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Welcome A very warm welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Rayleigh Local Business Guide. The Summer Holidays are fast approaching and our article on page 6 gives you some ideas for family friendly walks in Essex that are suitable for all ages. We also have our regular ‘What’s on in Rayleigh’ on page 16 where we feature a Family Fun Day, the Castle Point Show and a “Bricks 2 Kids” Lego workshop for children.

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We also have our regular community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point (pages 10-11). Unfortunately Luna the lurcher cross staff, Jack the lurcher and Rosco the staff that we featured in our last issue are still looking for new homes. This month we highlight 3 new dogs looking for their “Forever Homes.”

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Within our Community section this week we bring you information about the Rayleigh Horticultural Society (page 8) and the Rayleigh group of the award winning Funky Voices Choir (page 20). We also have a Health and Wellbeing article supplied by Spinal and Natural Health Care Centre about “Brain Exercises” (pages 12) and the latest volunteering opportunities in the area (page 24). We also have our regular column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers (centre pages).

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Family Walks in Essex The Summer Holidays are fast approaching and a family walk is a great, cheap way to keep the kids busy. Here is our pick of some of the best walks in Essex that are suitable for all ages. Great Notley Country Park boasts 100 acres with views across open farmland and a link to over 15 miles of walking and cycling paths. The site offers many facilities including a sensory trail, endless play equipment, cycle hire centre, fishing, a visitor centre and bistro. A great day out for the whole family. For more details visit www.visitparks.co.uk/places/great-notley-country-park Thorndon Country Park North in Brentwood is a beautiful woodland area filled with bluebells and other spring flowers at this time of year. Children of all ages will enjoy an adventurous walk through the deep dark woods to hunt for the Gruffalo along with all the other characters from the classic tale from Julia Donaldson. If you call into the visitor centre you can pick up an activity map for 50p For full details visit www.brentwood.gov.uk

In the village of Castle Hedingham not only can you explore the magnificent castle but you can walk round the beautiful daffodil and bluebell-filled grounds. The 900 year old Norman keep of Hedingham Castle stands in 160 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland. There are lots of events that take place here, from jousting tournaments to wedding fairs. For more details visit www. hedinghamcastle.co.uk Belfairs Park and Nature Reserve in Leigh-onSea is a great family day out with ancient trees, birdwatching and butterflies.The Belfairâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woodland Centre is open daily from 9am until 5pm and provides a space for schools, groups and families to learn about south Essexâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic ancient woodlands in an interactive way. For more information visit www.essexwt.org.uk/reserves/belfairs 6

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ayleigh Horticultural Society has been serving Rayleigh and the surrounding community for over 100 years. It is one of the biggest horticultural societies with a very active committee who work hard to provide activities of interest to all types of gardeners. These include the showman, the allotment holder, the plant enthusiast or those who just like to potter round the garden! The society hosts three shows a year with magnificent displays of flowers, vegetables, domestic and handicraft sections. These are held at the Mill Arts & Event Centre, Rayleigh, and every show gets bigger as more people realise they have something to show. Club Nights are held once a month at St Michael’s Church, Sir Walter Raleigh Drive, Rayleigh SS6 9JB.

Meetings start at 8.00pm with a break for tea, coffee and biscuits with a wide range of topics to interest everyone. Upcoming talks include “History thro’ Smuggling in Essex,” “Natural Beehives” and Roger Dorking - son of a blacksmith shares his memories in “Tales from the Smithy.” Meetings cost £1.50 for members and £2.50 for visitors. Membership cost just £5 a year per family and benefits include competitively priced garden equipment, bulbs and fertilisers from the society’s Trading Store, monthly club nights, coach trips and plant sales. For more information including details of how to become a member and how to volunteer visit www.rayleighhorticulturalsociety.com or email peskypixie@supanet.com.

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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. 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

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 Sadly Luna the lurcher cross staff, Jack the lurcher and Rosco the staff that we featured in our last issue are still looking for new homes. This month we feature 3 new dogs looking for their “Forever Homes”.

 Luna - Still looking for her “Forever Home”

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re you worried about holding on to your mental dexterity and memory as you age? Do you think Sudoko, cleverlymarketed computer games and ‘brain exercises’ are the answer? Think again, regular exercise, such as a brisk walk three times a week, is the key to keeping, even growing, your cognitive powers as you age! Despite what the advertisers would like you to believe, there is scant evidence that directly links computer or paper brain exercises with an overall improvement in mental faculties. Instead, these games tend to produce an improvement in the specific task the game trains you in. That is, you get better at the game, puzzle or at remembering lists accurately but unless the exercise spans a broad spectrum of abilities, there seems to be no benefit to general mental fitness. So whilst these brain games and puzzles are fun and can improve specific skills, there are not a quick fix for mental decline associated with the aging process. A different sort of training, physical exercise, however, has been show to maintain and improve your part of the brain that controls your ‘higher level’ thinking. Numerous animal and human studies have shown that regular exercise improves what is called our ‘executive functioning’. This is controlled by an area of the brain just behind your forehead and it is what allows us to choose appropriate behaviour, inhibit inappropriate behaviour and concentrate in the face of distractions. Executive function also influences basic cognitive functions such as processing speed, response speed and working memory. Executive function starts to decline when people reach their 70s. But elderly people who have been athletic all their lives have much better executive function than sedentary people of the same age. Studies have indicated that when inactive people

get more exercise, even starting in their 70s, their executive function improves. So do you need to start training for the Olympics in order to remember your shopping list? No! Even just a regular programme of fast walking for 30 to 60 minutes three or more times a week will make a difference to your brain functioning. Plus you get the added benefits of improvements to your muscle tone, circulation and general health! A big worry for us all as we age is the risk of dementia but again, we should consider an active life as part of our protection against mental decline. People who exercise regularly in middle age are one-third as likely to get Alzheimer’s disease in their 70s as those who did not exercise. We’re not really sure exactly how exercise helps brain function: theories being investigated are the increased production of the feel-good hormone serotonin, improved blood circulation to the brain and the increased production of a growth protein that may stimulate the generation of brain cells and the connections between them. What is known is that regular exercise slows the age related shrinkage of the part of the brain responsible for executive function. So put down that pencil, don’t bother investing in expensive computer games (which encourage you do spend more time on the sofa) and pull on some trainers. If it’s a while since you exercised regularly or you have some problems with backache, foot or knee pain then I’d recommend seeing your local chiropractically trained practitioner before you begin a new exercise programme. It’s better to start with a properly aligned and functioning body than to worsen niggling problems by ignoring them. Remember, it’s never too late or too early to begin an active life. For more information or visit www.spinalandnatural.co.uk

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his years’ Budget genuinely appears to underpin the Governments rhetoric on ‘saving’. The much talked about reduction in tax reliefs on pension contributions did not materialize, in fact it was positively rebuked before the budget by Mr Osborne. Instead he has introduced higher income tax allowances enabling more people to save by increasing net income, raising the ISA limit next year and extending the Help to Buy ISA ideas with another new acronym, a ‘LISA’. The Government have also recognised that Financial Services regulation, the rules under which firms such as ours operate, are too restrictive and have driven up the cost of advice. They are consulting on some regulatory changes and to allow advice fees to be paid out of your pension fund. They recognize that the Money Advice Service and the Pensions Advisory Service have been inadequate in providing advice to those who can’t afford it and need to make Financial Advice more available again. Needless to say, within the industry, we were not surprised to hear this, although it is pleasing that they now recognize our role and that a weeks’ training on pensions is no substitute for our years of experience and qualifications! The Nation has a long term savings problem and this budget can only help that. In particular it reinforces Help to Buy ISAs, whereby the Government will add 25% of your contributions each year as long as the plan is used to buy a genuine first main residence or to secure a retirement income. They are not available to all and do have some restrictions and caveats, but this is a genuine commitment to encourage people to save. This will be helped by the annual ISA allowance, including the “LISA” element) to £20,000 per annum from 2017. The Chancellor does seem to have an eye on making Buy to Let investment less attractive. As well as the Stamp Duty increases and restrictions on claiming relief on interest payments announced last year, he has now made them relatively less attractive by lowering the Capital Gains Tax on stocks and shares investments, but NOT for Buy to Let. This makes the relative return from residential property investment much less attractive than from other sources and is a genuine tightening of policy to make Buy to Let less attractive in attempt to slow house price inflation. This combined with the saving inducements detailed above may mean that more genuine home

owners are able to buy, rather than just investors, if prices do actually begin to slow. An interesting point of detail concerns investing in Commercial Property. The rates of Stamp Duty did not benefit from the tiered system introduced a couple of years ago, so by applying a tiered system most smaller purchases will benefit from much lower stamp duty. This will be of particular interest to those buying through their pension funds, and may encourage more investment in this sector, again relative to house building. The Budget reconfirmed and extended some of last years’ pension freedoms, especially around some conflicting treatment of death benefits and ill health early retirement benefits. This only reinforces our view that pensions are still the most efficient medium for long term investment for Higher Rate tax payers. Whilst Mr Osborne did not reduce tax relief this year for higher earners, it may simply be because pension providers and payroll departments do not have the technology to limit the reliefs without sometime implementing system and software changes. The Treasury would have wanted any reduction in tax relief to be implemented immediately to prevent surge of large pension contributions, so by letting it go for now they may be able to give providers and pay roll time to make the necessary adjustments for future reductions? Watch this space! If this is the case then it will be prudent to maximise any pensions for higher rate relief in the short term, as there is still the political will behind the scenes to reduce higher rate tax relief. A point of warning, there are two important changes to pensions rules this April. Firstly, The Lifetime Allowance (LTA) for pensions reduces to £1 million from £1.25 million on 6th April and those affected should consider applying for one of the two types of “protection” available. Secondly, those earning over £150,000 will see a reduction in the amount they can contribute to a pension each year. Martin Lamb, Dip.PFS Certs CII (MP & ER) This information does not constitute an offer or advice and the service described may not be suitable for everyone. Alternative services may be offered if more suitable. Investments can go down as well as up and you could get back less than you paid in. Past Performance is not a guide to future returns. The “from launch” performance figures are from 29th October 2004 to 16th December 2015, and assume a £100,000 investment subject to our initial and ongoing charges for this level of investment. The performance figure for the last year is taken from 16th December 2014 to 16th December 2015. Assuming investment in our unit trust/OEIC portfolios, the returns from our ISAs and pension portfolios are higher.

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Castle Point Show Sunday 24th July 2016 Starts: 11.30am Ends: 4.00pm Waterside Farm Showground, Somnes Avenue, Canvey Island, SS8 9RA Arts & crafts stalls, inflatable castles, donkey rides, classic cars, football tournament, emergency services display, wildlife group, charities and voluntary organisations, live music, food and confectionery outlets. There will be a free shuttle park and ride from The Paddocks and School Lane, Benfleet.

Angry Birdies & Bad Piggies Workshop Monday 1st to Wednesday 3rd August 2016 Starts: 9.30am Ends: 12.30pm St Michaels Annex, Sir Walter Raleigh Drive, Rayleigh, SS6 9JB Building motorised models using Lego Bricks! Enter into the world of Angry Birds and Bad Piggies the Bricks 4 Kidz way! Campers will be challenged to physically build and destroy a level from the popular game of Angry Birds. Set your birds to flight by launching them on catapults and slingshots to destroy pigs. Build a working launcher and create things to knock down. Ages 5 to 10. Register and book online at www.bricks4kidz.co.uk/essex. ÂŁ18 per session

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unky Voices was founded and launched in 2007 by Sandra Colston (Musical Director) to meet a need in the community for something fresh and new. It is a choir that sings modern music that can be enjoyed by everyone. No audition is required and no experience is needed. There are groups all over Essex and each Funky Voices rehearsal is taught by highly qualified and experienced music tutors.

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Choir sessions in Rayleigh are held every Wednesday from 7.15pm - 9.15pm at The Mill Arts and Events Centre, Bellingham Lane, SS6 7ED. Membership as a Funky Voices singer is £79.20 (plus vat) for a 12 week term, including the 2 hour weekly rehearsal for the term. For a free taster session and more details of the Funky Voices Choir visit their website at www.funkyvoices.co.uk.

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f you are looking to do some volutary work in the local area this year, the Castle Point Association of Voluntary Services has a whole host of opportunities available. Here are just a few of their current opportunities. Session Volunteers Volunteering with SCAFT (Supporting Carers And Families Together) is an opportunity to have some fun, whilst making a positive contribution to the life of young carers. You will be supporting the senior session worker to present a range of activities including arts, crafts, games, sports and cooking at group and club evenings with Young Carers in Rochford or Rayleigh. Community Drivers Assistant Wyvern Community Transport is in need of volunteers to support their minibus drivers with the transportation of elderly clients from their homes to required destinations. Your help is needed to ensure the client is helped on and off the vehicle and seated safely and comfortably. Some clients may also require assistance to carry their shopping on and off the minibus. You will also assist with passengers using wheelchairs, for which full training will be given. This role would suit a friendly and sociable person who enjoys interacting with the public. A perfect role for a physically fit driver or non driver.

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