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4 Opinion: The economy grew at its strongest pace in over 10 years ... 4 Praise for 'southern powerhouse' 5 Doing business with China – Join us at our breakfast seminar 6 Next stop Texas for Reading UK CIC 7 Shareleague 7 Deloitte appoints new senior practice partner for the region 8 GCS: best year to date


Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards


8 Now open for entries 9 NatWest recognises local management teams' skills and success


Technology 10 Data loss, a balancing act 11 Every business is a digital company – that's why we need to change


Company Profile 12 Bremont: Ticking the boxes of quality timekeeping


Entrepreneurs


13 How David Adams put his back out, then back in to a fresh business 14 Jody Scheckter: A driving passion to be the best 15 Dilshad and Barinder Hothi: Learning, a lifelong journey 16 Successful from a young age – the model entrepreneur


BDO Thames Valley – Business Barometer 18 A street-level view of business sentiment in the Thames Valley ...


Business Focus


19 Taking care of waste is an eventful business 20 Start-up alignment drives corporate innovation 21 The blog: What makes a good leader?


Women in Business 22 Insight leads the way for guest speaker Liz Jackson


Business Success 24 Family business has the building blocks for success


special features Doing Business with China


25 Chinese trade: the importance of relationships 26 Are you tapping into the global marketplace? 27 Why the Chinese market matters to the Thames Valley 28 Chasing the dragon


Southern Manufacturing 100


38 How to beat the manufacturing skills gap 39 The changing face of manufacturing


Law 42 Warning to directors over impact of failing to file company accounts 43 The new Consumer Rights Act: How will it affect traders and consumers? 44 Changes ahead for small businesses 45 Intellectual property assets as a strategic business tool


Deals


46 Deals update: Latest deals data from across the region 48 Penningtons Manches advises on sale of Wirebird


Finance 50 Bear traps to beware of on a company sale – CGT and ER 51 Are you ready for the diverted profits tax?


Hospitality 52 Catering group CH&Co merges with HCM


Property 54 The personal touch is key to Romans' award win


People 60 Movers and risers


Diary 62 Dates for your diary


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Thames Valley 250


30 Westcoast: Consistently delivering great IT goods ... and DaaS 31 Growth is the winning formula for 250 companies 32 The Thames Valley's top 250 private companies


Pensions & Auto-enrolment


40 Pension reforms – an opportunity being missed? 41 Clarity on employer auto-enrolment duties for interns 41 Six steps to auto-enrolment


Roundtable: Women in IT 56 The keys to encouraging more women into technology


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