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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Insolvencies drop: the recent hot weather and men's football World Cup have been positive for the sector]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Trade body reaction: 'the withdrawal of a new code of practice just three months before implementation leaves businesses in limbo,' UKH warns]]></image:caption>
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