FIND out what your rivals are up to by reading this month's free issue of Hampshire business, the spin-out colour magazine from the Daily Echo.

The 48-page news publication is packed with market intelligence and personality profiles that can be easily utilised by canny firms to build up contacts and generate more money.

A whole section devoted to the latest multi-million pound deals in the county involving your competitors.

On top of that, Hampshire Business provides unrivalled coverage of the regional professional services' world, with the spotlight on lawyers, business advisors, movers and shakers and commercial property experts.

Full of general business news stories, the magazine highlights the issues that impact upon you, your staff and your bottom-line profits.

There are also pictures of nearly 300 people in Hampshire Business - some of them, once again, making inroads into the hard-earned share of your particular market.

One of the pages looks at those firms that have racked up debts or have been convicted of wrong-doing.

Also:

Hundreds of firms in south Hampshire are to be affected by the county's own winter of discontent; find out why.

Check out how one local businessman sold a hotel chain for a cool £66.5m after slogging it out in the early years.

Are hoteliers in Southampton doing enough to cash in on a landmark development in the city centre in just three years' time?

Whatever the subject, Hampshire Business is there to keep hundreds of thousands of workers in the county reliably informed about what affects their working lives.

The question is, can you afford to be out of the information loop when it comes to this money-spinning market intelligence and positioning? You might not care, but your boss undoubtedly does. Bet your job on it.

To order complimentary copies of Hampshire Business, e-mail peter.bullwinkle@soton-echo.co.uk or ring 023 8042 4777. Alternatively, you can view it online by clicking the Business South magazine link on the Business homepage.