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"Do you know the single biggest motivation among the Great British workforce for finding a new job?"...

"Do you know the single biggest motivation among the Great British workforce for finding a new job?" I asked the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment group SmallBluePlanet - for want of anything better to say - as we enjoyed a few pints of Chan's Very Finest at Gigi's. "Like you're going to tell me it's anything other than an increase in salary," came the reply. "Actually that's why I mentioned it," I continued. "Knowing how offended you get when any of your staff have the temerity to ask for a pay rise, I thought you'd be amused to know the results of a survey by the good, goo...

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