1. Have you got ‘wow’ factor?

Budding singers, guitarists and street dancers turned out in force on Saturday as the search to find the hottest talent in Reading continued.

2. ‘I’ve always had a passion for food’

Cooking has never been Pru Naik’s forte – but that hardly matters when you own 24 thriving fast food restaurants.

3. Working out new ways to get fit

Desperate to get in shape but bored of slogging away at the gym?

4. A special service for that special day

Beauty therapist Joyce Connor has set up her own venture to help black and mixed race brides look perfect on their big day.

5. Rolling back the years

Jeffrey McCarthy hopes to peddle his way to a fortune by selling traditional ice cream on an old Victorian bicycle.

6. Boom time for leading manufacturing firms

Many manufacturing firms were outperforming the rest of the economy and were well placed to weather the current economic downturn, according to a new report today.

7. ‘We make a real difference to lives’

Karin Brown certainly knows the meaning of the word ‘responsibility’ – she looks after the financial future of more than a million pensioners.

8. Town’s only way is up...

A futuristic office tower is set to transform the town centre skyline when it is completed next spring.

9. ‘I’m not playing at selling great toys’

Sarah Tubbs was so obsessed with cuddly toys she decided to set up her own shop in the Harris Arcade selling everything from traditional teddy bears to lifesize penguins.

10. Shouting about new mobile maps