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• Costly burden on businesses

  EMPLOYERS are being warned to look after their staff after a new report suggests repetitive strain injury at work is costing the UK economy £5bn a year. read more

• Making a date for breakfast

  THE organisers of the Lloyds TSB/Pearson May Business Breakfast, in association with the Wiltshire Times, have issued the programme of events for 2004. read more

• Virgin hones its care skills

  CALL centre staff at Virgin Mobile are taking part in a cutting-edge training programme to sharpen their customer care skills. read more

• Forging better links

  BEAUTY products manufacturer Axxis International Ltd is changing its name to galvanise links with its target market. read more

• 'Why I had to put my business first'

  MALCOLM Lyus believes it would be better for the future of Chippenham Town if the club missed out on promotion this season. read more

• Shop owners call for CCTV to catch yobs

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: ANGRY traders in Corsham are calling for improved security measures to help fight the teenage yobs they say are plaguing the town's shopping centre. read more

• Brunel film on location at Hartham Park

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A COUNTRY house just outside Corsham is fast becoming a must-have setting for historical films. read more

• TA soldier returns to UK post

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: TERRITORIAL Army major Bill Ruthven is readjusting to life in Corsham after leading a recovery project in Iraq. read more

• Town Sweet

  LEIGH MILLS' proposed move to Everton would be a 'good deal' for Swindon Town, but manager Andy King insists the youngster is under no pressure to sign on the dotted line at Goodison Park. read more

• 130 jobs axed at chicken factory

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Around 500 workers at a chicken processing factory near Chippenham fear the axe after bosses announced nearly one-third of the workforce was being made redundant. read more

• Pensioner enjoys his first legal drink

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A PUB regular will be enjoying his first legal pint on Sunday despite being 72 years old. read more

• Man loses everything as caravan is stolen

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: SELF-EMPLOYED window fitter Andrew Steel is counting the cost of a relationship break-up and the theft of his £12,000 caravan home. read more

• Children leap around in pancake race

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: CHILDREN at a nursery school in Chippenham practised their flipping skills during pancake races around the grounds, raising money for the Royal United Hospital in Bath. read more

• Man in high-speed chase escapes jail

  CHIPPENHAM NEWS: A MAN who turned over a stolen £32,000 Mercedes Benz at a Chippenham roundabout after a high-speed chase has walked free from court. read more

• Chance to air views on hospital's future

  HEALTH campaigners in Westbury are urging residents to have their say on the future of the town's hospital at a public meeting on Thursday. read more

• Specialists to join the federation

  SECONDARY schools in west Wiltshire are to share facilities, ideas and staff in the first initiative of its kind in the UK. read more

• Plans for merger after headteacher quits

  AMBITIOUS plans to merge two Melksham primary schools have been announced after it emerged that the headteacher of one has resigned following a failing Ofsted report. read more

• Workers' gifts to charities

  STAFF in Wiltshire's Royal Bank of Scotland branches raised more than £18,000 for local charities last year through a company fundraising scheme. read more

• Lifeline provides more for charities

  MORE money is being made available to help charities in Wiltshire. read more

• A tonic GPs don't want

  Ref. 22938-70MOST bosses still reckon doctors are the best people to call the shots when it comes to sick notes. read more

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