Hello and welcome to my new blogspot. My name is Adrian Edwards and it is my honour to be the 411th Mayor of Newbury. Here I am pictured in my full Mayoral robes with my Mayoress Edwina Cooper. It is my second time as Mayor of this town and it will be my pleasure to record and explain the numerous roles of a modern day Mayor. I hope you will enjoy reading this online diary as much as I am sure that I am going to enjoy carrying out my civic duties. If there is anything you wish to query or indeed if you would like me to attend a function that you are organising, have no hesitation in contacting my Civic Manager Joyce Lewis on 01635 41583. Thank you once again for sparing your time.

Monday, 28 April 2008

NEWBURY WEEKLY NEWS LAUNCH OF BUSINESS WEBSITE

I was invited to attend Newbury Weekly News launch of their new local business website at 8 a.m. on Monday 28 April in their News Hall. I arrived a few minutes after 8 a.m. to find that I was not the first to arrive. A very cheerful group of their lady staff were there to greet me and give me a name tag and one took me through into the News Hall where I met the Managing Director, Adrian Martin. He in turn introduced me to Clive Young and the deputy news editor Simon Lyle. Amongst the other guests was the Member of Parliament, Richard Benyon who seemed to be invited to every event I go to so I have to admire his stamina as he spends most of his time in the House of Commons and is a regular user of First Great Western Railway.
Adrian Martin and subsequently the Group Chairman, Jeremy Willis gave a speech on the purpose of the new website which was to feature local business news and to give information on new business ventures locally. No doubt large companies such as Bayer and Vodafone will be included but also smaller businesses will also feature.
As a matter of interest, when I returned home, I did use my newly acquired computer skills and was able to log onto the website without difficulty and I found it very interesting. I am sure it will be a great success.

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