Category: Business News

ON Friday, June 11, BBC Radio Personality, Ken Bruce, will be appearing at the Phoenix Performing Arts studio at Lord Williams Lower School in Thame, to help raise funds for the Drama Studio, recently re-built after a devastating arson attack.

Billed as ?An Audience with Ken Bruce,? the event is being produced by The Lord Williams’s Association and is on June 11, 2010, doors open 7pm for 7.30 start.

A raffle in aid of the Thomley Activity Centre, for the friends and families of, and children with special needs, will take place during the evening and Ken Bruce will sign copies of his book, Tracks of My Years.

Tickets are

THE largest vineyard in Berkshire, Stanlake Park Wine Estate near Twyford is celebrating English Wine Week(May 29 to June 6) with a unique Wine and Chocolate Experience in partnership with Rumsey?s Hand-made Chocolates from Thame, Oxfordshire.

Vineyards throughout Oxfordshire and Berkshire are throwing open their cellars and vineyards for wine tastings, open days and winery tours. English Wine Week is a perfect time to enjoy award-winning wines from the best vineyards in the area.

In Oxfordshire the Bothy Vineyard at Frilford Heath near Abingdon has Vineyard Open Days on Bank Holiday weekend 29 to 31 May, and also 5 and 6 June. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic to eat in the vineyard, join the guided tours and enjoy free tastings.

Wine makers Sian and Richard Liwicki at Bothy Vineyard have a wide range of wines. In addition to their popular still whites – Oxford Dry 2009 and Renaissance 2009 – and ros

HELP celebrate The Late Breakfast’s fifth anniversary on Wednesday, June 2, 2010, between 9am – 10.30am at The Four Pillars Hotel, Marcham Road, Abingdon OX14 1TZ.

As part of the celebrations there will be a presentation from TV Presenter, Motivational Speaker, Sportswoman and Performance Coach, PENNY MALLORY who will be promoting her new book,Take Control of your life, and showing us how to achieve transformation and success in our best years.

You can book ahead and appear on the guest list (deadline noon Tuesday, June 1) or simply turn up on the day. Either way the entry fee of

LONG CRENDON based internet TV company, RisingStars.TV have joined forces with the Thame Football Partnership this week, to film the progress of the build of Thame’s new football stadium and community facilites, Meadow View Park.

The new facility will be home to Thame United Football Club, Thame Youth and Thame Boys and Girls Football and RisingStars.TV will be filming and covering the build of the new facilities through to the launch this autumn and beyond.

The Chief Executive of RisingStars.TV and former World No.3 Squash Player and Commonwealth Games Gold Medalist, Sue Wright, said: “we are delighted to be involved with this project. It is a great community scheme that will have a major impact on Thame and its surrounding areas and ultimately become a real hub for local activity. This kind of community scheme fits extremely well with what RisingStars.TV is all about, and we look forward to giving it as much coverage as possible.”

TFP?s Frank Thompson commented: “We are currently in the process of creating something really special for the community and it?s been achieved through the hard work of a dedicated team of volunteers to have got us to the stage we are now at now. Without doubt the facility will provide a first class environment that will enable the Football Partnership to be able to deliver its goal of providing football and sport for all.

“Through RisingStarsTV and the facility that will soon be in place, we hope that youngsters of all abilities can start to achieve through sport an opportunity to participate and improve their skill levels, whether at grass roots or elite level.”

You can follow the filming of the build at www.risingstars.tv
along with updated photos and reports.

PHOTO: Thame Football Partnership’s Frank Thompson

AS the iphone application, ithame continues to expand, founder Andy McDonald was on hand on Tuesday (18/05), to help a local film company film interviews with founder businesses.

Before setting up their equipment in The Old Stables, behind The James Figg pub, Emma Lowndes and Owen Knott from Scissor Paper Stone in Chinnor, were out and about in the town filming around St Mary’s Church, the Thatch exterior, Thame Museum, Newitts, Thame town hall and the high street, Swan Walk, Kismet Jewellers, Brothers Hair salon and finally in Thame’s bustling Market.

After the job of editing, each company’s video will be used to promote their business, the ithame App. and the town.

THE last empty shop in Thame town centre is to re-open in late May, as a fragrance and cosmetics shop.

The partner of Thame’s chimney sweep, Ivan Staines, will operate the business in what was the women’s clothes boutique, Miso, in Buttermarket, Thame.

The shop will retail products by such names as Art Deco and Miller Harris Fragrance, and eventually will include men’s products as well.

A scam from Mexico informing business they have been allocated a free entry in an agricultural show catalogue. The pro-forma page received shows some company information, but requests much more detailed information about the company and employees.

Companies are also receiving demands from Weinstein Williams Associates for advertisement in directories and newsletters they have not agreed to and have no knowledge of the publications.

The advice is:

Do not respond to unsolicited mail without ensuring it is from a genuine company.
Run a simple internet search to see if other companies have issues.
Businesses who are interested in supporting events should check with the organisers website to see who their promoters are.
Always be extremely cautious about giving financial or employee details via unsolicited mail

For further information

http://www.adscams.co.uk/tag/advertising-scam

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/trading_standards/traders_advice/publishing_questionnaire.page?

If this information is appropriate please pass on to your colleagues or community group members.

Our web page will be updated later today.

http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc/trading_standards/coldcalling/scams.page? if you prefer to send an email link to your contacts.

MEMBERS of the Thame business community met at The Spread Eagle, Thame, on Tuesday, to learn about three great community projects offering them the opportunity to support and to get involved with.

Several local business representatives missed the meeting because of travelling difficulties, including Fraser Hamilton from The James Figg whio was stuck in Spain due to Volcanic activity!

Steve Bannister enthused the meeting with his presentation about the inspiration behind Thame’s first arts and literary festival, planned for June 25-27, 2010, and how the local businesses can offer sponsorship for one of 30 events planned, or perhaps advertise in the programme. The TAL (Thame Arts & Literary Festiva) event is expected to attract 2,000 visitors to the town.

Andy McDonald, one of the Thame businessmen behind the development of the town?s innovative app ithame (www.ithame.co.uk), explained how the idea for the app. came about over a pint with friends, and just four weeks later, was launched in a flurry of publicity, including BBC News.

Andy explained how the founding local businesses had benefited from being involved and how others could have a presence on the ithame app.

Alison Isherwood, Thame’s Market Town Co-ordinator, gave an update on a visit to Abergavney recently to pick the brains of the organisers of that town’s food festival, now in its ninth year, to see what could be learnt from them to help grow Thame’s food festival, planned for the week ending September 25, 2010. This will be Thame’s third food festival.

Businesses who couldn’t make the meeting, but who would like to find out more about any of these events, can contact:
http://www.talfestival.org/
http://www.ithame.co.uk/

For the food festival 2010: alison.isherwood@southoxon.gov.uk, mobile 07717 224984

THE bells of St Mary’s church, Thame, rang out this morning in celebration of St George’s day.

Supported by the Bishop of Oxford, many Bell Towers across the Diocese began pealing together from 6pm to celebrate St George’s day. Here in Thame a peal rang from 10am to 1pm.

In a statement of support to the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers, the Bishop said: “This (the pealing of bells) will portray St George in a much more positive light than the raucous noise of our football supporters in innocent foreign countries!”

PHOTO: Members of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Bell ringers, with St Mary’s Church, Thame’s Master of the Tower, Rosalie Gibson 5th from the right. The eight ringers of the Guild played 5056 changes, Bristol Surprise Major, in just under three hours!

ST GEORGE, his dragon and em…. lady friend, were out in the streets of Thame today, offering unsuspecting passers by the chance to try some very special pies and beer, courtesy of the staff of The James Figg pub in Cornmarket, Thame.

Several pubs, including the Cross Keys and the Rising Sun were flying the St George flag, as was Thame town hall.

First Thame Scout Group will be holding a St George’s Day service in St Mary’s church, to celebrate 100 years since scouting started in Thame. The service will be hold on April 25, starting at 2pm, and all leaders and supporters from the past 100 years are invited to join them

There will be refreshments to follow served at the Scout Headquarters. Contact 01844 215 657 if you wish to attend.