The Basildon Magazine's January 2015 Edition by Essex Business & Leisure Ltd

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Hi there, Welcome to our January edition. We hope you all had a fantastic Christmas, and enjoyed this wonderful time of year with your loved ones. Some of you may have made some new year’s resolutions……..hopefully they’ve not been broken already!! If one of them was to get in shape, then maybe Slimming World can help (page 4), or give Herbal Life a call (page 8). The next special date to remember is of course valentine’s day on the 14th Feb…so there’s now no excuse to forget! Why not pop along to Michael Frank (page 32) for that extra special gift or purchase some flowers from World of Flowers (page 24). We would also like to say a big thank you on behalf of the Danny Green Fund, for all of you who donated presents to children in hospital over the holiday period. Your kindness is very much appreciated. From all of us here at Essex Business and Leisure, we wish you good health and a happy and prosperous new year. Please log on to our website www. eblonline.co.uk to see all your local Businesses and the services that they provide. We had a great response this month with our quizzes, if you wasn’t lucky this month then please try again. Quizzes this month, you can win a

£50 Meal voucher at the Akash Indian Restaurant in Laindon, and for the children you can win a midweek Party for 10 children at the popular Stay & Play children’s indoor play area in Basildon. www.stay-play.co.uk 01268 491511. Last month’s Quiz winners are, Stacey Bridge, Emanuel road, Langdon hills, Basildon, who won 2 tickets to see The Magic of Motown at the Cliffs Pavilion in June 2015 and Angela Double, Macgregor drive, Wickford who won a Party for 10 children at the popular Stay & Play children’s indoor play area in Laindon. www.stay-play.co.uk 01268 491511. I hope you enjoy your prizes. If there is anything you would like to see in our magazine, then please get in touch, you can email us at sales@ essexbusinessandleisure.co.uk, call us on 01268 330271 or write to us at Unit 7 Durham Road, Basildon, SS15 6PH If you would like to advertise with us, the last day to get your advert in is 15th December. We can design your ad for Free and a Month’s Advertising to 20,000 homes costs from as little as £50. You can contact us on 01268 330271 or email at sales@essexbusinessandleisure.co.uk. Please stop by & like our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ E.B.L.Advertising (Essex Business & Leisure).

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We’ll take a cup of kindness yet For the sake of auld lang syne It gets worse- I don’t understand a word of it, do you?! But people seem to like it- It comes out every year, a tradition I guess, when we reflect on the Old Year & welcome in the New, which, of course, gets more important as we reach Old Age. What will 2015 bring you? - The time to enjoy Retirement to the full, or another year older and deeper in Debt? Article brought to you by... Ron Radway Financial Consultant with One Call Financial Advice Centre

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