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Experienced surveyors join Wycombe and Marlow agents
A familiar face is back in Wycombe after a five year absence. Robert Currie has joined Aitchison Raffety's High Wycombe office as senior surveyor. He left the town in 2000 to join forces with Bob Warde in forming Smith Warde Currie in Marlow. Before
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Bucks entrepreneur sells Cotswold hotels
Buckinghamshire entrepreneur Mike Swift is selling his two grade II listed hotels in the Cotswolds to return to his wife's homeland Kuala Lumpur. Christie's Milton Keynes office has just sold The Kings Arms at Chipping Norton for the £1.2million guide
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Furniture makers are sitting comfortably with ‘wonder’ foam
A Wycombe business hopes to make a big impression by using "memory" foam in their bespoke furnishing. Tailormade in Victoria Road is the first furniture business in the town to use "marshmallow-like" Visco Elastic foam originally developed by NASA to
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Young designers carve a name for themselves
A host of talented young furniture designers have been carving a name for themselves with quality entries for the Chilterns Enterprise Gateway Award. Winner was Mark Williamson who walked away with a cheque for £250 at a ceremony at Buckinghamshire
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Come fly with me, says air enthusiast
The sky's the limit for a Wooburn business satisfying the needs of the adventure hungry. Helicopter pilot Neil McLaren, 36, had no idea his business, Adventure001, would take off when he set it up to pay for flying lessons. His hobby has now become
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Morrison jumps through hoops for its staff
Morrison Construction Services which has a regional office on Draymans Lane in Marlow has become the first building and civil engineering contractor in the UK to chalk up a decade as an Investor in People. The company has been accredited for a fourth
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It’s a sporting life in store for Lina
With John Lewis' recent announcement that it will be backing the 2012 Olympic bid, sports section managers across the business are immersed in bats, balls, trainers and treadmills, ensuring that fitness-mad customers have all the equipment they need
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Ercol turns on designs for new style-concious buyers
There's been a wind of change at Ercol since the renowned furniture company moved from High Wycombe to the ultra-modern £20million workshop and showroom in Princes Risborough, known locally as Pavilion in the Park. The move, in 2002, reinforced the company's
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Mr Motivator goes for gold
Judo champion Ian Rose reaches for gold in everything he does. The Wycombe silver medalist is not just hoping to cap his silver medal success in Athens in the next Paralympics. He is also mapping out a golden career as a professional business speaker
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The Market Place
The Marketing Helpdesk provides advice and guidance to small and medium sized business. Leon Edwards, a former Royal Grammar School pupil, is the managing consultant in this area. During his career, he has helped some of the UK's biggest organisations
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Inland revenue keeps up its own ‘bay’ watch
No royal wedding would be complete without the commemorative souvenirs, but unlike previous weddings, Charles and Camilla memorabilia is now changing hands on the likes of eBay. However, if selling an unwanted tea towel progresses into online trading
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Chairman reports Ercol’s sitting pretty
Ercol chairman Edward Tadros rarely has time to relax and enjoy the comfort of the new recliners produced by his company. It has been hectic since the business moved from High Wycombe. He said: "Amazingly it is very nearly three years since we moved
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Business fears impact of Europe’s work time vote
Wycombe businesses hit by news of a sudden downturn in the economic climate were given a second hammer blow last week with information that the European Parliament has voted to scrap the UK's opt-out of the Working Time Directive. There was an immediate
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Lorraine lends her support
IT was all laughter and smiles as hundreds of people turned out in support of High Wycombe charity Autismbucks. Television star Lorraine Kelly joined in the fun and games at Penn School on Sunday, May 14, after agreeing to patron the popular organisation
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Hospitals launch war against germs
HOSPITALS are getting tough on germs in a bid to crack down on killer bug MRSA and viruses. Patients, visitors and staff at Wycombe, Amersham, and Stoke Mandeville hospitals are being encouraged to get involved in the "cleanyour-hands" campaign. The
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I’m living in a cereal world
MY parallel universe theory about Wycombe Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur just gets weirder and weirder. I've written several times about how my two football teams always seem to share identical fortunes, at opposite ends of the league. They normally
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Grand Final win is the perfect send-off for Green
WILL Green said he couldn't think of a better way to leave Wasps after his side won the Zurich Grand Final at Twickenham. The prop has signed a two-year deal with Leinster after 13-years service with the club but he left the team on a high. He said:
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Team: Gatland has left us a lasting legacy
WASPS' triumphant heroes were quick to heap praise on the man who materminded their third consecutive Premiership title in his last game in charge of the club. Warren Gatland takes charge of his former club Waikato in New Zealand having collected five
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Erinle wins place in England squad
AYOOLA Erinle has finally won a place in the England squad. The talented Wasps centre has been lauded by his coach Warren Gatland and was nominated as Zurich Player of the Season. But it looked like he would miss out on international recognition this
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Two into one could go for sensible
TALKING to people about the news that Tory bosses in Bucks are thinking of clamping down on the growing practice of councillors getting themselves elected to both county and district councils, it struck me from that they were making a good case for scrapping
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Tee off with celebrities
THE Bucks Free Press is offering you a once-in-a-lifetime chance to take on one of the world's greatest sportsmen out on the golf course. We need three keen golfers to represent the Bucks Free Press at the star-studded Redgrave and Pinsent Celebrity
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We hope again that Blair will tackle it all
SO nice Mr Blair is back. Despite Iraq war backlash, he has been returned to Government with a majority the other parties would have gleefully accepted, although it is viewed by the media as a bit of a damp squib. I am sure that, while he is at Chequers
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Wrong choices
I WAS at a recent meeting of Wycombe District Council where Cllr Sandra Crook and Cllr Julia Langley proposed voting back Cllr Lesley Clarke as leader of the council, I could not believe that, after what Cllr Clarke did to a good councillor, Alan Fulford
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On the lines
RALPH Ingham-Johnson (Are cameras needed?) missed one other serious cause for complaint about the police speed check van sited on Marlow Hill and elsewhere. The picture clearly shows that the van is parked both on double yellow lines and is blocking
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It's outrageous
I AM writing to add my voice of protest regarding the quite outrageous behaviour of the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership in keeping secret their fine collection on the A404, Marlow Hill, as was featured in your front page story recently. I was
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Move limit
I REFER to the letters of May 13 regarding the speed cameras placed on Marlow Hill, High Wycombe. I agree that drivers exceeding the speed imit should be caught and penalised, especially when caught at accident black spots. However, my question is
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Any accidents
I RECENTLY received a fixed penalty notice from Thames Valley Police for speeding (40mph in a 30mph zone). I would normally have no sympathy for anyone in this situation as our speeding laws are there to save lives, but are the police enforcing this
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What benefits?
WITH reference to the headline, "Do Cameras Actually Work?" in your April 15 issue it is correct that yet again the effectiveness of the surveillance cameras should again be questioned. I would personally like to have a clearer explanation of the policy
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Well done,Wasps
ON behalf of members and officers of Wycombe District Council, and all our residents, we write to congratulate London Wasps on winning their third successive Zurich Premiership title. As has been the case in previous victories we plan to mark their success
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Posters still up
Letter sent to Julia Wassell, Wycombe Labour parliamentary candidate, and copies to Labour, Conservative, Liberal Democrat and UKIP parties. I WISH to make an official complaint as to the high numbers of "Vote Labour" posters around the High Wycombe
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It’s the system
LABOUR supporter Nigel Vickery's ostrich-like response to his result in the county council elections (Free Press letters, last week) is typical of Labour people who just don't recognise two obvious facts about British politics. First, that at least three
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Town remedies
THE model of the Waitrose development produced by the Marlow Group makes the development look big as they intended it to do. But take your eye down to street level and imagine the building faced in brick and it shrinks into size and becomes just another
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Don’t blame us
SO Labour's Nigel Vickery failed to get elected to a seat at County Hall on May 5. Why blame the Liberal voters? It was a democratic election, run under the first-past-the-post rules. I would like to remind him that although the boundaries have changed
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Looking back
HIGH Wycombe Central Aid Society will reach its 100th birthday in 2006, and we wish to compile history and information to display at our celebration event. Because several previous secretaries have not kept as much historical documentation as we would
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Our happy day
LAST Friday the staff and children at Terriers Playgroup participated in the NSPCC Dress Differently Day. We raised £43 to assist the NSPCC in helping children who are affected by child abuse. Children and staff paid to come in different costumes
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Ways we do it
G BONNEY in his letter published last week has some very harsh words about the attitude of Wycombe District Council towards older people living in the area, which are totally unfounded, and to which I feel must respond. My company, CM Research, together
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Wycombe will live up to its 'joke town' image
IF Eden is what we get lumbered with, then the development could be as boring as the people who named it. When I first saw the Free Press report I thought it was a wind up. Anyway, still at least Wycombe will live up to its "joke town" image. Ivor
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Eden name is wrong
I do not know whether to laugh or cry. I am not a churchgoer, but even I am offended by the naming of the shopping centre which I assume will be trading on a Sunday after God's paradise. Dear me, I am also baffled as to why they have excluded our ethnic
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Neanderthals in bleeding head bandages
IT'S only fair to congratulate those Wasps fellows for their latest trophy, but I've never really seen the point of rugby as a sport. It's too rough and there are far too many macho jolly japes at amateur level mooning, silly songs or drinking contests
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Ballingall breaks records
SWIMMING: Jasmin Ballingall set age group records in the 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke and 200m individual medley at the Hatfield Open. The 12-year-old from Chesham Swimming Club swam personal bests in all her events and never finished outside of the
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Johnson prize giving
FOOTBALL: Wycombe Wanderers captain Roger Johnson wil present the prizes at the Hazlemere Sixes championship on Saturday. The tournament, which takes place at the Hazlemere Recreation Ground, is one of the biggest six-a-side football tournaments in this
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Nicholls and Coventry settle for second
CYCLING: Clive Nicholls and Neill Coventry finished second in the Bicester Millennium Club 2-Up ten-mile team trial on Tuesday. The duo, from the High Wycombe Cycling Club, were chasing a second consecutive win in the event. And they started at a blistering
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Senda hands out the honours at Bourne End’s big awards night
WYCOMBE Wanderers defender Danny Senda was the star guest at Bourne End Junior Sports Club's Awards evening on Friday giving out dozens of prizes. The Marlow-born Adams Park ace handed out player of the year prizes as well as recognising the achievements
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Suspected arsonist died in boat crash
A SUSPECTED arsonist from High Wycombe died when his £180,000 pleasure cruiser smashed into a bridge in Yorkshire, a coroner heard. Experienced mariner Nicholas Lightowler, 57, of Amersham Road, Hazlemere, died from multiple crushing injuries when his
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Town raises road death concerns
THE Government has been warned about the number of deaths on the busy A4010 between High Wycombe and Princes Risborough for a second time. Princes Risborough council originally sent a letter back in November to Alistair Darling, secretary of state for
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Bosses get tough on double roles
CONSERVATIVE party bosses in Buckinghamshire want to get tough with people who insist on standing for both county and district council elections. In future people with a seat on one council are likely to be strongly discouraged from standing for another
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Depot’s the bus-iness
WORK has now started on a new bus depot in Cressex. All buses needing storage, servicing and maintenance will come to the depot, in Lincoln Road. This will keep such work away from the new passenger interchange to be built in the Eden redevelopment of
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It’s a jungle out there as kids have a ball
MORE than 90 children dived into the new ball pool at the official opening of kids adventure centre Junglemania. The soft play centre, in Wessex Road, Bourne End, had its grand opening on Wednesday. Children can get stuck into the giant soft play area
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Pensioner murdered
THE son of murdered pensioner Alan Irwing has pleaded for the public to help catch his father's killers. Ross Irwing, whose father was battered to death on Thursday evening, said: "I was just wondering why nobody has come forward. People can't go on
