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12 FOR WOMEN
hundreds of women converged Women in Business -
On a wet Thursday in March
Kerry Gray
on the Oasis Centre for the first The Link Magazine's womens' writer Ellzebeth Wood gives her
Childrens Women Into Business Exhibition. impressions of Women in Business Exhibition held on 3 March
The event included seminars,
Wear workshops and over seventy women at work. This is a situation
stands with creche facilities the women should be exploiting."
Party Plan with provided for the under-fives. Jane Several of the large employers
Chainstore Sheppard from Swindon at the exhibition confirmed this.
Bargains. Enterprise Trust explained the Pauline Pearce from Barclay's
thinking behind the event. "The Bank said that recruitment
Have a party in your aim is to raise women's awareness difficulties were already
own home and receive of the opportunities available to apparent. The Bank now offers
10% commission. them. With virtually full extended maternity leave and
employment in Swindon, skill flexible working hours to
Tel: 514055 shortages and falling numbers of encourage women returning to
or 848214 school leavers, employers are work. Lil St. George, Personnel
(Answerp hone) beginning to be much more Officer from Triumph outlined
flexible in their approach to the company's new working
arrangements for mothers. For
Salisbury Street just over a year they have been
qoinning
[I TOP Swindon operating a 'Mum's Shift' from
9.45 to 2.15 four days aweek. The
Tel: 619562
company offers 20 days paid 'Manpower' recruiting
FOR NEW AND NEARLY NEW BABY EQUIPMENT holiday a year and an extra 10 womanpower - a wry smile from
ON SALE: NEW Cots, safety gates, high chairs, baby walkers days unpaid leave can be taken, Elizabeth Wood
NEARLY NEW Prams, buggies, cots, high chairs all of it during the school holidays. Information was also available
ALSO nearly new matemfty and baby clothes
"We don't want to lose people for women who would like to set
LET USSELtYJR GOO1)S FOR YOJ4lheSetvIca Avellabta once we have trained them so we up their own businesses.
000000000009000 do our best to give women the Bootstrap Enterprises is an
: USBORNE flexibility they need to combine agency with charitable status
whose aim is to help set up
work and family."
• BOOKS AT HOME •
• • For women who were looking Worker Co-operatives. Karen
• Colourful, information& • for ways to increase their skills Clark explained "We can help in
: story books for children : several training organisations a number of ways - with low cost
THE • from babies to teenagers. • were exhibiting. The Taurus premises, interest-fre6 loans,
• Also learning games & • Training Centre, based atCheney training, and general hand-
FIZ & WIZ Manor offer a wide variety of holding. We have had enquiries
parents' guides.
:
: courses from word processing to from many women with good
CHILDREN'S • Invite your friends & • welding. The company tries to ideas who want to work for
DISCO • neighbours to look at and• offer tailor-made courses for themselves but don't know how
•
•
• buy Usborne books • women, many of them eligible to get started." One of the
SWINDON • in your home. • for Employment Training grants. enterprises they have helped,
Sue Morgan, Managing Director Roots & Shoots, a landscape
872926 Tel: Liz on 872081
:
• (10% Commission on all sales • of Taurus, said "Women very gardening business, was also at
much under-value themselves the exhibition. Carole Tarrant,
•
• & free hostess books on
and their skills. Many of the one of the partners, was busy
.
• orders over £30)
.•.•.•••••.•.... women who come on our courses explaining the nuts and bolts of
need their confidence boosted. getting started to women eager
REACH YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT AND Many already have skills that they to follow in her footsteps.
STAY THERE WITH THE don't even recognise." (continued opposite)
THE
CAMBRIDGE DIET
Call your Counsellor today: Ca7nbr!dQe European Headquarters for Swindon?
Rebecca Clifforde (Westlea) DIET by the Link Magazine's European Affairs Correspondent Val Brown
on Swindon 873201 After years of expensive and time- in the future importance of Swindon
wasting travelling between as a corporative and manufacturing
headquarters in Brussels and centre, and many more household
Luxembourg, the bureaucrats of the names are seeking to relocate to the
EEC have decided that enough is Swindon area.."
enough. They plan to establish a "With the impeding completion of
permanent base for the European the Channel Tunnel and with 1992
Parliament before the deadline for fast approaching, it is essential that
lifting trade barriers in 1992 - and the world be able to focus on a
Swindon tops the list of possible European administrative centre that
locations. is clearly defined and easily
In Strasbourg last week spokesman accessible."
THE COTSWOLD COLLECTION M. Poisson d'Avril confirmed that A spokesman for Tharnesdown
Swindon is a front-runner in the pan- council commented "It has long been
Probably the best collection of QUALITY PINE FURNITURE in European race to attract this our opinion that Swindon offers
the West Country, at the most competitive prices. Come and prestigious organisation. unique opportunities. We would
see for yourself. Most items are immediately from stock. "Swindon's position, both welcome such a move, and are
Credit terms available. geographically and financially as the confident that in Swindon a
33 Crlcklade Road, Gorse Hill, Swindon. Tel: 511898 fastest growing business centre in centralised European Comm-unity
p, Open: Monday to Friday 9.30am - 5pm Europe, makes it an extremely Headquarters would succeed and
Closed Wednesday - attractive proposition" he said. "The flourish."
international business community The final decision is not expected
has already demonstrated its belief until this time next year.