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Ke e l Ta v e r nwi l l bes howc as i ngbe e r s f r om a c r os st her e gi ona ndbe y ond, a nd l i k ema nyofVa ul k ha r dGr oup’ sot he r out l e t swi l l bes e r v i ngar a ng eofr e a l a l e sa ndOl l i ei sv e r yk e e nt oe ns ur et ha t i nc l ude sVa uxbe e r s . “ Wewi l l a l s obeoffe r i ngNe wc as t l eGi n t ha twedi s t i l l our s e l v e sbutwea l s o s t oc kPoe t i cLi c e ns ewhi c hi sma dei n Sunde r l a nd, ”hes a i d. “ Whe nI fir s tc a met ot heNor t hEas t t he r ewas n’ tt ha tr i v a l r y–wewoul d s pe ndoneni g htg oi ngouti nNe wc as t l e a ndt he nonei nSunde r l a nd–a ndwe hopet hos eda y swi l l c omeba c k . “ Thei n v e s t me ntg oi ngoni nSunde r l a nd a tpr e s e nti ss ome t hi ngt ha tNe wc as t l e c a nonl ydr e a ma bout . “ Thi si snotj us tput t i ngupaf e woffic e bl oc k s , t hi si sur ba nr e g e ne r a t i onona ma j ors c a l ea ndwea r ev e r ye x c i t e dt o bepa r tofi t . ”

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S U N D E R L A N DB I D ' S I twi l l beagr eatoppor t uni t yt o hearf r om ourChi efEx ec ut i v e, Shar onAppl eby , about t heBI D’ spl ansf orr enewal and t hene x tt er m aswel l asan e x c i t i nggues ts peak erwhowi l l ber ev eal edv er ys oon.

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P R O F E S S I O N A L S L U N C HB A C K ! ” A M B E R H O L T , R I C H A R D R E E D S O L I C I T O R S

P R O F E S S I O N A L S L U N C H I t ’ saf a nt a s t i copt i onf orc ompa ni esa nd bus i nes s es , pa r t i c ul a r l yi fy ouwa ntt o r e wa r ds t a ff, s e ndat ha nky out o c us t ome r sorwa ntt ogi v ee mpl oy e esagi f t a tChr i s t ma sora ta nyot he rk e yda t e .

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I t ’ sa l s oadoubl ewha mmy–a swe l l a s e ng e nde r i ngl oy a l t y ; i ti sa l s ohe l pi ng s uppor tt hel oc a l e c onomy .

The r e ’ se v e nmor ei nc e nt i v et ha ne v e rt o c hoos et hi sme t hodofr e wa r d, t ha nk st o HMRC’ sTr i v i a l Be ne fit sAl l owa nc e , whi c h me a nsgi f t i ngaSunde r l a ndGi f tCa r dc a n bet a x f r e e .

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I fy ouwa ntf ur t he ri nf or ma t i onora r e i nt e r es t e di ns i gni ngupf ort hes c he me , pl e a s ee ma i l usa t g i f t c a r d@s unde r l a ndbi d. c o . ukorc a l l uson 01 917221 002.

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