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

The Summer Holidays may be over, but there are still opportunities to get out and about with the kids and show them that learning can be fun. Our article on page 4 gives you some ideas for educational days out for all ages and interests. We also have our regular ‘What’s On in Southend & Westcliff’ on pages 22 and 23 where this month we feature the Southend Pier Ghost Train, Free Southend Seafront Fireworks, a cinema screening of the ‘The Great Bear’ especially for disabled children, an amateur production of the ‘Rock of Ages’ and the ‘Big Southend Christmas Lights Switch On’.

We also have our regular community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point (pages 10-11). Ellie the Terrier and Cara the Staff who we featured in our last issue have both been successfully re-homed. Ted the Crossbreed is currently on home trial with a family. This month we feature 4 new dogs that are looking for loving homes.

Within our Community section this month we bring you information on the local services provided by the Southend Hospital Radio (page 8) and the local charity ‘Harp’ that provides valuable services to the homeless in the Southend area (page 20). We also feature an article about the history of The Kursaal (page 16) and our regular column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers (centre pages).

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Educational Visits In Essex Now the children have returned to school, why not remind them that learning can be fun by visiting one of these educational places in Essex. The Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker in Brentwood was designed for up to 600 military and civilian personnel, possibly even the Prime Minister! Their collective task was to organise the survival of the population in the awful aftermath of a nuclear war.

A great day out - there’s so much to learn, see and do.

For opening times visit www.secretnuclearbunker.co.uk Southend Planetarium presents a range of talks about astronomy and the night sky. All presentations are given live, giving plenty of opportunity for any questions you may wish to ask the knowledgeable lecturers. There are public performances every Saturday at 11am, 2pm amd 3pm. Booking is essential. For more information and opening times visit www.southendmuseums.co.uk or to book call 01702 434449 Mountfitchet Castle and Norman Village of 1066 near Stansted is the only motte and bailey castle in the world that has been faithfully reconstructed on its original site.

Wander around the village, behind the castle walls, and enter into the many houses whilst mingling with the many animals that roam freely within the village. There is also a Toy Museum and life sized dinosaur models.

For more information visit www.mountfitchetcastle.com

Tilbury Fort has protected London’s seaward approach from the 16th century through to the Second World War. Spend a great family day out here as you explore the magazine houses used to store vast quantities of gunpowder or enter the bastion magazine passages and feel what it was like for the soldiers who lived here. For more details visit www.english-heritage.org.uk 4

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Carers and Support Workers are urgently required by a busy Care Agency based in Westcliff, to work locally (Westcliff, Southend, Shoebury, Eastwood, Leigh) and in the Basildon area (Basildon, Pitsea, Vange) following successful registration Care experience is important but full training will be provided for carers without experience. Placements will include: Domicilary Care in the Community, Care/Nursing homes and Live-In Care.

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Local Community Southend Hospital Radio Wonder, a request from the then Sister of Balmoral Ward at Rochford Hospital. May 1977 saw the first of many outside broadcasts covering the Milk Race along Southend seafront. Other events covered in the first year included Southend Carnival, Leigh Regatta, It’s A Knockout and Princess Margaret’s visit in June 1977.

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outhend Hospital Radio is the radio service for Southend University Hospital and has been broadcasting for over 35 years. It aims to relieve the effects of sickness, infirmity and old age by providing a local broadcasting service to patients.

The radio station was launched in February 1977, after the then Mayor, Councillor Neville Moss, made fundraising for a radio service at the hospital, the mayoral charity appeal during his term of office in 1976. The idea of a Hospital Radio service came from a former patient and founder hospital radio member, Betti Thompson. Betti’s husband Mike went on to broadcast the first programme on the station.

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Today, the station broadcasts every evening from 6pm with the main show being the two-hour Request Show which starts at 8pm. Patients can listen free from the bedside Premiere system. Shows cover a range of different types and style of music, interviews and chat. They also provide a 24 hour “easy listening” music channel and a Saturday Sports Show includes live commentary of Southend United F.C home matches.

Southend Hospital Radio Service is funded totally by donations from the general public, private companies and the dedicated fundraising activities of its members. For more details of how you can help visit www.southendhospitalradio.co.uk

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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.

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

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.

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 Ellie the Terrier and Cara the Staff who we featured in our last issue have both been successfully rehomed. Ted the Crossbreed is currently on home trial with a family. This month we feature 4 new dogs looking for their “Forever Homes”.

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This month’s featured dogs Saffy - Mastiff / Boxer Cross Female / Age 11 months

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They are open 10am-3pm 7 days a week.

Visitors are welcome at any time during these hours - no appointment is necessary.

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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 Kursaal T

he Kursaal was the largest amusement park in the south throughout much of the twentieth century.

The venue was opened in 1894 by father and son Alfred and Bernard Wiltshire Tollhurst, on four acres of land purchased the previous year, as the ‘Marine Park and Gardens’.

In 1901, they opened a grand entrance pavilion with a great silver dome over the entrance called the Kursaal.

It was designed by Campbell Sherrin and contained a circus, ballroom, arcade, dining hall and billiard room.

The word Kursaal is German, meaning a “Cure Hall” or spa, and it seems to have been adapted to mean a place of healthy amusement.

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wall. The first riders were husband and wife Billy and Marjorie Ward.

The Kursaal was the world’s first ever theme park, pre-dating Coney Island in America. There were also other firsts at the Kursaal including the world’s first Lady Lion Tamer and the world’s first Lady Wall of death Rider performed here. It was also the first venue in England for the display of Al Capone’s personal car from Chicago, and Eric the sixty ton stuffed whale!

With Southend being the nearest seaside resort to London, The Kursaal remained a major destination, especially for day-trippers and works outings from the East End of London until the 1960s. There were several annual events for which the Kursaal was famous, including the New Year’s Eve Ball, the Charity Dinner for Deprived Children and the Old People’s Dinner.

From the world’s heaviest man Dick Harrow to the Sacco the fasting man, the Kursaal’s variety of entertainments was renowned. This was complemented by rides including The Cyclone, Water chute, Caterpillar ride and the Wall of Death.

The Kursaal declined in the early 1970s, with the outdoor amusements closing in 1973 and the main building finally succumbing to closure in 1986.

Although the outdoor amusements were redeveloped for housing, the main Kursaal building reopened in 1998, after a multimillion pound redevelopment, containing a bowling alley and other amusements. It is now a listed building. forming part of the Kursaal conservation area.

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atton Jewellery have been trading in Leigh on Sea since 1986. As well as a wide variety of items in stock, they have a workshop upstairs giving customers onsite repairs and the opportunity to design their own jewellery. Throughout their 30 years of trade, their customer base now includes several generations of families plus clients from all over the country and even internationally.

Hatton Jewellery’s team is fully trained and between them hold a huge amount of knowledge in all aspects of the jewellery and watch trade. They also undertake engraving, valuation and probate reports. Their focus is always on their customers’ needs and they truly believe that everyone that comes to them should get the best service possible. They pride themselves on their knowledge, friendly, helpful approach and are willing to help and advise where necessary.

Along with the jewellery side of the business they also hold a great selection of gifts including: Dulwich jewellery boxes, Carrs silver gifts and frames, cufflinks and tankards, christening presents from Jo for Girls and D for Diamond, watches by Orla Kiely, Henry, Rotary, Sekonda and Michel Herbelin and also now stock Charles Mallory compact mirrors, Chavin fairtrade jewellery and coming soon to store Disney figurines! .

Visit Hatton Jewellery Monday to Saturday from 9am till 5pm at 28 Elm Road, Leigh on Sea, SS9 1SN or call 01702 472535. You can also send an email to terryhatt@aol.com where a member of staff will be happy to assist you with any questions you may have.

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ARP is an independent Southend based charity that reduces homelessness by providing essential services, emergency housing and long term solutions.

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HARP exists because they received 12,000 visits across their services in 2013 from people who needed assistance with homeless issues. 22% of this number were young people aged between 16 and 25. 25% were female. HARP helped all of them. Many needed to find a safe place for the night to avoid sleeping rough on the streets.

HARP currently has the capacity to house up to 100 people at any one time - this is either in the emergency night shelter, one of their three hostels, a bedsit or flat.

The Bradbury Centre is the first point of contact for anyone who finds themselves homeless or at risk of being homeless in Southend. Staff at The Bradbury

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What’s On In Southend & Westcliff Southend Pier Ghost Train Saturday 5th November 2016 Starts: 6.30pm Ends: 8.30pm Venue: Southend Pier All aboard the Southend Pier Ghost Train! An evening of spooky stories, ghoulish fancy dress, and not to mention a fantastic fireworks display! Ticket prices Adults -£10 Children - £6 To book please call 01702 215620

Free Southend Seafront Fireworks Every Saturday Night from 29th October – 19th November 2016 Starts: 7.30pm Ends: 7.40pm Venue: City Beach Join us on the seafront every Saturday night from 29th October to 19th November for the fantastic free fireworks displays. These displays are brought to you by Southend Bid.

Saturday Cinema - The Great Bear Saturday 12 November 2016 Starts: 10.00am Ends: 12.00 noon Venue: TAP, North Road, Southend Saturday Cinema at TAP. The White Bus and SBC Short Breaks Present a cinema experience especially for disabled children, the Great Bear. A boy must venture into a forbidden forest to rescue his little sister from the clutches of an ancient, massive bear.

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Rock of Ages Wednesday 16th November – Saturday 19th November Starts: Wed – Sat Evenings 8.00pm / Friday Matinee 5pm / Saturday Matinee 2.30pm Venue: Palace Theatre It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strips last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock and roll fairy-tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late?

Note: The performances contain strong language and sexual references throughout.

Tickets £14-£18 Palace Theatre Box Office: 01702 351135 “Rock of Ages” is based on a book by Chris D’Arionzo. Arrangements and Orchestration by Ethan Popp.

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The Big Southend Christmas Lights Switch On Saturday 19 November 2016 Starts: 11.00am Ends: 8.00pm The Victoria Shopping Centre - 11am-4pm Enjoy a fun packed day of festive fun for the whole family with free face painting and lots of surprises in store!

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