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James Blower The Savings Guru

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Mark Francois

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Nature Notes

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A View from the Church

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Rotary Club / Lions Club

Political Update

EWT Volunteer Neil Sumner

Rev’d David Oxtoby

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Savings Roundup What does the Autumn Budget mean for savers?

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, announced his budget on Monday 29th October.

Usually budgets are at 12 noon on a Wednesday, so the 3.30pm timing on a Monday has caused a little furore! The change was due to the Chancellor wanting to pull forward the timing, to avoid clashing with the final month of Brexit negotiations in November. Initially it was scheduled in for Wednesday 31st October – until aides pointed out this was Halloween!

Fortunately for savers, there weren’t any tricks, but it was a budget short on treats also. There were no headline announcements on savings but there was some good news buried in the 102 pages of budget detail.

The treats: • Premium Bonds – there were two surprise changes. Firstly, they have had their minimum investment reduced from £100 to £25. Secondly, they can now be purchased by people other than parents and grandparents for children under 16. Given the prize pool is paying an attractive 1.40% and over £75bn are held in them, they are hugely popular with UK savers.

• National Savings & Investments – earlier in 2018, it was announced that government backed NS&I was to have a reduced funding target of £6bn, with a range of

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£3bn - £9bn. In essence, the range gives NS&I flexibility but the reduction to £6bn of net new savings was unwelcome. Given that NS&I have actually taken between £11bn and £18bn in the previous three years, £6bn is a significant reduction. However, the budget has raised this to £9bn with a range of £6 – 12bn. This is good news as it reduces the likelihood of further interest rate reductions from NS&I. • Personal tax allowances increase – a manifesto commitment from the Conservatives was to raise the tax free personal allowance to £12,500 and the 40% higher tax rate to £50,000 by 2020. This is going to happen a year earlier than planned and come in to effect in April 2019. This is good news generally but particularly relevant for savers who go over their personal savings allowance, the amount of savings interest they can earn without paying tax (£1,000 for basic rate savers and £500 for higher rate).

• Junior ISAs – the limit for JISA’s will rise to £4,368 (from £4,260) with effect from April 2019.

The tricks: • ISA allowances – there were no changes to the ISA allowance which remains at £20,000. This was somewhat expected given it had risen strongly from the £15,240 in 2016/17 tax year but effectively is a tax rise as more people will go over their allowance – indeed the government is

forecasting an extra £5m a year of tax revenue as a result.

• ISA simplification – with seven different types of ISA available, there was hope that ISAs might be simplified but sadly there were no changes to reduce the number of them or simplify what is available.

In summary, it was a quiet budget for savers with some small areas of good news and limited bad news.

Nottingham Building Society launches best easy access account since 2015 Last month we wrote about the new bank from Goldman Sachs called Marcus, which caused a stir with its new savings account paying 1.50% and attracting over 50,000 savers in its first 10 days. However, it’s been quickly topped by Nottingham Building Society who have launched an internet based eSaver account paying 1.55%.

The account can be opened with a minimum balance of £1,000 from aged 16 and upwards and allows unlimited withdrawals. It’s maximum balance of £250,000 is unlikely to be an issue for most savers too! It’s internet access and lack of restrictions is likely to make it hugely popular.

Nottingham is the 8th largest building society in the UK with 60 branches. Given it has a deposits of around £3bn, which is smaller than challenger banks like Charter Savings, Paragon and Shawbrook,

it is unlikely that this account will be available for long so definitely one to move quickly on.

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Nature Notes Written by Neil Sumner

Neilsumner123@aol.com twitter.com/neilsumner123 It has been 6 years since my first Nature Notes. I’m grateful to Around Town for being able to share thoughts and observations. Articles are usually started on walks in the countryside and this one is beginning from a bench overlooking a shallow valley of meadow towards an escarpment of woodland. It is a beautiful autumn morning, misty and multicoloured in tree and sky. Every few minutes a flock of woodpigeons, sometimes numbering over a hundred, comes from the north east. In the stillness, I can hear the singing of their wings as they pass overhead. Scanning the sky reveals little else though, a few gulls and starlings and one or two chaffnches w ith t heir white wing patches drop into the trees. The winter migration of thrushes and finches is sluggish this year.

A Green Woodpecker gives its soprano clucky call and bounds from the oak. These birds are doing well here but have disappeared from many places to the west. Our local nature reserves should be a place to enjoy the surroundings, for relaxation and quiet contemplation but the naturalist is always taken note of what is there and what is not and pondering the causes and the possibility of remedial work.

This is no more so than when walking in farmland.

Woodpigeons and the crow family are plentiful but stubble fields full of flocks of small birds are a distant memory in much of Essex. I haven’t seen a stoat or a weasel for a while perhaps because, since starting this column, even the rabbits have become depleted. It may be delightfully atmospheric under a low November sun but countryside without wildlife is like an art gallery with no pictures.

In that time there have been happier stories on our coasts. EWT and the RSPB have created and expanded many wetland reserves and we are seeing new species moving north as Europe warms.

An iconic moment for me this year was the Cattle Egret perched on the back of a heffer at Blue House Farm. Some visiting species, such as the Curlew which breeds in moorlands, are in trouble. We can still hear their mournful bubbling whilst watching great flocks of duck, geese and plover rise and fall against our big skies on the internationally important Essex coast. But their future depends on more than this one piece in the jigsaw. We can do much to protect nature locally but its future depends on global policy and co-operation.

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Rev’d David Oxtoby

I’m sure many of our readers will have seen the amazing and moving Poppy Display outside Holy Trinity Church, and also all the amazing tributes inside the Church.

You can’t help but be moved as you walk up Rayleigh high street and see the swoop of red cascading down the outside of the church, it’s moving because it reminds us of the many sacrifices made for the sake of peace in former wars and current conflicts, but it’s also moving because It visibly demonstrates how a community comes together to “Remember Well”.

My role as Team Rector has many opportunities to see and be part of the life of a community, be they faith or non, and in particular it’s been an immense privilege to have Holy Trinity church be part of the Poppy Display project; seeing first-hand the many different community groups and individuals contribute and collaborate on the displays. The Poppy Swoop is made up of around 13,000 knitted poppies, and we had over 50 displays inside the church, contributed by over 15 groups. Watching and joining in with the assembly of the knitted poppies (though I admit my skill set doesn’t stretch to actually knitting) onto the netting was a real demonstration of community.

I highlight this because time and again we hear in the news or in conversations how the fabric of our society is falling apart and there is a declining sense of community; well I’m thrilled that Rayleigh has rebuffed that idea with this community project; therefore from myself and I’m sure many others who have enjoyed these displays, I say a huge thank you! I have been truly blessed to see and be a small part of this.

In St Paul’s letter to the church and Corinth, he writes the following: 12 There is one body, but it has many parts. But all its many parts make up one body. It is the same with Christ. 13 We were all baptized by one Holy Spirit. And so we are formed into one body. It didn’t matter whether we were Jews or Gentiles, slaves or free people. We were all given the same Spirit to drink. 14 So the body is not made up of just one part. It has many parts.

Paul’s encouraging the church to see God at work in one another, and asking them to value one another, honouring each other’s different gifts and talents, telling them that no matter how great or small the contribution, they are all of equal importance. More importantly St Paul is saying, you need each other. Human flourishing is not meant to be in isolation from one another, but with one another in community, in family. At its best the church brings together a raggle-taggle group of different people, focused around the love of Jesus Christ, and invites all to contribute to the whole. In the same way a community at is best is when we offer whatever we have, so that the whole might flourish.

Every Blessing in Christ Rev’d David.

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Home Help Service If you're over 50 and need a little help around the house, let the Age UK Essex Home Help Service lighten the load.

Our friendly and reliable staff can help you with general cleaning including laundry, changing the beds and collecting shopping and prescriptions. We also offer a Sitting and Companionship Service for carers.

All our staff are insured, police checked via the Disclosure and Barring Service and always follow our unique ‘Never Walk Away’ safety policy.

There is a small one-off registration fee and an hourly charge for this service.

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ROTARY CLUB OF RAYLEIGH MILL On September 28, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a deadly tsunami caused 2,100 people to have lost their lives and hundreds more are still reported missing on Sulawesi Island.

The Rotary Club of Rayleigh Mill responded to this emergency by donating a Shelter Box. Shelter Boxes were originally conceived by the Rotary Club of Helston, Cornwall, and is one of the primary systems for providing emergency relief in areas suffering from natural or man-made disasters. Shelter Box has a response team in Jakarta and Palu, working closely with local Rotarians to help survivors of the earthquake and tsunami by providing a package of aid for each family they will help in Sulawesi. This is made up of a large, sturdy tent with space for a whole family to be together, sleep and feel safe, a water filter to make sure they have safe drinking water, two water carriers so clean water can be kept clean, and two mosquito nets to give protection from insect-borne diseases.

See more about the work that Shelter Box does and the situation on Sulawesi at www.shelterbox.org On a lighter note, the social aspect of Rotary was served, at our meeting on 22nd October, by a visit from King Henry VIII who gave an interesting and amusing talk on his quest for true love, the virtues, or otherwise, of each of his numerous wives, why his motives had been mis-understood and misinterpreted over the many years since his death........... and his quest for a male heir.

The members and guests were intrigued by his revelations and wished King Henry well as he continues his task of enlightening the population of England about his truly noble intentions.

If you are interested in getting involved in the community and increasing your social circle, please see our website at www.rayleighmillrotary.org.uk to find out more about us and what we do.

RAYLEIGH LIONS CLUB The Lions Club of Rayleigh is part of the International Association of Lions Clubs, and our primary aim is to raise and distribute funds within out local area.

The Lions Club Of Rayleigh was chartered in 1974 and serves the Rayleigh, Hockley, Hullbridge and Rochford areas. Our club is a Voluntary Service Organisation and a registered charity, we are always looking for people willing to help make their community a better place to live.

By visiting our website, you will be able to find out about the work of the international organisation of Lions and the Lions Club of Rayleigh in particular, including our activities and also details of forthcoming events, and who to contact for further information.

Our club meets on the 1st (business) & 3rd (social) Tuesdays in every month in Rayleigh.

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STEVENS PAVING LIMITED L A N D S C A P I N G & D R I V E WAY S P E C I A L I S T S

WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH OUR PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE CUSTOMERS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

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#WEAREPRINT PROJECT OF THE MONTH Billericay Street Pastors were donated a minibus and came to us with the task of signwriting it. For added privacy for those in the minibus we used 1-way vision. If people want to see out of the windows, but not in. If you think you could benefit from a signwritten vehicle or 1-way vision on any window, please get in contact!

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Marjie’s Theatre & Social Club Getting to know you friendship club West End shows at half price, boat trips, balls, lunches and lots more. Meetings at Rayleigh Golf Club Lords last Monday of the month.

The Rayleigh Lodge pub 1st Thursday of the month.

Please Speak to Marjie on 01268 78335. Please leave a message and we will call you back.

Rayleigh Operatic & Dramatic Society We’re a local Rayleigh group and have some information on our annual pantomime coming up at the Mill this season which we think will be of interest to readers in Rayleigh. It would be great if you could arrange for a mention in your next issue if you have some space - we’re grateful for any coverage you can give us to help keep us performing in Rayleigh for many years to come!

Rayleigh Operatic and Dramatic Society (RODS) present the family pantomime ‘Puss in Boots’ 29th

November to 1st December 2018 at The Mill Arts and Events Centre, Rayleigh. Jack the miller’s son longs for love and happiness with Princess Alice, unfortunately evil Lord Roger has other plans for the Princess. Luckily for Jack, his pet cat Puss reveals himself to be a talking, walking, talented, witty kitty!

Along with the hilarious Aunt Hettie they rebrand Jack as the wealthy Marquis of Carabas to show the King and Queen that he is purr-fect for the princess – only to find themselves up against an angry Lord, his evil henchmen and an ogre!

To see if it all ends in cat-astrophe or if Jack and the Princess live happily fur-ever after come along and join us - you’re sure tabby entertained!!

Performances take place Thursday at 8:00pm, Friday at 7.30pm and Saturday at 1pm and 6.30pm Tickets are available from www.ticketsource.co.uk/rods or 07580 532068 All tickets £12 More info at www.rods. org.uk Kind regards Karen Barton Publicity contact on behalf of RODS (07967) 271648 (01268) 753798

If you would like to promote your club or event then please email a maximum of 70 words to admin@aroundtownmagazines.co.uk or fill in the form on our website www.aroundtownmagazines.co.uk Please ensure that all contact details are included.

USEFUL NUMBERS

BIRTH, DEATH MARRIAGES REGISTRATION

01268 361350 01268 361351

POLICE Rayleigh Police Station

0300 333 4444

HOSPITALS Brentwood Hospital Basildon Hospital Broomfield Hospital Essex Nuffield Hospital Queen’s Romford Southend Hospital Spire Hartswood Hospital

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HELPLINES Alcoholics Anonymous Childline DIAL Disability Helpline Drugline Essex In Focus (family disabilities support)

Narcotics Anonymous NHS non-emergency Parentline Samaritans S. Essex Rape and Incest Crisis Centre Victim Support Essex Women’s Refuge

CHEMISTS Boots the Chemist, Rayleigh 01268 771883 Audley Mills, Rayleigh

01268 776479

Lloyds Pharmacy, Rayleigh

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Grange Pharmacy, Rayleigh 01268 784192 Hambro, Rayleigh

01268 781623

Yardley Chemist

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ROAD & TRAVEL UPDATES Essex Travel www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/essex COUNCILS Rochford District Council

01702 546366

Rayleigh Town Council

01268 741880

TRANSPORT Bus Service

0870 6082608

Rail Service

08457 484950

TAXIS Rayleigh Taxi Bestax Abba Cars Cab Call Cab 24/7

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UTILITIES Anglian Water 0345 145145 Electricity – Power Supply Problems 0800 7838838 Gas – Urgent Calls / Gas Escapes 0800 111999 Minicom – Transco 0800 371787 Thames Water (Supply or Wastewater Services) 0845 9200800 Three Valleys Water 0345 823333 Water – Essex & Suffolk Water 01245 491234 VETS YourVets Vets4Pets Rochford Veterinary Surgery Downes Vets Medivet LIBRARIES Rayleigh

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