CONTENTS The Big Interview 24
Khalid Saifullah hopes lessons have been learned as the UK slowly picks its path out of the coronavirus crisis that is wreaking so much havoc on the economy. If not, the managing director of Blackburn-based Star Tissue believes the journey could be longer and more painful.
REGULARS Publisher’s View In View
Barometer LBV Hub
Appointments
04 06 12 56 70
INTERVIEWS Leaders: Steve Fogg
Big Interview: Khalid Saifullah
21 24
SPECIAL In View 06
An announcement from Lancashire’s council leaders that they agree in principle to explore a combined authority is seen as a major step on the devolution road. What’s next?
Sector View 14
Technology isn’t just helping Lancashire’s professional services firms meet the challenges of coronavirus – it is allowing them to expand their horizons.
Prof Services Debate 18
Our panel looks at the importance of the professional services sector in Lancashire and its role in helping businesses move forward post-lockdown.
FEATURES Sector View: Professional Services Hot 100
IN DEPTH Hotspot:
Blackburn with Darwen 52
14 30
ADVICE Legal View
Leaders 21
LEP Chair Steve Fogg shares his view on the way out of the coronavirus crisis and why it is vital to bring ‘Team Lancashire’ together to get the economy working again.
Hot 100 30
The strength and stability of Lancashire’s economy in the world before Covid-19 is perfectly illustrated by our annual Hot 100 list of the county’s most profitable SMEs.
Legal View 50
As lockdown measures are lifted, businesses are looking at ways they can bring staff back into workplace. There are big health and safety considerations.
DEBATE Prof Services Blackpool
BUSINESS
50
18 61
CLINIC Recruitment, retention and restructuring
26
THE GUIDE TO Retirement planning
Hotspot 52
It is called the Blackburn Growth Axis – and if those with the vision get it right it could deliver more than 10,000 new jobs and over £500m of private investment.
Blackpool Debate 61
The tide is turning. We brought a top panel of decision makers from Blackpool and the Fylde coast together to discuss the area’s ambitious plans for economic growth.
Property Report
Commercial property landlords and tenants are being urged to work together to ‘share the pain’ being inflicted by the coronavirus crisis.
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