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ActionCOACH Neale Lewis from Derbyshire scoops big award.TRANSCRIPT
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Contacts
Business coachscoops award
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Lake Gardacomes to pub
First respondersto hold AGM
Lecture fromLars Tharp
Special councilmeeting planned
PRODUCTION errors during the creationof the Ashbourne News TelegraphShrovetide Souvenir edition have beenhighlighted for clarification.
Firstly, the team would like to offer ourwhole-hearted apologies to Tim Fearnand state that he is a Down’ard and notan Up’ard as erroneously published.
Secondly, we would like to point outthat Darren Waring escorted Steve Bull tothe plinth on Ash Wednesday and toshow the correct spelling of JonathanWhyte.
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THE tastes of Lake Garda are due to driftover to a pub near Ashbourne this week,as the Bentley Brook Inn organises a foodand wine tasting evening.
Produce and entertainment themed onthe Italian tourist hotspot is promised for£10 per ticket at the event, on Friday,March 2.
Tickets, priced at £10, can be booked bycalling 01335 345255.
WATERHOUSES Community FirstResponders are to hold their annualgeneral meeting on Monday March 12.
The meeting will take place at thesports pavilion in Portland Place at7.30pm.
All members of the community areinvited to attend the meeting.
A LECTURE from Lars Tharp, entitledHarlots, Rakes and Crashing China will bethe latest event for Ashbourne Antiquesand Collectables.
The lecture will start at 7.30pm in StOswald’s Church Hall, on Tuesday, March6.
CADET WILL JOIN THE BEST OF THE BESTA YOUNG cadet has been told he will be among“the best of the best” after taking his Oath ofAllegiance at Derby’s Army recruitment office.
Max Wood has wanted to join the army sincehe was eight and has spent the last four yearsas a cadet with the Ashbourne detachment,under the guidance of Sergeant Charlie Crump.
A former pupil of Queen Elizabeth’s GrammarSchool, Max is now studying IT at BurtonCollege, a move which will stand him in goodstead with the Royal Engineers.
When taking his Oath of Allegiance onThursday last week, Max was told the armyreceives many more applications during tougheconomic times and those chosen were thebest of the best.
During the last 12 months, Max has also beenthe mayor’s cadet attending events in andaround Ashbourne with the town’s mayor TomDonnelly.
Max’s mum, Natalie Wood, said: “He hasappreciated everything that the cadets haveoffered him in both experience andopportunities especially the help and advicethat detachment commander Sergeant CharlieCrump has given him.
“Max will be off to Winchester in March tostart his training something he cannot wait todo as he has wanted to join the Army since hewas eight.
“We are understandably very proud of him andwish him lots of luck and good fortune for hisnew career.”
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Council tax freezebut voluntary joblosses are neededTAX-PAYERS in the Ashbournearea will continue to pay anaverage of around 50p a day fordistrict council services.
Derbyshire Dales District Coun-cil is set to continue to complywith the government’s demand forcouncil tax freezes across thenation.
But, to retain it’s position as thetop-performing council in Der-byshire, the council will need torely on voluntary redundanciesand review spending across all itsservices as a further 14.7 per centis cut from its annual governmentgrant.
After making £1.3 million savings
last year, the district council hasplanned additional savings of £1.2million in the next three years,although councillors have made apledge to make no reduction toservices in the coming year.
A big factor in the savings is anew waste contract that willincrease kerbside recycling oppor-tunities for Dales residents whilesaving the district council£385,000 a year.
The council is also looking atshared services to reduce costs.
Leader of the district council,Councillor Lewis Rose, said: “Wehave an enviable reputation ofbeing a prudent council that lis-tens to people, but each year sincethe current grant system wasintroduced in 2003, we have
received a lower government set-tlement than any other district inDerbyshire.
“We’ve tried to tough out thechallenges up front, but we stillhave to find additional savingsbetween now and 2015 of around£0.4 million.
“It may be an over-used phrase,but in 2012 we really will have towork harder than ever to continueto deliver top services for the peo-ple of the Derbyshire Dales.
“However, we take pride in beingastute at benefiting our council taxpayers by taking advantage ofother money that is available forinitiatives such as affordable hous-ing. So what we have to continueto do is secure value for moneysavings that make a difference.”
By Natalie [email protected]
A SPECIAL meeting of Derbyshire DalesDistrict Council has been called fortomorrow.
Councillors will gather at Matlock TownHall at 7pm tomorrow for a specialmeeting to appoint a new chief executive.
Cardboard statue to remember LibertyTHE family of an Alton Towers worker who died lastyear have unveiled a personal memorial to her onwhat would have been her 21st birthday.
On Monday, Fiona Turner was surrounded byfriends and family as she unveiled a cardboard statuein her daughter Liberty’s memory.
Liberty was returning from her job at Alton Towerson Wednesday, July 27 last year in a car driven by herteenage sister Imogen when they were involved in acrash with a van on Ellastone Road in Winkhill, nearLeek.
Liberty died as a result, while her sister sufferedserious injuries and a male colleague also sufferedminor cuts and bruises.
Mrs Turner said: “We are taking flowers to the sitewhere the accident happened. Then we are going tothe Cricketers Arms in Oakamoor to unveil a six-and-a-half foot tall Statue of Liberty. We want to celebrateher life.
“Liberty was so vibrant and so full of life and for her21st she would expect me to do something quiteshocking and out there and a bit different.
“Secret Garden florists in Uttoxeter is doing a biggreen clover of flowers with a pink heart in themiddle with the number 21 in Diamante to go withthe statue.
“Liberty’s favourite place was Dublin which is whywe have gone for the green clover. All her family andclose friends are going to Dublin at the weekend andwill be spreading some of her ashes there.
“She just loved the Irish accent and loved Dublinand she took me there for the weekend for mybirthday. She loved the friendliness and vibrancy of itit suited her personality.”
On Monday Liberty’s friends and family, includingsister Imogen and brother Henry, went to the sceneof the tragic accident which took her life to layflowers where Mrs Turner has erected a strikingwooden heart in her daughter’s memory.
They then made their way to the pub for theunveiling of the statue and to celebrate Liberty’sshort life.
The pub was a popular haunt with Liberty and herfriends and colleagues at Alton Towers.
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NewsTelegraphBusinessBusiness coach is highlighted as the ‘best of the best’A BUSINESS coach from Rodsley has been honoured by theinternational ActionCOACH group for his outstanding clientresults at an industry awards ceremony.
Neale Lewis, who runs his ActionCOACH business from Derby,picked up the honours at the event, set up to highlight the “bestof the best” in the coaching community.
ActionCOACH founder and CEO Brad Sugars, who presentedthe award, said: “It is an honour to present this award to Nealewho has done some outstanding work to promote theActionCOACH business in Derbyshire.
“Marketing is the life-blood of business — a great productwithout good marketing is going nowhere.”
Mr Lewis said: “We talk to a huge variety of business ownersfrom across Derbyshire every day who are desperate for newmarketing strategies that produce qualified leads.
“Marketing has always been a critical part of every successfulbusiness and in these challenging economic times it has neverbeen more important to embrace the latest techniques.
“If I had one tip for businesses that could have a huge impacton marketing efforts it would be to continually test and measure.
“Business owners who have not been testing and measuringmarketing results in the past no longer have that luxury, thesedays, every marketing strategy needs to produce a return.”
Neale Lewis andBrad Sugars
Hotel for dogs is a homefrom home experienceAHOTEL for dogs offering pooches a home from
home experience is proving a hit after openingits doors last year.
Foston-based Walls 4 Paws aims to offer dog owners analternative to traditional kennels to give them piece ofmind that their treasured pets will have an enjoyabletime while they are off on holiday.
The exciting venture was launched by 38-year-oldmother-of-one Sarah Wall last year and she has seenexcellent feedback from dog owners who have used theservice.
She told the News Telegraph: “We had our first Walls 4Paws guest on October 3 and since then we have hadover 40 new guests — many of which have returnedseveral times since.
“We have had fantastic feedback which can be viewedon our website www.walls4paws.co.uk.
“We happily cater for any dog from as little as aminiature Dachshund to as grand as a Great Dane andfrom as young as three months old.
“There are occasions when special feedingrequirements are needed and that is no problem for usas we endeavour to fulfil all of our guests needs.
“There has definitely been a gap in this market sectorfor an exclusive home boarding establishment and weare meeting some truly wonderful guests whothemselves bring many happy hours when they come tostay.”
Walls 4 Paws offers a very professional service but alsoan environment where the doggy guests are treated aspart of the family.
She said: “We are here for owners who are looking for ahome from home experience for their dogs.
“The dogs stay with us in house, sitting by the fire withmy other dogs who are very social rather than at akennel they are like part of the family.
“I don’t like the idea of leaving my dogs in kennels so Ihad someone come in and look after all of the animalswe have but other people don’t want that.
“They like their dogs to be integrated and have a packenvironment and join other dogs and have fun whilethey are away so it is a bit of a holiday for the dogs aswell. We are also firm but fair that’s important.”
Walls 4 Paws is ideally located to cater for people allover the region being well situated, having plenty ofspace for the dogs but being in easy reach of the A50with good access to Derby, Burton and Stoke.
Mrs Wall, who has lived in Foston for the past decade,said Walls 4 Paws can be very flexible depending onpeople’s requirements.
For more information Walls 4 Paws can be contactedby telephoning 01283 520980 or visitwww.walls4paws.co.uk.
By Gareth [email protected]
Sarah Wall
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