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Invitation to local business leaders from The Entrepreneurs’ Club


On behalf of The Entrepreneurs’ Club, The Business Magazine invites business owners, managing directors, CEOs and decision makers of leading local businesses – to a drinks reception to be held in Reading on the evening of May 14 at the Novotel Reading Centre.


As well as a selection of entrepreneurs and a presentation by guest speaker Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre, the reception offers an opportunity to network with and get to know your peers in a relaxed and informal setting.


Paul Hargreaves


Based in Reading, Hargreaves is the founder and managing director of Cotswold Fayre, a company that has grown to become the leading ambient food and drink wholesaler for farm shops, garden centres, delicatessens and food halls throughout the UK and Ireland.


Media partners


The Entrepreneurs’ Club’s partners are: The Business Magazine, Blake Morgan, the FD Centre, Freeman + Clarke, James Cowper Kreston, Kleinwort Benson, Santander and Vistage.


The company’s innovative marketing activities and experienced sales team have resulted in rapid growth, particularly over the past five years, when the company has shown an average growth of over 25% per annum. It now turns over £10 million per annum.


There is no charge for invited guests, but registration is requested.


To secure your place, contact Dan Teuton at The Business Magazine.


Details: dan@elcot.co.uk 0118-9766413


Go ahead given for world class


training facility for Reading FC the refurbishment of existing buildings to provide residential accommodation.


The UK’s leading planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore has secured a resolution to grant planning permission from Wokingham Borough Council for the transformation of the historic 120-acre Bearwood Park Estate into a world-class training campus for Reading Football Club.


The new site will replace the current training ground at Hogwood Park and will become home for both the first team and youth academy. As well as a total of 13 different-sized football pitches, the development will include the club’s headquarters, changing rooms and visitor facilities including a café, in addition to


Executive Meeting Rooms Hire per hour for up to 10 people


20.13


per hour for up to 10 people


• Free car parking • Free WiFi • Arrival Tea & Coffee included • Catering options available from a choice menu • VGA cable to link laptop to in-built plasma screen


Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0FL


Tel 0118 968 1333 Fax 0118 968 1334 Email rbcc.events@compass-group.co.uk Hot Boxes cannot be pre-booked. Operate Monday-Friday, 8.00am – 5.30pm, subject to availability and venue discretion. Payment required on departure.


www.businessmag.co.uk THE BUSINESS MAGAZINE – THAMES VALLEY – MAY 2015


Barton Willmore, which has its head office just six miles away in Reading, has provided architecture, landscape, heritage and planning services to Reading FC, creating an entirely sustainable scheme that looks to restore, enhance and protect the sites existing natural surroundings and heritage assets and provide a comprehensive management plan for the future.


Development work on the site is due to begin shortly. It is hoped that some of the facilities will be in place for use in the summer of 2016.


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