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1. Baby clothes firm blooms with web
Get Bracknell, Friday 16 December 2005Becoming a mum gave Lisa Roberts the inspiration to start a business – selling baby clothes. The difference, however, is all the clothes she sells are folded and presented in the shape of flowers and bouquets. She tells Franck Marceteau why the internet is helping business blossom
2. DIY shop looking good 40 years on
Get Bracknell, Friday 9 December 2005Village store Dad’s Shop is one of the remaining gems in the world of small independent businesses. The DIY shop in Mortimer Common stocks a myriad of stuff we all need at home, from bulbs to screwdrivers. Owner Liz Telling tells Franck Marceteau how she decided to take on the shop her grandpa set up almost 40 years ago
3. DJ Jon sounds out internet radio
Get Bracknell, Friday 25 November 2005A year after it started, Total Sounds is about to go live when it launches a new internet radio station, which will provide a forum for budding DJs. Jon Granat tells Franck Marceteau why setting up his shop was the best thing he’s ever done
4. Walk this way for a trip into ethnic heaven
Get Bracknell, Friday 18 November 2005Rod Davies’ shop in Bristol and West Arcade is the epitome of what a small independent boutique should be. At Shakti you will find a myriad of clothes, handicrafts and jewellery imported directly from India and Nepal. But the reality of trying to sustain the shop in a town full of big chains’ branches is hard work, he tells Franck Marceteau
5. Our trade is the hair of the dog
Get Bracknell, Friday 21 October 2005Hairstyling is not just for people, you know - our four-legged friends also need looking after.
When Hannah Brooksbank started getting compliments about her poodle Kia's coiffure, she thought she would open a specialist canine beauty salon. FRANCK MARCETEAU reports
6. Pipe dream - shop's baccy to the future
Get Bracknell, Friday 14 October 2005Paul and Karen Gilmour's tobacco shop is a truly unique business in Reading. The shop with an ‘old world' feel in Reading's historic Harris Arcade boasts hundreds of rare cigars from across the world, and as many pipes and sorts tobacco. Mr Gilmour tells Franck Marceteau how he originally bought the shop for his wife and loved it so much he got involved as well
7. Duo snap happy for wedding day bliss
Get Bracknell, Friday 7 October 2005David and Marion Canning have photographed more than 1,000 weddings since they set up their company 30 years ago. The couple started David And Marion Photography shortly after their own wedding in 1973. Mr Canning tells Franck Marceteau it is all about perseverance, enjoyment and sticking together
8. Books and toys - an unusual mix
Get Bracknell, Friday 30 September 2005Chris and Julia King set up book and toy store Wordplay to give Caversham people a chance to shop in their own community. Mr King tells Franck Marceteau he is positive about the future despite the uncertain economic climate
9. Meat the pie people for taste of success
Get Bracknell, Friday 23 September 2005Craig Hayward and his mum June probably make the best pies in Reading - possibly even the whole country. The pair run the famous Sweeney & Todd shop in the town centre, which has delighted the town's food lovers for almost 30 years. Mr Hayward gives Franck Marceteau a taste of the 20 different varieties of pies the shop has on offer each day
10. Gifts 'n' bedroom toys
Get Bracknell, Friday 16 September 2005Gary and Katrina Mumford decided to set up a shop selling the stuff they were into – alternative fashion and gifts – in Smelly Alley. They take Franck Marceteau on a tour including a rather ‘ooh la la’ room strictly for the over-18s