WELCOME

As the days grow longer and we look forward to summer, there is a palpable buzz around that business is booming in many sectors and confidence is rising to the point that the immediate future will not be as bleak as many, mainly the press, paint it.

It is so easy to talk ourselves into a recession. Therefore, all Platinum titles avoid the awful headline scare stories and will continue to tell it how it is from the lips of the business community.

Certainly at the 15th year of the Gatwick Diamond Awards held on March 23rd, there was laughter and joy throughout the room as a fabulous array of great businesses took home the trophies. Platinum is proud to be the exclusive media partner for the event and inside we reveal all the winners.

Talking of events, the season is almost upon us, and entries are open for the Dynamic Awards on May 25th; the Central South Awards (covering Hampshire, Dorset, Surrey and West Sussex) on July 5th; the Surrey Business Awards on October 17th; and the big one, the Sussex Business Awards on November 30th. Get those entries in now! To boot, the Lewes Business Awards will be returning in November. And finally, the Brighton & Hove Business Awards (BAHBAS) will be returning very soon.

In this issue, we look at the life of Betty Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House of Commons; DMH looks at supply chain risk, EMC discusses selling your business, Kreston Reeves looks at ways around liquidation and, in Anger Management, Maarten gets hot under the collar about the first lady of France.

We uncover the horror being inflicted upon us by the leaders of our water companies; the Gatwick Airports Annual Report is in, and Loch Associates discusses how to manage a toxic culture at work.

And that’s just for starters as the magazine is packed with great advice, news of who’s doing what – and some light hearted items such as travel and motoring.

We are not the highest circulation business magazines in the UK for nothing.