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1. Contact Us
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 21 May 2008Click here for contact details of the Wokingham Times team.
2. Variety is spice of life for 'nation of collectors'
Get Wokingham, Friday 3 June 2005Reading's Harris Arcade holds many treasures and one of them is Reading Collectors' Centre. The small shop in the art deco style offers a myriad of vinyls, TV memorabilia, old toys and games, antiques and militaria. Business partner John Willcocks tells Franck Marceteau why it is so good to do something you are passionate about rather than a "normal job"
3. A wedding dream comes true
Get Wokingham, Friday 27 May 2005Two months ago Moni Lumley's dream of playing the wedding fairy came true when she opened her shoes and accessories shop. Among scores of pretty shoes, headdresses, handbags and rose petals, Mrs Lumley uses her experience of the wedding industry to give customers her best advice.
She tells Franck Marceteau how her life-long dream became a reality thanks to her family
4. Key to success - retro dresses and hard work
Get Wokingham, Friday 20 May 2005Jo White opened Vintage clothes store Rock-a-Round as a small retro clothes store in Central Reading 10 years ago in the landmark Bristol & West Arcade and shoppers were instantly attracted. She tells Franck Marceteau why the future of small traders in Reading has become so bleak
5. Lady plumber Janet is flushed with success
Get Wokingham, Friday 10 June 2005Janet Rivers decided to bring her feminine touch to the male-dominated world of plumbing. After years of working in a bank while dreaming of starting her own business, redundancy was the catalyst for her to act on her dream. Eight months after setting up Girls On Tap, she talks to Franck Marceteau
6. 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
7. 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
8. ‘What I really want to do is help people'
Get Wokingham, Friday 20 February 2004For 12 years, City high-flyer Sebastian Brown spent so much time working and commuting he hardly saw his family or enjoyed the simple things in life. He quit last year to set up in business helping busy people sort out their everyday lives. He tells FRANCK MARCETEAU business is looking good because the idea is catching on
9. ‘What I really want to do is help people'
Get Wokingham, Friday 20 February 2004For 12 years, City high-flyer Sebastian Brown spent so much time working and commuting he hardly saw his family or enjoyed the simple things in life. He quit last year to set up in business helping busy people sort out their everyday lives. He tells FRANCK MARCETEAU business is looking good because the idea is catching on
10. International legal eagles who ‘do not beat about the bush'
Get Wokingham, Friday 12 March 2004Clarks is a Reading solicitors' firm owned by a team of partners who elect their boss every three years. Since Alderman Arthur Clark established the firm more than 90 years ago, it has been representing the interests of businesses and people from across the UK and beyond. Managing partner Michael Sippitt tells Franck Marceteau how he joined the firm more than 30 years ago as a trainee when Reading had just started to boom