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Greenall Young
Entrepreneur of the Year
Haines Watts revealed that the 2016 overall winner of
its Young Entrepreneur of the Year competition was Dan
Greenall, of Oxford Vapours, at its recent final.
Other finalists included: Ahmed Yar Khan and Allahyar
Khan, of AKD Facilities Management; Darren Chadwick,
of Brite Green; Reni Reis, of Electric Mania; and Richard
and Tim Woods, of Yomp Marketing.
There was a wide range of industry sectors represented
at the awards: from sustainability strategy consulting and
digital marketing to online electronics retailing.
All finalists received a year of free mentoring with
a Haines Watts Partner and a ‘Marketing Mastermind Day’
as part of their prize, along with cheques for £250 and
free publicity. Winner Dan Greenall won a total cash
prize of £1,000.
The 2017 competition kicks off on 1 March 2017. If you
think you’ve got what it takes we’d love to hear from you
– www.hwye.co.uk.
Digital alarm
A report by Microsoft has found that
50% of all UK business leaders fear
the effects that digital disruption will
have on their organisations. And 44%
believe that their current business
models won’t exist at all in the next
five years. Despite these statistics, the
study showed that nearly half (46%)
of business decision-makers found
their senior leaders unwilling to put
disruption planning into place.
On the
right track
SME business train travel is on
the rise in the UK between cities
outside of London. Emerging
business hubs in Brighton,
Swindon, Peterborough and
Northampton have all seen rail
travel levels more than double
since 2012.
Jump starting
Christmas
On December 16 in Haines
Watts offices all over the UK,
there were some fantastic
festive jumpers on
show to help raise
money for Save
the Children. Mark
Seymour from our
Skegness office was
declared the winner
with this marvellous
effort. Thanks to all who
took part and contributed
to our total of over £1,000.
Publication Date: January 2017
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