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Reading Enews – February 2008 Sue Ryder Care, Woman of Achievement Award Claire Morgan, Executive Director of Social Enterprise Berkshire, was recently short listed for the Sue Ryder Care, Woman of Achievement Award in the category of Education and Enterprise. The awards highlight the contributions of local women from Berks, Bucks and Oxon - the three Counties supported by Sue Ryder Care, Nettlebed Hospice. During her five years at SEB Claire has helped many people to turn their lives around through the development of a social enterprise. Protecting your business from floods Revised guidance
is now available from Business Link to raise awareness of and promote
the importance
of advanced flood protection
for businesses: Inward investment BaxterStorey of Thames Valley Park is planning to acquire the Holroyd Howe contract catering business and the Benugo chain of delicatessens, creating a combined group with annual turnover of almost GBP 250m. http://www.baxterstorey.com Work has commenced on One Reading Central, the first new property in a substantial three phase scheme being developed near the town’s main rail station (Vastern Road). This first phase of the business campus will comprise 216,000 sq ft over ten floors and on completion in Spring 2010 the whole development will exceed 600,000 sq ft. 8,500 sq ft of industrial space at Suttons Business Park has been let to Service Point at a rent of £9.75 per sq ft. This is the highest rent ever achieved in Reading for an industrial unit over 5,000 sq ft. The company was previously based at The Chambers on East Street and will relocate to Unit 56 on the Business Park. Planning An application has been lodged for an internally illuminated fascia sign and a projecting sign at 30 West Street (Ex FOPP) - by SOMERFIELD Stores. An application has been lodged to change the use of 35 - 38 Friar Street (ex Halfords) to an apart-hotel with ancillary A1/A2/A3 use (shops, financial and professional, restaurants & cafes) on the ground floor and leisure use in the basement. An application has been lodged to change the use of Garrard House (20 Garrard Street), from offices to a 106 bed apart-hotel, with a spa at basement level and a café at ground floor level. The application also seeks to form an additional two storey roof extension. Market Place Development Ltd of Brook Henderson House has lodged an application to refurbish and revitalise the retail area around the Coopers Arms, at 27-32 Market Place and link it to the soon-to-be redeveloped Bristol & West Arcade (Brook Henderson House). An application has been lodged to change the use of 106 Friar Street from A1 (shops) to A3 (restaurants and cafes). Permission has been granted for a new hanging advertisement sign and new wall-mounted advertisement sign, along with a new shop front at 155 Friar Street (Haslams Residential). Connect Reading Connect Reading's
first Forum of 2008 will take place on Wednesday
13 February in
the Regus meeting
rooms
at GreenPark.
It will
focus on Reading's Future Growth, looking
at projects such as the re-development
of Reading Station, M4 Junction 11,
a
briefing on the New Growth Point status for Reading
and what
the SEEDA
Diamond
for Investment & Growth will bring to the town. Cycling strategy A new cycling strategy for Reading has been created, which aims to encourage more people to take up cycling by making it easier to get around the town by bike. Whether pedal-power is already your chosen form of transport, or you still need some convincing before switching to two wheels, Reading Borough Council is encouraging people to take some time to look at the new Cycling Strategy and come forward with their views. The Strategy is available for download at: www.reading.gov.uk/transportandstreets If you have any comments on the Strategy, please complete the contact form attached to this webpage. The closing date for comments is 14 March 2008. Retail Broad Street Mall Northwood Estate
Agents are fitting out 37 Oxford Road. The Oracle Brother
2 Brother menswear will be fitting out in
the unit next
to Hotel
Chocolat.
This brand
is owned
by
the same
owners of
Montserrat. ANNUAL
CHARITY PANCAKE RACE Be sure not to
miss this fun lunchtime
event as
teams from
local Reading
businesses race
- relay
style
- tossing pancakes
as they
go. READING
HALF MARATHON The 26th anniversary of the ASICS Reading Half Marathon takes place on Sunday 2 March, finishing at the Madejski Stadium. Look out for road closures taking place throughout Reading on the day (for more information visit www.reading.gov.uk). For further details on the race, the route and how to enter, visit the race website www.asicsreadinghalfmarathon.co.uk or call 0118 939 0771. Reading Loves Reading ‘Reading Loves Reading’ kicks off three weeks of activities as local children gather in Broad Street with their favourite books to create a Mexican Wave. Adults and children (from 0-8 years) are being encouraged to take time to read together every day across the three weeks. It starts at 11am on Monday 11 February and for more information email: miranda.white@reading.gov.uk ...In
the
footsteps of Henry
Taunt Henry
Taunt
was
one
of
Victorian
England’s
most
prolific
photographers.
His
maps
and
guides,
illustrated
by
beautiful
photographs
of
the
Thames,
played
a major
role
in
developing
the
Victorians’ love
of
the
river.
Digital
photographers
Jeff
Robins
and
Graham
Diprose
were
inspired
by
Taunt’s
first
photographic
guides
to
the
river,
and
set
out
to
recapture
many
of
his
finest
views
of
the
Thames.
This
exhibition
combines
Taunt’s
images
with
their
modern
equivalents
to
make
fascinating ‘then
and
now’ views
over
the
last
125
years. Ancient
Egypt: Reading’s
Egyptology collection Amazing treasures from the museum’s Egyptology collection are on display for the first time in many years in our Ancient Egypt exhibition. The exhibition illustrates aspects of life and death in Ancient Egypt and includes complementary objects loaned by the British Museum and, from Birmingham Museum, the mummy of Namenkhet-Amun. Tim Smith This newsletter
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