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Voting opens in £6,000 Community Giveaway

Voting opened today (Monday, July 23) in the preliminary round of the Frasers Budgens of Marlborough Community Giveaway. The Community Giveaway is being staged by Oxfordshire-based retail group Fraser’s, who are opening a petrol station, Budgens convenience store and Subway … Continue reading

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Showcase season for West Midlands co-operatives

A series of summer and autumn events – including a run-past by the Olympic Torch – will showcase and celebrate co-operative enterprises in the West Midlands during the 2012 International Year of Co-operatives. Midlands Co-operative Society and NHS foundation trusts … Continue reading

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Community groups invited to bid for share of £6,000 giveaway

What would you do with £1,000? That’s the question being posed to community organisations in Marlborough, who are being invited to take part in an event billed as Dragon’s Den meets Britain’s Got Talent for a share of a £6,000 … Continue reading

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Secret Agents appointed by county´s new Business Support Service

The newly-formed Wiltshire Business Support Service has appointed Secret Agent Marketing to deliver its series of marketing training courses to start-ups and small businesses in Wiltshire. Marketing for Beginners will explain how marketing is more than just newspaper ads and … Continue reading

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Marlborough motorists get a new filling station

Marlborough motorists are to get a new filling station after Wiltshire Council gave planning proposals the green light. The £2 million development will be able to fuel eight vehicles at a time and will come with a Budgens convenience store, … Continue reading

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More to co-operatives than shops, West Midlands businesses discover

A wide range of West Midlands professionals gathered in Birmingham on Friday (March 23) to network, do business, and find out more about the co-operative enterprise model. The meeting was held at the lavish banqueting suite of Birmingham Council House, … Continue reading

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Secrets of PR industry revealed

Secrets of the public relations industry will be spilled next month as journalists and PR consultants Pete and Louisa Davison show Wiltshire business people how to get the media talking about them. In February Pete and Louisa, who run Marlborough-based … Continue reading

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JooMo formulates a solution to youth unemployment

Young people facing an uncertain future in a challenging job market are being given the opportunity to become owners and shareholders in a new skin care business. JooMo is the first 100 percent truly natural face wash – considered the … Continue reading

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Finance expert finds dream job – thanks to Connect

A Wiltshire finance expert has escaped the rat race and found his dream job – thanks to Swindon-based outplacement specialists Connect. Robert Johnson, who left a senior position at a firm specialising in employee benefits, says the professional advice and … Continue reading

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West Midlands businesses to network at co-operative lunch

A wide range of West Midlands business people, interested in finding out more about the co-operative enterprise model, are being invited to a networking lunch at the attractive banqueting suite of Birmingham Council House on Friday, March 23. High profile … Continue reading

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