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A WOKINGHAM and Bracknell charity has a chance of winning £100,000 in a housebuilder’s competition. Persimmon Homes Thames Valley has shortlisted Promise Inclusion for its Building Futures scheme, which will...

A CHARTERED accountancy firm is expanding into larger offices in Winnersh Triangle. FLB Accountants LLP, which employs 60 people from its offices at Winnersh Triangle has doubled its property footprint...

FIRST RESPONDERS in Earley has been given a lift thanks to a local house builder.  Persimmon Homes North London has donated £1,000 to the Lower Earley and Earley Community First...

“We would also ask any motorists who were driving at around 10.40pm near or on the Showcase Cinema roundabout to please check their dash-cams."

THAMES Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has appointed Bob Beveridge as its new Chair. Mr Beveridge has a diverse business career in large organisations and SMEs within the consumer...

THE ABILITY OF the planning department to act on the climate emergency was questioned at last week’s borough council executive meeting. Cllr Gary Cowan asked Cllr Wayne Smith, executive member...

THE EXECUTIVE member for finance and housing said the council would work with charities to support residents. At the virtual meeting of Wokingham Borough Council's executive committee, held on Thursday,...

WITH JOB uncertainty on the rise, solicitor Andrea Corr, from Blandy and Blandy Solicitors’ employment law team, has explained the process of redundancy and answered common questions employees may have....

A TEENAGER was assaulted and had his bike stolen by a gang in Lower Earley last week.  It is the second such incident to have taken place in the area...

A FORMER leader of Wokingham Borough Council has died. He passed away at home. Frank Browne was in charge between 2002 and 2009, stepping down not just from leadership but the...