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4 Opinion: How optimistic are you ... ? 4 Region’s SMEs predict 18% growth over next five years 5 Seminar spotlights Reading – the next 10 years 6 News extra 7 Shareleague 7 Top talent entering HWYE competition 8 Graduates praise career opportunities at Buckinghamshire New University


Thames Valley 250 9 Intersurgical: A breath of fresh air


Business Sentiment Survey 10 Taking the Temperature


Thames Valley Business Magazine Awards


10 Think local, give local 11 Entries are pouring in 12 How best to attract top talent


Doing Business with China 14 Seminar: Thames Valley’s route to China


Technology


16 BDO InTouch: Accountancy taking the back office forward 17 Why we need to be collaborators, not sales people 18 Content Guru: A company that’s going down a storm with B2Bs 20 Making customer contact count


Entrepreneurs


21 Rob Houseman – Always aiming to be ahead of the pack 22 The businessman determined to grow a successful legacy 24 New research reveals insight into latest attitudes to starting a business


Sales 25 'The S-word': Why we need to confront the stigma surrounding sales


special features Law and The Legal 500


34 Pay gaps: The issue of equal pay 35 Bucks businesses on tight deadline to avoid £90k fines 35 What matters to corporate occupiers in the Thames Valley market? 36 South East firms flex their muscles 37 Eight pages of extracts from The Legal 500


Banking 47 Banks support for SMEs – Q2 2015


Commercial Property


50 Learning the lessons of agile working 52 Thames Valley Property Forum 54 Planning to buy 55 A town that’s a city that needs a new ‘wow’ business occupier


Dealmaking Roundtable 56 The growing demands of modern dealmaking


p22 Business Focus


26 The blog: What’s good about the new accounting standard? 26 Country hotel insured for less than half its value 27 One vision: Two brands 27 Making the tough decisions


Deals Update


46 Latest deals data from across the region 46 HMT opens a London office


Hospitality 48 Memorable events begin with extraordinary venues


People 61 Movers and risers


Diary 62 Dates for your diary


Business THE M A GA ZINE TM


Women in Business 2015 p29 THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – OCTOBER 2015


28 What women want 29 The most prestigious awards event for businesswomen in the south


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