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Welcome to... ...the September edition of MK Flyers Central. Have a read through MK Flyers Central to see advice from local business in Milton Keynes. Until next month
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POSITIVE LIVING The person you are now is not the whole person that you can be... From your first breath to your last you are a work in constant progress. Every person is unique. Everyone is here today physically in this time frame for their own purpose, to fulfil their soul agenda and life journey. The whole purpose of life is to evolve. Nature runs in cycles, animals live according to their species limitations; we on the other hand do not. We have the ability and intelligence to be anything we desire, with no boundaries or programming to hold us back. Before birth you still existed. You were present in energy form, pretty much as you are now but without your physical shape, your present body, much as vapour would be to ice etc. You had most likely been on Earth before within a different time and place, you’d lived a different life and built up character, strengths and talents according to world progression and conditions of life around you. Every soul on Earth today has lived on Earth before. This is important to understand. We are souls on a soul journey of eternal growth, of infinite intelligence and progression. Every single soul will experience everything, if not in this life then in those before or yet to come, as part of the unending cycle of life unfolding and playing out. This is the real purpose of human existence, the reason that we are here, for collectively we give the meaning to life itself, we write its program, what it actually means to spend time here physically living, to feel, think, see, hear, know, to love, learn, grow, experience, explore and express... Collectively we are responsible for the labels and meaning we stick on life, for how we live today and for what is playing out across the globe. We invent the real time script that we then daily live. We are accountable for what we feed to life and for what we are attracting for the future - and the world view we’ll leave behind us for our children. Whilst still in the realm of spirit, before our time of birth, we tried to plan the type of life we personally would encounter. We chose our parents, siblings, peers and people we would meet along the way, how they would aid and interact (and us with them), and what we’d gain on a soul level from the experience. We saw an overview of life today upon the surface of the planet, what we could and would contribute if we were able to wake up, to help or heal or change, to aid what we saw unfolding for the greatest good. With these things and more in mind we saw the benefit of presence for self and others. This life that you are living is your most important yet, for it’s the culmination of your soul’s progression up to date... After every life lived here we gain earthly baggage to work through. We see what we’ve accomplished, opportunities that we’d missed, ways we could have changed things – had we realised - for the better. We see the real affect of our live actions - good and bad, we see the routes we took and available alternatives we may have missed for different outcomes. We see the time that we’ve just spent here and the affect it had on life and others, whether overall we were an asset or a drain. These are some of the many varied things that program personal Karma in every life,
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karma that’s accumulated throughout our present life agenda, which must then be overcome and triumphed through for us to grow. This is a fundamental reason why we experience what we do and why we are all so very different, for we are all on different levels of achievement, development and progression, we’re on individual journeys playing out – in real time life, journeys of our own choosing and design. Babies are born pure. They have no blemishes or baggage at time of birth. They are shaped by their experience, by life and people interacting, by society, by conditioning and conditions that surrounds them. Depending on their character and intelligence, they assimilate knowledge gained. This in turn builds into karma – that needs to be worked through in later life – as we are now. Karma, cause and effect, free will and personal choice determines who you are and what you do today. This makes you unique – it’s why you are you. Nothing that you’ve been through was meant to harm. Instead as you look back – you will see that you are stronger and much wiser for your experience. You have grown. You are different today than who you were in years of youth, and you’ll alter time again before you leave the planets surface and physical life. What you leave undone in this life – goes with you to the next, for life continues – it does not stop. You will overview your achievements as your contribution to today and to life’s present real time programming as a whole. What you leave behind will depend on how you read reality, how you interpreted live signs and signals, what you did through your own free will, conscious intent and personal offering. What you gave in terms of energy – good and bad. Our life links to the planet. Our presence is either an asset or a drain – the choice is ours. Everything about you – you have chosen at some time, even in your smallest thoughts, your look, your taste, your home, your work, your loved ones and your hobbies. Milton Keynes itself was even birthed in this same way, as an idea within the mind of its first architectural creator and then of every creative thinking mind in tune thereafter, from commercial to domestic, so you can begin to see the power that you too personally weald, for you are an integral working part of life itself. For today at least, begin to notice your life differently, as though you were looking in... Do you feel loved, understood or appreciated? Recognise your own thoughts, habits and patterns. Begin to notice how they drive you and how they add to life around you, how your actions write the reality that you then face and invest your free time, free will and life force continuously in. No one should pull your strings. You have total flexibility to live your own life. Physically, whether in this life or the next, nothing is completely certain except we birth and die, yet far more occurs on levels unseen than we can ever imagine. The soul journey you are travelling is completely individual and unwritten – so what you will contribute, pay forward or give back – is yours by personal choice and accomplishment.
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‘I AM’ Meditations Channelled from Spirit by Stephanie J. King BECAUSE YOUR OWN JOURNEY IS UNIQUE, YOUR NEEDS, QUESTIONS AND INSPIRATIONS WILL BE ALSO... ‘I AM’ is the first in a series of guided meditations unique in content and approach, allowing you to work directly with Source - to bring in health, balance, harmony, understanding, forgiveness, love, light, peace, growth and extra sensory information - from the highest realms possible - to aid all. Before birth we each devised a real time soul agenda, an overall life plan, with live tasks to set in motion, to recognise & work through. We have qualities to contribute, to overcome and accomplish, gifts that we alone can hone and harness to feed directly back to life as personal input, as contribution & thanks for time spent here. Many things are answered as you re-assess your lot - with the aide of personal guides/your guardian/and with Source. Physically nothing is completely certain except we birth and die, yet far more occurs on levels unseen than we can ever imagine. The soul journey you are travelling is completely individual and unwritten - so what you will contribute, pay forward, or give back - is yours by personal choice and accomplishment... Stephanie’s works have been specifically channelled to help you work through Karma and what’s occurring now - love, work, family, home - to highlight what lies hidden, to fine tune your highest attributes, strengths and gifts, and to help you to regain, to remember - what has been lost...
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Small businesses will lead the way in 2012, says company whose tenants already employ 1000 people Milton Keynes will boom in 2012, says the town’s largest serviced business premises provider, as the number of people employed in its units tops 1000 at the close of 2011. Bucks Biz, with over 400,000 square feet of space and 150 tenants in Bletchley and Denbigh, says it is already planning more units to cope with the expected growth in demand and bringing forward plans to develop extra space at the huge Interchange House in Howard Way. “Our units currently provide work for around a thousand people and we have seen that figure rise steadily,” said Dominic Muscat, a director of the company that owns the business.
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“As Milton Keynes business booms, led by small businesses, we are already identifying potential new units that can be converted to provide the premises needed for small companies to thrive without hassle.” Bucks Biz, with units all over Milton Keynes, is renowned for straight talking and dealing; not hiding costs and not charging for many of the little things that keep businesses ticking, but which can be annoying to the point of distraction. “We really believe that if our customers are happy, then they’ll be free to get on with their businesses, which in turn will expand,” added Dominic. More info from www.bucksbiz.co.uk or 01908 821000
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The Olympic Approach to Sales & Marketing Planning While we all calm down from the phenomenal achievements by Team GB at the London Olympics, there is much talk already about how we improve on such a performance at Rio 2016. Planning. Those responsible for Team GB at Rio will be taking a detailed look at the recent performances to assess the success stories and where changes are needed, before building a solid and targeted plan for each of the numerous sports – with the ultimate objectives being continued improvement and even more gold medals. So how does this translate to our business requirements? Much like Team GB, each organisation will have its own set of objectives and in order to develop a plan to achieve these, it needs to assess recent performances, identify where improvements can be made and decide how and when to implement the right activities. When planning a Sales and Marketing strategy around achieving the agreed objectives, it’s important to prepare a carefully structured sequence of action steps. If you do this effectively, you can reduce much of the necessary time and effort required to achieve your objectives. By following a plan, you can always see how much you have progressed towards your project goal and how far you are from your destination. And knowing where you are is essential for making good decisions on where to go or what to do next.
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Planning all activities from the outset is also vital to ensure realistic budgets are allocated accordingly and activity levels are measured and monitored. This provides ongoing feedback on how the various activities are progressing; if they need adjusting, increasing or changing altogether. It’s far better to monitor and adjust campaigns throughout the year rather than waiting until 12 months is up only to discover your results were disappointing. Whatever your objectives, developing a solid and well defined plan of activities is the start on the road to success. And now’s the perfect time to get the ball rolling...2013 is approaching fast!
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The streets of Milton Keynes should be lined with gold following the city’s past months successes. Not only was the International Festival a phenomenal achievement, with artists and visitors coming from far and wide, but we have an Olympic Gold Medallist within our midst, in the form of Greg Rutherford. With 29 Gold medals overall, Team GB really did excel itself and we all have reason to be very proud. However, we are now left with the task of ensuring the legacy of the games is taken seriously and the sporting prowess passed over to the next generation not to mention keeping the feel good factor going. The launch of Energy Clubs in Milton Keynes, as well as across the UK, is one way of ensuring that the legacy of the Games will be secure. These clubs have been organised by Sport Leaders UK and are there to encourage children to participate in sporting activities and perhaps one day themselves become Olympic athletes. I was asked to take part in the hula-hooping, a world renowned sport, I think you’ll agree. Still sticking with the theme of sporting activity and achievements, my colleague Iain Stewart and I took our turns to keep an outdoor cinema playing. The cycle powered cinema was placed outside
MK Theatre and it was our job, along with several volunteers, to keep the cinema going. After twenty minutes I was in somewhat of a state; hot, sweaty and tired. I do not know how Bradley Wiggins managed to win the Tour de France and the road race, when all I could manage was 20 minutes on a static bike! Continuing with the theme of the Olympics and success, I had the pleasure of awarding the Mysore in Newport Pagnell their Highly Commended award from the Tiffin Cup. The Cup takes place every year and sets out to find the best South-Asian restaurant in the UK. As an MP I am always keen to put forward a restaurant from Milton Keynes North and this year that restaurant was the Mysore. They have won several awards before for their cuisine and now they have an additional one to add to their collection. I’m hoping that next year Milton Keynes will have its first Tiffin Cup winner. With so much going on in Milton Keynes I hope that children and young people use the Olympic buzz to start up new sports and make the most of the opportunities being offered. The local newspaper is a great resource for parents to find out when clubs and try out days are on offer and I would urge you to do as much as is possible. Although I might not be trying Hula-Hooping again I might look to have a go at something else, after all, any of us could be a potential Olympic gold medalist! Mark Lancaster TD MP
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MP’s Diary
By Iain Stewart MP, Conservative MP for Milton Keynes South
I have been holding a number of street surgeries around the city, including at the Shenley Wood Retirement Village. In addition to my regular surgeries by appointment, street surgeries provide constituents with an opportunity to bend my ear on the issues that are most important to them. For me to be an effective representative for local residents it is essential that I hear people’s concerns and I am grateful to those who shared their views with me. One of the privileges that I enjoy as MP is meeting inspirational people. Recently, I met Andrew Lawless, a constituent who is a stroke survivor. Before the unfortunate incident, Mr Lawless had a successful career in the commercial sector. Rather than be deterred by the incident, he is putting his experience and skills to excellent use by setting up ‘In touch with stroke survival’ – a community interest company to help re-enable other survivors. His website, _http://strokesurvival.co.uk/ gives a sense of his vision and aspirations for others who have been affected by stroke. For companies looking for a corporate social responsibility (CSR) project, I believe that ‘In touch with stroke survival’ is a worthwhile cause to consider sponsoring.
There is also good news for people looking to buy a home in Milton Keynes. This month I joined Jephson Homes Housing Association at the official unveiling of its Walton Grange scheme on Brickhill Street. This development includes 53 high-quality homes, which will help families in Milton Keynes to access local affordable housing. I know from my post bag that there’s a huge appetite for quality affordable housing in Milton Keynes. This development is in a lovely part of Milton Keynes and I’m sure will be very welcome for local people. Redeveloping an existing site like this is also a great way to help protect green areas and make the most of brownfield land. Congratulations to Jephson on completing this development during tough economic times. Milton Keynes also hosted the Energy and Climate Change minister, Greg Barker MP, as he visited the Lakes Estate in Bletchley. The Minister took part in discussions over the proposals to refurbish 480 council housing properties as part of the Green Deal. The proposed work will include external wall insulation and ‘warm roof’ improvements to flat roof terraced houses, helping residents to save money on their energy bills.
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Fancy a new ‘62’ plate car at a fraction of the normal cost? Carnoisseur Car Leasing are offering some fantastic new deals on the up-coming ‘62’ registration plate which launches September 1st. On top of their already amazing deals, they are offering a further £150 cash back to all MK Flyers readers on all orders taken in September. Carnoisseur Car Leasing have delivered with manufacturers there really are some unbelievable deals on over 500 cars in almost 3.5 years of business, even expanding new cars, both to lease and purchase - in particular on Mercedes their network from their shop on St. Johns St Newport Pagnell Benz. They can also offer part exchange on your current vehicle, to also include a shop in Bedford on Harper Street. Owner Chris short term rental, not to mention exceptional deals on commercial Robinson says “even though times have been tough over the vehicles as well. Whatever vehicle you’re looking for from a new past few years, people still want a nice new shiny car and aren’t family car to a fleet of sign-written, branded vans, Carnoisseur willing to pay dealership prices. With the added value of driving a offers fantastic customer service you can trust (as demonstrated new car, i.e., no road tax, lower insurance, better fuel economy, in customer feedback below) - pop in to the shop and speak to little or no maintenance costs no more MOTs and full 3 year Chris, David, or Michelle and find out for yourself. warranty and 3 years road side assistance, combined with the surprisingly low monthly costs, many private customers and businesses are reaping “The service from “A BIG thank you the friendly guys at Carnoisseur to Chris at Carnoisseur! the benefits. For example, a new Citroen was excellent, really helpful and they We have taken delivery of our weren’t pushy. The choice of cars was 3rd commercial vehicle in C1 could cost you as brilliant and they helped me through Milton Keynes and the service little as £99/month, every step of the leasing, organising provided was once again the financing and filling out the leasing professional, accurate and or a Mercedes SLK agreements, right up until I received my 100% recommended!” from as little as £250/ car. I have recommended them Emma Bowman Smith month, all with minimal since to friends and family.” Managing Director deposits”. Due to Chris Bradley from Xcel Property Services Carnoisseur’s bulk Grange Farm buying relationship
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mkflyers about us MKFLYERS & MKFLYERS CENTRAL – A FLYAWAY SUCCESS MKFLYERS CENTRAL is part of the MK Flyers group The first version of the Flyer was delivered to 2,000 homes in Newport Pagnell in 2006. From there, MK Flyers went from strength to strength. Distribution grew to 6,000 copies, which are still delivered today in Newport Pagnell. We now produce four versions of the MK Flyer, to cover North, South, East and West Milton Keynes, and deliver 42,000 copies, potentially reaching over 100,000 people. This gives our clients the unique opportunity to advertise only in their desired part of Milton Keynes, thereby accurately pinpointing their target market. With flexible advertising options to suit all budgets, the MK Flyer is one of the most effective ways of attracting new customers and increasing your profile across Milton Keynes. Now there is the MKFLYERS CENTRAL too, dedicated to increasing business between local companies. Why look outside the area when there is already a highly skilled and reputable supplier on your doorstep. Make your business fly with MKFlyers Central. Call 01908 767080 or email central@mkflyers.co.uk today for details and to book your space.
MK Flyers Online www.mklflyersonline.co.uk This is our popular, online directory, promoted each month to over 100,000 local people. All of our advertisers receive a free listing, with options to upgrade their advertisement to include a full page on the site and a spotlight on our home page. So, if readers can’t find the service they require in the MK Flyer, they can visit MK Flyers Online and find it there.
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MKF Design - www.mkfdesign.co.uk Our graphic design business, MKF Design, was established to meet the needs of our advertisers, by providing high-quality, cost-effective, graphic design and print services. So our clients needn’t worry if they don’t have artwork or even wording for their advert; MKF Design can manage the whole process for them.
What makes us so unique? Truly local - the MK Flyer connects local people to local services within a handy directory.
Longevity - Unlike a local newspaper, people don’t throw the MK Flyer away each week and tend to keep it for reference purposes.
Quality - the MK Flyer maintains very high standards in print and production. All artwork is professionally designed to ensure that your business is portrayed in the best possible light.
Comprehensive service - our in-house, graphic design and print team, MKF Design, can make life easier by managing our clients’ advertising and print requirements.
Value - advertising in the MK Flyer represents incredible value for money. Box adverts start from as little as £44 + VAT per month. We also offer attractive discounts on packages of three, six and twelve months.
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Holiday and Sick Leave Court of Appeal Decision We have been waiting for the English Court of Appeal decision in NHS Leeds v Larner which held that a worker who was unable to take four weeks’ annual holiday as she was sick for the entire holiday year did not have to make a specific request to her employer to carry the untaken leave over into the next holidays year in order to receive a payment in lieu of it on termination of employment. Mrs Larner worked for the NHS in Leeds and their holiday year ran from 1st April to 31st March. She went off sick on 9th January 2009 and at that time had not booked any holiday and did not make any requests to take any holiday whilst she was on sick leave. NHS Leeds decided to terminate her employment on 6th April, 2010. Mrs Larner claimed her unpaid holiday pay but Leeds NHS argued that as she had not made any requests to them to take her holiday then the entitlement to annual leave was lost when the holiday year ended on 31st March. The Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal found in her favour and stated that she was entitled to be paid in lieu of the annual leave that she had had no opportunity to take even though she never specifically requested any holiday. NHS Leeds appealed and the Court of Appeal stated that the issue of holiday pay whilst an employee was on long-term sick leave was an area that needed clarification with employers and workers needing to know where they stand and the rules should be “certain, clear and accessible”. Not all employment tribunals have been adopting the same approach to
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this issue on termination of employment following a period of long-term sick leave. Several European cases were considered by the Court of Appeal and submissions from both parties in this case suggested this was an opportunity for guidance to be provided to employment tribunals and their users on this issue. The Court of Appeal responded that it was “nervous about offering judicial guidance” due to the succession of European Court of Justice (ECJ) references on holiday pay during long-term sick leave as it considered it could be superseded and become outdated very quickly. The Court of Appeal said that after hearing the arguments in this case and reviewing current case law, it agreed with Mrs Larner that the requirement to make a request to take holiday has no application where the worker is absent on sick leave and is therefore prevented from taking annual leave. If the worker has the right under the Working Time Directive to take holiday entitlement at another time then it would be inconsistent if the worker was required to request to take leave at another time. Mrs Larner had neither recovered from her illness nor returned from sick leave and she therefore had not opportunity to take her leave at another time. So we will still have to wait for the ECJ to give further guidance on this issue but employers would be well advised to tread carefully in cases like this until we have further clarification.
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Small workshop on busy garage site to let £325 per month Newport Pagnell
01525 873670 We all know that getting new customers is THE most important thing you can do for your business, but how are you going to do it? A leaflet delivery campaign consistently delivers results when done properly – and we do it properly. Call us now on 01908 850361 to discuss how we can make your phone We’ll pay half the print ring with brand new in September for all customers, print and delivery ready to buy. orders?
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The complete commercial grounds maintenance service From one off tidy ups to regular contracts we offer a cost-effective solution for a wide range of commercial premises For further details please call
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Here’s what our customers say about mkflyers... We started using MK Flyers in October 2010. Since then I have had a number of calls enquiring about the services that I offer, this has then lead to generating me further work in the MK area. I advertise in all 4 flyers and receive great feedback from the adverts. MK flyers designed my advert for me which has had lots of comments of how great it looks.
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They are a professional company, who offer a great product and service at affordable prices. I tell lots of people about them and highly recommend their services. Terry Newman, TJN Services
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IN MILTON KEYNES
Full colour advertising rates MKFlyers Central is the leading online business to business magazine in the Milton Keynes area. With a distribution of over 3,000 it is also widely read.
Double your advertising exposure with MKFLYERS CENTRAL. Full Page
£50 per month
Half Page
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Quarter Page
£20 per month
Front Cover
£60 per month
5% Discount for 3 months advertising
10% Discount for 6 months advertising
15% Discount for 12 months advertising
ALL PRICES ARE EXCLUSIVE OF VAT
Advertising starts from £17* a month with MK FLYERS CENTRAL * minimum booking applies
Ad formats
Ad sizes in mm Full Page Half Page Quarter Page Front Cover
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We’ve been providing telephone answering services in the Milton Keynes area for over twelve years. Business is won and lost by the service customers receive on the telephone Make sure the first impression callers get of your Company is a brilliant one!
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Here’s what our customers say about mkflyers... Thank you for the excellent work you have carried out to successfully support and improve our local advertising with Your Local Flyer over the past 2 years. The whole process is simple, from your help initially designing our advert, through final proof sign off, print and web advert. The really good news for C & R Technologies Ltd is that we are seeing a great return on our investment in advertising on a monthly basis with you. For every pound we spend we are seeing a £4 return; now that is the Business at Our Fingertips. To sum up, I have found the MK Flyers Team to be reliable, efficient and very cost effective for local advertising in print and on the web. I have no hesitation in recommending you. Stephen Roberts, C&R Technologies
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Improve your cashflow with our direct debit referral scheme Referral Programme Direct Debit is a very effective way of collecting regular payments on time with the full overview of your monthly cashflow. It can be an important and integral part of your business and MK Flyers knows just how to deliver the right solution whether you are a Sole Trader, Partnership or Limited Company. Cashflow is king! Speak to any business advisor, coach or successful entrepreneur and they will all tell you that cashflow is vital to a business. Direct Debit gives you this benefit whilst keeping you in control. Value for Money If you are making regular collections from customers or subscribers then the online management system will allow you to keep your costs and resources down giving you more time on your business. Keep your customers You can now offer your customers the opportunity to spread the costs of your service or products across the year with this system. This should allow more
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customers to spend money with you and increase customer loyalty. The Direct Debit Guarantee also protects your customers giving them peace of mind when using your services. Reporting functions MK Flyers working with our partner London & Zurich can offer you full on-line management of client accounts and enables you to have full control of your payment collection scheme. Is your business right for Direct Debits? Many businesses are interested in using the Direct Debit scheme to collect monies due from their own customers but the banks normally advise that they are too small to be considered as an originator of Direct Debits. Working with London and Zurich, however, we have been able to negotiate a special arrangement and can offer it to you in a very cost effective way. For More Information call 01908 767080 or email hello@mkflyers.co.uk
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