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Business THE M A GA ZINE TM 20 years' supporting businesses in the region regular features News


4 Opinion – It's really best not to listen to politians ... 4 Fall in number of 'Zombie businesses' 5 Sharp activity maintained in December 6 In the fast lane 8 Thames Valley's young entrepreneurs 2014 competition launches 9 Shareleague 9 Advice for Business - Retailers should aim at women to boost sales 10 Jupp, Stanford, and new sponsors join TV Deals Awards' line-up 11 Looking to do business with China ...


IoD Awards 12 Last chance to nominate your Director of the Year


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14 EY ITEM Club warns: rate hike must be tied to real wage growth 15 The blog – How to reach your 2014 targets


BDO Thames Valley – Business Barometer 16 A quarterly street-level view of business sentiment


Thames Valley Property Awards 17 Entries are now open


Entrepreneurs 21 How chickens and Lord Sugar led to the company that Jack built 22 The history makers driving success


Directors Toolkit 24 How to build a flexible workforce


Environment 29 Grundon vehicle fleet goes CarbonNeutral


Deals Update 30 Latest deals data from across the region


Law 35 How to manage the risks of LinkedIn


Financial planning 36 New Year, new financial plan


Technology 37 Protecting your business: Cyber security, state of the nation


Thames Valley 250 38 White Knight aims to be green laundry leader


Profile 44 IT firm steps up its presence in the Thames Valley with customer focus


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HR Focus 18 TVT&D expands training to include CMI 18 Beware: employment law changes 2014 19 The perfect prescription for HR headaches 20 TUPE made simple?


Southern Tech 100 25 Technology sector continues to make the difference 24 The top 100 companies listed 26 Ones to watch


Funding your Business 32 A professional approach to managing your wealth 34 Funding your business – The Thames Valley landscape


Roundtable: TVBMA 39 How do you build a successful business?


p39 THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – FEBRUARY 2014


Meetings & Your Business 48 An optimistic forecast for the events industry 49 Ascot Racecourse 50 Portsmouth Marriott 50 Oakley Hall 51 Cliveden 52 Greenlands 52 Calcot Park Golf Club 53 Stoke Park 53 Phyllis Court


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Events 46 Racing ahead in 175th year


Property


54 New Year – new market 56 Book celebrates the success of Milton Park's life sciences cluster


People 57 Movers and risers ...


Diary 58 Dates for your diary


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