Business Eye: You are who you hire – get the A Team
Still in Ibiza; still thinking hard between Mohitos about building a better business.The foundation of every business and the rock on which it grows is its team and the culture by which they live and...
View ArticleTHAME: Robin Hood show a success
A musical re-telling of classic children’s tale Robin Hood was a great success according to the show’s producer. The production, performed by Thame group Stagecoach Theatre Arts was played out in front...
View ArticlePlanning round-up: Apartments plan for Temple Square
Plans for new apartments in Aylesbury Old Town are included in our list of planning applications submitted to Aylesbury Vale District Council.To view plans in more detail, click...
View ArticleTHAME: New garden marks 50 years
Thame and District Housing Association has marked its 50th birthday with the opening of a new anniversary garden for its tenants. The association based in Windmill Road wad founded in 1964 to provide...
View Article‘Headway art classes helped me get my life back after brain tumour’
When retired design teacher Ian Morgan was struck down with a brain tumour he had to learn to walk, eat and read all over again.The grandfather’s life changed dramatically when the benign tumour,...
View ArticleWill it ever get done?! Oxford Road resurfacing work delayed for a third time
Bucks County Council has apologised to motorists after an announcement that much-needed resurfacing work to the Oxford Road has been delayed for a third time.The county council said: “With the delays...
View ArticleMum’s disgust after dangerous driver who caused son’s death is spared jail...
A mum whose son was killed by a dangerous driver is ‘disgusted’ after the culprit was spared another prison sentence for flouting his eight-year driving ban.Sammy Edwards, 30, from Marsh was jailed in...
View ArticleNew hotel to be built at golf club
A Bucks golf club is building a new hotel on its grounds, a facility that will create 70 additional jobs.The 30 room Best Western hotel is scheduled for completion later this year.Once built, positions...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Adrenaline junkies need to relax a little...
Still in Ibiza, and finally coming off the adrenalin-fuelled pace of an uber-connected life and starting to relax into these moments in the sun.Do you sometimes feel you drive fast by habit, even when...
View ArticleFarming Matters: Harvest time across the UK
All over the country farmers are bringing in the harvest to feed the nation.Disgruntled drivers may not like the queues that inevitably develop behind slow moving agricultural machinary, but if we want...
View ArticlePlanning round-up: Bowls green will become football pitch
Included in this week’s planning round-up is the approval given to turn Vale Park’s bowls green into a five-a-side football pitch.To view applications in more detail click here.STRATEGIC...
View ArticleDog control orders after cat mauled to death
A parish council has provisionally agreed to introduce dog control orders after a cat was mauled to death by three dogs.Following the attack, Professor Sir Roderick Floud called on Haddenham Parish...
View ArticleTHAME: Open gardens a success for couple
More than £1500 has been raised through a street collection, open gardens and Pimms afternoon.Sue and Byron Harvey, from Wellington Street, held the event to raise funds for the charity Hearing Dogs...
View ArticleNot so dry run of Tour of Britain stage for County Hall team
With one of the UK’s biggest cycling events fast approaching, council workers did a not so dry run of the Bucks section of stage six of the Tour of Britain.The cyclists are expected to go through the...
View ArticleStepping Out: Enjoy Vale’s rich park life as holidays come to end
With only a few days left of the summer holidays, it’s nice to relax closer to home. If you’re feeling stressed after school uniform shopping and finding that your child’s shoe size has sold out, take...
View Article“Why shouldn’t a woman be managing Manchester United?”
Imagine if a female coach had taken over at Manchester United instead of Louis van Gaal.There would have been shock and amazement across the nation, and cynics would have dismissed her chances of...
View ArticleTHAME: Former Lord Williams pupil’s war diaries released
The diaries of a former Lord Williams’s pupil who served in the Great War have been shared on the Old Thamensians’s Association’s website.The diary was written in December 1915 while Raymond Hester was...
View ArticleTHAME: Calling all guys - get your social life back
The Thame Round Table is offering men across the town a free night out.The organisation, for men aged between 18 and 45 is offering vouchers to allow guys to enjoy themselves on an evening out with...
View ArticleNotes from St Tiggywinkles: The scandal of toxic flea spray
I usually talk of positive matters never mentioning most of the traumas I come across. After all these are mostly accidental but then occasionally the avoidable happens especially by somebody who...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Personalities and parts
The biggest challenge faced by any leader is that of successfully orchestrating the various people involved. The personalities of suppliers, employees, partners, and customers will differ greatly, as...
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