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The director of operations at Gatwick-based budget airline easyJet has resigned. Cor Vrieswijk, who has held the post for four years, has been replaced by Warwick Brady, the airline’s procurement director.

Vrieswijk’s resignation comes in the wake of delayed and cancelled flights this summer.

A spokesperson for easyJet said: “After almost four years as easyJet’s Director of Operations, Cor Vrieswijk has resigned and easyJet has agreed to his early departure so that he can better balance his work and private life in Holland. Cor has presided over significant change within easyJet and has led our operations function during a period that has seen our fleet grow by over 50 aircraft and our penetration across Europe increase. We

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One of the most important things you should know creditors look at to determine your company’s creditworthiness is your business credit score.

Does your business have a positive credit file established with Small Business Equifax, Corporate Experian, and Dun and Bradstreet? The reason why this is so significant is because each creditor, lender, or supplier may pull a business credit report from one, two, or all three of these bureaus when you apply for credit.

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CAROL WERSICH

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If you’ve passed the Shoe Carnival store in Eastland Place on North Green River Road lately, you may have not recognized it.

The Broadbent Company in Indianapolis, which owns Eastland Place, has committed to the Shoe Carnival a new store front, said Mark Lemond, the shoe retailer president and chief executive officer.

Though the work is about two weeks from completion, the new facade already makes a noticeable difference in the store’s outside appearance.

Lemond said the work began two weeks ago.

Meanwhile, the Shoe Carnival is in the process of negotiating a new lease with Broadbent.

“We haven’t finalized the negotiations,” Lemond said.

If the Shoe Carnival signs a new lease, he said, the Evansville-based company will remodel the store’s interior in its latest format, starting in January or February.

The Shoe Carnival has been located in Eastland Place the past 28 years — since 1982, shortly after the company was founded.

The publicly traded Shoe Carnival (SCVL on Nasdaq) currently has 312 stores in 30 states.

In an effort to improve the chances of obtaining financing for your startup you may have heard that buying a shelf corp will open the credit floodgates for your new venture. 

Sound too good to be true?

Well, it is because there are many more factors that play into the creditworthiness of a company then simply its age. While the age of your business does contribute to the overall picture it should never be considered as ‘the key to credit.’

By sharing some insight with you on shelf corporations and what are the key business credit advantages will better prepare you in making a more educated decision if this is a strategy worth considering.

Now, let’s first cover the basics.

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It’s time to review those costly errors that can damage our personal credit scores as well as put our personal assets at risk. Now I know applying for a business credit card may not be the most exciting thing to do but it’s necessary and requires your careful attention.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

As with the last time we covered the six major types of business credit applications, I feel compelled to mention that there are certain mistakes that you should avoid before you sign the dotted line.

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Evansville-based Berry Plastics Corp. will add at least 12 jobs to its Peosta, Iowa plant as part of a multimillion-dollar expansion there.

Berry’s Peosta plant makes various types of plastic molded bottles for the health care, food and personal care markets. On Thursday, the company announced that it will invest in new bottle manufacturing equipment and Captive Realty Co. of Iowa will invest in an expansion of the plant building. Total cost for the project will be about $8.8 million.

Work will begin immediately, and the project is expected to be finished in the second quarter of next year.

“We’re excited to continue our 23-year history of growth in Peosta where we have enjoyed a terrific relationship with our community, government and employees,” Peosta Plant Manager David Kincade said in a Berry-issued press release.

Berry makes and markets a variety of plastic packaging products.

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With the vast amount of information and resources available online it can be quite a challenge for entrepreneurs and small business owners to find the small business help they need.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

From deciding whether to start a business, setting up or acquiring a business, raising capital, acquiring credit, marketing, social media marketing, working with customers, growing your business, working online, selling online and much more it’s vital to have access to resources you can depend on.

Below are my top 25 all time favorite websites that provide small business owners the much needed support, news, information, resources, and tools needed to succeed in business today. <

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Brighton and Hove Chamber of Commerce is to stage a week of events celebrating business in the city in October under the banner ‘Business by the Sea’.

The events, which are open to owners and managers of any local business, are designed to strengthen the community bonds between businesses while also giving a no-obligation taster of Chamber of Commerce membership.

For four days from October 12, a variety of daily events will introduce non-members to the chamber’s commercial, social and influential advantages.

Highlights include a networking treasure hunt around central Brighton culminating in lunch, a local issues debate on the controversial question of whether Brighton needs a dedicated business district and entry for non-members to one of the chamber’s Friday networking breakfasts at Carluccio’s in the North Laine area.

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Small business owners are becoming acutely aware of the importance of establishing business credit scores that are completely separate from their personal credit scores.

In addition, many have found this to be a viable solution to overcome personal credit challenges that prevent them from obtaining credit.

While strong company credit files and scores can open the doors for various types of financing business owners should continue to work on improving personal credit scores as well.

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