Market Comment

Since B4 launched in 2006, we have had the pleasure of working with key individuals in the Oxfordshire business community who have really seized the mettle and worked with B4 to help their business through contact with other B4 customers. One such customer is Susannah Maxa, previously of STL Communications. Having taken the opportunity to step back from STL when it merged with Intellion, Susannah spent a fruitful 9 months working to great effect with ORH Charitable Funds, raising the Trusts awareness within the Corporate community, we now have the pleasure of dealing with Susannah at Oxfordshire financial services company, Amber Financial Management.

The world is a financial minefield and changes in circumstance can change your life overnight. The Focus Group specialise in finding both proactive and reactive solutions working closely with other professionals, such as lawyers and accountants. Nick Walker and Gary Hunt of Focus explain how.

Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t an action brought by an employee against an employer, alleging discrimination, sexual harassment or unfair dismissal. Steve Ilott of Focus Insurance Consultants sheds some light on the insurance aspect of Employment Law.

Barclays community programme is one strand of the strategy referred to by John Varley and this is where their support for the Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) comes in. Ian Workman, Area Director of Barclays Commercial Bank - Oxford Team and a Trustee of the OCF, recently helped to organise a gala dinner in support of the foundation. B4 were kindly invited to hear ex-Vodafone Chief Executive Sir Christopher Gent give a passionate speech about the necessity for all of us to recognize the needs of those less fortunate than ourselves and to champion the work of this remarkable organisation.