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• City faced with many challenges

  SALISBURY is facing a number of challenges and it must meet them if it is to advance, says Andrew Hodder, president of Salisbury & district chamber of commerce and industry. read more

• People skills essential

  BUSINESS doctor and troubleshooter Simon Mathias will be speaking at Salisbury business networking club Ambassadors' breakfast meeting at the Grasmere House Hotel, in Harnham, tomorrow. read more

• Complacency causing concern

  BUSINESSES in the south-west are failing to prepare for disaster, according to research. read more

• Decision time on dividend taxation

  SMALL companies paying dividends to individual shareholders from the beginning of April will be subject to a minimum rate of corporation tax of 19 per cent, the Inland Revenue has confirmed. read more

• Green standard demanded

  COMPANIES wanting to supply goods and services to Southern Electric will now have to toe the green line. read more

• Tax club to focus on finance bill

  THE next meeting of the Business Tax Club, hosted by accountants Smith & Williamson, will be held at the White Hart Hotel, in Salisbury, on April 28. read more

• Every picture tells a story

  Vivien Walter (centre) with her brother, Mark, and sister-in-law, Maureen, at their Quidhampton home. Vivien was visiting from Australia as part of a long holiday to catch up with the family.Artist Vivien Walter paints a picture of life Down Under, reports Lesley Bates read more

• Almost There

  DAVID DUKE believes maximum points from Town's next two matches will banish the prospect of a nerve-jangling finale to the campaign. read more

• Gloucestershire eye opener

  GLOUCESTERSHIRE make their comeback in the top flight of the county Championship against Kent at the County, Bristol this Friday. read more

• Time to have some real steam at Steam

  Ref: Councillor Tomlinson and John Short, Steam Museum (EA, April 9): In the vacuum caused by the sudden departure of Tim Bryan, what is happening to the installation of the length of Standard Gauge Track? read more

• Police plea to quad bike owners

  FARMS around Wootton Bassett have suffered a spate of quad bike burglaries. read more

• Ball all set to help women

  MORE help will soon be available to pregnant women in need of urgent advice, thanks to this year's Marriott Charity Ball. read more

• Passengers rail against fare rise

  RAIL passengers have reacted angrily to news that fares are set to rise. read more

• Ferndale stay on form

  Ferndale Rodbourne gained their fifth Wiltshire League win on the trot when Terry Bown scored the winner in last night's 1-0 win over Westside in Junior Division 1. read more

• Just come home

  THE MAN arrested on suspicion of kidnapping missing Purton woman Amanda Edwards knows her, police have revealed. read more

• Rave leaves chaos in its wake

  POLICE are appealing for information about illegal raves after 2,000 revellers brought chaos to villages outside Swindon during the Easter weekend. read more

• Delight for Ann

  WHEN grandmother Ann Wilson was diagnosed as having cancer last year she feared for the worst. read more

• Alan blows in to win Wednesday club's Bourton match

  THE Wednesday Club visited Bourton-on-the-Water in their latest match with Alan Clarke easily winning on a day of cold winds with 69lb. read more

• The soul's still strong

  A report by the Council for Protection of Rural England found many small market towns are becoming soulless dormitory bases for their larger neighbours. But not in Wootton Bassett, Highworth or Cricklade as BHAVANI VADDE discovered read more

• This selfish act led to misery

  AN old saying has it that one person's freedom to swing their arm ends at the tip of another person's nose. read more

On this day: Wiltshire Archive