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With year-end optimism slowly ebbing away as we move towards spring, many in AP departments are still finding that they have to do more with less. And it’s not going to get any better any time soon. The words “the recessions over” draw to mind images of George Bush and his misplaced 2003 “mission accomplished” speech. Yes, the economy may be on the road to recovery – but there’s going to be an awful lot of debris along the way before we get there.

In today’s workplace, the term “best practice” is one which tends to be thrown in along with another marketing catchphrase “fit for purpose” which can generate the kind of eye rolling irritation which gives marketeers a bad name!