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Transport sector grows by nearly 20%, says R3
Transport has become the fastest-growing sector in the South East with the number of active companies rising by 19.9% between January 2015 and January 2016, according to latest figures from the Southern Committee of R3.
The statistics show that there were 5,759 active transport and haulage companies in the region in January 2016, an increase of 955 since the same time last year ...
More than half of UK fraud takes place in the region, finds KPMG research
Financial institutions across London and the South East were hit hard by fraudsters over the past 12 months with over £157 million being defrauded by criminals, an increase of 779% on last year.
KPMG’s Fraud Barometer, which measures fraud cases with losses of £100,000 or more reaching the UK courts, shows that overall the total value of fraud prosecuted in the region in 2015 fell by 21% to over £380m but still accounted for over half of all fraud taking place in the UK ...
Investment in infrastructure brings flurry of investment, reports JLT Speciality
Infrastructure is a particular focus for investment in the Berkshire region at the moment as highlighted in a recent report by JLT Speciality based in Reading. The region is currently undergoing an unprecedented series of major infrastructure investments in its national road and rail network costing approximately £5 billion.
Alongside motorway projects for the M4 and road improvements in Slough, Newbury and Bracknell, a new rail station at Green Park, Reading, on the Reading to Basingstoke line will improve public transport accessibility and reduce local road congestion ...
James Cowper Kreston achieves top cyber security benchmark
South East accountants and business advisers James Cowper Kreston has secured one of the highest cyber security standards in the UK ensuring that its staff and client data is among the most secure in the country ...
No such thing as a private chat at work, says Blandy & Blandy
Last week the European Court of Human Rights ruled that an employer is entitled to read chat and email messages from personal accounts sent by an employee at work.
A Romanian engineer was sacked for using Yahoo Messenger to send private emails to his girlfriend while at work, after his employer had banned staff from sending personal messages from their work Yahoo accounts. The employer had asked staff to set up Yahoo accounts for work, but told staff not to use them for personal messages and that their use would be monitored ...
Data analytics company EXASOL moves UK headquarters to Bracknell
In-memory analytic database vendor EXASOL continues to report rapid growth across the globe. With the UK its second- largest market, the company has just moved its UK headquarters to Bracknell as part of a strategic move to make its home in an area with highly-skilled technology professionals and opportunities for business development, while also moving itself closer to its partners and customers based in the Thames Valley ...
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THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – FEBRUARY 2016
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