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4 Opinion: What a difference a quarter makes ... 4 Thames Valley powers the best region for growth outside London 5 Topping the Fast Track 100 listing 6 News extra 7 Southern Tech 100: Robot expert is our guest speaker 8 Bucks New Uni’s Business School expanding 9 The Ant and Dec of the business world 10 Shareleague 10 Reading to grow faster than anywhere else 14 Thames Valley Deals Awards: last call for entries
BDO Thames Valley – Business Barometer 12 Business confidence declines in the latest survey
Taking the Temperature 15 Can we maintain our Goldilocks appeal?
Business Focus
18 Investment readiness – will your plan stand up to investor scrutiny? 18 Strategic workforce planning 19 The blog: Cyber security – hands up or the fridge gets it 20 Pitmans is ready for the challenge of change 22 Welcome to the workplace revolution 24 Reflecting on a year of GROW
Entrepreneurs
25 River’s success flows from the heart of the Thames Valley 26 A positive and charitable approach is at the heart of Sharma’s succcess
Finance/Deals 32 James Cowper Kreston tops charity audit league tables 32 NetDespatch acquired by Royal Mail to strengthen technology capability
Deals Update 34 Latest deals data from across the region
Taxation 36 Tightening the tax rules on shareholder exits
Southern Manufacturing 100
44 Magal Engineering Group: Keeping cool and calm under pressure 45 Transparency in supply chains – ensure you comply 46 Make working capital work for you
Hospitality 47 Rising to the occasion
Property
48 Magdalen College acquires 100% of The Oxford Science Park 50 The Thames Valley Property Awards – Get your nominations in now 51 Surge of lettings at Access 12, Theale
People 52 Movers and risers
Diary 54 Dates for your diary
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special features Southern Tech 100
28 Barclays launches new Innovation Finance package 29 Tech sector stars shine bright 30 Two-page listing of the top tech companies in the region
HR Focus
38 Talent retention will be the key employment challenge in 2016 40 A step too far for the Human Resources department 40 The Modern Slavery Act: what does it mean for your business?
Reading & Thames Valley 2025
41 Strength of regional office market boosts Morgan Lovell 42 Seminar report
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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – FEBRUARY 2016
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