across the regions News
4 Opinion – The Business Magazine: 25 years years on 4 Thales opens new UK headquarters at Green Park 5 AIM is focus of new list and seminar 7 Women in Business launches 2018 campaign 7 Focus on Oxford: upcoming feature 8 Shareleague
Management
8 Management teams a barrier to growth 9 How effectively do you communicate with your team?
Technology 10 Milking machinery firm rises to the top with cloud transition 11 Westcoast well positioned for growth push 12 Finding the Tech Employer of the Year
Southern Manufacturing 100
13 Stuart Turner pumps up the volume 15 Xtrac gears up for expansion
The Thames Valley Growth Spotlight 17 Jumping into the business unknown
Focus on Slough 20 Making real news: the undisputed facts 24 Slough: Hitting the headlines for all the right reasons 26 Helping companies unlock potential through forward-thinking workplace services 27 Meridian: Open for business 28 The rise in serviced offices 30 Regus celebrates 20 years in Slough with a new look 31 Haines Watts predicts exciting future for Slough’s flourishing owner-managed businesses 32 Come friendly businesses and fall on Slough: Life after Brent and Betjeman
Solent 250
34 How to power middle-market success 35 The heat is on at Williams & Co 36 Solent 250 column: News from the list 37 Import Services delivers the goods
Roundtable 38 The challenges of scaling-up
Focus on Portsmouth
42 Council at centre of entrepreneurial city 45 Solent property outlook – demand, supply and what it means
Deals Update 46 Latest deals data from across the region
Contents
Deals 47 10 deals of HMT – the MBO of Tessella
Finance
48 HWB becomes one of first in region to obtain probate licence 50 Game on with Grant Thornton 52 A snapshot of public life sciences companies in the Thames Valley
Spotlight on Basingstoke 54 Basing View to the future
Commercial Property
56 Pylons, pipelines and contamination: Challenges, but no reason to discount a site 60 Reading must manage its success 62 Property owners – dealing with bad tenants 63 Deciding on the right commercial property 64 Haslams’ Industrial Property Snapshot: Supply versus demand
Property
66 The Leaders Romans Group: Award-winning property services ‘all under one roof’ 67 Solid foundations for the Savills Reading new homes team 68 Darcliffe Homes adds the personal touch
Business Focus
70 Negotiation skills – top tips for modern managers 70 The blog: Embrace disruption 71 Aura Technology: IT solutions for human ambitions 72 Spoilt for choice at Hampshire’s premier office furniture showroom 73 Business events make a bigger splash at Thames Lido
Law
74 Paris Smith marches in with the Saints 76 Moore Blatch makes bold statement of intent 77 Buying or selling a business: Key early agreements to consider 77 Blandy & Blandy advises on the sale of Science Media Partners 78 Reward and retain your employees with EMIs: What you need to know 79 GDPR – Coming, ready or not
Solent SME 100 Growth Index
80 Trethowans tops growth table 82 Dutton Gregory shapes up for the future
People 83 Thames Valley movers and risers 84 Solent & South Coast movers and risers
Diary
85 Thames Valley dates for your diary 86 Solent & South Coast dates for your diary
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