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Welcome A very warm welcome to the December 2016 edition of the Southend and Westcliff Local Business Guide.

The Summer Holidays may be long gone, but there are still some lovely gardens in Essex which give you and the family a chance to get out in the open air! Our article on page 4 gives you some good ideas on where to go.

We also have our regular ‘What’s On in Southend & Westcliff’ on pages 22 and 23 where this month we feature the Grand Launch Event for the Alternative City of Culture, lunchtime music recitals, the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival 2017 and an evening Concert.

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 bring you an article on local charity ‘Peaceful Place’ who aim to improve the lives of young people with young onset dementia (page 8) and we also feature services provided by the Southend Blind Welfare Organisation (page 20). We also feature an article about the history of The Ritz (page 16) - once one of Southend’s most popular cinemas and our regular column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers (centre pages).

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We would like to wish all of our readers and advertisers a very Happy New Year!

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Gardens In Essex There are some lovely gardens in Essex so why not take advantage of the lovely weather and pay them a visit.

Audley End House and Gardens in Saffron Walden is one of England’s grandest stately homes. Audley End House was built to entertain royalty and includes a Victorian Service Wing complete with kitchen, laundries and a dairy.

With beautiful grounds to explore, including an impressive formal garden and the working Organic Kitchen Garden, there’s so much to see and do. For opening times and prices visit www.english-heritage.org.uk or call 01799 522842.

Beeleigh Abbey Gardens near Maldon is a delightful series of gardens in three acres with plenty to explore and a river view, between Maldon and Woodham Mortimer. There are refreshments and a chance to buy plants, but the Abbey itself is now a private residence. Abbey Turning, nr Maldon, CM9 6LL. For opening times visit www.english-heritage.org.uk or call 07779 223321 Bridge End Garden in Saffron Walden is a series of seven interlinked gardens laid out by the Gibson family in the nineteenth century. These grade II-star listed gardens are now under the control of Saffron Walden Town Council, and remain open to the public each day free of charge. Careful restoration has replicated gardening techniques and designs typical of the Victorian era and has brought the garden back to its full splendour. Bridge End, Saffron Walden, CB10 1HR.

Hyde Hall is a 360 acre estate near Chelmsford.

This inspirational garden has a great diversity of plants and planting styles where you can watch the changing seasons and get closer to nature.

It’s a garden to be enjoyed by people of all ages Facilities include a licensed restaurant, plant centre, shop, information centre and library.For more details visit www.rhs.org.uk/hydehall 4

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Local Charity - Peaceful Place P

eaceful Place is a small but growing charity supported by and serving people in South East Essex. Their aim is to improve the lives of people with young onset dementia and those that care for them.

At the heart of their services they operate a Day Centre from their base in Rochford which focuses on providing active, stimulating and person centred activities in a safe and friendly environment as well as community based activities enabling people to continue to live life to the fullest. They also provide advocacy services to people living with young onset dementia, providing much needed support to individuals and their families as well as regular support groups for carers and those with a young onset dementia diagnosis.

The day centre is open on weekdays between 8.30 AM and 4.30 PM with a high staff to member ratio. Their aim is to stimulate the mental, physical and social skills of their members. Activities include pool, air hockey & table tennis, art, crafts & pottery, pub games & quizzes,

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weekly outings & restaurant visits, live music & guest speakers and much more.

Peaceful Place are able to go the extra mile thanks to the support of local people. They have a team of volunteers in the day centre and at their shop. Those who help fundraise are invaluable and it is because of their hard work and commitment that Peaceful Place can make sure they provide support that makes a difference.

Younger adults with dementia under 65 years old and living within the Rochford, Castle Point and Southend areas can be referred to the service by contacting the Day Centre Manager on 01702 546476 or by email to DCM@peacefulplace.co.uk.

If you would like further details of the individual services provided by Peaceful Place please visit www. peacefulplace.co.uk.

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Working for the Community

Can you help Re-Home a Dog from Acres Way Kennels?

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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.

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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

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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.

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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 Holistic Planning I

have written many articles on specific topics concerning Pensions, ISAs, Investments, Inheritance Tax, Life Assurance and other Financial Services products, but how do you bring all the various aspects of these products together to ensure you are maximising returns and minimising tax?

At Joseph Lamb we use a single platform to hold client Investments. As well as greatly simplifying the on-going management of all these various plans and bringing the ‘product’ cost down, ISAs, Unit Trusts (or OEICS), Pension funds or Life Assurance Bonds and the holding of all these plans combining all these assets onto a single platform can give you portfolio valuations in a single consolidated report, enable you to manage the underlying investments very cost effectively, and maximise opportunities for managing any income or withdrawal requirements you may have in a very tax efficient manner.

Let us look at the example of a retired couple, Mr & Mrs Client, who now need to draw on their pensions for income. Drawing their pensions is a “single” issue but by looking at their entire situation, financial advice can really add value. In addition to their pensions they have £500,000 in a mix of savings accounts and cash ISAs. Mr & Mrs Client have received Annuity figures from their pension provider indicating that Mr Client could receive £12,000pa and Mrs Client £5,000. With interest rates at historic and long lasting lows, they are aware that they need to take some degree of investment risk to generate returns for their retirement income. Our clients have no requirements for their Pensions to provide a lump sum.

For our example I have assumed that over the long term the clients achieve investment returns in a ‘moderate’ risk portfolio of 4%pa and that they don’t want to purchase an Annuity with their pension funds due to the new Pension ‘Freedoms’. His State pension is £3,000 below his Income Tax allowance, and his wife’s is £6,000 below it. So combined they are able to take the opportunity to exploit the new Flexible Pension rules 14

and take pension withdrawals from the ‘taxable’ part of their Pensions of up to £9,000pa between them (their combined remaining Income Tax allowances) and with no requirement for a lump sum, they would also receive the ‘tax free cash’ part of their pension funds (25% of the fund) as part of their monthly income providing a further £3,000pa without any tax liability (effectively £12,000pa free of Income Tax).

We can then look at their ISA funds. These are all in Cash ISAs and delivering virtually zero returns (acknowledging there is no investment risk to the capital). If transferred to an investment ISA held on the platform, we can use some of the investment returns to pay a monthly, tax free ‘income’. They held over £150,000 in ISAs so we recommended withdrawals at 3%pa to give some protection against investment fluctuations and inflation.

This gave another £4,500pa, again with no income tax.

The tax treatment of other personal assets may affect the net income you will receive. Budgeting is therefore an important aspect to retirement. When someone first retires they are more likely to do more as opposed to when they reach their 80’s. This will have an impact on how much income you need throughout retirement.

Their Cash deposits are also generating a near zero return. We used these to maximise their investment ISA allowance of a combined £30,480 for this year to generate a further £914 per annum of tax free withdrawals. After allowing for emergency Cash ‘contingency’ funds of £30,000 in Premium Bonds, invested the balance into a ‘Unit Trust’ portfolio.

The clients each have an unused Capital Gains tax allowance of £11,000pa, and a tax free ‘Dividend Income’ allowance of £5000 per annum. By using these allowances via the Unit Trust portfolio we can pay further tax free withdrawals on a monthly basis as income to the clients. To avoid the possibility of Capital Gains or Dividend tax allowances being exceeded we limited the Unit Trust investment to £200,000 and take withdrawals again at 3% or £6000pa.

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The investment platform we use permits a further investment product to be utilised in the form of a Life Assurance ‘Bond’. These have their own peculiar tax treatment, which whilst too lengthy to describe here, essentially allows another source of tax ‘deferred income’, and if held in a special Offshore Trust can be very effective at mitigating Inheritance Tax. In this case £150,000 generates £4,500pa.

This creates a total ‘income’ stream of £43,500pa without any Income Tax! Of course the investment returns need to at least equal to the withdrawals to maintain capital values, but in our view this is achievable (although not guaranteed) without taking high levels of investment risk. Tax rates will change and the investment climate may change, but because all of these plans are held on one platform, managing income or investment switches is highly automated and simple. Consolidated reports and tax statements are all produced for simplicity.

By using this holistic advice approach to investing you really stay in control of your assets and maximise as many tax free opportunities as possible and with a sensible choice of investments you should be able to

generate the return needed to protect your capital from the erosion, it will certainly suffer if left in Cash deposits.

By only drawing sensible levels of ‘income’, you will have the potential to grow the Capital, protect against inflation and potentially grow your income through the years if required. All the underlying investments we use are ‘liquid’, can be readily traded or sold and are made via UK regulated products. As well as maximising legitimate tax allowances the Pensions and Offshore Bond will also benefit from preferential treatment for Inheritance Tax. We can provide advice on all aspects of such an arrangement and have a long track record of successfully manging retirement portfolios in this way.

Whilst the figures in this example may not apply to you, the concept does, and we would be happy to look at any size portfolio to see how we may be able to help maximise your retirement income.

Martin Lamb, Dip.PFS Certs CII (MP & ER)

This article does not constitute advice and readers should seek an assessment of their needs and requirements before making any decisions based on the content of this article. The value of investments can go down as well as up and past performance is not a guide to future returns.

Where can you turn for financial advice?

At Joseph Lamb we have more than 40 years’ experience providing honest, effective investment and pension advice.

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Southend History - The Ritz T

he Ritz was one of the most popular cinemas in Southend. It was a grand and imposing building on the corner of Church Road and Grove Road sat between the Palace Hotel and the Grand Pier Hotel and was opened on Thursday 14th February 1935.

The building housed some 2225 seats as well as a Conacher 4/13 organ, full stage facilities and a large bar upstairs with sea views. It was designed by Robert Cromie F.R.I.B.A who also designed the Regal Cinema in Margate along with many other cinemas across England.

The Interior The interior decorations were designed by Mollo & Egan with all the seats of the luxury type fitted with Dunlopillo arm pads and presented in jade green. The walls were painted silver, green and gold walls, with sweeping lighting coves, which transversed the ceiling and continued down the walls. The auditorium was 120 feet long from the curved walls at the back of the stalls to the curtain line and approximately 100 ft. wide. It was approached through an imposing vestibule and main entrance hall 70 ft. long and 35 ft. wide.

The Ritz was originally operated by County Cinemas Ltd before being taken over by the Oscar Deutsch Odeon Theatres chain in 1939 and later by the Rank Organisation.

The Flood of 1953 In the early hours of the 1st February 1953, towns all along the east coast were left submerged under many

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feet of water by extremely high tides combined with a storm surge. The Ritz thanks to its elevated position on top of Pier Hill was not flooded and was opened up by it’s owners free of charge to the Southend Corporation so it could put on a Flood Relief Charity Matinee hosted

by Richard Attenborough.

Rank carried out a modernisation of the Ritz in 1956 with seating being reduced to 1,891, the cafe was later closed and converted into a ballroom, but eventually it became disused. The Cinema was refurbished again in 1968 but just four years later the Rank Organisation closed it on 29th July 1972. The last film to be shown was “Doomwatch.” Rank converted the Ritz into a Top Rank Bingo Club that was later operated by an independent bingo operator and re-named The Invicta Bingo Club. However the bingo hall was short lived and closed down in 1978, leaving the building empty and unused and it quickly became derelict. Demolition of this once fine building began in January 1981.

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Southend Community Southend Blind Welfare Organisation

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outhend Blind Welfare Organisation is an independent charity which provides practical help to visually impaired people in and around the Southendon-Sea area.The organisation has an Equipment and Information Centre, a residential home, a charity shop and hosts a variety of clubs, social activities and trips.

Equipment and Information Centre A warm welcome is guaranteed at Southend Blind Welfare Organisation’s Equipment and Information Centre. Staff are on hand to give help and support to all those suffering with sight loss. Whether you have a newly diagnosed eye condition or whether you have been managing but in fact ‘struggling’ with gradually deteriorating eyesight over a longer period of time - they can help! The centre is open Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 3.00pm and can be found at 117 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff on Sea. At the Centre there a variety of different aids for you to try including lighting, electronic magnifiers, reading and writing aids, talking and easy see products (including

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computer software and mobile phones). There is also equipment to help with day-to-day tasks. An equipment loan service is available so you can try out larger pieces of equipment before purchasing.

Charity Shop Southend Blind Welfare Organisation have a Charity Shop at the same venue as the Equipment and Information Centre. The shop is open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 4.00pm. Donations of all kinds are always welcome.

Clubs & Social Activities The organisation hosts a number of social clubs, each offering lots of support, entertainment and good company. Full details of all clubs can be found on the website as well as details of all upcoming special events and trips.

Visit www.southendblindwelfare.org.uk for more information or call 01702 342131

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What’s On In Southend & Westcliff Grand Launch Event for the Alternative City of Culture Date: Sunday 1st January 2017 Starts: 11:00am - 4:00pm Venue: The Royal Pavilion, Southend Pier Tickets are now available for the Grand Launch Event for the Alternative City of Culture.

The event will include performances from The Show Choir, The Music Man Project, StiltsPro, along with face painting, and local art. This family friendly event will keep you entertained all day from 11:30am until 4pm. Tickets are ÂŁ6 and can be purchased on 01702 215620. Grab your tickets now and celebrate the New Year with us!

Money being raised for Mencap and The Music Man Project.

Lunchtime Recitals Saxology Date: Wednesday 11th January 2017 Starts: 12:15pm - 1:00pm Venue: Southend Civic Centre Council Chamber

Ellora Quartet Date: Wednesday 8th February 2017 Starts: 12:15pm - 1:00pm Venue: Southend Civic Centre Council Chamber FREE ADMISSION with a retiring collection.

Recitals are held in the Council Chamber, Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend, SS2 6ER For more details call 01702 215624 or visit www.southend.gov.uk/concerts

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Horror-on-Sea Film Festival 2017 Date: 20th - 29th January 2017 Starts: Various – 10.00am - 10.30pm Venue: Park Inn by Radisson Palace Hotel, Southend-on-Sea Having expanded to two blood-soaked weekends, the big news for 2017 is that the Horror-on-Sea Film Festival will be at the Park Inn Palace Hotel for both of them, so you’ll be able to catch your breath in the luxury bar/lounge in between all the screenings.

They have two packed weekends, and they’ve even thrown in a couple of sessions of short films, with their compliments, for early arrivals on the second weekend. All this, plus more filmmakers and actors than ever before makes Horror-on-Sea the fest you cannot miss!

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Concert Series Counterpoise Date: Friday 20th January 2017 Starts: 8:00pm - 10:00pm Venue: The Plaza Centre With Donald Maxwell (singer and narrator) “Counterpoise’s performance is strikingly dynamic...an ensemble at the top of their game.” Gramophone “American Dream” The celebrated Scottish baritone Donald Maxwell, who has performed over a hundred roles in an international career spanning 35 years, appears with the highly acclaimed ensemble Counterpoise in an evening of music and poetry evoking the ideals and aspirations of the American peoples, from the pioneers through the Jazz Age to Broadway. Aaron Copland’s folksy Old American Songs, melodious favourites by Gershwin and the passionate, alluring tangos of Astor Piazzolla are interpolated by poems of Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes.

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