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3. Baby clothes firm blooms with web
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 December 2005Becoming a mum gave Lisa Roberts the inspiration to start a business – selling baby clothes. The difference, however, is all the clothes she sells are folded and presented in the shape of flowers and bouquets. She tells Franck Marceteau why the internet is helping business blossom
4. DIY shop looking good 40 years on
Get Wokingham, Friday 9 December 2005Village store Dad’s Shop is one of the remaining gems in the world of small independent businesses. The DIY shop in Mortimer Common stocks a myriad of stuff we all need at home, from bulbs to screwdrivers. Owner Liz Telling tells Franck Marceteau how she decided to take on the shop her grandpa set up almost 40 years ago
5. DJ Jon sounds out internet radio
Get Wokingham, Friday 25 November 2005A year after it started, Total Sounds is about to go live when it launches a new internet radio station, which will provide a forum for budding DJs. Jon Granat tells Franck Marceteau why setting up his shop was the best thing he’s ever done
6. Walk this way for a trip into ethnic heaven
Get Wokingham, Friday 18 November 2005Rod Davies’ shop in Bristol and West Arcade is the epitome of what a small independent boutique should be. At Shakti you will find a myriad of clothes, handicrafts and jewellery imported directly from India and Nepal. But the reality of trying to sustain the shop in a town full of big chains’ branches is hard work, he tells Franck Marceteau
7. Our trade is the hair of the dog
Get Wokingham, Friday 21 October 2005Hairstyling is not just for people, you know - our four-legged friends also need looking after.
When Hannah Brooksbank started getting compliments about her poodle Kia's coiffure, she thought she would open a specialist canine beauty salon. FRANCK MARCETEAU reports
8. Pipe dream - shop's baccy to the future
Get Wokingham, Friday 14 October 2005Paul and Karen Gilmour's tobacco shop is a truly unique business in Reading. The shop with an ‘old world' feel in Reading's historic Harris Arcade boasts hundreds of rare cigars from across the world, and as many pipes and sorts tobacco. Mr Gilmour tells Franck Marceteau how he originally bought the shop for his wife and loved it so much he got involved as well
9. Duo snap happy for wedding day bliss
Get Wokingham, Friday 7 October 2005David and Marion Canning have photographed more than 1,000 weddings since they set up their company 30 years ago. The couple started David And Marion Photography shortly after their own wedding in 1973. Mr Canning tells Franck Marceteau it is all about perseverance, enjoyment and sticking together
10. Books and toys - an unusual mix
Get Wokingham, Friday 30 September 2005Chris and Julia King set up book and toy store Wordplay to give Caversham people a chance to shop in their own community. Mr King tells Franck Marceteau he is positive about the future despite the uncertain economic climate