Contents regular features News
4 Opinion – There IS no ‘business as usual’ on the cards for 2017 ... 4 EY reports Reading set to be fastest-growing UK city 5 GreenTech tops the Fast Track 7 Shareleague 7 Oxfordshire’s winning young entrepreneur 8 News from our website 9 Seminar on selling your business
Technology
11 New digital infrastructure unlocks huge potential for Reading and Bracknell 16 Thames Valley Science Park’s first tenants announced 18 FISCAL Technologies: a hidden gem
Law
19 The impending sale of your business 20 Employers: what should you be doing to prepare for the GDPR?
Southern Entrepreneurs 21 Spencer McCarthy: The school of muddy footings
Deals Update 22 Latest deals data from across the region
Finance 24 Debt advisory finds success in 2016
Taxation 25 New tax laws hit the self-employed
Business Success 26 Looking ahead to 2017 27 US firms eye up new opportunities in the UK market 28 For Pete’s sake mind the gap 28 Jelf’s continuing commitment to Reading 29 The blog: Risks? What risks?
special features Southern Tech 100
12 Specialist tech businesses deserve specialist tech insurance 13 Top tech turnover is southern success 14 Two-page listing of the top private tech companies in the region 16 Ones to Watch/Future Stars competition 17 Dr Siabi and the case of the vanishing students
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Southern Manufacturing 100 31 Manufacturing & Engineering: Will the apprenticeship levy help close the skills gap?
Property
32 Boldly going … 33 The cost of an uninspiring workplace
Hospitality 35 One Event Management gets Absolute Taste
Roundtable 36 The evolution of modern business workspace
Thames Valley 250 40 Prodrive: The driving force
People 41 Movers and risers
Diary 42 Dates for your diary
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