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Authentic Vietnamese restaurant soon to celebrate 10 years open and exciting plans are in the works

An authentic Vietnamese restaurant is soon to celebrate 10 years open in Northampton, and there are exciting plans in the works as the owners look to the future of the business. Oren Pho not only has a restaurant space, but a function room that caters to parties, weddings and occasions of all kinds – and the business will reach its decade milestone in May.
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Tidy Our Town: Meet the councillor who helped get a Deposit Return Scheme machine in Northampton

Meet the councillor who helped to get a Deposit Return Scheme machine installed in Northampton for the first time, who is the latest to join the Tidy Our Town campaign. The reverse vending machine was placed at the University of Northampton at the end of February, as a collaboration between the Northants Litter Wombles, installer Trovr and the University.
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Multi-award-winning Northants cake maker celebrates four consecutive years of being commended for reviews

A multi-award-winning Northamptonshire cake maker is celebrating four years of being commended for having a plethora of positive customer reviews. Eva Cockrell is a pastry chef and dietitian with more than 12 years of experience in cake making and decorating, having opened her business Eva Cockrell Cake Design in 2013 when she lived in Cyprus.
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Award-winning Northants florist with almost two decades of experience shares what sets her apart

An award-winning Northamptonshire florist with almost two decades of experience has shared what she believes sets her apart and makes her business unique. Claire Moch, who founded florry in January 2018, provides a range of services – including creating beautiful flowers for weddings, enlivening events with floral displays, and sharing her passion through public and private classes.
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Fundraisers organised to support 10-year-old with rare and aggressive form of leukaemia

A series of fundraisers have been organised to support a 10-year-old from Northampton, who was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of leukaemia at the end of last year. In May, 13-year-old Logan Sothcott, his mother Amanda and his rugby coach Kye will run from the Old Northamptonians Rugby Club to Nottingham Children’s Hospital over the course of four days.
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‘Best colour salon in the UK’ remains ‘incredibly busy’ more than two years on from opening in Northants

The owner of the ‘best colour salon in the UK’ remains “incredibly busy” more than two years on from opening her studio in Northamptonshire. Amy Smith launched Dye Hair Studio in Guilsborough in July 2022 and was nationally recognised for her specialist talent with vivid and bright hair colours at last year’s UK Hair and Beauty Awards.
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Meet the teacher turned business owner with a passion for using fitness to create a sense of community

Meet the former primary school teacher turned business owner with a passion for using fitness to create a sense of community across Northampton and beyond. It was in December 2021 when Sue Finney took the leap to give fitness a go full-time, as it had been an important part of her life for more than two decades after she trained as a group fitness instructor in the early 2000s.
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Tidy Our Town: West Northants Labour leader believes collaboration is key in tackling littering and fly tipping

The leader of the West Northants Labour Group believes collaboration is key in tackling the issue of littering and fly tipping across the county, and she is keen to see more of it moving forward. Councillor Wendy Randall, who is the Labour representative for Daventry West, is the latest to speak to the Chronicle & Echo as part of the Tidy Our Town campaign.
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