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1. BID boost after London borough first to sign up
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 23 November 2004Extra services: Business Improvement Districts are happening
2. Oil soars to new record of $52 a barrel
Get Bracknell, Thursday 7 October 2004Petrol hike: 'to 82p a litre'
3. 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
4. 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
5. Children can bank on fun
Get Bracknell, Monday 23 August 2004Happy castle - Staff from Barclays bank are pictured with some of the youngsters from Reading Mencap's Bubble Club who will be using a bouncy castle donated by staff from the bank's payment services centre
6. Meet a hot property
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 20 July 2004HOUSE ABOUT THAT - Jessica Josling receives her award for Young Property Manager of the Year award 2004 from Paul Harding, chairman of DTZ property managment
7. ‘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.
8. Here's to a beer that's just for us
Get Bracknell, Monday 15 November 2004WORKERS at the Berkshire Brewery will get their own beer to celebrate the Reading plant's 25th birthday.
9. Abbey sold to Spain for £8.5 billion
Get Bracknell, Monday 26 July 2004TAKEOVER: banks reach agreement
10. Letting firm go ahead
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 19 October 2004BRANCHING OUT - Peter Fuller, lettings director at Romans, and staff from the firm's Thames Valley branches with their Association of Residential Letting Agents certificates. The industry watchdog award is a requirement before firms can join the Tenancy Deposit Scheme