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		<title>Managing Disputes and Conflict Resolution (North Harbour)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 00:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Clinical Psychologist Richard Hughes once defined conflict as that which occurs when two opposing parties have interests or goals that appear to be incompatible.  Conflict and disputes are an almost inevitable facet of business life &#8211; and one which can occupy a significant amount of a business owner&#8217;s energy.
Most business owners will know from bitter experience that poorly managed, conflicts <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-disputes-and-conflict-resolution-north-harbour/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Take a very quick client survey</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/very-quick-client-survey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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We are very grateful to the fantastic clients who we are fortunate to serve.  Without your continued support, there would be no Elevate CA.  We don&#8217;t take your support for granted &#8211; so we&#8217;d very much like to know what you really think about your relationship with Elevate CA.

So we have designed a very quick survey, <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/very-quick-client-survey/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tips ahead of the Financial Year End</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The end of the financial year is fast approaching for the majority of businesses. Here are a few areas you may wish to look at now which will help us minimise your tax bill.
1. Trading stock
We’re not talking about livestock here, but the general rule is that inventory must be valued at the lower of <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/tips-ahead-of-the-financial-year-end/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>To Fix or to Float &#8211; that is the question.</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/fixed-or-floating-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 03:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a week or so back in July, we figured it might be time for those with floating business or residential borrowing to fix the rates on say half of their debt.  At that time we were seeing June 2011 quarter annual inflation figures well above expectation – as well as higher than expected economic <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/fixed-or-floating-rates/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be a sought after Employer (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/be-a-sought-after-employer-whangarei/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:57:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Owners Forum]]></category>
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We hear so much in the media about unemployment, but the experience of most business owners is that there is no pool of great talent waiting at the front door. Finding and retaining good people for your business is a challenge.
Of course it is essential for businesses to identify their competitive advantages in the marketplace. <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/be-a-sought-after-employer-whangarei/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Should NZ introduce a Fat Tax?</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/fat-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Would a &#8220;fat tax&#8221; be a step too far?  Could the tax system perhaps encourage Kiwis to be healthier?
It already does.  Imagine how many more Kiwis would die prematurely from smoking related conditions if not for the fact that cigarettes are artificially expensive with around 70% of their price made up of tax?
Who would seriously argue the excise duty on cigarettes <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/fat-tax/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The difference between &#8220;could&#8221; and &#8220;would&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/sigglekow-v-waikato-dhb/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a difference one word makes:   From 1 April 2011, the Employment Relations Act was amended to change the test of whether a particular action by an employer was justified – for example a dismissal.  Before 1 April, the key question was what “would” a fair and reasonable employer have done in the circumstances – but <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/sigglekow-v-waikato-dhb/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Elevate CA Christmas Break</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/elevate-ca-christmas-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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&#8220;What doesn&#8217;t kill you makes you stronger&#8221;.  Friedrich Nietzsche famously said that in 1886.  And Kelly Clarkson said it again this year, so it must be true.  
The last few years have been tough, but almost without exception our clients have emerged at the end of 2011 stronger and more confident about the future than they were  this time <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/elevate-ca-christmas-break/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Be a sought after employer (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/be-a-sought-after-employer-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/be-a-sought-after-employer-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 00:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Finding and retaining good people for your business is a challenge.  We hear so much in the media about unemployment, but the experience of most business owners is that there is no pool of great talent waiting at the front door.
Of course it is essential for businesses to identify their competitive advantages in the marketplace.  But equally <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/be-a-sought-after-employer-north-harbour/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to reward your team (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/ways-to-reward-your-team-whangarei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/ways-to-reward-your-team-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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This event will explore some of the innovative ways your business can pay and reward your team.  What are the income tax and fringe benefit tax implications of these?  What works in practice and what doesn&#8217;t?  What are others doing in this space?  Come along to this event to explore this topic with your fellow business owners.
This event will <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/ways-to-reward-your-team-whangarei/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to reward your team (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/different-ways-to-reward-your-team-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/different-ways-to-reward-your-team-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:23:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What are some of the different and innovative ways to pay and reward your team?  What are the income tax and fringe benefit tax implications of these?  What does employment legislation and case law have to say about these options?  What works in practice and what doesn&#8217;t?  What are others doing in this space?
This will <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/different-ways-to-reward-your-team-north-harbour/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Branding for your Business (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/the-power-of-branding-for-your-business-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/the-power-of-branding-for-your-business-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What does it take for your business to unleash the full potential of its brand?  Our panel will discuss this question from three different angles at the final Business Owners Forum event for 2011.
This event will be held on 1 December at the BNZ Partners Centre in North Harbour from 5:30pmto 7:30pm.
 On the panel for this event will be:

Tim Ellett, <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/the-power-of-branding-for-your-business-north-harbour/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory Boards: What are they and do I need one? (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-whangarei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What are Advisory Boards and do you need one?  What&#8217;s the difference between a formal board and an advisory board?  These very good questions will be answered by a panel at this Business Owners Forum event on Thursday 17 November in Whangarei.
This event will be held at the Elevate CA venue at level four, 35 <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-whangarei/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory Boards: What are they and do I need one? (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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What are Advisory Boards and do you need one?  This very good question will be answered by a panel at this Business Owners Forum event on Thursday 20 October.
This event will be held at the BNZ Partners facility on Constellation Drive, North Harbour at 5:30pm – and will run through to 7:30pm on the night. 
We <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/advisory-boards-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one-north-harbour/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Good Governance for your Business (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/good-governance-for-your-business-whangarei/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/good-governance-for-your-business-whangarei/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 01:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
What is Good Governance? 
Is it more than just a term that separates ineffective organisations from those that are operated according to best practice?  What does Good Governance mean to organisations below the corporate, government or local authority level?  How can the principles of Good Governance be applied to owner managed businesses without adding a level of administrative <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/good-governance-for-your-business-whangarei/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A story of a bank and a careless email</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/binding-contract-by-email/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/binding-contract-by-email/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 02:13:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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This is a story of a bank and a careless email.
Since Alan Bollard reduced the OCR in response to the Christchurch earthquake, three year fixed interest rates on residential mortgages have been somewhere just under 7%pa.  With floating rates down around 5.75%pa, there hasn’t been a lot of incentive or urgency for Kiwis to fix their rates.
But in the past fortnight we <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/binding-contract-by-email/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Risk in our Current Economy (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Managing financial and operational risk is a challenge at the best of times.  But in the current economic environment, businesses need some sound strategies in these areas.
On 18 August, the Business Owners Forum will feature a panel discussion on these very issues from three diverse points of view.  Here are the panelists for this event:
 
Wayne <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Managing Risk in our Current Economy (Whangarei)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jun 2011 02:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Managing financial and operational risk is a challenge at the best of times.  But in the current economic environment, businesses need some sound strategies in these areas.
On 21 July, the Business Owners Forum will feature a panel discussion on these very issues from three diverse points of view. 
Here&#8217;s our panel for this event:
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Jeff Yeakley.  Jeff <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/managing-risk-in-our-current-economy-whangarei/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Are you a Quickbooks user?</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/are-you-a-quickbooks-user/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 04:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Quickbooks are encouraging users with older versions to upgrade by offering a carrot. 
We&#8217;re not in the business of necessarily pushing Quickbooks in preference to other packages like Xero, MYOB, Cash Manager, Bank Link or the many others.   But if you are a Quickbooks user and you haven&#8217;t yet upgraded to the 2010 / 11 version, this seems like a no-brainer: 
The QuickBooks <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/are-you-a-quickbooks-user/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Personnel Files</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/personnel-files/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/personnel-files/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 01:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Employers have until 1 July 2011 to bring personnel files up to date for each employee. 
The majority of employers already maintain personnel files for each employee – but many do not meet the new standard under the recent amendments to the Employment Relations Act 2000.  Many personnel files that I have seen contain little more <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/personnel-files/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Budget 2011 as it Unfolds</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/nz-budget-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/nz-budget-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 02:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elevate CA Blog]]></category>

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As usual on budget day, it&#8217;s all ears on the live stream at Elevate CA. Here are our first impressions and some initial comment as Bill English reads Budget 2011 &#8230;
 
2:05pm
Bill English is explaining the theme of Budget 2011. This will be all about building savings and investment because as a country we need to <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/nz-budget-2011/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Engagement (North Harbour)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/customer-engagement-north-harbour/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/customer-engagement-north-harbour/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 03:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Owners Forum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Events]]></category>

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If you&#8217;re tired of competing on Price or Product, come along to get some good practical tips from our panel on how to build a better business based on Customer Loyalty.
This Business Owners Forum event will be held on Thursday 16 June at 5:30pm at the BNZ Partners Centre, Constelletion Drive in North Harbour. 
Here&#8217;s who will be on the <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/customer-engagement-north-harbour/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shareholders Agreements (Whangarei)</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/shareholders-agreements/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/shareholders-agreements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 03:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Do you have a signed shareholders&#8217; agreement?  Can you lay your hands on a copy?  Is it up to date and relevant? 
What would happen if you or one of your shareholders wanted out of the business?  What would happen if you or one of your fellow shareholders were permanently incapacitated and unable to continue working in the <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/shareholders-agreements/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>News from Hayley &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/hayleys-baby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/hayleys-baby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
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Many people have asked how Hayley is getting on &#8211; and whether her baby has arrived safely.  Well now we can answer that question.  Maia Lucy Lenihan was born on 7 April weighing in at a whopping 7 pounds 15 ounces.  Mother and baby are happy and well.
Most accountants have the date 7 April etched into their memory <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/hayleys-baby/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fishhook in the 90 Day Trial Period</title>
		<link>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/90-day-trial-period/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elevateca.co.nz/90-day-trial-period/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fraser Hurrell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Elevate CA Blog]]></category>

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Business owners will be aware that from 1 April, the 90 day trial provisions have been extended to cover all workplaces.  Previously this provision was available only in workplaces with fewer than 20 employees.
But many business owners may not be aware of this potential snag:
If you wish to include a 90 day trial period in your employment agreement, <a href="http://www.elevateca.co.nz/90-day-trial-period/" rel="nofollow"> Read More...</a>]]></description>
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