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8 TAX ASSIST ADVICE 12 OM-MANI-PADME-HUM

Read all about Steven Gluck’s new meditation classes

20 MANDY COX THERAPIES Read about my visit to Mandy Cox Therapies

22 25 24 28 30 32 39 35

From the Editor

Ho ho ho! Where did that year go?

As we head into the festive season once again, Surrey Hills Publishing celebrates its ninth year anniversary issue, with magazines in Bookham, Cobham & Esher too. How can it be nine years? That is just so scary! We’ll have to have a big celebration next year for sure! It’s wonderful to now include The Weybridge Flyer in our mix of local magazines. We have two lovely relaxing features for you to read this month: firstly, a return visit to Mandy Cox Therapies in Downside. Mandy has expanded her repertoire since we last met. Read all about that inside, she really did pamper me beyond belief ! If you’re finding life all rather stressful, you may be interested in trying the ancient art of meditation. I went along to a class recently and enjoyed it so much that I think I’m hooked! Read all about my time with Buddhist monk Tenzin Josh on pages12/3. We also have lots of local events to share on our What’s on pages within this, our festive issue. I do hope you enjoy thumbing through our pages. I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful New Year. We look forward to returning in February to start 2015 with more local news & community activity.

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or addresses a topical financial issue. What is a van? Car benefit changes 2013/14 Car 2013/14 Q: benefit Can youchanges summarise what the changes : I’m looking at getting a new vehicle Q:toCan you summarise what the changes company car and van benefits are fromfor my business and benefits I know there some to6company car and van are are from April 2013 please? tax please? advantages of having vans. But what 6 April 2013 From the 6th April 2013: isA:the definition a van, so that I know what to A: From the 6thof April 2013: Company cars buy? Company cars • The car fuel benefit charge multiplier will : Vans have a number of benefits for tax will • The car fuel benefit charge multiplier increase from £20,200 to £21,100 purposes in comparison to cars: increase from £20,200 to £21,100 • The lower threshold be reduced from 1. VAT – if your will business is VAT registered, • The lower threshold reduced 120g/km to 115g/km you may be able to recoverwill thebe VAT on a vanfrom to 115g/km– if you buy the van outright 2.•120g/km Capital Allowances The lowest appropriate percentages are still • lowest appropriate percentages are still orThe under acent finance as a Hire Purchase 0 per andlease, 5 persuch cent 0 per cent and 5 per cent agreement, you should be able to offset the cost • The 10 per cent charge will now apply toofcars theThe van10 against yourcharge profits. is because vans • per emissions cent will now apply to cars with CO2 of This 76g/km to 94g/km arewith treated as Plant for Capital Allowance purposes, CO2 emissions of 76g/km to 94g/km • The appropriate percentage increase by and therefore qualify for the Annualwill Investment • The appropriate percentage will increase by 1 per cent for all vehicles with CO2 Allowance which allows up to 100% of theemissions cost to 1 per cent for all vehicles with CO2 emissions between 95g/km and 215g/km, to a be offset in the year of purchase and 215g/km, to atrigger cent maximum of 35–per 3.between Benefits in95g/km Kind company cars can cent maximum of 35 per Vans benefits in kind, which are based on the list taxable Vans price andvan thefuel car’sbenefit CO2 emissions. This can make • The charge multiplier will company quite expensive, butmultiplier benefits in will kind increase from £550 to £564 • The vancars fuel benefit charge forincrease vans are afrom fixed£550 amount, irrespective of the van’s to £564at £3,000 • The van benefit is frozen List Price or CO2 emissions. Furthermore, the rules •The Therules van benefit is frozen at £3,000 and implications company for when a benefit in kind for aofvan arises are more vehicles are far reaching, you would be The rules and implications of company relaxed than those for a car, soso a benefit may be advised to seek professional advice from vehicles are far reaching, so you would beyour avoided altogether local TaxAssist Accountant a advised to seek advice from your Defining a van canprofessional be tricky, as before there areacquiring different new vehicle. local TaxAssist Accountant before acquiring a criteria for different areas of tax, but try to stick to new vehicle.

the following conditions: a car ·Leasing A vehicle that is not commonly used as a private Leasing a car Q: If I lease car in thefor name vehicle and isaunsuitable such of usemy personal I leaseprimarily car in theany name my personalof company, doa you have ·Q: AIfvehicle suited forrecommendations theoftransportation company, do you have any recommendations the tax burden down? to keep goods- no rear seats/ windows the tax burden down? keep ·to a maximum legal laden weight of 3,500kg A:Has Firstly, if the car triggers a benefit in kind, A: Firstly, if the car triggers a benefit in kind, Discussing this with an accountant before you make then you will always be better o looking for then you with willcould always beemissions, better oas looking for any purchases you from losing a vehicle low prevent CO2 this tax will a vehicle with low CO2 emissions, as this will relief unable to reclaim VAT. resultand in abeing lower car benefit percentage and result in a alower benefittax percentage therefore lowercar personal liability forand you.

To furnishaor not personal to furnish? therefore lower tax liability for you.

Furthermore, you should also be aware that Furthermore, youpurchased should also be aware : I have just a 130g/km, couple of it isthat if the car has emissions over if the car has emissions over 130g/km, is properties thatlease I intend to let out. likely that 15% of the payments willitCan be likely that the lease payments be you15% tellof me whether Itax ampurposes. better will to If for corporation disallowed corporation purposes. If disallowed furnish themfor orare not?below thistax the emissions level, the entire the emissions below the entire lease paymentsare should bethis taxlevel, deductible. : Furnishingshould has always an important lease payments bebeen tax deductible. Emailing P60s distinction, as only furnished lettings entitle Emailing P60s oce paperless, can I send my Q: To keep you my to the valuable Wear and Tear Allowance Q: To keep oce paperless, can I send my employees their P60 of 10% of themy rents. Nowvia it isemail? definitely worth employees their P60 via email? reviewing whether you could is A: Since 2010/11, form P60show canthe be property provided A: Since form P60 can bebut provided furnished, given that the renewals basis for replacing either on2010/11, paper or electronically, you items inon commercial residential properties letthey either paperwith ororelectronically, but you should conﬁrm your employees that unfurnished ceased fromtheir 6th April 2013. Looselyshould conﬁrm with your employees that they are happy to receive P60 electronically. speaking, HMRC guidance is that aelectronically. property is are to receive P60 have access to secure Yourhappy sta will need totheir furnished if will itview includes some (but not necessarily all) have access secure Your stato need facilities andto print a copy. If to they prefer items a tenant or owner-occupier normally facilities to view and print a copy.would If they prefer not tothat receive their P60 electronically, then you provide in unfurnished accommodation. musttoprovide them a hard copy as then normal. not receive their with P60 electronically, you must provide them with a hard copy as normal. Contact Elaine Jones ACMA AFTA Elaine Jones ACMA AFTA 01932Elaine 850 or Contact Jones ACMA AFTA on: 01932 850600 600 orby by email: weybridge@taxassist.co.uk on: 01932 850 600 or by email: weybridge@taxassist.co.uk email: weybridge@taxassist.co.uk

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’ve been interested in meditation for quite some time. A few years back, I even attended a short introductory course. More recently, as my life has become busier and I’ve had some challenging personal times to deal with, I’ve found myself trying to master the art once again. There is much talk in the media about being more ‘mindful’ in our lives and this basically stems from meditation and is loosely what Buddhism is all about. So as I’m sure you can imagine, I was delighted when I heard that a Buddhist monk called Tenzin Josh was running some drop-in meditation classes locally. I was looking forward to finding out more about this ancient art from an authentic source. It was at university that Steven Gluck first thought seriously about becoming a monk. When he finished his degree studies, he decided to investigate and started by spending six months studying at a Buddhist Centre in

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Croydon. Following this, still only in his early 20s, he purchased a one-way ticket to India and headed for the Himalayas. For the next 16-17 years, Steven studied, prayed and meditated. For the first three years, he was alone in the mountains; during this time, he hardly saw anyone else, spending his days meditating and praying. He then joined a monastery to formalise his studies and continue his Buddhist journey. He became a novice monk in 1990 and was then fully ordained in 1991. Both ordinations were by the HH Dalai Lama and he feels very fortunate and honoured by this. He then became known as Tenzin Josh. You can see Tenzin Josh in the photograph above with the HH Dalai Lama. It was taken at a place called Bodh Gaya in Northern India where the Buddha became enlightened. Tenzin Josh spent fifteen years in the spiritual epicentre of Tibetan Buddhism, Dharamsala. His days were long, starting at 5 am and not

PADME-HUM ending until midnight. Hours were spent praying, meditating, debating the Buddhist scriptures with the other monks and learning. As his knowledge grew, so did his reputation; in fact, Tenzin Josh was pretty well-known in those parts towards the end of his studies! Nowadays, Tenzin Josh runs an ethical Fair Trade company locally and has exchanged his shaved head and robes for a more conventional look. However, his heart still lies in India and he very much hopes to head back there some time in the future and resume his life as a monk once again. In the meantime, he is content to share some of his knowledge and Buddhist philosophy with anyone who cares to join him. Once a week classes, lasting 6 weeks and including a one day retreat, will commence in the New Year. There will also be on-line support throughout the course for those joining, and regular handouts to take away and read.

The drop-in classes will continue to run during the first two weeks of December, so do call in if you would like to start your own personal journey to enlightenment! Meditation is highly recommended to help us deal with our busy stress-filled lives. Apparently, only ten minutes of quality meditation a day will make a huge difference to concentration levels and well-being. Understanding some of the theory behind mindfulness is not only very helpful but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fascinating too. I for one will be returning this week for my second instalment of relaxation and instruction. Drop into Cobham Methodist Church, Cedar Rd, Cobham Thursday evenings, between 8pm - 9pm. ÂŁ10 Venue for January 2015 tbc. For further details, email tenjosh@gmail.com Or call 07516 428 704 Thank you very much indeed, Tenzin Josh. I very much look forward to learning more. The Weybridge Flyer - Festive Issue 2014

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Go into any supermarket or garden centre today and you’ll see huge numbers of the very colourful Phalaenopsis hybrids, also known as the moth orchid. Although it’s a tropical plant, it will do very nicely in your house, provided that you observe a few simple rules. Watering The worst thing that you can do to this magnificent plant is to over-water it. Your moth orchid is an epiphyte, which means that its roots will not be buried in soil or compost. Some roots are to hold on tight to the large bark chips contained within its pot; the rest act like leaves, collecting moisture & nutrients from the atmosphere around it. It will normally be planted in a transparent plastic pot, placed into an outer decorative one. The best way to keep it well watered is simply this - remove the plastic pot & take to the kitchen sink. If you happen to have a jug of rainwater, so much the better, but if not, then simply flush the pot through with nottoo-cold tap water. Put the pot on the draining board & allow the excess water to percolate through the bark chips. It’s very important to allow time for the bulk of the water to drain out completely so that when you pop the orchid back into its original decorative pot, it will not be sitting in any residual water. This will eliminate root rotting. Feeding The orchid is not a hungry plant and

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A Good Read My absolute favourite big beautiful book this year has been Mid-Century Fashion and Advertising Photography by William Helburn. Helburn was the photographer for many of the top advertising agencies in New York in the 1950s and 1960s. Shock value and an unrelenting hunger for success helped him to a pioneer’s share in the revolutionary era of advertising and his work would also appear on the editorial pages and covers of major magazines. This book presents a delicious taste of the vivid reality that the television series Mad Men seeks to evoke. Most of these images have not been seen since they were first published decades ago. They are fantastic. I suffer from a malady called Dupuytrens Contracture – Ronnie Reagan and Margaret Thatcher suffered from it too - no connection with me there. It’s an inherited disorder of tissue in the palms of the hands and fingers, causing a progressive clasping of the fingers. The offending gene comes from our Viking and Celtic ancestors – there is some connection there! It is named after the French doctor Dupuytren who was Napoleon’s physician. He identified and described the condition from which the general suffered. There is no cure but it won’t kill you! The only treatment for years has been surgery. However, some five years ago, a treatment was invented to break the collagen cords that are formed by the disease. A simple injection and a little physical persuasion and the hands are freed

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of their permanent clench. All this on the NHS. I’m not able to write this the day after having my hand treated at The Royal Surrey. It’s being dictated! I know it has and is facing considerable challenges and the press is not always positive, but I continue to be humbled and astounded by the quality of the people and their work in the NHS. Which brings me to Napoleon himself. Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts. From Andrew Roberts, author of the Sunday Times bestseller The Storm of War, comes this definitive modern biography of Napoleon. Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. Of the climactic Battle of Leipzig in 1813, as the fighting closed around them, a French sergeantmajor wrote, ‘No-one who has not experienced it can have any idea of the enthusiasm that burst forth among the half-starved, exhausted soldiers when the Emperor was there in person. If all were demoralised and he appeared, his presence was like an electric shock. All shouted “Vive l’Empereur!” and everyone charged blindly into the fire.’ Read this book and will understand why this was so.

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By Armand Wadsworth H is For Hawk by Helen MacDonald has just won the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. This is the premier prize for non-fiction writing in the UK. She is a worthy winner. I love hawks. Here is a photo of me out with a beautiful Harris Hawk earlier this year. ‘In real life, goshawks resemble sparrowhawks the way leopards resemble housecats. Bigger, yes. But bulkier, bloodier, deadlier, scarier and much, much harder to see. Birds of deep woodland, not gardens, they’re the birdwatchers’ dark grail.’ As a child, Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology and read all the classic books, including T. H. White’s tortured masterpiece, The Goshawk, which describes White’s struggle to train a hawk as a spiritual contest. When her father dies and she is knocked sideways by grief, she becomes obsessed with the idea of training her own goshawk. She buys Mabel for £800 on a Scottish quayside and takes her home to Cambridge. Then she fills the freezer with hawk food and unplugs the phone, ready to embark on the long, strange business of trying to train this wildest of animals. ‘To train a hawk you must watch it like a hawk, and so gain the ability to

predict what it will do next. Eventually, you don’t see the hawk’s body language at all. You seem to feel what it feels. The hawk’s apprehension becomes your own. As the days passed and I put myself in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her, my humanity was burning away.’ Destined to be a classic of nature writing, H is for Hawk is a record of a spiritual journey - an unflinchingly honest account of Macdonald’s struggle with grief during the difficult process of the hawk’s taming and her own untaming. At the same time, it’s a biography of the brilliant and troubled novelist T. H. White, best known for his book The Once and Future King. It’s a book about memory, nature and nation, and how it might be possible to try to reconcile death with life and love. We have in stock some splendid cards of Weybridge, p a i n t e d by a local artist. Here is one that I particularly like of the Thames at Weybridge. Happy New Year.

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company, to be supporting the Hospices,” explained group managing director Natalie Stephens, who has first-hand experience of the charities services.“My father was cared for by the Hospices community team in his own home, and when he passed away, I received bereavement counselling,” added Natalie, who led by example and sported her Santa suit for the press. The run is an all-family event and, as Optichrome discovered, a great team-building experience for corporates. All adults receive a free Santa outfit and all children a free Santa hat when signing up. It costs £10 for adult to enter and £5 for under 16s, and all sponsorship raised by the Santas will go straight to hospice care. You can register for the run online at www. wsbhospices.co.uk/santa or call fundraising on 01483 881752. Woking & Sam Beare Hospices shops also have details and entry forms.

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Christmas Sorbet with Cranberries The deep cranberry red of this sorbet makes it perfect to serve as a Christmas dessert. Keep one in the freezer ready for entertaining. Ingredients • 150g caster sugar • 500g cranberries, defrosted if frozen • Juice of ½ lemon

Method Place 50g of the sugar in a medium pan with 150ml cold water. Heat gently, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Add the cranberries, bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the fruit becomes pulpy. Allow to cool slightly, then place in a food processor and blend to a smooth purée. Place a sieve over a bowl and, using the back of a spoon, press the fruit through to remove the skin and pips. Set the purée to one side and leave to cool. Meanwhile, make a sugar syrup by placing the remaining sugar, 350ml cold water and the lemon juice in a small pan. Heat gently, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved then

simmer for 2-3 minutes. Leave to cool. When cool, add the sugar syrup to the cranberry purée, stir well until smooth, then pour the mixture into a 1-litre freezerproof container and place in the freezer. Freeze for 2-3 hours until the mixture is slushy. Place in a food processor and whizz to break up the ice crystals. Return to the freezer. Then, every 2 hours, use a fork to draw the ice crystals from the edges to the centre until the sorbet is smooth and eventextured with tiny ice crystals. Place in glass bowls and serve.

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o you get stressed at Christmas? If so, then this is GREAT news, and here’s why. Health psychologist, Kelly McGonigal, says when you change your mind about stress, you can change your body’s response to it. “Studies in the US have shown that people who experienced a lot of stress but did not view stress as harmful had the lowest risk of dying of anyone in the study, including people who had relatively little stress.” So let’s take a look at how Kelly McGonigal says we can make stress work for us. View stress positively McGonigal describes how participants in a Harvard University study who were taught that their pounding heart was preparing them for action and that breathing faster meant they were getting more oxygen to their brain were not only less stressed out, less anxious and more confident, they actually experienced a change in their physical stress response. Instead of their blood vessels constricting, they remained relaxed as in moments of joy and courage. Stress makes you social Oxytocin, released during stress, makes you want more physical contact with friends and family, to surround yourself by people who care about you, to seek support. It also enhances empathy and makes you more inclined to help and support people you care about. Oxytocin acts not only on the brain, but also on the body. It protects your cardiovascular system from the effects of stress, is a natural anti-inflammatory, and helps heart cells regenerate and heal from stressinduced damage. And the more you reach out to others under stress, either for support or to offer support, the more oxytocin you release, and the healthier your stress response becomes, enabling you to recover faster from stress.

So, according to McGonigal, human connection leads to stress resilience! This was illustrated by another study on mortality levels for people under major stress, which showed that those people who spent time caring for others showed no stress-related increase in dying. How you think and act can transform your experience of stress. Here are some tips to get you started: • Reframe - start to view your body’s stress symptoms as helpful signals that your body is energised and preparing you to meet this challenge • Reach out to family and friends for support and look out for others who may need your help • Start with small stresses and work your way up to bigger stress-inducing activities • Reflect on meaningful values and life purpose • Practise mindfulness • Look after yourself, with exercise, sleep, nutrition, novelty and focus.

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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS A V Equipment Installations...................... 18 Andy’s Garden Services............................... 43 Bar Pest...................................................... 18 Brighter Care.............................................. 19 Bruce’s Doggie Day Care............................ 23 Claremont Fan Court School..................... 52 CSH Homecare............................................ 6 Danny de Villiers Dentist........................... 14 Double Glazing Repairs ............................ 42 DPB Oven Cleaning ................................. 48 Elmbridge Volunteers................................. 42 Englishman’s Castle ................................... 25 Estates Direct............................................. 47 First Church of Christ................................ 37 Frost Fires .................................................. 11 Grove Garage............................................. 43 Guillaumes Solicitors.................................. 15 Hanging Space............................................. 5 House of Surrey............................................ 2 Love it Photo Booths.................................. 39 MacDonald & Sons Fencing Ltd................ 38 Mailbox Etc................................................ 24 Mandy Cox Therapy............................... 20/1 Meejanna Lebanese Restaurant..................... 9 Not Just Silver....................................... 37/51 Oatlands Park Hotel................................... 16

Out on a Limb........................................... 41 Pet Sitting.................................................. 42 Posh Pet Parlour ........................................ 34 Premier Carpets.......................................... 10 Reformer Club........................................... 33 Roofs of Esher............................................ 29 Sanctuary Bathrooms................................... 7 Sanctuary Tiles............................................. 7 Scott Gallagher Electrical........................... 39 SMC Renault............................................. 46 Sonia – Coaching with Inspiration............. 49 Surrey Hills Fencing................................... 23 Tax Assist..................................................... 8 Time for You.............................................. 17 Ward Williams........................................... 16 Wave Dental Spa.......................................... 4 Wey Electrical ........................................... 18 Weybridge & Walton Physiotherapy ........... 9 Weybridge Books ................................... 26/7 Weybridge Veterinary Centre..................... 34 Workers Education Association................. 29 Your Handyman......................................... 41 Zigger Web Design..................................... 48 © The Weybridge Flyer 2014 Designed and set by Kirsty Hamilton

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