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Wokingham Council vote unanimously to support local businesses
12/12/08
COUNCIL AGREES UNANIMOUSLY TO TRY TO HELP SMALL BUSINESSESAt their meeting last night (Thursday November 27), Wokingham Borough councillors agreed unanimously to do all they can to help local small businesses through the current economic downturn.
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Improving transport infrastructure for Wokingham
12/12/08
M4 Junction 11 on the right track with Laing O’Rourke in the driving seat Plans to improve one of the biggest commuter junctions that connects Wokingham, Reading and West Berkshire started this year with contractor Laing O’Rourke taking the driving seat.
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Brewing up better recycling practices
12/12/08
Businesses have been criticised over the past 12 months for being on a go-slow in the green stakes, either through throwing too much waste into costly landfill sites or over-packaging products and leaving consumers with a plethora of plastic and polystyrene.
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Council gets down to business at the Chamber of Commerce
12/12/08
Wokingham Borough Council is now in the business of keeping company with big and small firms from across the area, after becoming a member of the Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce in 2008.
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Borough’s budding Bransons receive free entrepreneurial advice
12/12/08
Aspiring Richard Bransons from across the Wokingham Borough have been soaking up free advice in a bid to kick-start their businesses at a free entrepreneur’s clinic.
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Keeping it local in Wokingham
12/12/08
Everything from the town centre regeneration, to car parking charges and attracting more visitors to the area has been discussed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and Wokingham Borough Council this year in a bid to keep trade local!
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Giving Something Back to the Borough’s Community
12/12/08
Corporate Social Responsibility schemes - where businesses give something back to the community in the form of funding, volunteering and help - flourished in the Wokingham Borough throughout 2008, with projects spanning from sprucing up the offices of a charity that helps bereaved children to a national donation pilot scheme being launched in a local supermarket.
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Recognition for University of Reading
12/12/08
The University of Reading recognised as one of the UK’s best for working with businesses The University of Reading was recognised as one of the leading educational institutions in the country for working with companies and supporting the local business community in 2008.
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