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Helen Clayton doesn’t baulk when it comes to life-changing decisions. They helped her recover from professional burnout, take her career in a new direction and embrace motherhood. She also values independence. That’s the future of PM+M, the accountancy firm she heads. “We want to be masters of our own destiny,” she proclaims.
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INTERVIEWS The Big Interview: Helen Clayton
Lancashire Leaders: Tim Jacques
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With the election done and dusted and newly-elected ministers gathering around the cabinet table, what do Lancashire businesses need from the incoming government as it starts its term of office? We asked business leaders for their three wishes.
Lancashire Leaders
From being one of the highest- ranking police officers in the country to chief executive of Preston’s emerging Youth Zone, on the surface Tim Jacques career looks to have taken an unexpected turn. He doesn’t see it that way.
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Dealmakers
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It had been rumoured to be on the cards. But the announcement that Blackburn’s Issa brothers were going their separate ways was still a massive moment. A raft of announcements heralded the end of a close family partnership.
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FEATURES Anniversary Special
Hot 100
Net Zero Carbon Conference
T-Levels
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IN DEPTH Hotspots: Blackburn with Darwen
Report: Transport and Logistics
Built Environment Hotspots 27
Blackburn with Darwen was the latest stop on our tour of Lancashire’s hotspots. We brought leaders from business, local government and education together at the offices of Pierce. Regeneration and levelling up cash were high on the agenda.
Transport and Logistics 32
Logistics is building momentum. New developments with big sheds are on the drawing board or emerging from the ground at key sites across the county. We asked sector leaders how well- placed Lancashire is to benefit economically.
Anniversary Special
From the roadworthiness of vehicles and machinery to the state of ski chalets in France, Gary Hawthorne’s boast is “We’ll check anything.” It is a mantra that has served CheckedSafe, the business he co-founded 10 years ago, well.
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ADVICE Dealmakers
Legal View
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DEBATE Automotive
Business Support
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Automotive debate
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We brought our panel of experts to the Hybrid Electric Auto Training centre (HEAT) at Blackburn College to discuss the challenges facing the county’s automotive sector, including the drive to reach net zero and the rise of EVs.
Hot 100
We present this year’s Hot 100, our list of Lancashire’s most profitable SMEs. This year it contains a large number of new entries. Its figures also mirror the volatility being experienced across all sectors of the county’s economy.
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Net Zero Carbon Conference 63
The lack of national strategy is seriously harming the UK’s net zero ambitions and high-level leadership is needed from the new government. That was the message to delegates at our Net Zero Carbon Conference, held days before the election.
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