1. Overtime for willing students

2. Shopping centre wins gold award

THE Oracle has won a national gold award after being voted top of the shops.

3. Sign off your Christmas card list to charity

READING data management firm Redstor is breaking the tradition of sending out corporate Christmas cards by donating the money, which would have been spent, to a charitable cause.

4. Loyal service rewarded

A CAVERSHAM caterer was treated to an all-expenses-paid trip to London by her employer to recognise her 20 years of loyal service.

5. Bar offers free wi-fi

STRESSED out office workers now have the perfect excuse to visit Revolution after it launched a free wi-fi service for customers.

6. Property firm achieves a rent high in mass lettings

READING-based property consultant Hicks Baker has announced a host of lettings in the town centre totalling 28,160 sq ft.

7. Agency is riding on new Wave

AN ADVERTISING agency is hoping for waves of new customers after extensive refurbishment and re-branding.

8. GreenPark welcomes ‘green’ buses

A NEW fleet of greener buses has begun ferrying workers to and from a South Reading business park.

9. CBI is downbeat about prospects

The CBI slashed its forecast for UK economic growth again today due to the continuing crisis in financial markets and soaring oil prices.

10. ‘Working on Christmas Eve is a waste of time’

FIRMS were urged today to allow their staff to work flexibly on Christmas Eve because offices open on that day would be a “complete waste of time”.