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to Langho man is keen for others to suceed in business, especially in promoting Ribble Valley
by Duncan Smith
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duncansmith1@jpress.co.uk Twitter:@clithadvertiser.
, - -________ Having experience of working
? both in the corporate selling world andturning businesses around means Peter Cloney is well placed to help others.
He hasjust become a volunteer enterprise mentor, offering
free business support, the lega cy ofEnterprising People In Ribble Valley. P e t e r , o f
tions and make it an attractive business to appeal to an inter national buyer. However, on a much small
er scale he offered free advice to assist a locksmith to set up in business for himself. Peter (54), explained: “The
Langho, runs his own business, DIB Europe, from Blackburn, and works throughoutthe UK. His latest project is helping a manufacturing company in Yorkshire to review its opera
‘Whenyouarein business on your own it can be a lonely plac&J
locksmith was highly skilled at what he did, but not sogood on the figures. “He had been offered a ■ contract'which looked lucrative when you looked atthebottomline, but when I broke itdownforhimhe was able to realise that it needed ne-
gotiatin, and I was able to help .with that. The business is still flourishing. “A large percentage of new businesses fail within the first
few years, but that is often to do with financial difficulties. I am very skilled at financial planning and being able to look at the worst; best and av erage case scenarios. “When you are in business
on your own it can be a lonely place, because there is only you. “However, by talking to
someone else about issues that arise it gives you a dif ferent perspective - often an issue you think is unique to your business other people will have encountered and solved. A problem shared is a problem halved.” One area Peter would like
to see developed is the tour ism potential of Ribble Valley.
. “People will fly in from Spain to Liverpool just to go to the Beatles’ Museum. Why
right idea there is huge po t e n t ia l and that is something
, '-I would like to help develop." •. Since setting up on his own
Peter has focused on Germany and helped companies break into the marketplace. He a ls o : a s s is ts own-
ers-wishing to sell their businesses. He added: “Germany is
Peter Cloney is keen to pass on his business skills through EPRV.
are they also notbeingencour- aged to come and visit Ribble Valley, because it has so much to offer,” he asked. “I have met people who, when I mention Ribble Val
ley, think it is all cloth caps and mills. They have got it completely wrong and the right tourism idea could help change that. “For someone with the
Europe’s largest economy and as such businesses that are manufacturing in the UK and not selling within Germany, should be asking themselves, ‘Why not?’” • If you have an idea for a
project or a business and you would like help to make it hap pen, or you would like to join the volunteer mentor team, contact EPRV by emailing hello@enterprisingpeople.
org.uk
CHRISTMAS CHAMP: John Wood with his champion lambs : '• LO N 1
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Clitheroe Royal Grammar School performed a Christmas play and sang carolsfor residents ofthe Abbeyfield home in Castle View House, Clitheroe. The
: residents very much eqj oyed the play, whichrecaUed the
’ informal Christmas Day truce in the First World War when German and British
■ soldiers put down their guns and played football.
Carols for Fun was a night to remember
This year’s Carols for Fun event at WhaUey Abbey was a great success.
Around 100 people attended from around the Diocese -
twice as many as last year.
As part of the festive prepa rations the Abbey was play
ing host to the family event
onDecember2ist.Ittook place from 4 to 5 pm and was
ledby Reverend Tom Maid- ment, retired vicar of Bol-
ton-le-Sands. Also attending was Archdeacon John Haw
ley, the Archdeacon of Black burn and Gill Dyer, vicar of
Whalley. Whalley Abbey plays host to a variety of events through
out the year. It is also avenue for weddings and other func tions. Visitors can also stay overnight to take advantage of the Abbey’s bed and break
fast accommodation. See the Whalley Abbey web-
. site for more about the venue as well as events coming up
in the next couple of months. ' : .
Camera club members go head-to-head in fun portrait contest
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Trawden farmer and live- stock contractor JohnWood won Gisburn Auction Mart’s Christmas prime Iamb show. Winning his inaugural title,' he beat off strong competi
tion to win the Basil Griffith
rosette with a pen of five Beltex-cross-Texel lambs, weighing 39kgs, sired by his homebred North Valley rams. They sold for £i£o,
jointtoppriceoftheday,to . .
Andrew Sanderson on be half of Sanderson Butchers, of Baxenden, Accrington. John Mellin & Clare Cropper won the reserve champion rosette with apen of five Bel- tex Iambs.
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