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Rachel Eden is our new Mayor of Reading. In this interview, discover what the role of Mayor entails and Rachel's main aims for her time as Mayor. We explore the values that underpin Rachel in her many roles: Councillor, Businesswoman, mother and now Mayor. Rachel leaves us with a valuable take-away of how she stays serene with a very full-filled diary! A great listen.

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Our very own volunteer, Caroline Gratrix has been supporting Ethical Reading since we launched, as our official people and event photographer. Caroline shares her passion for capturing people looking happy and natural, she set up her successful company VIVA photography and has not looked back since! Caroline shares her excitement and pride in making Reading a better place to live and work. We are delighted to have Caroline on our team!

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Our very own ER volunteer and sustainability lead, Kathryn McCann, guides us through one of our most loved ER initiatives: Trees for Reading (TfR). She leads us through how it started, the benefits of trees in town, the project’s instant success and the situation post covid. At the end, Kathryn shares a heart-warming story about one particularly meaningful tree planted outside the Town Hall. Great work Kathryn!

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Chris Williams tells the remarkable story of the family-owned Jennings Business Park and its unique values regarding tenants, with community at its heart. Since 2018 it’s been on a transformational sustainability journey to becoming a B-Corp with a roadmap to be Carbon-negative by 2030 – not just Jennings itself, the whole business park! Visionary stuff, well worth a listen.

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Kimmy of Style Nation, a successful, award-winning hairdressing business in Reading, found a natural fit with the Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter. In her recruitment practices, Kimmy looks for people with passion and creativity with the values of honesty, integrity, fairness and, of course, exceptional customer service. Kimmy shares her journey as an entrepreneur and the ingredients for her success.

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Reading Ethical Recruitment Charter Series: Rapid Personnel was set up as an alternative to exploitative recruitment agencies using unscrupulous practices. 20 years on and many sector challenges later, Rapid Personnel is a well proven successful business model. Treating their people well results in a happy workforce who do good work for their client organisations. Simon tells us about their innovative approach to staff retention and the resulting high fulfilment levels. A great listen.

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