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ONSIDE CONTENTS 4 / Onside News 20 / Acceleris Q&A 6 / Banking Q&A 22 / Property Q&A 10 / Opinion 26 / Funds IHT service going strong – with new Seneca deals. The battle between businesses and banks. The challenges of turning around a family business. 12 / Interview Michael Taylor meets Michael Finnigan of i2i. 16 / Deal Profile Seneca has invested in My Parcel Delivery. 16 18 / Deal Profile Investing using the Enterprise Investment Scheme. New opportunity to invest in residential property. Market commentary with Alan Borrows and Simon Callow. 28 / Guest Comment Phil Orford: banks and business. 30 / Sport & Social The Seneca team out and about and raising money for charity. Seneca’s Gordon Lane tells the story of Utiligroup. W elcome to the third edition of Onside – Seneca’s magazine for businesses. In this issue we’ve got plenty of examples of how Seneca is mobilising hard-earned capital to deliver returns and help Britain’s entrepreneurs. We’ve also got an exclusive interview with top business psychologist Michael Finnigan and a guest column from Phil Orford of the Forum for Private Business. We are delighted to bring you opinion and insights from the Seneca team. Please get in touch if you have any ideas for future articles for Onside. This is a business magazine produced by Seneca. If you would like extra copies please get in touch: Seneca Partners Ltd, 12 The Parks, Haydock, WA12 0JQ. T: 01942 271 746 E: [email protected] W: senecapartners.co.uk Editor: Michael Taylor - [email protected] Design: Pixel Junction - [email protected] 22 21