Men's clothing was the best performing segment in this category, helped by strong demand for boots and formal footwear.

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There is growing demand for boards to undergo a formal evaluation process, to assess both the performance of each individual board member and how they work together as a group.

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Yesterday's 'call' on the WJEC to regrade has just been, well, upgraded to a formal direction - in other words, a ministerial demand.

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First, the premium for skilled workers has been falling: a surge in secondary education has increased the supply of literate, reasonably well-schooled workers, and years of steady growth have raised relative demand for the less skilled in the formal workforce, whether as construction workers or cleaners.

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He would like to move into the formal economy so that he can serve larger customers, who demand value-added tax receipts.

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