1. No need to purchase new TV

Reading rower Zac Purchase and all the other gold medal winners at the Olympics are awaiting the deliver of a brand new TV – courtesy of a Bracknell-based company.

2. Refurbishing old furniture back to its original best

3. Breakfast seminar on workplace web issues

Company bosses can find out how to make sure employees don’t misuse their internet resources at a free seminar.

4. Babcock digs helping others

Staff at infrastructure services firm Babcock rolled up their sleeves and got their hands dirty when they helped revamp a popular community garden.

5. Bankruptcies show decline

The number of people declaring themselves bankrupt in Reading has fallen by 17 per cent in the past three months, according to new research.

6. The only place for a unique retro style

7. A ‘coup’ for Nortons

Reading accountancy practice Nortons has strengthened its offering with the arrival of Christopher Owens.

8. Intellectual property seminar

West Berkshire’s trading standards is offering local businesses the chance to attend an intellectual property awareness seminar on Friday, September 26.

9. Hoping for an award

A Caversham developer is hoping to win a prestigious industry award following completion of the firm’s first overseas project in Crete.

10. Record year thanks to public sector contracts

Construction firm Morgan Ashurst has contributed to the best ever interim financial results for parent company Morgan Sindall plc.