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30.05.17<br>
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Please see the following video on our YouTube channel about our new calculator websites.<br>
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<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42DEaeVR7ws&t=26s'>YouTube</a><br>
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25.03.17<br>
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<i>Are we on the crest of the next industrial revolution?</i><br>
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The Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev published an interesting work in 1925 analysing economic activity over the previous few hundred years.<br>
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His conjecture was that economic growth and technical innovation progressed in long cycles, with a period of 40 to 60 years in length.<br>
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Two Dutch economists, Jacob Van Gelderen and Salomon de Wolff had previoulsy argued a similar case in 1913 and 1924 respectively.<br>
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At the time of writing in 2017, I would speculate that we might be on the crest of the next wave in innovation and economic expansion.<br>
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The last major economic revolution was the proliferation of computing, which started in the 1970's.<br>
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In more recent times, stockmarkets and economic growth in the developed world have been stagnant for the past ten years.<br>
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However, new technologies have been developed that are not yet in widespread use but have the potential to revolutionise society.<br>
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These include:<br>
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 	<li>3D printing</li><br>
 	<li>Robots</li><br>
 	<li>Self-driving vehicles</li><br>
 	<li>Advances in medical research</li><br>
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16.01.17<br>
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<i>Why use a Paraplanning Service?</i><br>
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I have some thoughts for the interested reader on why you should consider outsourcing work to a paraplanning service.<br>
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1. You only pay for time spent when you actually need a SOA produced, or some overflow work to be done. There is no cost for paraplanner down-time.<br>
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2. The staff of a paraplanning service are specialists in what they do. They can bring a range of in-house specialists to bear on your SOA production.<br>
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3. You don't have to pay for office space rental, computer equipment, supervision, or all the other costs of employing a staff member.<br>
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4. Medium sized and larger practices may benefit from a combination of in-house paraplanning and outsourced paraplanning. This will enable you to fully utilise your in-house staff, while distributing work during busier periods to your external supplier.<br>
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01.04.17<br>
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<i>See below a short video overview of the Paraplanning Services market in Australia,</i><br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bCxmEEEAis&t=15s">An overview of the Paraplanning Services market in Australia</a><br>
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<i>See below a short video review of the Xero accounting software</i><br>
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmvT7AIm9rs&t=11s">A brief review of the Xero accounting system</a><br>
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