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People Robert Stephenson explains why business and music is a blast; the fab four behind new eatery Dishoom; Fabrice Ward personalises laptops. Plus, Malcolm Craig's stock options; Lord Blair; and Sheepskin's take on UK holiday homes.
Travel Geneva
Books Four new business titles
Top tips Net success; Sahar Hashemi
Strategy Young Marmalade
Business clinic Breckland Print
UKTI Research Doing business overseas—the findings
opinion
Iqbal Wahhab Scrap bank holidays for financiers and get them volunteering
Jane Simms How can we enjoy the moment with 24/7 connectivity?
Jo Owen Cameron and Clegg's leadership qualities
John Elkington Why business as usual threatens our world
Your letters
Debate Is the City failing UK start-ups?
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Enterprise Five hundred SMEs have won Olympic 2012 contracts to date. So what's the best way to win a tender?
Regulation What employers need to know about the new Equality Act and how it will affect the workplace
Technology Will collaborative consumption change the way we buy?
Profile Entrepreneur-turned private equity investor Tim Levene tells Director it's ideas and timing that count
Emerging markets George Magnus, author of Uprising, on the Bric economies
Leadership From crisis management
to teamwork: how lessons learnt by referees can be applied to business
Management How to adopt employee performance measures that work for the business without alienating staff
Business education Why the credit crisis has changed the way we learn. Plus, green MBAs and the skills gap
review
Film An interview with celebrated writer-director Stephen Poliakoff
Film Wall Street: money never sleeps
Hotel Carey's Manor Hotel and Spa
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