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		<title>What can we expect from the Waste Review?</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2011/06/what-can-we-expect-from-the-waste-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Browning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Waste Review is likely to be published in the coming weeks. Below, PPS Group&#8217;s head of waste &#38; resources, Rebecca Eatwell discusses what she expects the review to contain.
One of the main issues for the industry remains planning and I would hope to see the review tackling this. It will be interesting to see whether there is any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talk of the Town: Donald takes his chance</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/09/talk-of-the-town-donald-takes-his-chance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Browning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[PPS Scotland&#8217;s director Donald Anderson bumps into an idol&#8230;
From the Edinburgh Evening News 13.09.10
Talk of the Town: Donald takes his chance
Ex-council leader Donald Anderson didn&#8217;t always make the most of the opportunities his job gave him, such as when he turned down the chance to meet the Dalai Lama.
He did press the flesh with two of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caledonian Challenge &#8211; Beware the Highland Midge</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/06/caledonian-challenge-beware-the-highland-midge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/06/caledonian-challenge-beware-the-highland-midge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 16:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Schofield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only a few days remain before the plucky PPS five cross the start line at Fort William.  After many weeks of training across the UK, John, Julian, Karl, Ross and myself are making our final preparations.  Collectively, we have covered hundreds of miles but now we face the challenge of 54 miles within 24 hours [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vote for PPS</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/05/vote-for-pps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 08:53:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Byfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well its election day at last and so there is an end in sight to the febrile water cooler conversations that have been galvanising PPS staff for the last four weeks. It is time to stock up with wine and sandwiches and watch the results roll in through the early hours.
This election is particularly interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow PPS on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/04/follow-pps-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Byfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://twitter.com/PPS_Group
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		<title>Update on our very own Bananaman</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/04/update-on-our-very-own-bananaman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/04/update-on-our-very-own-bananaman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Browning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perfect weather for the Taunton half-marathon on Sunday 11th April and I recorded a decent time of just under two hours.   In fact, the banana outfit was probably an advantage as everyone cheered me on.   Nearly £800 raised so far for the Somerset charity, Escape Support Group, that helps families with special needs children.
There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Bananas in Somerset</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/03/going-bananas-in-somerset/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Browning</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Somerset is becoming something of a hub of PPS activity.    We are not only working on the largest potential construction project in the South West of England &#8211; the development of a new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point &#8211; but PPS co-founder and director, Charles St George, is also running the Taunton half marathon on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caledonian Challenge update &#8211; Best foot forward</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/03/caledonian-challenge-update-best-foot-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Schofield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Only three months to go until Team PPS sets off from Fort William with 54 miles stretching out before us.  The Summer Solstice may seem distant, but it is time for us to get serious and start putting some miles into our legs.
The Manchester office contingent (Sam and Kevin) spent a day walking on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>20 years of PPS (Part One)</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/02/20-years-of-pps-part-one/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/02/20-years-of-pps-part-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Byfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was twenty years ago this week that Charles St George and I had a bright idea and set up a business.   In its own small way that decision has transformed the way the development industry goes about getting planning permission.
PPS was that business and our bright idea was to help companies secure planning permission [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Dangers of Hyperbolic Discounting</title>
		<link>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/01/beware-the-dangers-of-hyperbolic-discounting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ppsgroup.co.uk/blog/2010/01/beware-the-dangers-of-hyperbolic-discounting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Byfield</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently come across the notion of ‘hyperbolic discounting’, a concept in behavioural economics that describes the tendency to weigh immediate costs too heavily and ignore long-term benefits.   I can’t help noticing it among some of my colleagues.
I have always been a glass half-full type of guy.   In behavioural economic terms, I guess I [...]]]></description>
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