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Reading, Newbury and Berkshire

Here you can find a range of articles and resources about Verbatim and how, as a local business, we’re excited to be part of the local communities in Reading, Newbury and Berkshire.

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Could Telephone Answering Services Make Reading Happier?

Royal Mail has published their annual happiness index for the UK – the list that showcases the best places to live in the UK, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Each year they look at a variety of factors, including reported personal well-being, life expectancy, earnings, inequality, carbon emissions, crime, deprivation and access to health services. Then they tally it all up, and come up with a list of the happiest places to live in the UK. And the 2019 results are in!

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What would it mean for business if Reading got city status

Reading City Status: What Would It Mean For Businesses?

Over the past 10 years, Reading council have been putting in bids for Reading to become a city, instead of a town. But again and again these bids have been rejected, without any real explanations why. Over the years, many people have pondered why Reading has missed out on this civic honour, and what it might change for the people who live and work in it if that changed. After all, the title of ‘city’ doesn’t carry any official benefits, so what would be different? Today we wanted to ask – what would gaining city status do for Reading, and how would it affect all the businesses that live here?

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