Neither Anne nor I are particularly experienced cyclists. In the last nine months whilst training we have both cycled about 80 miles in one day but neither of us have cycled the mileage we are just about to endure, 95 miles with 3856 ft of climbing, and neither of us have cycled long distance on four consecutive days.

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Recovering a debt quickly is an essential part of ensuring your business remains in good financial health, but when you are busy focusing on attracting new custom and fulfilling current commitments it can be easy to forget this.  As a result, procedures put in place to keep cash flowing in can become overlooked and you end up adopting a scattergun approach to debt recovery that is neither effective nor efficient.

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If your company has invested in new plant and machinery or IT systems, then the after-sales support is likely to be a key element of achieving a return on your investment.  Given that you usually need to maintain a working relationship with the supplier, what are your options if the after-sales support is poor?

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The London to Paris adventure is a three-hundred-mile trip which starts in London, takes in some of England's finest country villages on the way to Dover, explores the stunning countryside of rural France before reaching the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It sounds idyllic until you realise that most of the journey is via pedal power only. Except for the channel crossing, the participants will complete the entire trip on a bike, over 4 days in September 2019.

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