1. Hotel chain to create 250 jobs

HOTEL chain Travelodge is to create 250 jobs as part of its huge multi-million pound investment plans, it was announced yesterday.

2. Kilimanjaro mission for Zurich’s high achievers

THIRTY Zurich International Life (ZIL) employees will be taking on the challenge of a lifetime by climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, and at the same time attempting to raise £100,000 for charity.

3. Staying safe gives 999 charity a lift

DILIGENT engineers at Southern Electric have raised £3,000 for charity thanks to their outstanding workplace safety record.

4. Pay-as-you-go city driving club

5. Top hotel on the right road

A LUXURY West Berkshire hotel has been voted best in the UK in a national competition.

6. Twenty years on, the gamble proved right

SEPTEMBER marks the celebration of a very special anniversary for Bruce Potter.

7. Call for part-time post offices to help

PART-time post offices need to ease the impact on small businesses of the planned closure of 2,500 post offices in the next 18 months.

8. Train firm runner-up

SOUTH West Trains, which operates services through Reading station, has been named runner-up in the Best Rail Operator category at the 2007 Group Travel Awards.

9. New minister tells of skills’ importance

NEWLY appointed minister of state for trade and investment Sir Digby Jones visited a Reading company days before getting his new job.

10. Dogma’s day is on the way

NEW town centre bar Dogma will not rip off its customers or employ annoying doorstaff, says the man behind the development.