B4
As a business owner you’ll reach a point when you wish (or need) to exit your business whether through a sale, a buy-out, or a planned succession. When this time comes the revenue from the transaction needs to match the financial requirements you need for your next venture be it retirement, a sabbatical or another business.
Technology continues to transform traditional logistics processes, driving supply chain leaders to adapt. What do these technologies look like and how could you be impacted?
Rod Macrae has been finding out how OxLEP Business is helping Oxfordshire’s small businesses to punch above their weight.
Ever paid someone what you think is a compliment, only to find they take it as an insult? We tend to think others are just like us. Unsurprisingly, they’re not so it’s common to see misunderstandings arise in teams.
Growing evidence shows that companies placing “purpose” at the heart of what they do can lead to stronger and more profitable business.
No one says it’s easy turning your innovation, idea or creative solution into a business reality. Breakthroughs and changes can be time consuming, expensive and need careful research and specialist know-how.
Wenn Townsend partner Tony Haines wants some clarity about finance and how his clients can access it to fuel future growth. With some financial experts claiming we are on the verge of another recession, combined with seemingly never-ending uncertainty surrounding the implications of Brexit, businesses in need of finance to grow are, according to Tony, finding it increasingly difficult to find a way through the changing lending criteria which banks put in their way.
The Oxford office of leading law firm Penningtons Manches supports some of the area’s most dynamic businesses and institutions through its specialist teams. With 14 partners and a total staff of nearly 100 at its base in Oxford Business Park, the firm’s multi-disciplinary approach concentrates on a variety of industry sectors relevant to the region including technology, life sciences, education and private wealth.
The corporate team at Freeths solicitors is a major player not only in the local market but also in the south east region, having completed 18 major transactions in 2017.
Interview with Laura Adkins, Director of Whitley Stimpson in charge of the Witney office.
All businesses face the need to harness new technologies for improved performance. It can be challenging but technology-enabled training and learning is one area that businesses should look at early on: it can build employee motivation and deliver tangible results.
OxLEP’s debate explores why a ‘sense of place’ is key to the county’s success
Freeths Solicitors commenced the first in a series of thought provoking roundtable dinners in the impressive Forte Room at Pembroke College. Guests enjoyed drinks on the college lawn in advance of a superb dinner, talk and Q&A with the equally impressive Tom Cheesewright.
When I decided to set-up as an independent consultant in the early spring of 2009, I had no idea that my vision would become the successful, thriving business that it is today.
A friendship that began at an Oxford school when two 12 year olds, Gavin Jones and Sean Smith, embarked on a car washing service, has grown to see the duo become successful business partners and founders of Planet IT, a multimillion pound company that celebrates its 15th anniversary this year with an office move from Harwell Innovation Centre to premises at Milton Park in addition to beating 2,500 competitors to be crowned the Sophos Partner of the Year 2018.