WELCOME
ISSUE 11. 2015
The sun is out and summer is around the corner so we all look forward to tabloid headlines that screech ‘Phew, what a scorcher’. To many businesses summer is a very important
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trading time. For others it makes little difference apart for the fact that Sussex is a glorious place to work when the sun pops out. In this issue, we have been nose to the grindstone to bring you in-depth interviews, fascinating stories and news and views from around the region. We spent a day with Stewart Wingate, CEO of Gatwick Airport, to find out what will happen if they are granted the second runway and more importantly, what will
THE BIG INTERVIEW
Stewart Wingate, CEO of Gatwick Airport, has quite a job on his hands, not least the agonising wait to learn if Gatwick has been successful in its bid for expansion. Read his in-depth interview on page 28.
happen if they are not. John Burroughes, CEO of Uniglobe Travel takes a diversion from his normal airborne route and brings us news on the state of
THE LONG GOODBYE
the UK’s rail network and we chat to the Directors of
We take the last of the Land
Gemini Print about their sponsorship of the diverse
Rover Defenders down to
and creative Brighton Fringe.
Cornwall to get down and We also chat to the sponsors and winners of the
dirty. It’s a turgid old beast
Gatwick Diamond Business Awards 2015 to learn why
but you can learn to love it.
they entered and what winning means to them.
See page 74.
So, enjoy this issue, enjoy the sun and enjoy life – as they say, it really is to short.
Ian & Maarten
74 THE NATWEST ‘HATCHERY’ NatWest have launched a new business hatchery to give new enterprises the chance to grow, read all about it on page 24.
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