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Welcome A very warm welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Castle Point Local Business Guide. A New Year is now upon us and on page 6 we have a feature on New Year’s resolutions. This gives you some good ideas of new things to try in 2017. We also have our regular ‘What’s On in Castle Point’ on page 16 where we feature a talk on Hadleigh’s Saxon and Norman history, an evening of Bollywood to celebrate 100 years of the Rotary Foundation and an afternoon of Chess at St James the Less. We also have our regular community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point (pages 10-11). We are pleased to tell you that Saffy, Buster and JJ that we featured last month have all found new homes! Unfortunately Baby is still looking for a new home, but I’m sure she’ll get placed very soon. This month we feature 3 new dogs that are looking for loving homes. Within our Community section this month we feature articles about the history of The Hotel Kynoch formerly on Canvey Island (page 20) and an appeal for Volunteers for a school on Canvey (page 24). Our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers also provides his regular contribution (centre pages). If you want to feature any local charities or community based scheme, local sports clubs or other local activities in our Rayleigh guide then please get in touch at: info@thelocalbusinessguide. co.uk If you are a local business and would like to advertise in the Guide, then please contact our salesperson Ricky on 01375 402546 who will give you a no obligation quote. It really is a cost effective way of promoting your business and generating business from your local community.
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New Year’s Resolutions It’s 2017 - a new year and a time to try something new! There are plenty of opportunities in the local area for you to try something new! Firstly, why not commit to giving some of your time to charity by volunteering at a local organisation. The Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services (CAVS) provides a service matching indivuals to volunteering opportunities. For more details visit www.castlepointavs.org.uk or call 01268 638416 Why not start a new hobby or join a group to improve your existing talents. You could try the Westwood Art Group where new members are always welcome. The club meets every Wednesday at Daws Heath Residents Association Hall, 383 Daws Heath Road, Benfleet, SS7 2UA. Activities during the year include demonstrations by visiting artists and club members and coach outings to gardens and art galleries. For full details visit westwoodartgroup.weebly.com Why not make a promise to raise money for charity this year. There are a number of local and national charities that would value your support - however small! For example, Havens Hospices have a number of events you can take part in while supporting us with sponsorship. Whether you think you could Wing Walk, take a leap of faith and plunge 10,000 feet in a tandem skydive, or trek across the globe then Havens could have a challenge for you! For more details visit www.havenshospices.org.uk/support-havens-hospices/events Make a regular date to spend time with your family in the great outdoors. Not only is it free but walking has many health benefits for all ages. Visit www.walk4life.info for some ideas of walks in and around the local area including Canvey Heights, Hadleigh Castle Country Park, West Wood and many more. You can even download the Walk4life app on your phone to record your walking journeys and track your fitness. 6
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Working for the Community
Can you help Re-Home a Dog from Acres Way Kennels? Adopting a Dog
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.
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f you think you can offer a dog a good home, the first thing you need to do is to go down to the kennels, select a suitable dog you like, take it for a walk and see how you get on. Some people and dogs just don’t get along, so before reserving a dog, the Acres Way staff would need to see if you suit each other. If you have children, or another dog, they recommend that you bring them with you, to make sure that everyone will get on.
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 pleased to tell you that Saffy, Buster and JJ that we featured last month have all found new homes! Unfortunately Baby is still looking for a new home, but I’m sure she’ll get placed very soon. This month we feature 3 new dogs that are looking for loving homes.
Once you have visited the dogs, and hopefully found one that matches your lifestyle and expectations, a member of staff will arrange a convenient time for a home check. These are usually carried out within 2
Saffy - Successfully re-homed
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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This month’s featured dogs Ruby - Husky type Aged 3 Ruby has sadly been with us for some time now. She is a high powered girl in need of training, but that said she is very loving and quick to learn. She would be best suited to someone familiar with the breed and with the time to dedicate to her training.
Luna - Lurcher staffy cross.
Aged 1-1/2 Luna is a big bundle of loveliness. She is young and quite a bouncy girl. She needs to learn some manners but she’s great with other dogs. Due to her over exuberance she would be better suited to a home with older children and someone who is willing to put in the time training her.
Reggie - Staff Aged 6 months
Reggie came to us as an abandoned nervous and very hungry little puppy. He has come on in leaps and bounds. He has never walked on a lead so he is learning lots every day. He can be nervous of other dogs at first but he loves to play when he knows he is not going to be harmed, he is also a very affectionate little lad. He needs a home with someone willing to take on an older pup and teach him the basics.temperament.
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Money Guidance
Final Salary Pensions
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here has been much written in the media lately about Final Salary or Defined Benefit pensions. Whilst they have been a bedrock of pension planning for many larger employers over the years, the majority of them are now struggling to meet their long term liabilities, and as the sponsoring employer is responsible for paying all the costs of the scheme many employers are now in serious trouble whilst the huge costs of the pension drain their profitability. Tata Steel and BHS are two of the better known companies who have massive pension liabilities, and whatever the rights and wrongs in the way these companies have handled matters, the fact that the sheer scale of the pension funding deficits can put such large employers, and so many jobs at risk, is a major concern. An October 2016 report by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association even goes so far as to say that out of the 6000 live DB schemes nearly 50% of them have a 50% or worse chance of not meeting their full pension obligations over the coming 15 years. Whilst the Government sponsored Pension Protection Fund (PPF) may be available in the background, this is of massive concern as the Government’s expectations of them needing to provide support are massively lower than the likelihood of it being needed, and the current situation cannot be sustainable. Final Salary schemes can be complex, but in simple terms they were designed to provide a pension to employees based on a percentage of their final salary at retirement and the number of years worked. The pension in payment is ‘guaranteed’ by
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the scheme and the sponsoring employer for life, together with whatever level of inflation proofing and death benefits the scheme rules permitted. So what has gone wrong? This bit isn’t complex. There are three main issues: • First of all when these schemes were designed life expectancy was much shorter than today. So the guaranteed pensions are being paid for longer. • Secondly, the schemes are required to invest in ‘safe long term assets’. In the main Government Gilts and, due to near zero interest, returns from these have drastically reduced to something like a quarter or less of their historic average. • Thirdly, in the well intentioned desire to make schemes safer, successive governments have increased scheme funding costs by tighter measurement of their long term liabilities and the extent to which these must be fully funded today. These factors have driven up the cost of schemes massively, to the extent that there are very few companies left where new employees can join a Final Salary scheme. Many are closing to future accrual, limiting future inflation proofing or being wound up completely. Many employers will even be put out of business by the sheer scale of their pension scheme deficits.
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What can you do? If you are still in employment accruing benefits, not much. In the vast majority of situations it would be wise to continue in the Scheme. If however, you have left service or are approaching retirement, and work in the private sector, you could consider transferring your pension benefits to your own private pension. Whilst this undoubtedly carries some risk as you lose the guaranteed pension, and this is the important bit, transfer values are at an all time high. If the transfer value is high enough, you may be able to secure similar (but not guaranteed) benefits with more flexibility, including full access to the fund if needed from 55, owning the pension fund yourself, better tax efficiencies and being able to pass on the fund to your family on death. With these funding concerns likely to increase and interest rates at all-time lows now may well be the time to investigate a pension transfer. You must take
specialist advice to make sure the risks are reasonable, transferring Final Salary benefits is not right for many and no one should consider transferring without first taking advice. This can only be provided by specialist advisers, who hold the specific regulatory permissions and who will investigate all aspects before being able to recommend transferring. If you haven’t asked already, ask us to obtain the transfer value and information we need from your employer. You might be very surprised! Martin Lamb, Dip.PFS Certs CII (MP & ER)
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What’s On In Castle Point Hadleigh Heritage Centre Talk ‘Saxon & Norman Hadleigh’ by David Childs Saturday 21st January 2017 Starts: 10.30am to 12.00 noon Location: At St James the Less Church, High Street, Hadleigh, SS7 2PA Church website: www.hadleighchurch.org.uk
An Evening of Bollywood Friday 27th January 2017 Starts: 7.30pm Location: The Tandoori Parlour, 61-63 Hart Road, Thundersley, SS7 3PB Organised by the Rotary Club of Hadleigh Castle to celebrate 100 years of the Rotary Foundation. With full buffet, plus Bollywood dance workshop and disco. Tickets £19.00 – to book, or for more information, phone Perrie on 07890 596348. Rotary Club website: https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=2048
Chess at St James the Less Saturday 28th January 2017 Starts: 2.00pm to 4.30pm. Location: St James the Less Church Vestry, High Street, Hadleigh, SS7 2PA Chess Master or Beginner? Come along to the Chess Club at St James the Less. Tuition available. For more information, phone Colin Melluish on 01702 555291.
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History of Castle Point
The Hotel Kynoch - Canvey Island
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he Hotel Kynoch (right) was located approximately 800 yards east of the Lobster Smack on Haven Road. As the sign on the side of the building in the photograph above shows, the Hotel Kynoch was built in 1900. It was built by the Kynoch Dynamite Company which was based on the other side of Hole Haven Creek in Kynoch Town - now known as Coryton. Hole Haven Creek was an important place for the Kynoch Dynamite Company. Although the shipping of explosives bound for London had been banned beyond a certain point by the Thames Conservators, the Dynamite Company had been licensed to moor storage hulks in the creek - against the wishes of the Commissioners of Canvey. More than a dozen hulks were moored between Hole Haven Point and Pitsea, gunpowder being transferred from them to barges and then caves in Benfleet Creek.* Kynoch’s bought approximately 240 acres of land at Brickhouse Farm on the south west side of Canvey Island in order to build the hotel to accommodate their directors and business associates. The hotel proved to be an expensive investment and whilst the initial building estimate had been £2,500, a total of £7,000 was spent by the end of 1900 and opening was delayed until 1903. The Hotel, although a very pleasant residence, was quite isolated and it’s only access was via a track running below Brickhouse Farm along the Seawall. A roof terrace
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was provided giving a fabulous panoramic view across the Thames Estuary and enabling guests to view passing shipping An elevated walkway led to the sea wall. The first recorded manageress of the Hotel Kynoch was Mrs Annie L. Bee. She was replaced in 1909 by a Mr James Went who later went on to become the landlord of the Lobster Smack. Subsequent hotel managers were Douglas Hemus and Edward Hibbert Smith. The hotel continued to run until the mid 1930s. During the war, it served as an army billet and then became the offices for the London and Coastal Oil Wharves. Sadly, this magnificent building was eventually left to fall into disrepair and was demolished around about 1960. *Source: Canvey Cyclopaedia by D.M Dowd
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Volunteers Needed for School on Canvey Island
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o you enjoy working with young people and passionate about helping them to achieve great results?
Castle View School are looking for volunteers to help assist student learning. Castle View pride themselves on their increasing academic success whilst at the same time striving to develop every child into a well-rounded, caring and confident individual who contributes positively to their community and are well-equipped to contribute to the wider society. They have a variety of volunteer roles available and all will provide an excellent opportunity to anyone wishing to gain valuable work experience within a school setting. Volunteers will also get huge satisfaction from knowing they have made a difference to the education of young person in their community.
volunteers will have a passion for cooking or catering experience. Volunteer Readers will need to have good reading and numeracy skills and a basic knowledge of ICT to support students with their reading. For more information on these opportunities or to discuss one of our many others please contact Laura at the CAVS Volunteer Centre on 01268 638416 or email volunteering@castlepointavs. org.uk. All volunteering opportunities are also available to view at www.volunteeressex.org.
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