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1. 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
2. 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
3. ‘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.
4. 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
5. Leaking cabinet secrets
Get Bracknell, Friday 1 October 2004AFTER working together for years, in 1989 friends Les Newell and Simon Corbyn decided to open their own furniture-making and restoration workshop. Mr Newell talks to Franck Marceteau about their success and the magic of creating unique furniture
6. Success comes naturally
Get Bracknell, Friday 17 September 2004Herbal medicine is sometimes dismissed as just another
‘alternative' therapy. But it takes years of training to qualify as a practitioner. Anna Cannon, a former media analyst, tells FRANCK MARCETEAU about the ups and downs of
building up her own clinic
7. You can never say ‘safe as houses’ in this line of work
Get Bracknell, Friday 23 July 2004When Richard McCarthy was 17 he decided to rent out some flats above his second-hand store. He now lets more than 200 properties and owns a beauty salon. But as he tells FRANCK MARCETEAU, it’s never safe to rest on one’s laurels
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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"