Essex Business & Leisure Southend April Edition 2012

April 2012 Edition

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Welcome Hi There,

Welcome to our April edition. I hope you’re all enjoying your Easter Break. It’s lovely to spend time with your family and friends and catch up in doors and in the garden, it’s been great to see some sunshine and long may it continue. Baccus restaurant are offering afternoon tea if you fancy a stroll out in the Sunshine. (see our front page)

and if there is anything you would like to see in our magazine. You can email us at enquiries@essexbusinessandleisure.co.uk or call us on 01268 330271.

Cliffs Pavilion are sponsoring this month’s quiz and you can win a pair of tickets to see Buddy Holly.

Last month’s Quiz winners were: If you are looking to get fit for the Summer Jason Honeyman from Staple Grove Shoeburyness who won a Puss in Boots and have fun at the same time then DVD and Sheila Mapes from Thurston contact Vicky at Fun and Fit see page 9.

Avenue, Southend on Sea who won £50 meal voucher for The Lemon Tree. I hope Chiane is back in Great Ormand Street, you enjoy your prizes and please let us but has enjoyed her time at home with know by leaving a comment on eblonline. her family; she has been Horse riding co.uk. If you wasn’t lucky this month then and had lots of fun. My son Reece who please try again. attends Woodlands school in Basildon approached the school to do a non If you would like to advertise with us, uniform day in aid of Chiane, which raised the last day to get your advert in is 20th £1,150 !! If you have any fund raising March. We can design your ad for Free ideas and would like to help or would and a Month’s Advertising to 20,000 like to approach their local school please homes costs from as little as £35. contact me and I will do my best to help arrange anything for you.

Please support your local Businesses within this publication by using their Please visit www.eblonline.co.uk to see services and don’t forget to mention us all our Money saving vouchers, there are when you do. We do not vet our advertissome great offers on there from saving £1 ers and take no responsibility for anyone on your taxi fare to money off meals and who advertises with us. lots more. There is also an events section Please stop by and like our Facebook with events going on in Essex. You can page (Essex Business & Leisure). register free for monthly updates of our vouchers. Let us know your comments

Get in the Garden!

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FREE Osteopath Consultation

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Sudoku Page 4

What is a Chiropractor?

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Win Buddy Holly Tickets

Keeping it local Sarah

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Fitness Bootcamp Page 9

Recipe

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Index

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Get in the Garden!

by Sharon Longshaw

April is a busy time in the garden many shrubs will benefit from a trim this month to keep them tidy and encourage new growth. Shorten the shoots of cape fuchsia, cutting back to strong sideshoots, shaping the plant and cutting out the dead wood. Hard prune, tall old stems on Buddleja and other fast-growing shrubs that flower on new wood. Many dogwoods and willows, grown as clumps and valued for their colourful winter stems, should also be cut back hard now, right down to a stubby base, about 30cm (12in) from the ground to ensure lots of new growth.

Complete rose pruning in March before they start into strong growth. Shorten all shoots, cutting back to an outward-facing bud, Clip old flowers off winterflowering heathers, take care not to trim back into old wood.

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Chiropractic doesn’t treat only back or neck pain. Chiropractic focuses on the optimum function of your nervous system and spinal function.Your nervous

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Split the mixture between the prepared tins and level both the tops with the back of a spoon. Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, or until the sides of the sponge have shrunk slightly from the side of the tin, the sponge springs back slightly when pressed and a skewer inserted into the middle comes clean. leave the sponges to cool in the tin.

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