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Business Idol top ten revealed

3:49pm Thursday 12th June 2008

A COBBLER, a tattooist, and an Indian take-away specialising in healthy foods are among the ten finalists in the Wyre Forest Business Idol Competition being run by the Kidderminster Big Breakfast Club in association with the Shuttle/-Times & News.

Talented line-up for £1,000 prize

2:55pm Friday 23rd May 2008

THE countdown has begun for the Wyre Forest Business Idol title and the £1,000 prize that goes with it.

Business is ballooning for Alan after health setback

Party ideas: Julie Lauder in the Balloon Shop.

2:53pm Friday 23rd May 2008

PARTY time is more than a few balloons around the room for Alan Lauder.

Natalie proves it doesn’t have to be a dog’s life

Easing stress: Natalie Lenton, of Canine Massage Therapy.

2:52pm Friday 23rd May 2008

NATALIE Lenton is putting Kidderminster on the UK map for an unlikely reason - dog massage.

The rest of the Business Idol hopefuls

2:50pm Friday 23rd May 2008

Shoe mender: After 23 years in the shoe repair business, Paul Gilman decided to go it alone and, with help from brother-in-law Russell Dew, set up his own shop in Bridge Street, Kidderminster. Now he wants to expand the business and says: "We feel that with the right advice from the Kidderminster Big Breakfast Club we could see it really take off."

Last chance for your business to win £1,000

12:28pm Tuesday 22nd April 2008

OWNERS of fledgling businesses in the Wyre Forest area still have time to make a move that could open the gates to success and prosperity.

Contender homes in on bright future

Preparing reports: John Reed. Photo: PETER RICKETTS.

11:44am Wednesday 16th April 2008

IF success in business depends on being in the right place at the right time, then John Reed is heading for big things as his embryo company puts down its roots in Kidderminster.

Gail looking to clean up

Clean break: Gail Sharpe who has entered Sharpes Dry Cleaning in the Business Idol competition.

8:35am Wednesday 9th April 2008

FORMER England footballer Lee Sharpe is a regular visitor to a laundry and dry cleaning shop in York Street, Stourport.

Shoe repairers take up challenge

Soonest mended: Paul Gilman, left and Russell Dew, of Kidderminster Shoe Repairs.

11:05am Tuesday 1st April 2008

A KIDDERMINSTER man who, after 23 years in the shoe repair business decided to go it alone, is one of the first entrants in the bid to win the title, Wyre Forest Business Idol of 2008.

Your idea could win you £1,000

Stamp of approval: Business Idol co-ordinator Nick Webb and fellow Big Breakfast Club members  David Chill, Jude Thompson and Gary Halpin in front of Kidderminster's statue of Rowland Hill, founder of the modern postal system.

10:28am Tuesday 25th March 2008

THE Shuttle/Times & News is joining forces with Kidder-minster's Big Breakfast Club, a group of successful business men and women, in a search to find the most enterprising and imaginative business folk in Wyre Forest.


National News

Flood death toll reaches four

A car drives through flood water on the A167 in Newcastle

Updated 9:09pm Saturday 6th September 2008

Britain has been battered by more storms as the death toll from two days of relentless rain rose to four.


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