solent 250 roundtable


Companies from the Solent 250 listing of the region’s privately-owned businesses attended the Roundtable at the Hilton Ageas, Southampton, hosted by The Business Magazine. It was sponsored by HSBC, advisory and accountancy firm RSM, law firm Irwin Mitchell and specialist recruitment company CMA Recruitment Group. Tim Wickham reports the Roundtable highlights…


Beyond the balance sheet Participants


David Clayden: Non-executive director, Aap3


Debbie Beaven: Chief financial officer, Simplyhealth


Richard Dibden: Commercial director, CMA Recruitment Group


John Gosling: Managing director, TJ Transport


The Roundtable team


Mark Baskerville: Chief financial officer, Highwood Group


There’s more to business than the profit and loss and balance sheet. James Tetley, partner, RSM, chaired a lively roundtable around how sentiments have changed in recent years.


The discussion covered the following: • Who do you think you are? • What company characteristics attract talented people? • Do you meet your customers’ expectations? • Capitalising on good ideas • Taking the workforce’s pulse • The cost of getting it right • Gender balance or getting the ‘right person right job’? • How do you protect your brand from reputational damage?


Gavin Hills: Finance director, Carrington West


Anthony Reed: Area director for Hampshire and Dorset corporate banking, HSBC


Hannah Clipston: Partner, Irwin Mitchell


Mark Vincent: Director, Amiri Construction


Graham Wade: Managing director, Draper Tool Group


Peter Williamson: Business systems director, Knights Brown Construction


James Tetley: Partner, RSM, chaired the discussion


The full report by Tim Wickham of the lively discussion can be read at businessmag.co.uk/round-tables sponsors


THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – MARCH/APRIL 2019


businessmag.co.uk


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