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• HR business for sale on eBay

  Fancy picking up a cheap HR business? There's one going for a song on eBay - it could be yours for just $1,000 - that's roughly only £600! The deal includes the domain names, a two hour consultation with the current owners, a supply of letterheads and envelopes and - most importantly - the transfer of the Twitter account rights. As far as Guru... Posted Nov 02 2009, 11:51 AM by Guru Filed under: HR, human resources, eBay, business

• Any rhyme or reason to poetry workshop?

  What could have prevented the financial crisis that has destroyed the banking system and plunged the world into a deep recession? Tighter regulation? More prudent public spending? More women directors on the boards of leading banks and big companies? Nope, apparently poetry is the key to improving business leaders' and company performance. A workshop... Posted May 07 2009, 09:28 AM by Guru Filed under: training, business, poetry, workshop

• Dragons' Den panellist bigs up Somerset

  "Somerset has just about everything", is - in Guru's opinion - a fairly outlandish statement by anyone's standards. Even more so coming as it does from West Country girl Deborah Meaden, the scary women from Dragons' Den. She has just filmed a promo which aims to encourage investment in the county. She also wants to encourage skilled... Posted Feb 10 2009, 02:25 PM by Guru Filed under: jobs, television, business, Deborah Meaden, somerset, Dragons Den

• Guru faces identity crisis

  To borrow dialogue from the classic Tarantino film Pulp Fiction ; What does Guru look like? Describe what Guru looks like. Does he look like a b*tch? Regardless of what you might think Guru looks like, Yours Truly certainly bears little resemblance to this gentleman, does he? So why then does this bloke Richard Denny insist on calling himself Guru?... Posted Nov 07 2008, 12:04 PM by Guru Filed under: internet, guru, film, pulp fiction, denny, advice, business