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Issue - February 2012

This month we lead with Insider’s Power 100, the definitive guide to power and influence in Yorkshire. We also have the first set of this year’s 42 Under 42, the business young guns taking aim at the big leagues.

20 years: a long time in business

I’ve been thinking about the future, about 20 years hence to be precise. Now, I’m not foolish enough to make bold predictions about how life will change by 2032.

Power 100

There is no exact science to compiling a list of Yorkshire’s most powerful and influential people. Power is difficult to define and open to interpretation.

Exporter of the Month - Optare

It’s quite simple really,” explains Jim Sumner, “you just follow the money.” The bus manufacturer, based in Sherburn, has just secured a large order in South Africa, won after the chief executive of Optare decided to target the country because of the infrastructure developments surrounding the football World Cup.

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