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  1. The British Council For Offices Annual Conference at The ICC in Birmingham. Isabel Oakeshott speaks during the panel debate
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  3. The British Council For Offices Annual Conference at The ICC in Birmingham. Sir Albert Bore speaks
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  5. The British Council For Offices Annual Conference at The ICC in Birmingham. Richard Kauntze, BCO chief executive
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  7. The British Council For Offices Annual Conference at The ICC in Birmingham. Dr Gerard Lyons, chief economic advisor to the Mayor of London
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  9. The British Council For Offices Annual Conference at The ICC in Birmingham. Isabel Oakeshott, political editor of The Sunday Times
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