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1. Our aim - taking the taboo out ot colonic irrigation
Get Wokingham, Friday 17 June 2005Colonic irrigation is a taboo subject that therapist Caroline Harmer is determined to break for the good of people's health. So, after gaining an international qualification, she set off to open her own colonic hydrotherapy clinic in Theale. She tells Franck Marceteau why cleansing his colon can lead to better health
2. Ex high-flyer gets the balance right with healing work
Get Wokingham, Friday 24 June 2005Until very recently, Alison Moss was a high-flying executive working for one of the country's biggest companies. She felt her life was dominated by stress and dissatisfaction, until she came across holistic therapies.
The 37-year-old tells Franck Marceteau how she found happiness in her life and career by becoming a professional aromatherapist
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. ‘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
6. ‘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
7. 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
8. ‘We won't accept mediocrity - key to our success'
Get Wokingham, Friday 5 March 2004Jeweller Douglas Jacobs is one of the very few family-owned or ‘independent' businesses left in central Reading. Since present owner Ian Jacobs took over from his father in 1966, Reading has grown immensely. He tells Franck Marceteau how important it is to adapt to change to survive. Mr Jacobs also says how grateful he is to the people of Reading for their support over the years.
9. Florist is blooming nine years on - and future looks good
Get Wokingham, Friday 19 March 2004Deborah Scott has been saying it with flowers for a good nine years now and her Twyford shop is still blossoming. A few months ago, she moved her business to bigger premises and earlier this year one of her staff won a Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen award for her futuristic flower arrangement. Today, she tells Franck Marceteau how lucky she feels to be able to do the thing she enjoys the most.
10. Man of property who 'loves every moment of it'
Get Wokingham, Friday 2 April 2004Estate agent Surjit Jutla decided to set up his own business because he wanted to be independent. Ten years on and despite the difficulties of running a small business, he loves "every moment of it", he tells Franck Marceteau
