1. Rising rents cause Tilehurst Wool Shop to close

A wool shop which has been supplying avid knitters in Tilehurst for more than 70 years is to cast off this week.

2. All credit to Visa staff for hard work

Volunteers from a Reading-based company rolled up their sleeves to help out in the gardens of a charity.

3. Key strategies to boost enterprise

Lower business taxes and less red tape are two ways in which the coalition Government is helping business, according to Reading West MP Alok Sharma.

4. Leaders’ tour makes a Connect-ion to poverty

Captains of industry went on a less than grand tour of Reading last week to learn about pockets of poverty in the town.

5. ‘Model of how to conduct international collaboration’

Staff at the atomic weapons factory in Aldermaston have won a major Ministry of Defence award for a project working with non-nuclear power Norway.

6. Prince Andrew tunes in to high tech HQ

Prince Andrew is coming to Winnersh today to open the headquarters of a multi-national radio systems company.

7. Pub partnership is council blueprint

Reading will be taking a lead in helping businesses to cut red tape through an initiative which will also bring in extra cash.

8. Sir John Madejski slips down The Rich List

Sir John Madejski has slipped down the Sunday Times Rich List 2010 but he still has a few pennies in the bank.

9. Small firms urged to claim handout

10. Send 60 Mars ice cream bars to Australia!

The first customer to a new packaging and shipping company which opened in Reading in January had a challenging request.