Contacts If you want to contact B4 Magazine Telephone: 01865 742211 E-mail: info@b4-business.com Publisher B4 Magazine is published by Designs On Ltd, The Firs, Headington Hill, Oxford, OX3 0BT Chairman Colin Rosser E-mail: colin@designs-on.co.uk Editor Richard Rosser E-mail: editorial@b4-business.com Art Editor Keith Simpson E-mail: artwork@b4-business.com Assistant Editor Tora Kelly Editorial contributors Anna Hobson Rob Overend Joyce Capek Proofreading Shani Farrant Advertising E-mail: sales@b4-business.com Administration Sue Edwardson E-mail: admin@b4-business.com Studio Photography Studio 8 Telephone: 01865 842525 Field Photography Eranga Hadirampela Hasula Prematilaka Telephone: 01865 742211 B4 Partners Apartments in Oxford B-Line Conference Centre Oxford Darbys Oxford Innovation Ltd Oxford Airport Oxford Castle Oxford Radcliffe Private Healthcare Oxfordshire Town Chambers Network Studio 8 VSL and Partners Wenn Townsend
Welcome to B4 Busy. That’s what everyone seems to be. Two men who have seen their fair share of ‘busy’ are Geordie Greig, Editor of The Evening Standard, and Sir John Madejski, founder of Auto Trader. Geordie tells us why, after nearly two hundred years, The Evening Standard is becoming a free newspaper, and Sir John tells us that delegating is the best way to grow, and that today’s youth are going to ‘save the world’. Maybe he’s referring to Andrew Creese, the new General Manager at Malmaison, or Emma Walker of Emma Walker Flowers, both making a success at a relatively young age. We also take a look to the future with a review of Diamond Light Source at Harwell, and an interview with Begbroke Science Park’s Professor Peter Dobson, who explains how problem solving today must be clearly thought through so as not to cause catastrophe in the future. New developments include a brand new four star hotel at The Oxfordshire Golf Club, why London Oxford Airport is the new name for Oxford Airport, the coming together of Penny & Sinclair, and a sneak preview of fascinating new conference facilities at Lady Margaret Hall.
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48: Royal Entrepreneur John Madejski gives us an insight into his views and opinions on the economy.
Our lead in B4 is provided by Lucy Properties, arguably Oxfordshire’s leading property management company, and commercial property agents, VSL, help introduce a novel package to attract tenants to Oxford Science Park. There are plenty of motivational and inspirational articles in B4, in fact all around us, to demonstrate that, no matter how big the obstacles are in your path, if you want something and believe in something enough, you can make anything happen.
18: The Freedom of London Geordie Greig tells us about The London Evening Standard becoming, literally, set free.
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76: A Flowering Reputation Emma Walker talks about her obsession and her love of the flower business.
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12: Proper Property Management Ian Ashcroft talks about Lucy Properties, past, present and future.