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4 Opinion: How optimistic are you ... ? 4 Region‘s SMEs predict 18% growth over next five years 5 Grant Thornton clocks up deals as M&A market hots up 6 Global award for Taylor Made at multinational industry summit 7 Southampton rises in global university ranking 8 From Lush to Serocor – companies that fly the Solent success flag 9 Study from the other side of the world – just an email away 10 Taking the temperature – business sentiment survey 11 Santander boxes clever in Southampton


Education & Business 12 University looks east as it launches new China Centre


Southern Entrepreneurs 13 Rob Houseman – Always aiming to be ahead of the pack


Pitmans Southampton 14 Meet the team


Technology


16 Why we need to be collaborators, not sales people 17 Challenges and opportunities facing the tech sector in the south 18 Making customer contact count


Central South Mid Market 20 Profit growth: Back to basics


Solent Business Awards 22 Top companies compete at gala night for prestigious awards


Sales 23 ‘The S-word‘: Why we need to confront the stigma surrounding sales


Southern Manufacturing 100 24 Introducing: The Manufacturing Co-operative


Business Focus


25 VoIP Unlimited to supply Sahara Force India F1 team 25 A seminar? Just shoot me


Deals Update 42 Latest deals data from across the region


special features Law – The Legal 500


32 South East firms flex their muscles 33 Seven pages of extracts from The Legal 500


Banking 40 Confidence ‘beds‘ down in the region‘s hotel and leisure sector


Commercial Property 46 Planning to buy 47 Giving the housing shortage a shot – in the arm, or in the foot?


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Finance 43 Grant Thornton launches new service


Hospitality 48 Memorable events begin with extraordinary venues


People 49 Movers and risers


Diary 50 Dates for your diary


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Women in Business 2015 p27 THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – SOLENT & SOUTH CENTRAL – OCTOBER 2015


26 What women want 27 The most prestigious awards event for businesswomen in the south


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