1. Manufacturing Jobs to go as recession bites

Press Association Industrial Correspondent Manufacturing is heading for a recession as serious as the one which decimated the industry a decade ago after new research revealed that the outlook had taken a "significant" turn for the worse, a gloomy new report warned today.

2. Drive the recycling revolution

One of the fastest growing multi-material recycling companies in the UK is taking on staff in Reading.

3. Express yourself at cutting-edge salon

A salon in Central Reading is offering stylists a chance to be a cut above the rest.

4. The bucks start here

When the European Union decides to hand out cash to farmers, it is the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) which makes the payouts.

The executive agency of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is responsible for administering Common Agricultural Policy schemes, sometimes throughout the UK and sometimes just in England.

5. A job with community ties

People who work for NatWest at Theale are positively encouraged to get involved with the local community and support charities.

6. Don’t wine – how about this for a new career...?

LAITHWAITES in Theale is a big name in wine in this country and the world.