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Welcome A very warm welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Southend and Westcliff Local Business Guide.

This month should bring some brighter weather and we therefore feature some of Essex’s lovely farms for you and your family to visit in our article on page 4. We also have our regular ‘What’s On in Southend & Westcliff’ on pages 22 and 23 where this month we feature a Harry Potter Book night, a Visual Arts Exhibition, a Board Game Club, a recital by the Ellora Quartet, a Space workshop and a Mouse Eye view of Southchurch Hall.

We have our regular community feature on the Acres Way Kennels, based in Castle Point (pages 10-11) and we are pleased to tell you that Reggie has been successfully re-homed. Unfortunately Ruby and Luna are still waiting for a new home, but I’m sure they’ll get placed very soon. This month we feature 3 new dogs that are looking for loving homes.

Within our Community section this month we bring you an article on local charity ‘Peaceful Place’ who aim to improve the lives of young people with young onset dementia (page 8) and we also feature services provided by the Southend Blind Welfare Organisation (page 20). We also feature an article about the history of The Ritz (page 16) - once one of Southend’s most popular cinemas and our regular column from our financial expert Martin Lamb from Joseph R Lamb Financial Advisers (centre pages).

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Children’s Farms In Essex With the sun hopefully beginning to shine, now is a great time for a fun and educational visit to one of the many farms in Essex. Lee Valley Park Farms in Waltham Abbey offer two fantastic experiences and are nestled in the middle of picturesque River Lee Country Park. At Hayes Hill Farm you can meet a variety of exciting animals and explore various play areas. At Holyfield Hall Farm you can learn about life on a working modern dairy and arable farm. Visit www.visitleevalley.org.uk/go/farms for more information including special events and opening times.

Boydells Dairy Farm in Braintree is a working family farm open to the public and specialises in sheep milking. Set in the beautiful North Essex countryside it provides a fun-packed and educational visit for children and adults alike.

The farm is open to the public 2pm to 5pm on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays.

For more details visit www.boydellsdairy.co.uk Hopefield Animal Sanctuary in Brentwood cares for a variety of animals including horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, chickens, geese, ducks, cats and more recently has become home to smaller animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs and chinchillas. The sanctuary even has its own resident bull called Max, who loves nothing more than being tickled between his horns! Hopefield Animal Sanctuary is open to the public every day from 1pm - 4pm.

For more details visit www.hopefield.org.uk.

Barleylands Farm Park offers all weather, free range family fun. Say hello to cuddly farmyard friends, join in animal activities, meet birds of prey, visit the reptile house, run wild in the indoor play area or jump aboard the tractor and trailer ride or miniature railway. For more information including details of the many special events held at Barleylands visit www.barleylands.co.uk 4

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Local Charity - Peaceful Place P

eaceful Place is a small but growing charity supported by and serving people in South East Essex. Their aim is to improve the lives of people with young onset dementia and those that care for them.

At the heart of their services they operate a Day Centre from their base in Rochford which focuses on providing active, stimulating and person centred activities in a safe and friendly environment as well as community based activities enabling people to continue to live life to the fullest. They also provide advocacy services to people living with young onset dementia, providing much needed support to individuals and their families as well as regular support groups for carers and those with a young onset dementia diagnosis.

The day centre is open on weekdays between 8.30 AM and 4.30 PM with a high staff to member ratio. Their aim is to stimulate the mental, physical and social skills of their members. Activities include pool, air hockey & table tennis, art, crafts & pottery, pub games & quizzes,

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weekly outings & restaurant visits, live music & guest speakers and much more.

Peaceful Place are able to go the extra mile thanks to the support of local people. They have a team of volunteers in the day centre and at their shop. Those who help fundraise are invaluable and it is because of their hard work and commitment that Peaceful Place can make sure they provide support that makes a difference.

Younger adults with dementia under 65 years old and living within the Rochford, Castle Point and Southend areas can be referred to the service by contacting the Day Centre Manager on 01702 546476 or by email to DCM@peacefulplace.co.uk.

If you would like further details of the individual services provided by Peaceful Place please visit www. peacefulplace.co.uk.

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Working for the Community

Can you help Re-Home a Dog from Acres Way Kennels?

Adopting a Dog

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.

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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.

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 We are pleased to tell you that Reggie the Staff we featured last time has been successfully re-homed. Unfortunately Ruby the Husky and Luna the Lurcher Staff cross are still waiting for a new home, but I’m sure they’ll get placed very soon. This month we feature 3 new dogs that are looking for loving homes.

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

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How to contact them Acres Way Kennels, Great Burches Road Thundersley, Essex SS7 3NE They are open 10am-3pm 7 days a week.

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

By email: contact@acresway.co.uk By phone: 01268 770402 10

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This month’s featured dogs Molly - Terrier  Aged 7 Poor Molly was left tied up with a note from her previous owner. It was clear she had been loved but has now found herself looking for a new home. She loves her walks and is a real little character.

She can be a little picky with other dogs but she would be a great little addition to any lucky family.

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Aged 5 Ronnie is a typical Chi. He can be a bit grumpy before he gets to know you but once you have gained his trust he is all kisses and cuddles. Because of his timid nature we would ask for a home with no small children or visiting children. He gets on well with other dogs but can be dominant so would be best suited to a one pet family.

 Lenny - Staff cross.

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Lenny is big burly lad. He loves to play and walk and is lots of fun. He can be quite boisterous at times so is best suited to and experienced home without children or other pets.

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here has been much written in the media lately about Final Salary or Defined Benefit pensions. Whilst they have been a bedrock of pension planning for many larger employers over the years, the majority of them are now struggling to meet their long term liabilities, and as the sponsoring employer is responsible for paying all the costs of the scheme many employers are now in serious trouble whilst the huge costs of the pension drain their profitability.

Tata Steel and BHS are two of the better known companies who have massive pension liabilities, and whatever the rights and wrongs in the way these companies have handled matters, the fact that the sheer scale of the pension funding deficits can put such large employers, and so many jobs at risk, is a major concern. An October 2016 report by the Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association even goes so far as to say that out of the 6000 live DB schemes nearly 50% of them have a 50% or worse chance of not meeting their full pension obligations over the coming 15 years. Whilst the Government sponsored Pension Protection Fund (PPF) may be available in the background, this is of massive concern as the Government’s expectations of them needing to provide support are massively lower than the likelihood of it being needed, and the current situation cannot be sustainable.

Final Salary schemes can be complex, but in simple terms they were designed to provide a pension to employees based on a percentage of their final salary at retirement and the number of years worked. The pension in payment is ‘guaranteed’ by

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the scheme and the sponsoring employer for life, together with whatever level of inflation proofing and death benefits the scheme rules permitted.

So what has gone wrong?

This bit isn’t complex. There are three main issues: • First of all when these schemes were designed life expectancy was much shorter than today. So the guaranteed pensions are being paid for longer.

• Secondly, the schemes are required to invest in ‘safe long term assets’. In the main Government Gilts and, due to near zero interest, returns from these have drastically reduced to something like a quarter or less of their historic average.

• Thirdly, in the well intentioned desire to make schemes safer, successive governments have increased scheme funding costs by tighter measurement of their long term liabilities and the extent to which these must be fully funded today.

These factors have driven up the cost of schemes massively, to the extent that there are very few companies left where new employees can join a Final Salary scheme. Many are closing to future accrual, limiting future inflation proofing or being wound up completely. Many employers will even be put out of business by the sheer scale of their pension scheme deficits.

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What can you do?

If you are still in employment accruing benefits, not much. In the vast majority of situations it would be wise to continue in the Scheme. If however, you have left service or are approaching retirement, and work in the private sector, you could consider transferring your pension benefits to your own private pension.

Whilst this undoubtedly carries some risk as you lose the guaranteed pension, and this is the important bit, transfer values are at an all time high. If the transfer value is high enough, you may be able to secure similar (but not guaranteed) benefits with more flexibility, including full access to the fund if needed from 55, owning the pension fund yourself, better tax efficiencies and being able to pass on the fund to your family on death.

With these funding concerns likely to increase and interest rates at all-time lows now may well be the time to investigate a pension transfer. You must take

specialist advice to make sure the risks are reasonable, transferring Final Salary benefits is not right for many and no one should consider transferring without first taking advice. This can only be provided by specialist advisers, who hold the specific regulatory permissions and who will investigate all aspects before being able to recommend transferring.

If you haven’t asked already, ask us to obtain the transfer value and information we need from your employer. You might be very surprised!

Martin Lamb, Dip.PFS Certs CII (MP & ER)

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Southend History - The Ritz T

he Ritz was one of the most popular cinemas in Southend. It was a grand and imposing building on the corner of Church Road and Grove Road sat between the Palace Hotel and the Grand Pier Hotel and was opened on Thursday 14th February 1935.

The building housed some 2225 seats as well as a Conacher 4/13 organ, full stage facilities and a large bar upstairs with sea views. It was designed by Robert Cromie F.R.I.B.A who also designed the Regal Cinema in Margate along with many other cinemas across England.

The Interior The interior decorations were designed by Mollo & Egan with all the seats of the luxury type fitted with Dunlopillo arm pads and presented in jade green. The walls were painted silver, green and gold walls, with sweeping lighting coves, which transversed the ceiling and continued down the walls. The auditorium was 120 feet long from the curved walls at the back of the stalls to the curtain line and approximately 100 ft. wide. It was approached through an imposing vestibule and main entrance hall 70 ft. long and 35 ft. wide.

The Ritz was originally operated by County Cinemas Ltd before being taken over by the Oscar Deutsch Odeon Theatres chain in 1939 and later by the Rank Organisation.

The Flood of 1953 In the early hours of the 1st February 1953, towns all along the east coast were left submerged under many

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feet of water by extremely high tides combined with a storm surge. The Ritz thanks to its elevated position on top of Pier Hill was not flooded and was opened up by it’s owners free of charge to the Southend Corporation so it could put on a Flood Relief Charity Matinee hosted

by Richard Attenborough.

Rank carried out a modernisation of the Ritz in 1956 with seating being reduced to 1,891, the cafe was later closed and converted into a ballroom, but eventually it became disused. The Cinema was refurbished again in 1968 but just four years later the Rank Organisation closed it on 29th July 1972. The last film to be shown was “Doomwatch.” Rank converted the Ritz into a Top Rank Bingo Club that was later operated by an independent bingo operator and re-named The Invicta Bingo Club. However the bingo hall was short lived and closed down in 1978, leaving the building empty and unused and it quickly became derelict. Demolition of this once fine building began in January 1981.

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Southend Community Southend Blind Welfare Organisation

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outhend Blind Welfare Organisation is an independent charity which provides practical help to visually impaired people in and around the Southendon-Sea area.The organisation has an Equipment and Information Centre, a residential home, a charity shop and hosts a variety of clubs, social activities and trips.

Equipment and Information Centre A warm welcome is guaranteed at Southend Blind Welfare Organisation’s Equipment and Information Centre. Staff are on hand to give help and support to all those suffering with sight loss. Whether you have a newly diagnosed eye condition or whether you have been managing but in fact ‘struggling’ with gradually deteriorating eyesight over a longer period of time - they can help! The centre is open Monday to Friday from 10.00am to 3.00pm and can be found at 117 Hamlet Court Road, Westcliff on Sea. At the Centre there a variety of different aids for you to try including lighting, electronic magnifiers, reading and writing aids, talking and easy see products (including

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computer software and mobile phones). There is also equipment to help with day-to-day tasks. An equipment loan service is available so you can try out larger pieces of equipment before purchasing.

Charity Shop Southend Blind Welfare Organisation have a Charity Shop at the same venue as the Equipment and Information Centre. The shop is open Monday to Saturday from 9.30am to 4.00pm. Donations of all kinds are always welcome.

Clubs & Social Activities The organisation hosts a number of social clubs, each offering lots of support, entertainment and good company. Full details of all clubs can be found on the website as well as details of all upcoming special events and trips.

Visit www.southendblindwelfare.org.uk for more information or call 01702 342131

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What’s On In Southend & Westcliff Harry Potter Book Night 2017 - The Forum Date: Thursday 2nd February 2017 Time: 18:00 - 19:30 Venue: The Forum Southend-on-Sea Harry Potter Book Night returns to Southend Libraries! Come dressed up to celebrate the Harry Potter books in an evening of wizardry challenges and house points! Suitable for ages 8+ Tickets: Free (limited spaces) Booking essential at: Online: www.southendlam.eventbrite.com.

Telephone: 01702 534111. In person: at Forum Reception.

Southend Arts Council Visual Arts Exhibition 2017 Date: Saturday 4th - Tuesday 28th February 2017 Starts: 10:00 - 17:00 Venue: Southend Central Museum Discover a wealth of local talent in the artwork exhibited by the Southend Arts Council.

Free Admission | Tues - Sat, 10:00 - 17:00. Located inside the Exhibition Space.

The Forum Board Game Club Date: Sunday 5th February 2017 Starts: 12:00 - 16:00 Venue: The Forum Southend-on-Sea

Southend Library will be hosting a new board game club fortnightly for anyone who would like to attend. Feel free to drop in and enjoy a few games with others who share the same interest.

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Ellora Quartet Date: Wednesday 8th February 2017 Starts: 12:15 - 13:00 Venue: Southend Civic Centre Council Chamber FREE ADMISSION with a retiring collection.

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