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Catharine Paddock PhD 276 posts

    Catharine has been writing news and web content for 10 years. Prior to that, her career spans technical authorship, training, human resource management, psychotherapy, stress and career counselling, and small business mentoring. In 2008, she gained a PhD from Manchester Business School after completing her own research and presenting a thesis on psychosocial factors in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). She has a Joint Hons Bachelor of Science in Physics with Chemistry from the University of Manchester (1975).

    McDonald’s creating 5,000 new UK jobs

    McDonald's is to create 5,000 new UK jobs over the next 18 months, despite what the company describes as challenging economic conditions.In making the announcement on Wednesday, Paul Pomroy, Chief…

    Many UK firms unaware of other finance options

    A new survey finds while nearly half of UK firms applied for funding in the past year, few were aware of finance options outside of traditional bank loans and overdrafts.The British Chambers of…

    First-time buyers in UK up 10 percent

    The number of first-time buyers has gone up 10 percent in the first half of 2016 compared with the same period in 2015, according to a new UK housing market report. Experts suggest record low…