Issue 34 - 2017
A word from the Editors Welcome to the April issue of the widest circulation regional business magazine in the UK. It’s been busy. The Gatwick Diamond Business Awards are done and dusted for another year and we have all the images and information of the winners and a very good night was had by all. Congratulations to Jeremy Taylor and all his team at Gatwick Diamond Business for a splendid evening. Ian is still recovering! It seems to be awards season as we bring you the launch of the Lewes and District Business Awards and the Women in Business Excellence Awards, plus the results of the Chestnut Tree Business Awards, held recently at South Lodge Hotel. Accountancy firm MHA Carpenter Box have got a shark involved in their BITE event, DMH Stallard discuss how to ensure your company gets paid, Kreston Reeves explains the long-term effects of the Spring Budget and Rawlison Butler talk about the key issues to consider if you are relocating your business. Maarten joined Santander at the headquarters of McLaren and was quite smitten by the day. Then he had the arduous task of commenting on the 2017 Geneva Motorshow and reporting on a major prize from Porsche Mid-Sussex for those 20,000 odd visitors planned to attend the exciting Brighton & Hove Motorshow in June - oh, and screaming around the region in an 450bhp BMW M4 Competition Pack. He really hates his job! We also announce a brand new series of fascinating events at the British Airways i360, entitled The Thinking Pod and Amanda has been busy reviewing the Ledbury in Notting Hill, looking at the forthcoming food festivals and she is opening her own restaurant! There’s one she absolutely cannot review! Although l think there might be quite a few Platinum meetings moved to that location. So dive in as there is so much more inside and we are forced to quote the Regional Director Commercial Banking at Santander, Colin Berkeley, when he said, “If l have a spare minute, l pick up Platinum but it never works that way as l can never put it down”.
Maarten & Ian Platinum Business Magazine April 2017
The Team
Maarten Hoffmann – Director maarten@platinumbusinessmagazine.com
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Ian Trevett – Director ian@platinumbusinessmagazine.com
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Lesley Alcock
Amanda Menahem
Kate Morton
Business Development Director
Food & Drink Editor
Copy Editor
Rose Dykins
Julia Trevett
Sarah Walker-Bennett
Amanda Spicer
Travel Editor
Accounts Manager
Event Photographer
Head of Design
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