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Business set to blossom
A FATHER and son business in the Ribble Val-' . ley has been able to bloom thanks to Lancashire : County Council’s Rosebud Finance. .
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den Village at Hawkshaw Farm, in Longsight. Road, Clayton-le-Dale, will provide a new gar den and landscaping supplies outlet in addition to its novel design and manufacture business for wheelie bin screens.;
Outdoor Screens Limited, based at The Gar . v: '. This .will complement an existing onlin e '
business (
www.thegardenvillage.co.uk) which ' provides quality timber products at affordable prices and is one of the largest online garden centres. ' -
Director David Alderson said: “I have been '
working as a self-employed landscape gardener ■ for the past 10 years and wanted to use this ex-' perience to put down roots for this business. Tlie business is also innovative as we have designed, developed and manufactured Our own range of wheelie bin screens. We now sell through- ■ out the UK, the USA and Europe and want to branch out even more.”
David’s son and fellow director Ian Alderson !
said: “I am really looking forward to working’ with my father and we are both determined to > ‘ use our local knowledge and create a one-stop- ■ shop for garden and landscaping needs.” To find out more about Rosebud Finance and how it could help your business call 01772
536652 or visit:
www.lancashire.gov.uk ^ For the latest business support and advice
for surviving the credit crunch, calLLancashire ■ County Council’s helpline on 0845 0530000.
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A RIBBLE Valley firm has become the first in the UK to develop a self-publishing “app’Mor the new Apple ’ iPad.
•. rYUDU’s- product a llows - magazine, newspaper, brochure
. and catalogue publishers to re- ■ produce their printed content on the iPad - this year’s must-
have'gadget - and the Apple iPhone.- . Customers, buy their own
branded app before YUDU. liaises with Apple to get it ap proved and sold in the Apple store.
/ Richard Stephenson; chair- ' rnan of Yud'u, which was estab lished iii Clitheroe five years' ■ ago, said: “The launch of the;" iPad has generated consider- =
. able interest in both the US and UK. Our clients wanted to take ' advantage of that and asked for our help to develop a product that allows them to self publish on this platform.” ’ ; The Royal Bank of Scotland
provided YUDU with a funding package to support the develop- ment of the product. ■
NEW ‘‘APP": Clitheroe entrepreneur, Richard Stephenson, from YUDU, pictured on the left, with John Hough from RBS. (s)
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.■TEENAGE apprentice Robert Ner- enberg has engineered himself a top
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.career at Hanson Gement through an apprenticeship delivered by Lanca
shire-based training provider Train ing 2000.
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i. On leaving school Robert (19), of Clitheroe, realised he wanted to learn a trade “on-the-job” while a studying for an academic qualification, as opposed to the traditional route of going to college and gaining A Levels.
, He started his apprenticeship in 2007 and is presently in the third year of his en gineering programme. ;•
Robert is currently part of the busy electrical maintenance team at Hanson
. Cement,(formerly Castle Cement) carry-i ing out the day-to-day maintenance of the production equipment and services. After researching the potential Ap-:
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prenticeships that would most suit his strengths and interests, Robert chose the electrical apprenticeship due to his inter- est and success in his electronics GCSE' , where he achieved a grade A; He also en- .
joys the practical aspect of working with his hands.
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. Robert said: ,‘!The apprentice pro gramme really suited me well as I have always been very hands-on. The Training - 2000 apprenticeship programme is well ■ struetured with regular help and support: i from my Career Development Adviser L am currently working towards my HNG in Electrical Engineering and would like to '
, progress.onto my HND as this will open more opportunities for me later in life ”
« ,^ayne Ramsbottom; Career DeVel- ■ opment Adviser at Training 2000; com mented: “Robert has done extremely well :'
. . throughout his time at Training 2000 he is ■ extremely conscientious and hardworking''
* and always exceeds targets which are set '■:,,fn^.ni!n* His self-motivation and eagerness '
• to succeed is a sign that he will do well af- ter his AoDrenticeshin.” ic apprentice Robert Nerenberg
w®H on course for a career in electrical engineering at Hanson Cement. Clitherbe. fsV -
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