May 2013
Abbey-Link Abbey-Link
Part of The
Often imitated, never equalled
Link Directories (Gloucester) Ltd
Gloucesters Leading Local Independent Directory linking local businesses with the local community
Delivered to the residents of Abbeymead Abbeydale PleaseFREE mention Abbey-Link when responding to /adverts and now including Upton St Leonards
2
To advertise call 01452 890242
A bit about
“AbbeyAbbey-Link” Link”
3
Dear Neighbours, A belated Happy New Year to you all! Welcome to the February edition of your Abbey-Link. The Christmas break seems a long time ago now, but how are we all getting on with those New Year Resolutions? Still sticking to them?! Well if getting fit or loosing weight is amongst your New Year Resolutions, maybe the Abbey-Link can help you out, we have a few local businesses advertising their fitness regimes with us; from Slim Fitness on the back cover who have NEW classes starting at the Abbeydale Community Centre, see more details along with Julies Top New Year Fitness Tips on page 24, Females4Fitness - Gloucesters only independent fitness studio exclusively for women only, on page 30 offering a free trial session, or taking up classes of Zumba with Jane, details of her classes are on page 28. May be dance is more of your thing and maybe you fancy trying Scottish Dancing, details about this club can be found on the index page. Many of our local businesses are also holding Sales during February, so if you are looking to upate the furnishings in your home, now may be a great time to do it, there’s Barbaras Blinds on page 16, Gloucester Furniture on page 18, Glevum Heating on page 39 are offering a £100 Marks and Spencer voucher on new systems installed before February and Als Windows are offering a 25% discount on gutter cleaning - see more on pages 20, 21. Remember February is also Valentines Day, and where better to buy flowers for your loved one than Plantation Florist, on page 29 - they are a great local business who are now celebrating 21 years of business, so congratulation to them. If you run a business in the area, then the likely hood is that you are already thinking about how to increase business in 2016. Perhaps we can help you - we are running an offer this month where if you place an advert in one of our directories, we will place it in a second directory for you for half price - helping to get your business in front of more customers - see our advert below. This way you can get your business in front of 1,000’s of homes for just a fraction of the cost. Give me a ring or drop me an email. To be in with a chance to win Cineworld Tickets, see page 37. Please feel free to email me your Sudoku entries if you so wish: sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk Have a great month Sarah.
The Link Directories (Gloucester) Ltd cannot be held responsible for any errors or omissions or endorse companies, products or services that appear in this magazine. to adverts PrintedPlease by: Themention Color Company Tel: when 01242responding 226332 www.thecolorco.co.uk
Abbey-Link
4
To advertise call 01452 890242
5
Rob Walters For all your ceiling requirements:-
Plasterboarding Coving Skimming Texturing Also Painting & Decorating Service We now offer to skim textured ceilings to a flat finish or alternatively we provide a full range of high quality textured patterns Water damaged ceilings & Insurance work welcome
Domestic & Commercial enquiries welcome HOME: 01452 521878 MOBILE: 07850 968348
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
6
ABBEYMEAD & ABBEYDALE ACCOUNTANCY AND TAXATION CENTRE
Accountants for the Abbeymead and Abbeydale Area SMALL PRACTISE FOR SMALL CLIENTS = SMALL FEES CHARGED BY US SELF ASSESSMENT TAX RETURNS IMMEDIATE SERVICE AVAILABLE * Fixed priced Accountancy/Taxation services. Accounts. Self Assessment. Tax Returns. PAYE. VAT. Bookkeeping etc. Annual Sales £ Annual Fee From Less Than 15,000 50—100 15,000 100 30,000 150 40,000 180 60,000 210 75,000 230 90,000 240 Over 100,000 By Negotiation
* * * * * *
Limited Company Accounts Limited Company Formation Partnership Accounts Self Employed Accounts Management Accounts Business Start Ups
Self Assessment tax returns completion from £50 *Self Assessment tax returns, Accounts problems *Free accountancy/Taxation Surgery. *Home visits to suit you Ring Mike Jefferies MAAT ICPA FCPA 01452 863304 To advertise call 01452 890242
7
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
8
LAWNMOWERS SERVICED – SHARPENED – REPAIRED ALSO: RIDE-ON MOWERS, CHAINSAWS, ROTAVATORS, STRIMMERS, HEDGETRIMMERS ETC.
FREE COLLECTION AND DELIVERY Tel : CHELTENHAM MOWERS LIMITED Tel: 01452 616169 Unit B3, Nexus, Hurricane Road, Gloucester Business Park, Glos. GL3 4AG Visit and Buy On-Line at www.mowers-online.co.uk
D2B designs Design and prepare architectural drawings for extensions, conversions, alterations and improvements to your home We also carry out custom designs for new homes with your needs in mind. All plans are prepared and submitted on your behalf for Local Authority Building Control and Planning Approvals. For a prompt, private and professional service call:
01452 723439 or 07973 621078 and speak to Graham or Angela for a free quote and friendly, helpful advice.
To advertise call 01452 890242
9
A.D.B ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN DOMESTIC, COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
FAULT FINDING RE-WIRING & UPGRADES INTERNAL & EXTERNAL LIGHTING & POWER POINTS ELECTRICITY TO SHEDS & OUTBUILDINGS ELECTRIC SHOWERS NIC PART P REGISTERED
ANDY BOUCHER TEL: 01452 371981 MOBILE: 07967 721966 25 Minster Gardens, Abbeymead No Job Too Small - Free Estimates. All work carried out to the highest standard Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
10
LANDSCAPES ● ● ● ● ●
FENCING BLOCK PAVING PATIOS ● TURFING DECKING HEDGE CUTTING
ALL ASPECTS OF LANDSCAPING Free Quotations & Fully Guaranteed
Tel: 01452 614123 Mobile: 07787 182434 To advertise call 01452 890242
11
DARREN MANN BUILDING CONTRACTOR Specialising in home extensions
Also Mini Digger with Driver for Hire 111 The Wheatridge East Abbeydale, Gloucester GL4 5DW
Tel: 01452 612759 Mobile: 07778 818886 References available
MARK DUNKLEY HANDYMAN GARDEN SERVICES PATIOS LAID FENCES ERECTED DECORATING NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL ALL WORK CONSIDERED ALL RUBBISH REMOVED FREE ESTIMATES GIVEN (WITH NO OBLIGATION) O.A.P RATES AVAILABLE FULL C.R.B CHECK OBTAINED (AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)
CALL TODAY 01452 619883 OR 07817 337480 Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
12
To advertise call 01452 890242
13
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
14
To advertise call 01452 890242
15
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
16
To advertise call 01452 890242
17
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
18
To advertise call 01452 890242
19
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
20
DUE TO JANUARYS SUCCESS…
SAVE 25% OFF GUTTER CLEANING THROUGH FEBRUARY 2016* JUST KEEP HOLD OF THIS FLYER AND DISPLAY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE *Offer expires 1st March 2016. Al’s Window Cleaning reserve the right to withdraw from this offer at any time. This does not affect your statutory rights.
To advertise call 01452 890242
21
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
22
To advertise call 01452 890242
23
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
24
To advertise call 01452 890242
25
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
26
To advertise call 01452 890242
27
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
28
To advertise call 01452 890242
29
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
30
To advertise call 01452 890242
31
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
32
Manufacturers & Installers of all Types of the Finest Quality of Windows, Doors & Conservatories 41 Kingsmead Abbeymead Gloucester GL4 5DY Telephone: 01452 618530 07961 199942
To advertise call 01452 890242
33
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
34
To advertise call 01452 890242
35
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
36
5th Feb Dad’s Army The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. With Michael Gambon and Bill Nighy.
Goosebumps A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer's imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware. Starring Jack Black
12th Feb Deadpool A former Special Forces operative turned mercenary is subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers and adopts the alter ego Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds).
Zoolander 2 Derek (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business.
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin, Simon and Theodore come to believe that Dave (Jason Lee) is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami...and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Jane Austen's classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England is faced with a new challenge -- an army of undead zombies. Starring Lily James, Lena Headey and Douglas Booth
19th Feb How To Be Single New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love. Starring Dakota Johnson and Rebel Wilson.
The Finest Hours The Coast Guard makes a daring rescue attempt off the coast of Cape Cod after a pair of oil tankers are destroyed during a blizzard in 1952. Starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck
26th Feb Grimsby A new assignment forces a top spy to team up with his football hooligan brother. With Penelope Cruz, Isla Fisher and Rebel Wilson
Secret In Their Eyes A tight-knit team of rising investigators, along with their supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered. With Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts
The Forest A woman (Natalie Dormer) goes into Japan's Suicide Forest to find her twin sister, and confronts supernatural terror. To advertise call 01452 890242
37
Sudoku Complete the puzzle by 15th February 2016 and return, with your name and address, to The Abbey-Link, 30 Dancers Hill, Abbeymead, Gloucester, GL4 5TY or email sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk
to be in with a chance of winning 2 cinema tickets Sudoku puzzles are provided by www.sudokuoftheday.com – visit them and get a new Sudoku
every day!�
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
Index of advertisers
38
Your quick guide to everyone and everything in your Directory... ACCOUNTANTS
COVING SPECIALIST
LAWNMOWERS
Abbeymead Accountancy and Taxation Centre 6
Rob Walters
Cheltenham Mowers
OVEN CLEANERS
AIRCONDITIONING
ELECTRICIAN A D B Electrical Services 9 DMXpressions 13
Oven Busters
ESTATE AGENTS
Naturally Clever Canines 30
Charmont
9
ARCHITECT D2B Designs Paul Karlsson
8 7
BEAUTICIAN Beauty Spot
25
FITNESS
5
Fitness 4 Females Slim Fitness Zumba with Jane
BEDROOMS PJB Carpentry
BLINDS Barbaras Blinds Lindas Blinds
Alistair Bone Michael Tuck The Property Centre
16 12
Space Master
FLOORING
Darren Mann 11 Daveys Building Maintenance 35
PJB Carpentry
BUSINESS
Plantation 19
23 1 2
22
CARPETS Sapphire Carpets
26
Garden Delight Lawn Man Linden Tree Mark Dunkley
Beaven Installations Charmont Glevum Heating Ignition TJ Robins The Gasman
18 34 32 10 11
REMOVALS FIRM Swift Removals C & G Cladding
Saintbridge Sports Centre 15
SOLICITORS Dee & Griffin
Abbeydale Sports & Community Centre 33 Robinswood Hill Social Club 17
Al’s Gutter Cleaning
SPORTS MASSAGE
Level One
COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY
Neil Thomas
7 Side Massage
HAIRDRESSERS 31
30 30
COMPUTER MAINTENANCE Cotswold Computer Medic 7 Hop-2-it 10 Jemtek 37
27
Al’s Window Cleaning
Cotswold Installations 34 M C Kitchen & Bathrooms 4 PJB Carpentry 5
A & A Double Glazing C & G Cladding Not Just Glazing
LANDSCAPING
WINDOW REPAIR 10 11
CONSERVATORIES Gloucester Conservatory & Window Warehouse 14
Russian Language lessons 24
30 22
WINDOW CLEANER
KITCHEN & BATHROOM FITTING
Abbeydale Landscapes LMS
26
TREE SERVICES Help @ Home
HANDYMAN
16
SOCIAL CLUB
GUTTER CLEANING 20
27
ROOFING INSTALLATION
COMMUNITY CENTRE
Fab Feet Remedial Sports
4 9 39 6 13 32
29
FURNITURE STORE GARDEN MAINTENANCE
5
13 12
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
GL Caravan Care
CARPENTRY
PLASTERER DDM Plastering Tonys Plastering
Elite Property Maintenance 12 HandyLink 14
Gloucester Furniture
P J B Carpentry
10
PET CARE
5
FLORIST
CARAVAN SERVICING 11
8
PLUMBING & HEATING 30 24, 40 28
FITTED WARDROBES
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
Web 4 Tradesmen
5
21
WINDOW INSTALLATION 32 16 16
Cloudy 2 Clear 13 Longlevens Window Repairs 12
LANGUAGE LESSONS
SCOTTISH DANCING at Kings School, Gouda Way, Gloucester. Tuesdays 7.30pm - 10.00pm. Beginners welcome. Cost £2.50 (Members £2) but first night FREE. New Session starts January 5. Contact 01452 306857 or see website www.gloucesterscd.btck.co.uk.
Contact The Abbey-Link 30 Dancers Hill, Abbeymead, Gloucester, GL4 5TY Tel: 01452 890242 Email:sarah@thelinkdirectories.co.uk VISIT: www.thelinkdirectories.co.uk @Sarah_Gerken To advertiseFOLLOW: call 01452 890242 LIKE: TheLinkDirectories
39
Please mention
Abbey-Link when responding to adverts
40
To advertise call 01452 890242
To advertise call 01452 890242