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made following consultation earlier this year, which included drop-in sessions at Clithcroe and Longridge, where passengers


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changes with Holmeswood Coaches, which runs most of the subsidised buses in the district, and has taken the opportunity to improve frequency, reliability and connections on a number of key routes. The improvements have been


new timetable as changes have now been made to bus service numbers and times. The county council has agreed


PEOPLE who use buses in the Ribble Valley can look forward to better connections, thanks to improvements being introduced by Lancashire County Council. Passengers need to pick up a


’..1 www.clltheroeadvortiser.co tik www.clltherooadvertl8er.co.uk Clitheroe Advertiser & Times,Thursday, July 5,2012


could tell the county council what changes they would like. While the regular bus services


; subsidised buses in the area, which stands at £1.46m. They include:


• A trial evening service on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays linking Longridge and Clitheroe. • A trial evening service on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays bchveen Clitheroe and.Chatburn


made without adding to or taking away from the existing budget for


from key Lancashire towns into Ribble Valley are run by bus companies on a commercial basis, the local town services in Clitheroe and rural bus links across the Ribble Valley are all subsidised by the county council. The improvements have been ■


via Waddington, West Bradford . and Gnndleton.


• Added lunchtime journeys for the service between Mellor Brook and Blackburn.


• .M o re services between Chatburn and Blackburn Royal Hospital, running every hour instead of every 90 minutes.


• Better co-or3inated connections between trains and buses at


Clitheroe Interchange.’ , . A .special leaflet has been


produced,' called Bus Service Changes'to. the Ribble Valley Network,: together with revised timetable leaflets.


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■ Westminster, Mr Evans said: “I wrote to the Chancellor last month asking him to think again about this rise in fuel'duty and 1 am absolutely delighted he haS: announced ■ he will scrap it.


■ RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans h a s welcomed George Osborne’s announcement that he will scrap the planned rise in fuel duty, due to be put in place in August. Speaking from


’communities like the Ribble Valley, •who have very little other choice than to use cars because


has shown he is listening and willing to make changes to lighten the load on hard-pushed


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WE may “have it all” in the 21st century but there could be no bet­ ter example of success through hard work than a company that is


. still thriving and grow­ ing after four genera­ tions in the same fam­ ily. From humble begin-,


.nings operating from a horse drawn cart. To­ tal Foodservice is now a niulti-million-pound company, operating right her in the Ribble ■Valley. This special fea­ tures looks at the people behind the business who made it all come true...


William Howarth be­ gan distributing his fruit


Transport links are simply not what they are m urban areas. : “The Chancellor


working with my father led to me inheriting his hard work ethic and drive to succeed; for which I .’;


Jnr died and the business was passed to Richard, at the age of 21. Rich­ ard has some poignant memories of his father: “He was incredibly hard-. working with early morn­ ing 4 a.m. starts and late . finishes sue days a week. , Whilst this meant that I . did not see much of him at home,'when I could I would spend time with him in the business. At 161 was able to join him full time. Sadly he died when I was just 21, and I took over the business. “The years I spent


was taking just £80 per week, just as Richard Howarth (George Henry Jim’s son) was joining the company and setting out his plans for expansion; Within five years Rich­ ard had, through his own labours, modernised the Moldgreen store, attract- . ing new custom.-By 1965, he was able to employ , five people and turnover' ■ exploded to £22,000 per annum. In 1966, George Henry .


outlets in 1920., Work- ing with his brother, George Henry, from a, base known as the Prospect Jam Works in Huddersfield, their business began to flour­ ish when William’s son, , George: Henry Howarth - Jiir, named after his un­ cle, joined the firm and brought with him some new ideas. He persuad­ ed his father to turn the business into a greengro­ cer’s and fresh fish shop. A new store opened; in Moldgreen and then on Shambles Lane in Hud­ dersfield. In 1960 the business


Ereserve products on orse and cart,to retail


THE FUTURE BECKONS: Celebrity chef Nigel Haworth (left) cuts the ribbon at the opening of Clitherpe base for Total Foodservices.


will always remember him.”


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tered its third genera­ tion, its name changed to t h e ’apt “Richard: Howarth & Son Ltd.”, as by this point Richard’s son Simon had begun his ■ working life as part of ,- the team'behind the now three green fruit.shops. Based in the Old Market Town in Huddersfield and with a turnover of more than £100,000, em­ ployee numbers rose to 15 fiill-time and 20 part- time staff.


As the business en­


. oped, with 10 stores pop­ ping up in the town and' surrounding districts. In 1980,» Howarth Food-


exponential growth. A chain of shops de'vel-


The next decade saw . .


:. to grips with the product and making bur custom­ ers feel welcomed. . ’ : _‘‘It was those’initial experiences that have in-


- formed all aspects of my : development through the •business, and the values r will carry with me as I lead the business into an exciting future. “Our integrity and hon-


. service Ltd. was estab­ lished, with hew premises : opening on Cross Green Road in Dalton, which is still the Huddersfield office of the firm to this ■ day. Current Managing Di­ rector Simon-Howarth


. mon dipped his feet in various roles,-getting a complete overview of


.Freezer Centre. Over the next few years, Si-


.- every comer of the busi- ;ness. Growth continued ■throughout the.’90s and


• Richard Howarth was elected President of the


: esty will ensure the suc­ cess of the business, and that of our customers.” In the. late ’80s, Simon Howarth began his jour­ ney to the. top of the business as manager of Howarth’s Retail


recalls his early days in - the business: “’Very ear­ ly on in my teens I was a .‘Saturday lad’ in our freezer centre, getting


European Foodservice & Distribution Group comprising 10 countries with a turnover of 12 bil­ lion Euros. In 2002, Howarth


-• ble Valley Enterprise Park in Barrow. ’Within five years, the 1.5 acre plot housed a state-of- the-art 36,000 sq. ft de­ pot. As the business stands


. Clitheroe and Huddes- ‘ field, and has a £15 mil­ lion turnover.


today, it employs 110 people across the North of England operating from its two depots in


And all from the back of a horserdrawn cart!


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HOW ITALL BEGAN: The horse and cart that was the start of a business.. that would flourish and grow.


purpose-built depot fa­ cility came to fruition in 2006 as planning permis­ sion was granted for the ambitious build on Rib-


Foodservice Ltd merged with Lawsons Ltd of Clit­ heroe, and began trading under its current name Total Foodservice, with a distributin facility in Chatbura. Plans for a new and


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