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network NEWS UPDATE
BUSINESS
14 DEALS & MERGERS Nottingham colleges in merger
15 STRATEGIC PARTNERS AND PATRONS Pharmaceutical firm renews partnership with Leicestershire County Cricket Club
16 CHAMBER NEWS Local unemployment rate beats national average
INTERNATIONAL TRADE 24 Spotlight on Australasia
POLITICS 26 Findings from the QES Q2 2017
INTERVIEW
28 Kaye Twomlow, Director, Derbyshire Education Business Partnership
FEATURES
31 SKILLS & TRAINING On the job training
34 FOCUS FEATURE Are children under too much pressure at school?
38 REGENERATING THE EAST MIDLANDS Retaining graduates in the region
42 The impact of a design team 28 54
TRAINING & EVENTS 44 Round-up of what’s on the calendar
BUSINESS SUPPORT
46 SKILLS Exchange programme hailed a success
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48 INFORMATION How visual tools can offer business insight
52 LEGAL Take the steps towards succession planning
54 DIGITAL GROWTH Helping businesses embrace technology
56 FINANCE The return of the bank-funded MBO
58 PROPERTY Leicester Tigers in hotel development plan
60 MOTORING Nick Jones tests the Ford Focus RS
COMMENT
58 THE LAST WORD Chamber President Geoff Poyzer comments on the latest issues
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4 MEMBER NEWS Loughborough College is praised by Ofsted
12 APPOINTMENTS New appointments to Nelsons Solicitors’ family law team
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