West Berkshire & North Hampshire
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Luke Johnson sponsors Boys Beating Cancer
Luke Johnson Flooring is sponsoring “Boys Beating Cancer” and the fun runs that are scheduled for Sunday 26th July 2015 at Newbury Showground, starting at 10.30am. There are fun runs for everyone including 1k, 5k and 10k. See here for more information: www.boysbeatingcancer.org. Although this is a race for boys and men, women are also [...]
A Growing South – East
The Fast Growth Conference held in the heart of Guildford on the 19 June, brought together over 120 of the South’s growing businesses.
The event, which was held in partnership by GrowthAccelerator � …
Cobal wins the BSGA award
A local architectural signage company has won a prestigious industry award for its work with The Library of Birmingham, following a presentation held on Thursday 30th October in Birmingham.
Cobal Sign …
Laura Cooper – Business mom
A multi-talented Hungerford mum is using her skills to help out other busy business parents.
When Laura Cooper’s son Lorcan was born last Christmas day, she knew she could never return to the 11 hou …
Updates from our MP Richard Benyon
Richard Benyon MP bids Farewell to the Hopson Family
Following today’s announcement that Camp Hopson, the independent retailer which has been part of Newbury life for 93 years, has been sold to Mo …
Taxicode Nominated in Good Web Guide
Hampshire based taxi-booking service Taxicode has been nominated in the Good Web Guide’s Website of the Year Awards 2014, just weeks after being named a winner of the O2 Smarta 100 Awards 2014.
As o …
Dovetail celebrate 25 year Anniversary
Dovetail Human Resources Group the Newbury based recruitment company held a 25th anniversary celebration at their Newbury offices.
John O’Brien the company’s founder and managing Director welcome …
Chamber update
With planning well under way for 2015, the West Berks Chamber is eagerly awaiting the new year with fresh and innovative ideas, products and services for our members.
Together with a revised events pr …
Renewable Heat Incentive makes sense.
Government Backed Renewable Heat Incentive makes such financial sense. Biomass heating:a guaranteed return on your investment that’s 22 x higher than the average savings account
With general sa …
Be Kind to Your Boiler!
Boilers, like cars, can run for years without being serviced, but if they aren’t checked regularly it could be costly in the long run. Boilers are subject to gradual wear and tear and if minor probl …
Are you a Chef looking for a Challenge?
Twofour are currently in the process of casting for a new and exciting culinary series with a known TV talent for a major terrestrial TV broadcaster. We are looking to cast chefs to take a step up t …
Become the Manager Employees Never Want to Leave
Recognize This! – People leave bosses, not companies. Good managers make sure their employees succeed before themselves.
We’ve all heard the truism that people quit managers not jobs. If retention …
How Remarkable is Your Business?
As a business owner, do you find it difficult to get your message across in a clear, concise and compelling way, to enable you to achieve more client success?
Have you made time to consider what you a …
The Great British Bake and the Athena Businesswomen
What the Great British Bake Off can teach us about marketing is one of the topics up for discussion by West Berkshire businesswomen at their September meetings.
The Newbury North group meets at the Do …
Richard Skehens retires as CEO of Grundon
Richard Skehens FRICS, MCIWM, FIQ, FRSA has retired from his position as CEO of Grundon Waste Management Limited after 31 years’ service.
Speaking about Richard’s retirement, chairman Norman Grund …
Connect across the platforms
I am writing this article on the back of a day where I have been without internet access at the FutrSocial offices. For many businesses access to the Internet is a vital element of their operation, so …
Have You Got The Right Mindset?
BBB Success Groups are the Mindset mentoring clubs for business owners and entrepreneurs who are serious about success and want to develop the Mindset for success.
Make you more successful
Make you mo …
Need help growing your business?
The Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce Group works with businesses across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Swindon to help them achieve their full business potential. We do this by offering …
Grow With Coras
Shawn Khorassani of Coras, offering a seminar on Business Growth. Photo by KSP Photos
Following the success of the past two Coras annual business competitions, the company has now moved into a new exc …
Love you what you do
Different people have different reasons for starting a business, it can be because you want the freedom to make your own living or doing something you truly love doing.
I absolutely love what I do, fo …