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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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"
6. 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.
7. ‘What I really want to do is help people'
Get Bracknell, Friday 20 February 2004For 12 years, City high-flyer Sebastian Brown spent so much time working and commuting he hardly saw his family or enjoyed the simple things in life. He quit last year to set up in business helping busy people sort out their everyday lives. He tells FRANCK MARCETEAU business is looking good because the idea is catching on
8. ‘What I really want to do is help people'
Get Bracknell, Friday 20 February 2004For 12 years, City high-flyer Sebastian Brown spent so much time working and commuting he hardly saw his family or enjoyed the simple things in life. He quit last year to set up in business helping busy people sort out their everyday lives. He tells FRANCK MARCETEAU business is looking good because the idea is catching on
9. International legal eagles who ‘do not beat about the bush'
Get Bracknell, Friday 12 March 2004Clarks is a Reading solicitors' firm owned by a team of partners who elect their boss every three years. Since Alderman Arthur Clark established the firm more than 90 years ago, it has been representing the interests of businesses and people from across the UK and beyond. Managing partner Michael Sippitt tells Franck Marceteau how he joined the firm more than 30 years ago as a trainee when Reading had just started to boom
10. ‘We won't accept mediocrity - key to our success'
Get Bracknell, Friday 5 March 2004Jeweller Douglas Jacobs is one of the very few family-owned or ‘independent' businesses left in central Reading. Since present owner Ian Jacobs took over from his father in 1966, Reading has grown immensely. He tells Franck Marceteau how important it is to adapt to change to survive. Mr Jacobs also says how grateful he is to the people of Reading for their support over the years.