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London Business Matters Issue 208 November / December 2026
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FEATURES
Choose London 6 Fourth plinth 10 Building connections: Inside Edge Productions; UEL 11 2026 in front covers 12 Gabriel’ s Wharf: Coin Street 13 Bayeux Tapestry: British Museum 14 London’ s Gentlemen’ s Clubs 16 Banksy in Waterloo Place 17 Bank holiday: Battersea Power Station 17
LONDON LIFE
Ebola exhibition: Médecins Sans Frontières 20 Gene Kelly in Leicester Square 21 Tribute in Paternoster Square: Great Ormond Street 21 Hospitality business in London: Vince Burke 23 Transport history( Morden): Alstom 26
INTERNATIONAL
Middle East business: FSG 27 Liverpool diary 28 USA expansion: BlueSnap powered by payroc: 30 Taiwan National Day 32 King’ s Awards for Enterprise 32 WTO reform: BCC 33
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BOOK REVIEWS
The Intrapreneur Leader: Justin Pennington 34
Information Security Culture:
Tobias Ander 34 Stressed self to best self: Kevin Kachin and Nick Propper 34
A SMARTER CITY
Buying smart; great fitouts: Aristle 36
Third-party risk: J2 Software 37 The capability cliff: Sequora Ltd 38 AI in hospitality: Rotageek 39 From Innovation to Impact: Nat West 40
SUSTAINABILITY
London Build at Excel 41 On the beach: Veolia 42 Butterfly Conservation 42
SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Revised ISO standards: LRQA 44 Value of financial software: Intuit 46 The value of service: Vladychynska Consulting 47 Locking in funding: VAST Commercial Finance 48 False economy of underinsurance: Forum Insurance 49 Choosing the right display: Printwell 51 SME tips: tapping into expertise: Birkbeck University of London 52 HMRC approved mileage rates: C & B Partners 53
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
City Giving Day: Corporation of London 54 Asian Achievers Awards 55 St Andrew’ s Book Festival: Scotland House 56 Celebrating Global Achievement: 21 st Century Icon Awards 56
THE BIG READ
Security review for device: Dell Technologies 60
LCCI NETWORK
Business Owners Club at Marriott County Hall 69 Commercial Education Trust 73 Southside Chamber 73
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