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Shaftesbury (01747) 853532 imerefield@aol.com Gillingham (01747) 835335 www.mhfd.co.uk “Ridgemount”, Pitts Lane, West Melbury, Shaftesbury, Dorset. SP7 0BU Recruitment

Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Pre-payment plans available Tel: 01935 816817 Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Independent Family Funeral Directors Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Independent Family Funeral Directors Sherborne Tel: 01935 816817 Wincanton Tel: 01963 31310 – 24 Hour Service –Choice of Hearses available including our Land Rover Hearse Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Pre-payment plans available Pre-payment plans available Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance. Please contact Richard Wakely, or a member of our dedicated team for any advice or guidance.

WAITRESS REQUIRED

At Hays Park Retirement Apartments, near Shaftesbury. Alternate weekends and Mondays & Tuesdays. For further details please contact us on: 01747 830349 or email: hays. park@googlemail.com CHURCH ORGANIST St Martin’s Church, Lillington, near Sherborne, seeks a new organist to play our recently restored organ for regular vibrant Sunday services. We have a wonderful vicar and very friendly congregation! Please phone Mark Church Warden 07817 845775

HELPING YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY

Your Local Funeral Professionals

• Unattended funerals starting from £995 • Tailored and unique

Attended Funerals

• Prepaid funeral plans also available

• Local knowledge and expertise with a reputation for quality that is second to none

• Reassurance that your loved one will be looked after with utmost care and professionalism

BRACHER BROTHERS FUNERAL DIRECTORS Newbury, Gillingham SP8 4QL Tel: 01747 822494 Newell, Sherborne DT9 4EZ Tel: 01935 813479

SCHOOL MINIBUS DRIVERS

Do you enjoy driving? Could this be your ideal part-time job?

Dorset Community Transport is a charity providing minibus services throughout Dorset. Part-time, split-shift term-time vacancies, as well as casual/relief shifts available for school routes

in your area.

No previous experience required. Comprehensive training provided. Candidates should have D1 on licence

(check reverse of photocard) or PSV entitlement.

Visit ectcharity.bamboohr.com/jobs/ for more details and to apply. For queries call 01258 287 986

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Assistant Bookkeeper

Part-time - 25 hours per week - £15 per hour

Bramley Care are currently seeking an Assistant Bookkeeper to join our team. Flexibility around hours of work can be offered to suit the successful candidate.

Raising and sending customer invoices

Communicating with our customers and accountant

Maintaining an accurate record of financial transactions

Updating and maintaining the general ledger in Sage

Bank account reconciliation to assert the accuracy of transactions

Qualifications and experience

2 years basic accounting experience with an understanding of accounting best practices

Knowledge of Sage-50 computer-based accounting systems and procedures

Advanced use of MS Office, especially Excel and Word

Skills

Excellent communication, organisational and numerical skills

Excellent customer service skills

Self-motivated and pro-active, approachable, dependable, tenacious and confidential

Produce work with a high level of accuracy If this is a role that sounds of interest to you then please get in touch. Further information and an application form can be found on our website.

bramleycare.co.uk 01747 855844

The Blackmore Vale Ltd continues to enjoy great success and we are looking for an experienced Account Manager You will be managing a regular client base as well as generating new business selling into various magazines. Previous sales experience is required and you should be hungry for success. The role is a hybrid of working from home/office and out and about within the Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire areas. You must own your own vehicle – a mileage allowance is paid. Previous sales experience Hungry for success

Hours are Monday to Friday 9am – 5.30pm. Salary is dependent on experience. If you’ve got what it takes to be part of this fantastic team, please send your application to debi.thorne@blackmorevale.net Closing date for applications is Friday 16th December.

SOMERSET - LIVE IN HANDS ON HEAD HOUSEKEEPER/COOK WANTED - Excellent cooking skills – British food as well as international - Online and local food shopping - Be able to cook for large groups on special occasions - Cleaning to a high level throughout - Wine cellar management - Polishing and caring for silver, china, antiques - Managing heat system - Liaising with contactors and tradesman - Media management - Maintaining household equipment - Organising all laundry throughout house Email studio@phoebephilo.com for more information.

SKILLED TRACTOR DRIVER Broadchalke, Salisbury, Wiltshire Competitive Salary / No Accommodation We are seeking a flexible, enthusiastic person to be a key worker in our well diversified, well equipped Arable & Livestock business. Duties will include: All aspects of Combinable Crop Growing. Routine feeding, bedding & mucking out of beef enterprise. Helping with estate work, sheep enterprise & diversifications Ideally you will have: Experience in farm work. Flexible / adaptable approach. PA1 & PA2 Sprayer license. Telehandler certificate. Please apply by email to: stoke.farms@farmline.com Applications close on: 23rd December 2022

Receptionist

A bright, motivated and dynamic candidate is required to work on reception in one of the UK’s leading auction houses. Reporting to the Senior Auctions Manager the role will offer the candidate an exciting career path and the potential to join a fast-growing organisation.

Desirable Experience and Skills

•Strong communication skills •Ability to work to tight deadlines under pressure •Impeccable telephone manner •A friendly and sociable character •The ability to prioritise •The ability to be proactive and work on own initiative •Computer literacy and familiarity with Office suite programs •Experience of working in small teams

Key Tasks and Responsibilities

•Meeting and greeting clients •Answering, screening, and forwarding telephone calls •Responding to emails •Taking payments •Assisting with client collections •Data entry •Filing •Diary management •Postal management Competitive salary (dependent on experience) If you are interested in joining our dynamic team please send a 1 page CV and 1 page covering letter to Tallulah Barnett: tallulah.barnett@dukes-auctions.com Closing date for applications is 10pm, Sunday 18th December

OFFICE HELP NEEDED - Part-time general office and shop help required, able to use Ebay, including selling on Ebay too. Please call 07856 707050 for more information

SCHOOL RUN DRIVERS REQUIRD FOR OAKWOOD TAXIS. Must be over 25. Could suit semi-retired person. All expenses paid for. Average 4 hours per day, school time only. For more details ring Andy on 01258 455555 between 10am and 2pm or email: oakwoodtaxis@aol.com

P/T ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT required to join small busy team for varied office tasks supporting property managers and family business situated close to Gillingham, flexible working hours. Please apply with covering letter and CV to: forwarddevelopmentsltd@ gmail.com

SENIOR COOK / MANAGER REQUIRED. Shaftesbury town centre. We are looking for someone to start immediately. Experience desirable, who is happy and willing to jump in and have a go at whatever needs to be done. We operate a family run business, running 7 days a week so some weekends will be essential. The shifts are between 8am-3pm with no split shifts. Job will include cooking, serving, tills, ordering and general running of the business with the help of our staff. The position is full time permanent. Salary £10-£12 ph. Email rservices600@gmail.com or ring 01598 740600

DRAMA AND ENGLISH TEACHERS REQUIRED

The Artori Academy are looking for Drama, LAMDA & confidence building/public speaking teachers - lesson outlines provided. Working days: Wednesday - Friday and some weekends. Dorchester and Blandford based. Driver essential. DBS checks will be mandatory on successful applicants. Contact info@theartoriacademy.com with your CV to apply

CLEANER WANTED for a family home 4-5 hours p/w Stour Row call 07962 160523

GARDENER / FORESTER

Light pruning work in young plantations £12.50 ph no ladder work, Ashmore Charlie 07584 017602

Experienced/qualified Bench Joiner required for our high quality bespoke joinery workshop. Interesting & varied work. Must be able to work on own initiative. Immediate start. Competitive salary. For further details and an application form please contact: 01963 23219 or david@fcuffandsons.co.uk

The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Agricultural Society is hiring for a Show Secretary & Events’ Organiser.

The role is to Manage all aspects of The Society especially the smooth organisation and running of its Events, The Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show and Spring Countryside Show. This is alongside the management of the Event Venue, Turnpike Showground in Motcombe. The individual must be: Innovative Enthusiastic Approachable

Logistics Management Admin Sales

Event Management Coordination Marketing including digital

This position consists of:

For the full job description and to apply e-mail chairman@gillinghamandshaftesburyshow.co.uk or ring 01747 823955.

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What is a ‘Restructuring Plan’ and when can it be used?

The Restructuring Plan was introduced in 2020 to assist struggling businesses. Usage was slow initially but the recent decisions in the Houst and Amicus Finance cases have seen Plans becoming more prevalent amongst Insolvency Practitioners as a restructuring tool. Phil Smith, a partner at law firm Boyes Turner, explains what a Restructuring Plan is and looks at the Houst and Amicus Finance cases.

The Restructuring Plan

It is a formal, court-approved arrangement between a company and its creditors and/or its shareholders that is either: • a compromise in the amounts owed to a companies’ creditors, or • a rescheduling of dates for the repayment of debts, or • a ‘debt for equity’ swap whereby sums owed to creditors of the company are converted into shares in that company. Creditors must be willing to vote for its approval with the threshold set at 75% of value.

Who can use a Plan?

The procedure can be used by any company which is liable to be wound up providing: • it has encountered, or is likely to encounter, financial difficulties that are affecting, or may affect, its ability to continue trading; • the purpose of the Plan must be to eliminate, reduce, prevent, or mitigate the effects of any of the company’s financial difficulties.

What are the pros & cons?

The Plan has a number of advantages over these restructuring tools: • Unlike a ‘pre-pack’ Administration, a Plan ensures the survival of the company as a going concern. • Unlike a Company Voluntary Arrangement, preferential debts, including debts owed to HMRC, can be compromised, and the rights of secured creditors can also be affected. • The possibility of deploying a new feature called the

‘Cross-Class Cram Down’ – whereby the Plan can bind one or more dissenting classes of creditors or shareholders. The main disadvantage of a Plan so far is that it is a lot more expensive than other restructuring tools, as it requires a high amount of due diligence work and two court hearings, restricting them initially to large, multi-national companies. Houst and Amicus were both SMEs.

Houst

Houst’s business was severely affected by the pandemic. The Plan involved a minimum of £500k being advanced by certain members (in exchange for the issue of new shares), a reduction in the sum outstanding to the bank from £3m to £750k to be repaid over 3 years, and monthly contributions to other creditors, including HMRC. Although HMRC voted against the Plan, the cram-down was exercised because all creditors (including HMRC) would be worse off in an administration. The result was that Houst returned to solvency.

Amicus Finance

Amicus was placed into administration in 2018. However, the joint administrators considered that their process was no longer viable and therefore promoted a Plan, which involved three key elements: the injection of shareholder funds of £3m; the making of lump sum payments to creditors; and a waterfall of payments to certain creditors from the proceeds of Amicus’ remaining loan book. The Plan was sanctioned by the court, enabling Amicus to be rescued as a going concern.

Elaine Wilkins at Antony Batty and Company comments:

“Although currently the costs involved in preparing and delivering a Plan are out of reach for all but the largest of SMEs, it is likely that these will fall as more Restructuring Plans are approved. We look forward to being able to add these to the tools we have available to rescue businesses, especially in these very uncertain economic times.” Our Bournemouth office can be contacted on: elaine@antonybatty.com .

Child Okeford, Blandford Forum, Dorset DT11 8HN

REGISTERED NURSE PART TIME

A qualified part time RGN is sought, term time only, to help look after our boarders (ages 7-13) and staff. Required for January 2023

2 ½ days - 25 hrs a week - 0730 to 1730 Some Saturday mornings

Previous relevant experience would be an advantage and good organisational skills, kindness, enthusiasm and a cheerful disposition are essential. Experience in welfare and mental health of children highly desirable.

Applicants are urged to apply soon as the post will close once a suitable candidate is found. Application form and job description can be found on our website. www.hanfordschool.co.uk

To apply or find out more about the role please email office@hanfordschool.co.uk

HGV LIVESTOCK LORRY DRIVER wanted Andrew Frizzle Livestock Haulage Enquiries phone Andrew 07977 136863

ROOFING LABOURER REQUIRED based in Stalbridge area . Please contact Roy on 01963 362325

SITUATIONS WANTED

LADY DRIVER / COMPANION WANTED Age 35-60, looking for days out & lunch 01747 811186

HOUSE KEEPER wanted near Cranborne Dorset, general domestic duties, dog sitting. No cooking. 3 bedroom cottage rent free. Beautiful but remote surroundings. Start January. salary negotiable. Apply to Its@Its-uk.com

PART-TIME LABOURER

REQUIRED for builder’s cleans. £15 p/h. CSCS card preferable. Gillingham 20 mile radius. 07821 639091

Papertrees

33 High Street Wincanton. BA9 9JU Tel: 01963 32356 Paper Delivery Persons Required (2 or 4 persons)

I need either 2 persons working 7 days a week or 2 persons working Monday to Friday and 2 working weekends only. To deliver Papers in Wincanton and surrounding villages. Car essential and Business delivery insurance required. Good rates of pay. Phone up to apply.