The Basildon Magazine's November 2013 Edition by Essex Business & Leisure Ltd

The

Basildon

Billericay • Wickford • Langdon Hills

Magazine

See inside for Money Saving Offers, Prized Quizzes, Sudokus, Gardening & Health Articles, and more!

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Hi there, Welcome to our November edition. I hope you all had a good Halloween and Bonfire night. We are now on a countdown to Christmas with all the children getting excited and writing there Christmas lists. Decorations are all going up in Town and Festivities taking place around town, Basildon’s lights switch on is on the 16th November 2013, Billericay have their Christmas Market taking place on Sunday 1st December from 11.00 to 5.00 and Wickford have their lights switch on the 8th December. Also there is an indoor Christmas market taking place at the Holiday Inn on the 10th November. I hope everyone enjoys the build up to Christmas and don’t get too stressed. Autumn is well and truly set in and Winter is approaching fast. We have seen a large drop in temperatures and a lot of rain, please can you check that any older relatives or friends are putting their heating on to keep warm. Stay and Play Indoor Children play area’s Christmas Party dates have been announced, please book early as Halloween tickets sold out very quickly. (see page 34) Please log on to our website www. eblonline.co.uk to see all our Money saving vouchers, there are some great offers and new offers updated on a monthly basis. You can register for free for monthly updates of our vouchers.

Let us know your comments and if there is anything you would like to see in our magazine. You can email us at enquiries @essexbusinessandleisure.co.uk,call us on 01268 330271 or write to us at Unit 7 Durham Road, Basildon, SS15 6PH This month we have 2 quizzes for you:The Akash is giving away a meal for worth up to £50 and Stay & Play Indoor Children’s Play Centre are offering a Party for 10 at their Indoor Play Centre. Last month’s Quiz winners were: Sam Wiseman from Somerset road, Laindon, who won a £50 meal voucher to The Akash and Gemma Johnston from Quilters Close in Basildon, who won a Party for 10 Children at Stay & Play Indoor Children’s Play Centre in Basildon. Congratulations to you both! If you would like to advertise with us, the last day to get your advert in is 20th November. 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 continue to support your local Businesses within this publication by using their services and don’t forget to mention us when you do. We do not vet our advertisers and take no responsibility for anyone who advertises with us.

Things you may find interesting...

Sudoku Page 4

Worrying Makes You Fat Page 6

Win a £50 Meal Voucher Page 8

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Inspirational Irene Page 18

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Meet Your Local Businesses Page 32

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a hormone that tells you when you’re full, so... you’re going to over eat. Yep, once you pop, you can’t stop! Some of you will worry about how much you’ve eaten setting of the same chain of events again! This isn’t the worst of it though Not content with making you demolish the all you can eat buffet or that whole packet of chocolate covered Hob-Nob’s, cortisol is also muscle destroyer! Muscle speeds up your metabolism and burns fat. Therefore it makes sense that the more lean muscle you have the more calories your body burns & the less fat you have right? Well… Cortisol has other ideas… When cortisol is secreted, it actually eats into your muscle! Muscle is 5 times heavier than fat, hence the weight LOSS but fat GAIN Not a good combination!

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