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Straight talking: Who'd want to teach?
February 13, 2001 9:37: HAVE you ever thought of doing something so foolhardy that even the idea of it will later bring you out in a cold sweat? You know the sort of thing climbing Mount Everest in a T-shirt and shorts, sailing round the world solo in
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Who'd ever teach?
February 13, 2001 9:48: HAVE you ever thought of doing something so foolhardy that even the idea of it will later bring you out in a cold sweat? You know the sort of thing climbing Mount Everest in a T-shirt and shorts, sailing round the world solo in
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Octagon boss polished his skills at M&S
Name: Richard Paxton Position: Centre manager The Octagon Born: 13.10.68 Education: Secondary school, Pontefract, West Yorkshire Lives: Lacey Green, married WHILE I was doing my A-levels, I had a job filling shelves at Marks & Spencer in Pontefract
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Youngster has her purse returned
February 13, 2001 9:31: LITTLE Megan Moore is smiling again after her favourite purse was found with all her holiday money still in it. The three-year-old left her favourite purse in an early learning bag in the toilet during a visit to McDonalds, High
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Agent argues to build on Green Belt
A COMMERCIAL agent believes there is a need to look at using Green Belt land at the edges of the Wycombe District to fill the demand for high grade offices in the area. Lance Slater, of Slater Associates in Marlow, who is also chairman of the High Wycombe
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Animal rights protest
February 13, 2001 9:24: CABINETS were upturned, windows were smashed and machinery was destroyed by animal rights protesters at a company building in Stokes Poges. About 50 members of the national campaign group SHAC (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) descended
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Best selling handbook updated
A NEW edition of a best-selling personnel administration handbook is due out in the spring. The Personnel Administration Handbook by John Forsaith of John Forsaith Associates in Seer Green and Nick Townsend of Personnel in Action in Beaconsfield was first
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Drive-by gangs 'copying TV yobs'
February 13, 2001 9:27: POLICE are investigating links between five attacks by drive-by gangs on pedestrians over the same night. PC Steve Welford who is investigating the incidents, said he feared the attacks may have been copycat crimes. He said there
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Exciting times for company's new team
MANAGING director Roy Fewster always had an ambition to run his own company. He achieved his aim last year when he bought forklift truck firm Swire Materials Handling in a management buy-in. The £20 million deal was backed by the Bank of Scotland and
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Don't get caught out by your website
CHARTERED accountant Karen Bartlett is warning businesses to ensure their websites don't land them in hot water with the Inland Revenue. Karen, a partner in the High Wycombe office of chartered accountants Saffery Champness, said: "People need to ensure
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Truck firm clinches second £1/2m contract
February 13, 2001 13:08: THE Forkway Group is celebrating its second major order for forklift and warehouse trucks since the end of last year. The latest £500,000 order for the group, based in Raans Road, Amersham, was placed by Commodore Express, of
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Best-selling handbook updated
February 13, 2001 11:44: A NEW edition of a best-selling personnel administration handbook is due out in the spring. The Personnel Administration Handbook by John Forsaith of John Forsaith Associates in Seer Green and Nick Townsend of Personnel in Action
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Developers queue up for former Evans Halshaw site
February 13, 2001 13:15: A SHORTLIST of companies wanting to acquire the former Evans Halshaw Vauxhall and Nissan dealership site is being drawn up following intense interest from developers. Andrew Cobden, associate director of commercial property consultants
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Baked food firm calls in experts to set up IT system at new HQ
February 13, 2001 11:04: BAKING and branded foods business Ranks Hovis McDougall (RHM) has awarded a contract for an undisclosed sum to a Hampshire company to create new corporate IT facilities at its new headquarters in Marlow. The contract with IT solution
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Publisher scoops double award glory
February 13, 2001 11:43: A PUBLISHER has scooped two national awards for its publications in the fields of science, the environment and conservation. February 13th Natural World magazine, edited by Red Fox Media in Amersham for the Wildlife Trust, won
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Skills crisis forces firms to embrace the over 50s
February 13, 2001 11:02: AN EMPLOYMENT research project in Buckinghamshire has shown a complete turnaround in attitude towards staff aged over 50. The escalating skills shortage in the Thames Valley seems to have forced managers to wake up to the fact
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Thinking about possible rail consequences
February 13, 2001 9:50: SO Central Railway has asked John Prescott for a "special bill to avoid the public inquiry" into Central's plans for a noisy, high-speed rail-freight service through South Bucks' major Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty thus, among
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Exam success
EMMA Barwick, a sales adviser in the High Wycombe office of Hill House Hammond, has taken a step up in the insurance industry by passing the internationally recognised CII insurance qualifications. Alexandra Lovesey, of Hill House Hammond, said: "The
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Young ideas breed great new business
YOUNG Enterprise companies in Wycombe and Marlow will be on show at a Trade Fair on March 14 at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College, High Wycombe. Some 16 companies from the ten schools or colleges participating will be present between 4pm and
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Learning lessons of Victoria's age
February 13, 2001 9:18: IT was back to the slate for school pupils when ten and 11-year-olds donned Victorian costumes to help bring their history lessons to life. Around 60 Year 6 pupils from Castlefield Combined School in Middle Way, Castlefield, High
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Police pursuit ends in crash
February 13, 2001 9:20: A HIGH-SPEED chase through High Wycombe ended after a car careered off the road and ploughed into trees leaving the driver with serious head and back injuries. Traffic police officers began to pursue a red Ford Sierra after the
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Publisher scoops double award glory
A PUBLISHER has scooped two national awards for its publications in the fields of science, the environment and conservation. February 13th Natural World magazine, edited by Red Fox Media in Amersham for the Wildlife Trust, won the Wildlife Award for Best
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Burning issue
February 13, 2001 9:35: A QUICK fag on the street, a smoke and a pint in the pub. It seems that even though they are more expensive than ever, cigarettes are still a very important part of our culture. After all a third of adults still choose to light
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Bobbies to receive an extra £2,000 each
February 13, 2001 9:29: CASH-STRAPPED cops are set to get an extra £2,000 a year to try to stop a recruitment crisis because of the high cost of living in Bucks. Thames Valley Police officers who joined the force after 1994 are likely to get the living
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Baked food firm calls in experts to set up IT system at new HQ
BAKING and branded foods business Ranks Hovis McDougall (RHM) has awarded a contract for an undisclosed sum to a Hampshire company to create new corporate IT facilities at its new headquarters in Marlow. The contract with IT solution company Computeraid
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Art gallery in the frame for bank job
THE Queen's bankers Coutts & Co have commissioned a Beaconsfield gallery to reframe and hang watercolours and etchings for its refurbished client meeting rooms in the City of London. February 13th 2001 The Warwick Gallery, in Holtspur Parade, has
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Art gallery in the frame for bank job
February 13, 2001 11:07: THE Queen's bankers Coutts & Co have commissioned a Beaconsfield gallery to reframe and hang watercolours and etchings for its refurbished client meeting rooms in the City of London. The Warwick Gallery, in Holtspur Parade
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Truck firm clinches second £1/2m contract
THE Forkway Group is celebrating its second major order for forklift and warehouse trucks since the end of last year. The latest £500,000 order for the group, based in Raans Road, Amersham, was placed by Commodore Express, of Hilsea, Portsmouth, part
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Business guru has positive message
THE potential for British business will be far greater in an enlarged Europe, the outgoing head of UNICE, Europe's CBI, told employers at a recent dinner. Dirk Hudig, the Secretary General of UNICE from 1998 until a fortnight ago, said: "The potential
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Diary Dates
READING: Baroness Blackstone, Minister for Education and Employment in the House of Lords, will be the keynote speaker at a conference to look at ways of overcoming skills shortages in the IT sector in the Thames Valley. The free event on February 21
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Marketing boss sells his firm to trusted staff
A MARKETING and communications agency has changed hands after 26 years following a management buy-out. "I thought it was time for someone else to take over. It was an opportunity and was something always in my mind," said James Hazeldine, who recently
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Business guru has positive message
February 13, 2001 13:10: THE potential for British business will be far greater in an enlarged Europe, the outgoing head of UNICE, Europe's CBI, told employers at a recent dinner. Dirk Hudig, the Secretary General of UNICE from 1998 until a fortnight
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Boosting our police levels
February 13, 2001 9:51: WE would all like to see crime levels lower and probably agree that increasing police numbers has a key part to play in achieving such a reduction. That is why the Government is working with police forces to boost recruitment and
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Let's try to reduce suffering
February 13, 2001 9:52: CONTROVERSY over tests on animals at Huntingdon Life Sciences has brought the debate about vivisection to the fore. One sure way to eradicate animal experimentation is to develop effective medical tests in which no animals are
