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Wealthy and Wise
Tony Yarrow, who has lived in the town for twenty years, has welcomed his son Hugh into the business. Tony's Wise Investment employs around twenty people at Broadstone Grange, on the way to Enstone, where Tom Walkinshaw used to run his motor racing empire.
Hugh Yarrow spent seven and a half years in the City, running investment funds valued up to one billion pounds for Rathbones. But the birth of his first child made him re-consider how he wanted to live his life.
Hugh joined Wise Investments on September 1st and will be launching a new income fund on the 6th October. The Evenlode Income Fund will focus on high quality low risk shares in order to deliver income. Many people will have seen a drop in income from savings, as interest rates came down, so the fund aims to offer a 4.5% yield to replace that lost income.
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Grants for Small Businesses
New Tricks Training and AllShred UK are just two local businesses who have won grants from Sustainable Routes which offers grants of up to £1,000 to businesses who want to cut business travel costs by adopting new ways of working.
New Tricks were awarded a grant to purchase two laptops to facilitate home working and conference calling. Director Tim Lyon said, "This will cut down on both mileage and time - there are a number of our clients who will be happy to see us virtually rather than face to face."
Ian McKay, Director at Allshred UK was pleased to be awarded a grant to fit a spoiler to the front of his shredding lorry that will reduce his fuel bills. Ian said, "I heard about the award from Phillip Wooton of ngage at a 729 Club Breakfast just a couple of months ago. It was really straight forward to apply."
If your business is a small or medium sized enterprise employing less than 250 people and is located in Oxfordshire then here is your opportunity to focus on business travel and come up with ideas that will save you money. The project has been funded by the European Regional Development Fund through the South East ERDF Competitiveness Programme 2007-2013. By signing up to Sustainable Routes you will benefit from: A personalised Travel Efficiency Plan, a grant of up to £1,000 (match funded), an impact on your bottom line and do something really useful for your business. Save money and help your employees and the environment. It's really easy to apply just follow the link here to start the process.
Local Firm, European Success
Minuteman Press, based in Banbury, recently supplied Chateau des Vigiers Golf & Country Club, in France, with banners and roll up displays for promotions in England.
This wasn't just a success for Minuteman but also for the power of local business networking. The connection came via another 729 member, Debra Jardine of independent marketing agency PDQ Partnership.
Apparently the French have seen nothing like it before and were so impressed that Minuteman is now looking forward to more orders from the French market. Bill Brown of Minuteman is now brainstorming name changes for the business; L'Imprimerie Homme du Minute anyone?
www.banbury.minutemanpress.com
www.pdqpartnership.com
www.vigiers.com
