All eyes will be on Sheffield to monitor the progress of a major new initiative to encourage urban regeneration.The city is to be the home of a company to co-ordinate its regeneration programmes.

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A joint project between a central government department and the organisation charged with modernising local councils is set to demonstrate the scope for electronic ‘one-stop-shops’.The first stage has been reached of a project to transform the way people buy and sell property. A shortlist has been drawn up of four private sector consortia prepared to deliver the National Land Information System.

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By Daniel Goleman,The author of the astonishing international bestseller “Emotional Intelligence” now shows how success and leadership in today’s workplace demands more EQ (“Emotional Quotient”) than IQ–and writes the definitive book to demonstrate how it can work for everyone.

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