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1. The human touch is key to success
Get Bracknell, Friday 17 December 2004A desire to get away from the nine-to-five daily grind inspired friends Lisa Wilks and Wendy Kinnell to set up on their own and provide employment services to small and medium-sized businesses. Ms Wilks told Franck Marceteau that a face-to-face approach is the best way to find new clients and give them the best service.
2. Hotel comparisons - what are the odds?
Get Bracknell, Friday 10 December 2004Liam Lyon was working for an IT company when he got the idea of setting up a website comparing odds during the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup. He then decided to do the same with hotels, resigned from his old job and now works full time on the site from his Caversham house. He tells Franck Marceteau that comparison sites are becoming more and more popular and the competition is getting tougher all the time
3. Duo's designs on success
Get Bracknell, Friday 3 December 2004Friends Nathan Virgin and Glen Richardson decided to merge their respective knowledge of sales and design to set up their own business. They spent a year carefully researching their project before launching their design agency with a difference just over a month ago. The result - Design Ontap - is unique. Mr Virgin tells Franck Marceteau
all about it
4. ‘I just want to be paid well for the services that I deliver'
Get Bracknell, Friday 26 November 2004A 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.
5. Local food for thought
Get Bracknell, Friday 19 November 2004Jo 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
6. Italian recipe for success - thanks to pasta master
Get Bracknell, Friday 12 November 2004Nino 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"
7. Fashioning out a model business from scratch
Get Bracknell, Friday 5 November 2004Suzanne 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
8. Nothing pet-ty about building village empire
Get Bracknell, Friday 22 October 2004Mike Marshall started in business 14 years ago with a small pet shop in Burghfield Common. As it grew, he bought neighbouring premises, which he now rents to a greengrocer and a baker, creating a small parade of shops in the village. His son Neil, who has now taken over the pet shop, tells Franck Marceteau how new technology is bringing customers from across the country
9. Clean sweep for glamorous 'Kim and Aggie' firm
Get Bracknell, Friday 15 October 2004When Clare O'Hara left work to have a baby, she needed to find a career she could work around her new family. Luckily a love of cleaning set her on the right track. She tells FRANCK MARCETEAU how business is going
10. The delicate approach to specialist food
Get Bracknell, Friday 8 October 2004For years County Delicacies has offered Reading shoppers a break from the norm. With its range of delicacies - ranging from East European sausages to rarely available wines, the shop has been a haven to those who don't want to be limited to supermarket choice.
Business reporter Franck Marceteau discovers why the shop has become the town's Aladdin's Cave