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THAME FOOTBALL Partnership has announced that Brothers Hairdressing in Thame is to sponsor the Wall of Fame for the new community football stadium at Meadow View Park.

The Wall of Fame will be known as Brothers Community Spirit, and Adam Buckland of Brothers said: “We are delighted to have the opportunity to support the Football Partnership in this great community project. It is a really exciting time for Thamefootball and the Wall of Fame is ideally suited to our Community Spirit projects.

“The regular projects involve our team of young people working together in different areas of the town to make Thamea place we can all be proud of. Brothers hope this is the start of a long and lasting involvement with the Football Partnership and are keen to help in any way they can in the future.”

The buy a brick campaign for the wall is now underway and for

THE next Late Breakfast event will be at the Four Pillars Hotel, Marcham Road, Abingdon OX14 1TZ, on April 7th 9.00 – 10.30 am.

There will be no presentation this month but a lively and enjoyable session of SMALL TABLE NETWORKING

You can book ahead and appear on the guest list or simply turn up on the morning. Either way the entry fee of

THAME based Skip Hire company, Bucks Recycling, is to provide sponsorship for the TFP website and become a corporate partner at the new facility at Meadow View Park, the home of Thame Football.

Paul Bailey, Finance Manager, commented: ?We are a local business providing a professional and flexible waste management service to all of our customers. Having seen what TFP are doing locally for the community we wanted to be part of this and help support the football partnership through this sponsorship.”

Bucks Recycling have also signed up for a two year package for advertising on one of the perimeter advertising boards at the new football stadium. ?Its a good way of promoting our brand and getting our identity visible to a lot of new prospects on a weekly basis,? added Paul Bailey. ?With Thame United poised for promotion back into the Hellenic Premier Division again and back in Thame for next season we are hoping that attendances will increase with support for all of the sides playing at the site.?

For more information on perimeter advertisng at the stadium or for any corporate sponsorship opportunities please contact:
frank.thompson@thamefootball.co.uk or visit the TFP website at www.thamefootball.co.uk

FOOTBALL is coming home to Thame with work on Meadow View Park, the new home for Thame United and ThameBoys, Girls & Youth FC, underway with completion due in Autumn 2010. The

THE next Thame First networking event will be held in the banqueting suite of the Spread Eagle Hotel, Cornmarket, Thame, on Tuesday, April 20, from 6-8pm.

Amongst other Thame business-related topics, there will be an opportunity to find out more about the ithame application which can be accessed at www.ithame.co.uk

As well as talking to some of the businesses that got involved with the project right at the start, guests will be able to discuss with the ithame founders the next steps in the development of the app.

PHOTO: The Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green with some of the ithame founding businesses, L to R
Tom Newitt, Simon Ralphs, Simon Martin (Racquets), Andy McDonald,Karl White (Thame Service Station)

SAINSBURY’S will open the doors to its new store in Thame tomorrow, Wednesday 10th March 2010. The store, which stands on the site of the town?s old Woolworths, has created 80 new jobs ? all of which have gone to local people.

The Mayor of Thame, Jeannette Matelot Green, will will cut the ribbon to officially open the supermarket at 9am.

Adding a sense of theatre to the day will be the Thame Lions club. The Lions have worked closely with the new store to set up a Sainsbury?s Sport Relief Mile in the town on Sunday, March 21. Runners and walkers from Thame will be joining thousands of people from all over the country to raise funds for Sport Relief.

Store Manager, Jason Merrett, said: ?There?s been a real buzz in the town around the opening of the new Thame Sainsbury?s and my colleagues and I are all very excited about opening and getting to know our new customers. Working with the Lions on the Sport Relief Mile has given us all a taste of what can be achieved through pulling together with our community.

“We?ve now linked up with the Thame Youth Memorial to provide a raffle prize worth

A WEBSITE is now available that help businesses pass on unwanted materials to others, and to obtain pre-used materials that may be of use to them.

Visit Retrader.org.uk to see a range of different categories of items and materials that can be exchanged, from batteries to paper and furniture to paint and pallets.

There are two ways to get involved:

* Find out what?s on offer and/or log your re-usable material for others to see at Retrader.org.uk
>/a> The first time you go there you?ll need to register.

FREE TO ATTEND 1/2 DAY PRESENTATION/ WORKSHOP – developing the clean tech economy in Oxfordshire: A low carbon future for a world-class economy.

The significance of future environmental and climate change is contested both politically and commercially. Oxfordshire has existing strengths in terms of academic skills, community engagement and business responses to the challenges of environmental and climate change but there is a perception that there is no overall vision or plan that considers how these changes will affect all aspects of society and the economy.

The aim of this event is to facilitate senior business and political leaders discussing how they can help each other respond successfully to the challenges and opportunties created by these changes.

An introduction by Sir David King will set the scene and will be followed by a presentation from Trevor Graham who has been working in Malmo to help it develop its clean-tech, low carbon economy.

Discussions during the afternoon will develop our understanding of the options facing Oxfordshire to respond and contribute to our understanding of who needs to be involved.

See: http://www.eventelephant.com/cleantechoxford

PHOTO: Sir David King, Founding Director of the Smith School. Sir David was the UK Government?s Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Office of Science from October 2000 to 31 December 2007. In that time, he alerted governments worldwide to the threat of climate change.

SOUTH Oxfordshire District Council wants local business
to have a say on an action plan for economic development in the district over the next three years.

The plan sets out the range of issues facing business and economic development in South Oxfordshire, such as high levels of commuters travelling outside the district, skills shortages, access to services in
rural locations and competition from other areas, along with the challenges posed by the current global economic downturn. The plan suggests key actions needed to tackle these issues and achieve a
real, measurable difference.

In a statement, SODC says: “Although the council will take the lead on the plan, it is intended to be a joint effort working closely with local businesses, individuals and other partner organisations. A steering group has been established to push the actions forward and its members will hopefully become
ambassadors for this work within the wider business community.”

Some of the key actions include:

● Helping to encourage the creation of high value job
opportunities for local people. The plan is to work closely with Science Vale UK to raise the profile of the area as an excellent choice to locate business and an attractive place to live.
● Addressing skill gaps and raising skills levels in the local workforce by encouraging education providers to offer appropriate training.
● Providing more support, guidance and promotion for local businesses – running networking events, meeting the needs of small businesses and people working from home.
● Supporting strong and vibrant towns with market town action plans.

Cabinet Member for economic development, Rodney Mann, says:”This important three year plan shows the council?s commitment to supporting economic growth in the district by promoting business growth, creating new job opportunities and supporting the creation of vibrant market towns.

“I urge local people, and the business community in particular, to take a look at this action plan and let us know if they think we are on the right track. By working together to achieve the goals in this plan,
we aim to make South Oxfordshire one of the most economically successful, and environmentally sustainable, rural areas in the country.”

The action plan is available for people to view on the council?s website at www.southoxon.gov.uk/haveyoursay
and the consultation on the plan runs until the end of February. Comments can be sent to:
economic.development@southoxon.gov.uk

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THE world’s first dedicated town iphone app, ithame, officially went live today and is now available to be downloaded FREE. Comments so far have been generally very positive and the developers, Simon Ralphs and Andy McDonald, say they are delighted with the result.

Andy said today: “The founding businesses and others involved have helped raise the profile of Thame to a completely new level.

“Content wise, we will be adding content and tidying up the app over the next few days to further improve it even more.”

ithame provides access a vast source of information about the town of Thame, including its history, places to stay, events, places to visit and loads more, from the iphone, on the move.

At present ithame is available, free of charge, to consumers with iPhones by downloading the application from their iphone or from the Apple itunes store and searching for ithame. Other mobile devices will be supported shortly but if you have an itunes account you can view ithame from your PC.