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Clitheroe Advertiser & Times, June 5th, 2003 5


Company fights back from foot and Mounted ladies loop the loop! mouth with place in award contest


by John Turner


A COMPANY from Clitheroe which suffered alongside' farmers during the foot and mouth crisis is now knocking on the door of


national business honours. Animal feeds suppliers Dug-


dale Nutrition, of Bellman Mill, Salthill, lost 30% of its business during th e crisis on B r i ta in ’s farms. I t has since recouped that 30% and added another 30% of business in an outstanding com­ mercial fightback. Now the 153-year-old company


nated for nine awards. Dugdales has been nominated in


the Small to Medium-sized Busi­ ness category, the Growth Strategy of the Year award; and the Cus­ tomer Focus Award. I ts name appears alongside


people. I t is not the managing director, it is not the managers - it is everybody throughout the busi­ ness.” Mr Blackburn said the foot and


organisations like Liverpool City Council and Shell’s Customer Ser­ vice Centre in the regional finals of a competition which qualifies the winners for national finals in Lon­ don on November 11th. The competition will involve


has been named among the short­ list of companies who are finalists in the NW Regional round of the


National Business Awards at Old Trafford on July 3rd. I t is one of 35 companies nomi­


managing director Mr Howard Blackburn in a good deal of over­ time. He will have to make a pre­ sentation to a panel of distin­ guished judges during three ses­ sions and answer questions from them about the firm. But he said this week: “Being


shortlisted has only been achieved by teamwork throughout the busi­ ness from some very committed


mouth epidemic, although a disas­ ter, allowed them the space and time to re-evaluate the business. “I t gave us the time to look at


the business thoroughly and under­ stand where the costs were and how to manage these costs better and make sure that once the foot and mouth was cleared we had some­ thing to get out there which is going to be different from our com­ petitors,” he said. “That something” was Dug-


dale’s M3 programme which pro­ duces individual diets for farms more closely identified with what the customers, their farms and their stock required. Staff identify with farmers their goals and targets in terms of out­


put and in terms of the farmer’s investment in Dugdale products. In the last few months Dugdale’s


has increased its staff by 15%, including two modem apprentices. ■ The company now employs 36


people, apart from those employed by other companies, like haulage


firms, dependant on Dugdales’ suc­ cess. Dugdales is just about to com­


mission new state-of-the-art pro­ duction equipment worth £500,000. Mr Blackburn was “quietly con­


fident” about success in the compel tition. He said: "We have a good story to tell”. Listening to the story will be


business leaders, experts, commen­ tators and academics drawn from business schools, chambers of com­ merce and business links across the region.


George, the famous ‘£5,000’ ginger tom, leaves his heartbroken new family behind


GEORGE, a very large ginger tomcat, whose owner offered to knock £5,000 off the price of his house if the new buyers offered to take the cat, has done a bunk from his home. He has left behind a distraught


new family who have been treading the roads, lanes and fields between Newby, near Rimington, and the cat’s new home at Kiln Close, Chat- burn Road, Clitheroe. The purchasers of George’s old


home had not wanted the cat, and the then owners were planning to live in Spain. So the Wright family stepped in to offer him a home. Mrs Jayne Wright said: “He is a


brilliant cat and really has been great. We kept him inside for longer than the recommended three weeks. During the first hour we let him out in the garden he was fine, then the neighbour’s dog frightened him - he went over the fence and we haven’t seen him since.” Mrs Wright said the family,


can contact Mrs Wright on 01200 427088 or 07743894947. Pictured is George in the arms of


Mr Joe Harrison, his former owner. (J180203/1/C


to be studied in depth Youngsters off to a world of magical delight NEW Government moves to improve the effi­ ciency of local councils are having a strong local impact. The Comprehensive


Council performance


Performance Assessment scheme will result in experts looking in depth at the performance of the Ribble Valley Borough Council. The process is well


under way and Govern­ ment determination is making sure minds are closely concentrated on efficiency! The issue of newsletters


to keep people informed is part of the process - and the council’s second one claims that since the first “there have been a whole series of developments.” Training is a fundamen­


tal feature. All councillors plus key staff have had sessions with experts to learn about the system, its methodology and assess­ ment. The Government is


cial team from the Improvement and Devel­ opment Agency will be in the borough to te s t out


ensuring that councils take the assessment seriously by linking funding to it and threatening “interven­ tion and control action” plus extra inspections of poor performers. Later this month a spe­


various aspects of the council’s work. A self- assessment is included, to contain “direct input from members and employees to achieve an honest picture of the authority.” Three features of key


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value in assessing the council are its contribution to balanced housing mar­ ket strategies, its approach to meeting the Decent Homes Standard and its management of public space.


review will be a top accountancy firm’s judge­ ment of the council’s stew­ ardship of i ts financial resources and a Benefit Fraud Inspectorate look at its benefit services. But most, if not all, the


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council’s plans and strate­ gies will be reviewed, with a total of 10 themes being marked on a four-point scale.


include ambition, prioriti­ sation, focus, achievement, investment, learning and good future plans.


weigh weaknesses” point is divided into 13 different weightings. The complex process means that a coun­ cil must retain its good points and improve its poorer ones if it is to avoid at least some punishment from Whitehall. Key avenues of progress


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FIFTY children were transported into a world of magic - and a t the same time raised funds for a Clitheroe nursery. The Busy Bees Theatre


Company staged their Six O’clock Magical Shop in the Parish Hall on Satur­ day for the Tiddlers and


Toddlers Nursery. They provided an afternoon of fun and laughter for the children and the adults who accompanied them. The nursery, which has


40 children from babies to school-age children enrolled, meets a t West View, Clitheroe.


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including daughter Melissa (10) and son Nicholas (13), have literally walked miles in their search for their missing pet. Anyone who has spotted George


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and trailer go A FARM at Slaidbum was targeted by an early-rising thief on Sunday.


information about a white Mk 2 Ford Escort car seen in the area around the same time.


Pooh missing


A THIEF snatched a Win­ nie the Pooh baby chang­ ing bag hanging from the handles of a pram at a car boot sale a t Gisburn on Sunday afternoon. The bag, belonging to a


Southport mother, also contained a mobile tele­ phone.


Case adjourned


AN allegation of danger­ ous driving against Michael Preston (20), of Whitehalgh Lane, Langho, was adjourned until June 16th by Blackburn magis­ trates.


a.m. and 9 a.m, a 1995 Land-Rover Defender, val­ ued at £9,000, was driven away, together with the double-axle Ifor Williams ca tt le trailer, valued a t £2,000, which was attached to it. Police are appealing for


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FOUR horsewomen from the Ribble Valley have ridden a new long-distance national riding trail. They completed the 50-mile course


Woody, Mrs Valerie Stahworth, of Wiswell, on Treacle, Mrs Clare Marsden, of Clitheroe, on Apache, and Mrs Barbara Starkey, of Whalley, on Rosie, began their epic journey at Holme Chapel, covering 20 miles on their first day before taking advantage of one of the bed and breakfast venues designated as an overnight stop with all facilities for riders and their steeds. They completed the loop at the end of a


third day , having made enjoyable overnight stops at Whitworth and Hebden Bridge. Their husbands greeted them with


tired after completing the ride of our lives and can’t wait for next year when we will do it again—but the other way round. “We would recommend it to anyone, but


Mrs Starkey said: “We arrived home


shirts bearing their photographs and the words: “I Looped the Loop” The riders and their trusty steeds are pictured ready for the off. (s)


both horse and rider need to be fit and, although signposting is excellent, a degree of map reading does come in handy. Both Barbara and Clare, who compete regularly at dressage on their horses, agreed it beats going round in circles any time.” The four of them will now be sporting T-


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