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1. ‘What I really want to do is help people'

Get Wokingham, Friday 20 February 2004
For 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

2. ‘What I really want to do is help people'

3. International legal eagles who ‘do not beat about the bush'

Get Wokingham, Friday 12 March 2004
Clarks 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

4. ‘We won't accept mediocrity - key to our success'

Get Wokingham, Friday 5 March 2004
Jeweller 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.

5. Florist is blooming nine years on - and future looks good

Get Wokingham, Friday 19 March 2004
Deborah 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.

6. Man of property who 'loves every moment of it'

Get Wokingham, Friday 2 April 2004
Estate 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

7. Engineering global success

Get Wokingham, Friday 7 May 2004
When engineering practice Peter Brett Associates was set up almost 40 years ago, it was made up of a small group of professionals working with architects. Now it employs close to 400 staff. Deputy senior partner Steve Capel-Davies speaks to Franck Marceteau.

8. Marquee firm reaches for ski to find a winner

Get Wokingham, Friday 23 April 2004
Carters 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

9. Revolutionary machine cleans up at airports

Get Wokingham, Friday 16 April 2004
Entrepreneur 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

10. Making a big splash in tiles and bathrooms

Get Wokingham, Friday 14 May 2004
Lisa 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