A GREEN crusade is on the rise in Oswestry and creating up to 30 new jobs.
The Big Green Book, a resource website for business is rapidly expanding and moving into three suites at the town’s former railway station.
The ‘Book’ which is a not for profit organisation, is one of the fastest growing green movements of its kind, providing advice to businesses of all sizes on green issues and promoting networking.
The company has outgrown its current premises above Northern Goldsmiths in Church Street and is looking for additional administration, sales, marketing, customer services and sales staff, says BGB Marketing’s managing director Gary Braybrooke.
He says that a challenging marketplace should not mean that green principles should be thrown overboard and that companies can reap benefits from working sustainably particularly when networking with others.
“You can become a lot more environmental conscious and save money at the same time,” he says.
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The Big Green Book is supported by trade organisations such as the Organic Recycling Association and Electrical Contractors Association and the company will be exhibiting at Wembley in December as part of the Smart Energy show.
Mr Braybrooke, who lives at Llansanffraid, joined founding partners Kenneth Campbell and Steve Lings in the business last year.
Mr Braybrooke has a record of creating website companies, beginning the Schemes organisation in 2003.
The company has signed a lease at the Cambrian buildings for the next three years, which sees a welcome turnabout in the building’s fortunes since some tenants departed in the summer.
The Buffers Restaurant is now proving a popular attraction and the news that three suites have been let has delighted the Cambrian Building Trust, says its vice-chairman Roger Date.
“It is tremendous news. It has proved that there is a demand for the suites in which there has been a lot of interest.
“Being an environmental company will mean it will work alongside the railway project and possibly the village green as well,” he added.