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London Business Matters Issue 207 September / October 2026
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FEATURES
LCCI QES: HSBC 6 Sea Lanes in Canary Wharf 11 Lingfield Park 13 Mayor’ s London Plan 14 LCCI AGM 16
LONDON LIFE
Bugs Bunny in Leicester Square 20 Bid of World Athletics Championships 20 The Wimbledon( tennis) effect 21 Daytime London eating out: Vince Burke 23
CONNECTED LONDON
London’ s talent paradox: University of East London 26 Gatwick cleared for take-off 27 Luton on the rise 27 London attracting talent and investment: R3Location 28
INTERNATIONAL
ATA Carnets: Cars by Rocket 30 Multimodal exhibition: Birmingham NEC 31 UK exporters flounder: BCC 32 SME London Business Awards 32 General Counsel Summit 33
BOOK REVIEWS
Harmony in differences:
Catherine Xiang Segal 34 Staying true to yourself Dr Patricia Hewlin 34 Forget Normal: I want MAGIC: Claire Brumby 36
A SMARTER CITY
Causal AI: VectorPeak 36 Beyond ERP: OxyOne 37 Customer-facing AI: Softomate Solutions 38 Competitive advantage in the AI era: Zepul 39 Impact of poor connectivity: TrellisWorks 40 Gearing up for virtual assistance: SmartPA 41
SUSTAINABILITY
Leading the conversation: FINN Partners 42 Reset Connect 44
SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Leadership without borders: GSFEN Business School 46 EAs and PAs as strategic partners: Your Excellency 47 TikTok at Covent Garden Market 48 Outsourcing payroll: AAB 49 Real-time visibility: Staria 51 Business storytelling: Stay Noisey 52 Desk setup mistakes: Fellowes 54 Trust in business: Global Trade Expo 55
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
London’ s greatest asset – its people: Menzies 56
THE BIG READ
Asset tracing: Harod Associates 60
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