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1. Snowy snaps anyone?
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 29 October 2008People across Wokingham woke up this morning to find gardens and roofs covered in a pure white coat following the first snowfall of the season.
2. ‘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
3. ‘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
4. Revolutionary machine cleans up at airports
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 April 2004Entrepreneur Efi Rosen is the man who introduced the jet washer for cleaning cars to the UK back in 1985 from his Caversham office. Two years ago, he brought what he calls a “revolution” in the world of escalators with a state-of-the-art cleaning machine. Now, as he prepares to fly to Amsterdam for the launch of yet another new
super-cleaning machine, he tells Franck Marceteau why innovation is the key to success
5. Going the extra mile to boost clients' growth
Get Wokingham, Friday 2 July 2004Former marketing agent Lynn Cordell found her niche by developing unique programmes to help boost companies' sales and growth. She tells Franck Marceteau how going the extra mile for her clients is about to turn her company into a multi-million pound business
6. 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
7. Marquee firm reaches for ski to find a winner
Get Wokingham, Friday 23 April 2004Carters is probably the oldest family-owned business in Reading - its history dates back to 1830. And on Wednesday, the skiing and marquee equipment company celebrated its 40th year of trade in Caversham Road, a move which director Peter Carter hails as a turning point. He tells Franck Marceteau how the company has become one of the largest suppliers of ski clothes in the country
8. Putting the zing into on-line
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 July 2004Friends Graeme Radford and Paul Newman had one thing in mind when they decided to give up their jobs and set up their own business. They wanted to bring a bit of ‘zing' into the virtual world of on-line marketing. Managing director Mr Radford gives Franck Marceteau a taster of what Guava is like
9. Hot prospect for Fireplace Magic
Get Wokingham, Friday 21 May 2004Caversham trader John Lyons says two years after opening his fireplace showroom, a new Reading Borough Council parking permit scheme is threatening his livelihood because it is driving shoppers out. But for that his business's future would look pretty rosy, he tells Franck Marceteau
10. Making a big splash in tiles and bathrooms
Get Wokingham, Friday 14 May 2004Lisa Bain decided to set up her own bathroom and tiles business because she could not find the quality and prices she wanted. Just a week after the grand opening of her Twyford showroom, orders are already coming in, she tells Franck Marceteau