1. ‘I just want to be paid well for the services that I deliver'

Get Bracknell, Friday 26 November 2004
A passion for lorries inspired entrepreneur Clive Maple to set up his own haulage and delivery company. After a hard start, the
business grew and Mr Maple now owns a fleet of about 30 lorries and vans. He tells Franck Marceteau one of the biggest problems affecting the industry is the spiralling price of fuel.

2. Local food for thought

Get Bracknell, Friday 19 November 2004
Jo Compton decided to leave a career as an estate agent behind her and teamed up with farmer's wife friend Mandy Strang to set up a food shop. The pair now take pride in selling only local produce and good quality food and are looking forward to becoming a growing business. Ms Compton talks passionately to Franck Marceteau about tasty food and the power that people have to choose where they shop and how they enjoy eating

3. Italian recipe for success - thanks to pasta master

Get Bracknell, Friday 12 November 2004
Nino Bartolomei came to England to watch the World Cup in 1966. He stayed and introduced diners to the cuisine of his native Salerno in southern Italy. Many restaurants later he confesses to Franck Marceteau that catering "is in your blood - once you start you cannot stop"

4. Fashioning out a model business from scratch

Get Bracknell, Friday 5 November 2004
Suzanne Lavine got to strut the world's biggest catwalks after winning the Evening Post Model of the Year Competition back in 1984. Twenty years on and she has decided to set up the first children's model agency in the Reading area. She tells Franck Marceteau she likes the flexibility and decision-making responsibility of running her own business