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Welcome Welcome to the September 2014 edition of the Castle Point Local Business Guide. The children are all now back at school after the summer break. Our feature on educational places to visit in Essex on page 6 will give you some good ideas of where to go to remind them that learning can be fun! We also have our regular ‘What’s on in Castle Point’ on page 16 where we feature a Harvest Show, a “Family Fun Extravaganza” and the Canvey Community Archive Open Day. In our regular local community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point, (pages 10 & 11), we are delighted to say that the dogs featured in last month’s Guide have all been re-homed. We also have 3 new lovely dogs that need your help! We have an article about the last two Lancaster Bombers at Southend Airport (page 20) and a history article about Castle Point during the war (page 30). We also have our regular column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers (centre pages). If you have any interesting stories about Castle Point or if you are a local team, association or charity that would like to be featured in any future editions of the Local Business Guide then please drop us a line at: info@thelocalbusinessguide.co.uk If you would like to advertise in any of our Guides please contact Ricky on 01375 402546 and with prices starting from as little as £45 it is a really cost effective way of promoting and generating business from your local community.
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Advertisers Index GARDEN SERVICES, HOME IMPROVEMENT & CONSTRUCTION BATHROOMS BUILDER / HOME MAINTENANCE
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BUILDING SUPPLIES
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Educational Visits In Essex The children have now returned to school after the summer holidays. Why not remind them that learning can be fun by visiting one of these educational places in Essex. The Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker in Brentwood was designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister, their collective task being to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war. A great day out - there’s so much to learn, see and do. For opening times and prices visit www.secretnuclearbunker.co.uk Southend Planetarium presents a range of talks about astronomy and the night sky. All presentations are given live, giving plenty of opportunity for any questions you may wish to ask from the knowledgeable lecturers. There are public performances every Saturday at 11am, 2pm amd 3pm. Booking is essential. For more information and opening times visit www.southendmuseums.co.uk or to book call 01702 434449 Mountfitchet Castle and Norman Village of 1066 near Stansted is the only motte and bailey castle in the world that has been faithfully reconstructed on its original site. Wander around the village, behind the castle walls, and enter into the many houses whilst mingling with the many animals that roam freely within the village. There is also a Toy Museum and life sized dinosaur models. For more information visit www.mountfitchetcastle.com
Tilbury Fort has protected London’s seaward approach from the 16th century through to the Second World War. Spend a great family day out here as you explore the magazine houses used to store vast quantities of gunpowder or enter the bastion magazine passages and feel what it was like for the soldiers who lived here. For more details visit www.english-heritage.org.uk 6
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or 3 days of your visit and take about half an hour. Once the home check is complete, you’ll be able to collect your dog. You will need to bring with you some identification showing your current address, and the £130 adoption fee. Their staff will be on hand if you have any questions, and will be able to guide you through the adoption process. All the staff and dogs at Acres Way look forward to seeing you Re-Homing Update We are thrilled that all the dogs included in last months issue have been successfully re-homed. Amy the Lurcher / Staff Cross, Toby the cross breed, Honey the Rottweiler and Wobbles the Schitzu (below) have all found loving families.
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Dizzy - Lurcher Cross q Female / Age 3 - 4 Good with other dogs: Yes Good with children: 10+
How to contact them Acres Way Kennels, Great Burches Road Thundersley, Essex SS7 3NE They are open 10am-3pm 7 days a week.
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Faith - St Bernard Female / Age 2
Good with other dogs: Would need to meet and greet Good with children: Adults only Additional Information: Faith has an ongoing skin condition that will need continuous treatment. She is very nervous of people to begin with due to previous poor treatment. Very affectionate dog once she knows you.
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What’s On In Castle Point Harvest Show Saturday 13th September 2014 Starts: 9.00am for those showing or 2.00pm for viewing Hadleigh Methodist Church Hall, Chapel Lane, Hadleigh, SS7 2PQ Admission £1.00. There will be refreshments available and a raffle. For more information visit www.hadleighgardening.co.uk
Family Fun Extravaganza Sunday 21st September Starts: 11.00am Ends: 5.00pm Crouch Valley Showground, just off the A127 on the A1245, SS6 7FQ Fun packed day for all the family with inflatable fun, rides, reptiles, pony rides, face painting, characters, craft and food stalls and so much more.......within 4 acres. This event is to help raise money for special girls, Cassie and Ava, who have a rare brain development as well as other health conditions. To find out more, check out www.cassieswishingwell.com. Adults £3 and Kids under 14 are FREE. For more information visit call 07508 409634 or 07545 784366.
Archive Open Day Saturday 27th September 2014 Starts: 10.30am Show Ends: 4.00pm War Memorial Hall, High Street, Canvey Island, Essex, SS8 7RB Canvey Community Archive are holding an Open Day with exhibitions, stalls and refreshments. Local historian and author Robert Hallmann who will be telling stories of smuggling on Canvey. There will be a quiz for the children, memorabilia for sale and lots more. For more information visit www.canveyisland.org
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Money Guidance
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hat do we actually do at Joseph Lamb’s....? It is very easy for us to forget but what we think ‘Financial Advice’ is not always not what you may think it is! The Financial Advice industry has grown out of what used to be the life assurance and insurance broking industry, but is now a very different animal indeed. Whilst everyone in it moans about the level of regulation and complying with regulation, there is no doubt at all that higher and higher levels of regulation have led to higher and higher levels of professionalism. At Lamb’s we recognised the impact this regulation would have on us right from the earliest days, so we stopped doing ‘general insurance’ as long ago as 1987, and subsequently have simplified our business model to focus on our core specialist activities. These are now very different from the past, our business has developed into an Investment and much as I hate the phrase ‘Wealth Management’ business. We run our own investment portfolios under our Discretionary Premier Investment Monitoring Service (D-PIMS) which can apply to all aspects of your personal wealth as it can operate for your investment ISAs, pensions, unit trust portfolios and even via Life Assurance Bonds where their special tax treatment may be advantageous for some clients. We are now in the very proud position of being entrusted with looking after about £250,000,000 of investments on behalf of clients and are the most longstanding and largest firm in our sector in the area. The D-PIMS service operates at 6 levels of ‘risk’ from ‘low’ through to ‘very high’ so we can find a suitable level for just about everybody, and has been operating for nearly 10 years. The performance of the portfolios can be seen on our website where you will see that we have consistently outperformed our peers and competition, often with much lower ‘volatility’, the values don’t jump around as much as our competitors. D-PIMS keeps you up to date with your investments, we can provide on-line valuations, formal 6 monthly reports and market commentaries via e mail from our investment team as and when we make changes to our portfolios. We think that this makes our clients feel much more ‘engaged’ with their money than any other service previously experienced and we find clients become much more interested in and aware of the world’s investment markets.
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In running the portfolios we look forward over the coming months and try to position our investments in line with what we feel are the most likely outcomes of economic and political events. We reduce risk in our portfolios if we foresee potential risk events, and this is what helps control the volatility of the service. We are always looking for areas that may provide better returns, and have an excellent track record of introducing or increasing investments in sectors just ahead of their performance increasing, a good example of this is bringing Commercial Property funds into the portfolios a full year ahead of our competitors, at the start of what appears to be a strong run for the sector. As well as running your investments for you we can provide full advice around the financial planning issues relating to your retirement, accessing your pensions, funding pensions, (which the ‘New Rules’ have made infinitely more attractive),saving, protecting your family and your business, cash flow planning, Trustee Investment services, and from our experience in running our own business, we can often help out with business planning and corporate decision making. Our adviser team has hundreds of years experience across all market and economic cycles, why not contact one of them to pick their brains and get some financial planning ideas? The first consultation is always free and we are confident that we can add value and improve your current situation - our existing clients certainly think so as can be seen from the testimonials on our website. So, why not find out what we do - free of charge and contact us with any financial planning query you may have. We will do all we can to help, free of charge until we commence chargeable work for you.
Martin Lamb, Dip.PFS Certs CII (MP & ER) We will notify you before we begin any chargeable work and provide an estimate fo costs. Some aspects of business and corporate advice are not regulated by The Financial Conduct Authority.This article does not constitute investment advice, readers should seek an assessment of their needs and requirements before making any decisions based on the content of this article
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Rare Lancaster Bombers visit Southend Airport S
Vulcan XL426, which lives at London Southend Airport all year round.
London Southend Airport was the site of a very special reunion on 22nd August as the final two Avro Lancaster Bombers that are still able to fly met for the first – and probably the last – time.
The Vulcan is in full ground working condition, but not airworthy, so was towed across London Southend Airport to join the Lancaster’s for this unique photo opportunity – probably the only time these aircraft will ever be together.
ide by side for the first - and probably last - time. The last two airworthy World War II Lancaster Bombers – plus a Vulcan!
The UK based plane (named Thumper) was joined by the other craft that has made the once in a lifetime journey over from Canada (called Vera) especially for a series of events undertaken by the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. This weekend they are appearing at the Clacton Airshow. The two Second World War four-engined heavy bombers used by the RAF on countless successful air raids were joined for a very special photo by the much loved Avro
London Southend Airport was recently named ‘Best in the UK’ by readers of Which? magazine for the second year running. Managing Director Roger Clements said “We were absolutely delighted that these wonderful aircraft that played such a huge and important role in British history decided to visit us here at London Southend Airport. It was a huge privilege to see them all side by side for the first, and probably the last, time.”
L to R, Canadian Avro Lancaster (Vera), Vulcan, Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’s Avro Lancaster (Thumper) and pilots at London Southend Airport. © Martin Patch Photography 20
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History of Castle Point War Time Castle Point
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