Regional law firm of the year
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Jan.indd 1 regular features News
4 Opinion – How useful is social media? 4 Digby Jones to speak at 2011 Awards 5 Workers taking fewer sick days 6 Event for suppliers of sustainable products and services 7 Forty one percent of IT professionals carry unprotected data 8 Insolvencies increase but there is some good news 9 Shareleague 9 The Bribery Act and corporate hospitality 10 Graduate launches world’s first sari app 12 Support for Thames Valley Young Entrepreneurs
Profile
13 From traineee to top job as Fenn takes the reins 14 Grant Thornton deals itself a winning hand
Technology 15 E-commerce booms in the cloud
Deals Update 30 Latest deals data from across the region
Law 32 ‘Settle if you can’ 32 Blandy & Blandy nominated for Best Trainer Award
Business Focus 33 Tweet of the month
Santander Roundtable 34 Funding and growth in the SME sector – discuss
Property 39 The Crowne Plaza Hotel purchased
Employment 40 Hooray for the holidays (or is it?)
People 40 Movers and risers
Diary 42 Dates for your diary
p7 p16 special features
Focus on Oxford 16 College joins Dragon’s Academy 17 A brighter future for Oxfordshire?
Corporate Finance 18 M&A pipelines are filling up 19 Sustainability versus cashflow 20 The power of financial due diligence 21 More opportunity for successful exit planning 22 Where should entrepreneurs be seeking capital? 24 Navigating minefields 24 Focus on Manches 25 Incomes are falling but £4.32b is left unclaimed 26 Finance terms that you can bank on 28 Are trusts dead? 28 Attracting investment 30 What’s the state of the market? 33 Traditional banking pays dividends
THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – JUNE 2011
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