6 REVIEW & GIVEAWAY
“World-first” Magic Wand
Wizard idea sells well after wooing investors and distributor

7 PUBLISHER
Simon Farrell
Welsh Rarebit

9 FOREWORD
Requiem for the Euro?
Howard Rosen CBE
President, COBCOE

11 PRESIDENT
Philip T Gibb
You Have to Be in It to Win It!
The 2011 BCCJ British Business Awards

13 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Lori Henderson
BCCJ Visit to Earthquake Zone

14 COVER STORY
Cloud Over BCP
Post-earthquake fears as firms shelve IT contingency plans amid waning sense of urgency

18 VISITING JAPAN
Dr Vince Cable
Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills

21 FEATURE
The Ever-Evolving MBA
More, Bigger, better, then before

26 LANGUAGE
Not Lost in Translation
Why would a Japanese study Welsh?

29 EDUCATION
Learning English Earlier
Primary school lessons should boost global business
30 COLLABORATION
Pet Products
How two firms are working together thanks to BCCJ ACUMEN

31 ENVIRONMENT
Cool and Green
Dyson’s stylish, eco-friendly alternative to power-hungry air-cons

32 EMBASSY
When Things Go Wrong “Know before you go”―our advice is not just for crises
British Embassy Tokyo

33 MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Two-Way Trade in IT Firms
But inbound M&A activity beset by challenges

INDUSTRY & A-LIST
IT & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING

34 Are You Lean?
Eliminate waste by streamlining project management

35 Flavour of the Month
Cloud computing is an increasingly popular IT service

39 BUSINESS RISK
The Case for Digital Evidence

40 INSURANCE
Counting the Cost
How 3/11 affected the insurance industry and consumers

41 BOOKS
Three reviews and giveaways

42 MEDIA
Insuring an adventurer, seaweed- powered plane, sea veggies, strawberry sarnies, expat exodus―again.

44 COMMUNITY
Embassy, CSR, government, fundraiser, film, competition, exhibition, celebrity

46 TRANSLATION
Contents summary in Japanese