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The article offers tips on how to deal with disputes in general practitioner (GP) partnerships in Great Britain. It indicates that disputes happen when underperformance, health problems, and issues about old age occur within the partnership. It states that if a dispute is caused by underperformance, both partners must communicate to determine underperformers.

The article suggests several steps that may be taken by employers to reduce the psychological impact of swine influenza pandemic on the work performance and businesses in Great Britain in 2009. It recommends communicating with employees about their working options and family issues that may occur from doing their work at home. The author cites the benefit of offering a counselling service such as the Employee Assistance Programme for workers and their families.

Many British people are taking elocution lessons. For years social levellers have been celebrating the decline of Received Pronunciation (RP), the clipped, cut-glass way of talking often known as Oxford, or BBC, English. Once the confident accent of the ruling class, it is now, supposedly, the dying dialect of an enfeebled tribe, attracting suspicion and contempt rather than deference and respect. But it's not as simple as that. Certainly, RP, as it once was, no longer rules. And RP has evolved. Today's version is closer to accents that once would have been termed plebeian. Yet there is a large and growing demand for "better" speech. Most people signing up for lessons are not trying to learn classic RP, but to make their verbal skills match their other business tools--such as the visuals on a slide presentation. But why the growth in demand? One reason is globalization. A second reason is the growing emphasis on better presentation skills in business. A third reason is the erosion of boundaries within companies.

Reports on Reuters, Tesco, BAE Systems and other international businesses' support to Great Britain's first masters degree in corporate communication, run by Umist's Manchester School of Management.

The article offers guidance on managing labour and communication on farms in Great Britain. Topics covered include the importance of good communication with staff in achieving corporate goals, the inclusion of everyone involved in achieving a successful business plan in both the preparation and the delivery of an adequate return, and the three levels of communicating/meeting. The management of the inputs and inter-relationships to get best results is also highlighted.

The author discusses moral issues relating to the British agricultural sector. He acknowledges achievements of National Farmers Union (NFU) president Peter Kendall with regard to the public perception of agriculture. He offers insights on media speculations following the flooding incident in Somerset, England which affected a significant number of farmers in the region, the necessity of clear communication in the industry, and the assistance offered by farmers to their flood-stricken peers.

The author claims that the workforce is a key asset in the farming business in Great Britain. She says that managing the people in a rural business can be a major challenge but it is often approached without any management training. She adds that the people are not just employees but family members too in a small family outfit, wherein over-familiarity can lead to disputes and other problems. She also discusses the importance of communication to businesses.

The article reports on the result of the internal employment satisfaction survey conducted on the employees of law firm Pinsent Masons in Great Britain. According to human resource director Jonathan Bond, they need to improve the communication of their strategy clearly to people internally. Almost 90 percent of the respondents said that they were proud to work at the firm. The survey also found that the board still has work to do when communicating its plans to staff.

The article highlights the 2005 Strategic Communication Summit in Great Britain. The topics discussed include using and developing the intranet to communicate successfully with employees at the U.S. arm of Sudexho, the revival of Reuters as a world-leading and profitable news organization and how Westminster City Council monitors and constantly communicates with staff to produce a cohesive, pro-active, citizen-led manifesto.