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p59 regular features News


4 Opinion – Following the Olympics ... 4 Thames Valley companies right on track for growth 5 200 issues – and still the best 6 Business improvement facilitation: how can it help? 7 HW Young Entrepreneur competition opportunity 8 TWM strengthens family team as law firms merge 9 Shareleague 9 Skills for Business – HP partners with University to offer IT training 10 Marcus Lee & Co joins the B P Collins family 22 Haines Watts 'Auditor of the Year' for SMEs


Business Success 11 Healthy future for SGX Sensortech


Stress at Work 12 One-day seminar to count the cost of work-related stress


Training 13 New apprenticeship grant set to benefit SMEs


IoD Awards 14 Search begins for Directors of the Year


Technology 15 Pulsant is a safe home for data


Business Focus


19 The blog of the month 47 UK economy should enjoy an 'Indian summer'


Entrepreneurs 20 Pump up the volume


Manufacturing & Engineering 22 Manufacturing – a critical part of the South East's economy


Profile 16 Supporting employers in the Thames Valley 24 Coming of age for GCS 31 The vital ingredients for business success 34 UBS brings a wealth of experience 57 There's no smoke without entrepreneurial fire


Commercial Property Roundtable 26 Do we need workplaces ... or simply spaces to work?


Finance


32 New advisory board for Spectrum 33 Thames Valley business flows


Deals Update 38 Latest deals data from across the region


p20 special features


Sustainability 17 Junk Collectors: a new alternative 18 A 'home gold' for sustainable operations


Focus on Windsor 23 A year-round venue


Thames Valley 250 35 Celebrating the Thames Valley's top 250


Mergers & Acquisitions 40 Completion accounts vs locked box? 41 Should I merge my two separate companies? 41 Leveraging debt to facilitate acquisition 42 Hunt for growth in overseas acquisitions 43 Interest rate swaps 44 Private equity – so much more than just money 45 Valuing businesses in a volatile environment 46 The power of crowds


p35 THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – SEPTEMBER 2012


Dining & Your Business 2012 59 A seven-page guide to the best dining venues in the south


www.businessmag.co.uk Property


48 Steady erosion of quality office space 49 Sustainability: a golden thread? 50 Conference receives backing from major stakeholders 52 Are you looking to achieve the gold standard?


SME 100 Roundtable 53 Are we ready to put our foot on the throttle?


Law 58 Shoosmiths shines in the CF arena


Hospitality 66 Reading FC's mouth-watering matchday style


Motoring 67 Gearing up for September plate-change


People 68 Movers and risers ...


Diary 70 Dates for your diary


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