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Regulars… p5 Editorial
The business landscape seems brutal. But rather than talk- ing ourselves into recession, perhaps we should take com- fort from the opportunities a sluggish economy throws up
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p26 Favourite Business Tools
This month we look at using videoconferencing to recruit new employees and how to protect your emails and phone systems against hackers
p40 Deal Zone
Moonpig.com sold to PhotoBox for £120 million; MITIE acquires five of its start-ups for £14.6 million; MyVoucherCodes founder Mark Pearson ‘actively investing’; Octopus to raise £120 million for renewable energy
p42 What I Wish I’d Known
Method Design Lab co-founder Santiago Matheus looks back on lessons learned from a career as an international entrepreneur
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July 2009 to June 2010
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