The party went without a hitch with overall 150 attendee's during the course of the evening. The band 'Pagoda' performed a varied set accompanied by Lawrence (maintenance) on Harmonica.

A big thank-you to Clear Business Subber, Suzanne Woolf for her stand up set, it really added a touch of variety to the evening and was received in great humour by the audience!

Thanks also to Christian Knight for arranging the prizes for the Charity Raffle and all the Local Businesses that kindly donated gifts. We managed to raise £250.00 in raffle ticket sales, all proceeds will go to Cancer Research UK, so thank-you for buying so generously and Congratulations to the winners of the prizes!

Caroline has taken up the postion of PA / Office Manager in Croydon with a large consultancy company specialising in sustainability. During her short time working at the BMC, Caroline has made a huge contribution with the marketing and developing of the Facilities particulary the Basement Studio and Meeting Rooms.

She's also made a huge impact on us her colleagues, we'll miss her cheeriness, her sharp, observational wit and her steely efficiency!

Caroline's last day is Tuesday 11th December, so if you see her on your way out do say 'Goodbye'

This might happen if the company continued trading beyond the point at which the director knew (or ought to have known) that the company would not avoid insolvent liquidation, assuming he/she was a director at the time.

It is easy to say with hindsight that the director knew or ought to have known that the company would nor survive, but that does not always reflect the reality of the situation at the time when the decision to continue trading is made. For instance, there might be contracts in the pipeline which in the event do not materialise, that gave hope of survival at the time.

However, the High Court has recently offered some comfort to directors of companies facing potential wrongful trading claims, when it dismissed one such action, the Judge commenting that picking over the bones of a dead company in the Courtroom is not always productive!

In practice, directors still need to exercise caution where wrongful trading is concerned. There may well be light at the end of the tunnel for the company but if you do find your company is in financial trouble you should seek specialist insolvency advice urgently. Seeking advice will mean you are better able to make a decision as to whether you should continue trading or not and, if the worst happens, will demonstrate that you were doing the right thing should the matter ever come before the Courts.

I hope that this article is completely irrelevant to your thriving business. On the other hand some business schools breach that the most successful entrepreneurs go belly up twice before succeeding. If you are, unfortunately, in or near that boat then I recommend that you speak to Nick Clarke at commercial law firm, Aaron & Partners - sooner rather than later!

Survey reveals extent of online content that could damage the prospects of young people and leave many more vulnerable to identity fraud

As many as four and a half million young people (71%) would not want a college, university or potential employer to conduct an internet search on them unless they could first remove content from social networking sites, according to new research by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). But almost six in 10 have never considered that what they put online now might be permanent and could be accessed years into the future.

The research findings are unveiled as the ICO launches a new website at: www.ico.gov.uk/youngpeople to help young people understand their information rights. The first section contains tips and advice on safe social networking.

As well as not thinking ahead before posting information on the web, the survey of Britons aged 14-21 also revealed that youngsters' online behaviour is a gift to potential fraudsters. Two thirds (eight in 10 girls aged 16-17) accept people they don't know as 'friends' on social networking sites and over half leave parts of their profile public specifically to attract new people. More than seven in 10 are not concerned that their personal profile can be viewed by strangers and 7% don't think privacy settings are important and actively want everyone to see their full profile.

As for the data that young people make available, 60% post their date of birth, a quarter post their job title and almost one in 10 give their home address. Couple this basic information with details that might be used to create passwords e.g. sibling's name (posted by 23%) pet's name (posted by a quarter of girls) and even mother's maiden name (posted by 2%) and fraudsters have the information they need to obtain products and services in a young person's name or access existing bank or online accounts.

David Smith, Deputy Commissioner for the ICO, said: "Many young people are posting content online without thinking about the electronic footprint they leave behind. The cost to a person's future can be very high if something undesirable is found by the increasing number of education institutions and employers using the internet as a tool to vet potential students or employees.

The research also found that a third of young people have never read privacy policies on social networking sites and don't understand how they can manage their personal information. But when asked how they feel about websites potentially using their details to target advertising at them or to pass on to other websites or brands, a huge 95% are concerned about this, with 54% caring 'a lot' about how their personal information is used.

David Smith continues: "This shows that when young people are made aware that their details could be being passed between parties - legitimate or unscrupulous - they are worried. We have to help teenagers wise up to every aspect of the internet age they're living in - it may be fun but unfortunately it is not the safe space many think it is." Protecting your identity online - ICO top tips

• A blog is for life... remember you risk leaving a permanent electronic footprint. If you don't think you'll want it to exist somewhere in 10 years time, don't post it

• Privacy is precious... choose sites that give you plenty of control over who can find your profile and how much information they can see. Read privacy policies and understand how sites will use your details

• Personal safety first... don't allow people to work out your 'real life' location e.g. your place and hours of work. Your personal safety offline could be affected by what you tell people online

• Password protected... change your passwords regularly, don't use obvious words like your pet's name and don't use the same passwords on social networking sites as you do for things like internet banking

• Address aware... use a separate email address for social networking and one that doesn't give your year of birth or ideally, your full name

• Reputation is everything... what seems funny to you and your friends now might be not be to your teachers, university admissions tutor or prospective employer - or to you in years to come.

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BMC client, the Animal Protection Agency (APA), are throwing a fundraising Christmas Party and Celebrity Auction on Thursday 14th December 2006 between 7pm-12 Midnight at the New Madeira Hotel, 19-23 Marine Parade, Brighton.

For more information on the work of APA, please visit: www.apa.org.uk

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Situated in a lovely airy room. Would suit company of three or perhaps four, in a pretty relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

The rent would probably be about £540-700 (pre-VAT) depending on how many of you there are.

If you're interested please contact Bibi on 07747 635 750 for more info.

Now, for the first time we have a rigid Mathematical proof that explains why this is in fact true.

Postulate 1: Knowledge is power.
Postulate 2: Time is money.

As every Engineer knows, Work / Time = Power
Since Knowledge = Power, and Time = Money, we have Work / Money = Knowledge

Solving for Money, we get: Work / Knowledge = Money Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero,
Money approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.

Conclusion: The less you know, the more you make.

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