCaroline Tomlinson, consumer support director for social enterprise InControl, teamed up in 2006 with a Wigan-based technology company called Valueworks to produce Shop4Support, which she hopes will become the "eBay of social care". … More: continued here
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Craft month continues with new stamps from Inkadinkado and …Examiner.comThe stamp company Inkadinkado has some great stamps available. They are unveiling a new line with fun designs which you can see in their March newsletter. During March you can send samples using their stamp sets to Inkadinkado and they will …
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Paul Donovan: Where’s there’s the political will, there’sa way to …Tribune, UKThe injustice is even greater when we remember that Royal Mail bosses took a pension holiday from contributing to the pension fund for 13 years up to 2003. During this period, the Government was receiving increased profits from Royal Mail, …
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Read More »Post Office Delays Release of Stamps – New York Times
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