Monday 19 May 2014
Keeping you up to speed with Superfast Essex
(update from Essex County Council)
www.superfastessex.org
The Superfast Essex story so far…
In August 2013 Essex County Council signed a contract with BT to improve broadband
coverage across greater Essex and this became the Superfast Essex programme. It is part of
a national government-led programme to improve broadband connectivity across the UK,
Superfast Britain, which the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is coordinating
through a team called Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK).
BDUK, Essex County Council and BT are jointly investing £24.6m into the Superfast Essex
programme. As part of the programme, the Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) contract uses
public subsidy to complement and accelerate the broadband offering by commercial
operators.
The aim is to improve broadband coverage so that around 87 per cent of Essex has access to
fibre broadband by the end of 2016. We want to ensure that a minimum of 2Mbps download speed is available across Essex, and that the fibre network – with the potential to provide superfast speeds of 24Mbps and above – is extended as much as possible with the available funding.
What’s new?
Our new website is now live: Check it out at www.superfastessex.org We hope you will find
this redesigned site much more accessible and easier to navigate and find the information
you want and need to know.
New features include:
Postcode checker – find out the latest for your area
A video about the fibre broadband rollout programme
A comprehensive section answering Frequently Asked Questions.
More information on the benefits of faster broadband at home and work
There is also an overview coverage map, events list, and background information about the
programme, as well as links to our Make the Connection Survey where you can also sign up
to have these programme updates e-mailed to you.
Delivery update: We are currently in the implementation stage for Phase One of the
programme and expect to launch the first new fibre-enabled cabinets in June. So keep an
eye on our website and Twitter feed for announcements on this.
New funding: In February, DCMS announced that additional grant funding has been
allocated to Essex to support an extension of the Superfast Essex Programme, allowing us to
reach even more premises in Essex. Essex County Council is currently reviewing the options
for taking this forward. We will publish updates on our website and in this newsletter when
they become available.
Superfast Facts
You can help improve your own broadband speed simply by changing the way you are
connected at home or work.
Nobody will automatically receive fibre broadband once it is enabled. Once a cabinet is
installed in your area and it is connected to the exchange this means the fibre is now live
and ready for service. However, you will need to contact your Internet Service Provider
(ISP) to find out what services and speeds are available to you and ask to switch to fibre.
You may have to switch your package or change your internet service provider to get a
faster connection if your current one does not provide fibre broadband services.
If you haven’t already found us, we are live on Twitter. Follow us and join the conversation - @SuperfastEssex. A link to our Twitter feed is available on our website.
This Programme Update was produced by the Superfast Essex Team at Essex County Council
Contact: Make.theConnection@essex.gov.uk
Friday 25 April 2014
East of England winner - Congratulations to Yaxleys Hair
Announcing
the winners of The Third English Hair and Beauty Awards 2014
presented
by Fake Bake
Winners of the third
English Hair and Beauty Awards 2014 presented by Fake Bake were revealed on
Sunday at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel. The glamorous evening was
hosted by Capital FM Manchester’s, Drive Time presenter, Sally Hudson.
Awards were based upon
public nominations which, this year received a staggering 10,000 votes covering
21 specialist categories. Accolades included Beautician of the Year, Hair Salon
of the Year and Makeup Specialist of the Year, amongst many others. Now in its third
year, the English Hair and Beauty Awards recognise and reward some of England’s
top hair and beauty experts and in turn celebrates the amazing breadth of
talent and style in this country.
The prestigious
Lifetime Achievement Award was won by Toni Mascolo OBE of Toni & Guy, while
Dr Leah Totton, Founder of Dr Leah Cosmetic Skin
Clinic took home the Hair and Beauty Guru of the Year Award.
As well as the awards
ceremony, guests were treated to special performances by the talented, Charlee
Drew.
Sandra
McClumpha, CEO of Fake Bake UK commented, ‘Fake Bake takes the position of title sponsor this year and have made
their mark with three of their own categories: Fake Bake Therapist, Fake Bake
Spray Tanner and Fake Bake Salon. The brand has gone from strength to strength
since it was bought over by Scottish business tycoon Sandra McClumpha in 2008,
with an array of award winning products used by salons nationwide.’
The Awards also
helped raise just over £1700 for the official charity partner, Make A Wish
Foundation UK granting magical wishes to children and young people fighting
life-threatening conditions.
And the winners are:
(Beauty Salon of the Year and Hair Salon of the Year is split into 9 regions, with a regional winner from each and
of the 9 regions, one overall winner)
Cosmetic Clinic of the Year
Finalists: Harley
Medical Group Manchester // Diane Nivern Clinic (Manchester) // Liverpool
Cosmetic Clinic (Liverpool) // Worsley Laser Clinic (Manchester) // Medizen
(Birmingham) // Your Beautique (Birmingham).
Winner: Diane
Nivern Clinic
Cosmetic
Dentist of the Year
Finalists: Dr Kailesh Solanki (Kiss Dental,
Manchester) // Stephen Dodd (Stephen Dodd, Manchester) // Dr Dinesh Vegad (St
Pauls Square Dental Practice, Birmingham) // Dr Khalid Khan (Khan Dental,
Liverpool) // Dr Al-Ani (Clarendon Dental Spa, Leeds) // Dr Daniel Sutcliffe
(Sutcliffe Dental, Manchester).
Winner: Dr Daniel
Sutcliffe
Spa
of the Year
Finalists: VSPA (Preston) // Owl House Day Spa
(Nottingham) // Harmony & Serenity Spa (Manchester) // The Club & Spa
(Birmingham) // The Bannatyne Spa (Birmingham) // Ribby Hall (Blackpool).
Winner: Owl House
Day Spa
Masseuse
of the Year
Finalists: Lorraine Saunders (The Equilibrium Clinic,
Wiltshire) // Karen Brown (Plush Hair & Beauty, Great Yarmouth) // Michelle
Baker (Aimes Health & Beauty, Knaresborough) // Catherine Whelan (Spa
Beautiful, Cheshire) // Jennifer Green (Jennifer Green Therapies, Liverpool) //
Paola Bassanese (Energya, London).
Winner: Karen Brown
(Plush Hair & Beauty)
Fake
Bake Therapist of the Year
Finalists: Sarah Tedd (Jas Hair Group, Wilton) // Toni
Jones (The Beauty Therapy Centre, Buckingham) // Rebecca Ashcroft (Renaissance
Beauty, St Helens) // Page Harvey (Amar Esha, Essex) // Louise Jones (Therapy
Skin Care, Halifax) // Pamela Liburd (Desiree’s Studio, Sutton Coldfield).
Winner: Rebecca
Ashcroft (Renaissance Beauty)
Fake
Bake Spray Tanner of the Year
Finalists:
Sonia Richmond (Chi-Beauty, London) // Carla Price (Body Conscious, Liverpool)
// Vicky (Karma Beauty, Preston) // Jade Trent (Blakes Hair & Beauty,
Canterbury) // Danielle Fox (Beauty Lounge, Sheffield) // Megan Prentice (The
Spa Odyssey, Stevenage).
Winner: Carla Price
(Body Conscious)
Fake
Bake Salon of the Year
Finalists:
Anesis Salon & Spa (London) // Miss Independent (Middlesbrough) // Wigs and
Warpaint (Sheffield) // Enhance Beauty Rooms (Northumberland) // Forresters
Beauty Salon (Reading) // Hollywood Tanning & Beauty (Manchester).
Winner: Miss
Independent
Salon
Design of the Year
Finalists: The Churchgate Salon (Bolton) // Halo
(Newcastle) // Nashwhite Hairdressing (Warwick) // Sutherland & Barnett
(Nottingham) // Alexander Hair and Beauty (Hull) // Cream Hair & Beauty
(Gloucester).
Winner: Nashwhite
Hairdressing
Best
of Manchester
Finalists: David Rozman Hairdressing //
The Colour Room Manchester // The Hair Bank // Ethos Hairdressing // Nicky
Oliver Hairdressing // Urban Hairdressing // Stuart James Hairdressing //
Terence Paul Manchester // Elliot McClarance Hairdressing // Razors Edge.
Winner: The Hair
Bank
Best
Marketing Campaign
Finalists: KH Hair (National) // Contemporary Salons
(Middlebrough) // Look Fantastic (South England) // Avant Garde (West Midlands)
// Scissors Salons (Bournemouth) // Celly’s Hair Salons (South England).
Winner: KH Hair
Make
Up Specialist of the Year
Finalists: Maria Giles (GlamR, Lowestoft) // Charlotte
Hampson (WhiteHaus, Liverpool) // Marie Kelly (Beauty Call, Wiltshire) //
Rachael Bottomley (Rachael Bottomley Make Up Artist, Manchester) // Elaine
Myers Jones (School of Make Up, Manchester) // Debarah Schofield (Ruby Red
Lips, Bolton).
Winner: Elaine
Myers Jones (School of Make Up)
Nail
Technician of the Year
Finalists: Hallie Nguyen (Lilly Nail & Beauty,
Manchester) // Mint Nails & Beauty (Liverpool) // Alison Quinn (Alison
Nails & Beauty (Liverpool) // Heather Liverpool (Prestige, Liverpool) //
Melanie Lewendon (Simply Gorgeous Beauty, Derbyshire) // Roxie Smith (Studio 5
Beauty, Ilkeston).
Winner: Roxie Smith
(Studio 5 Beauty)
Beautician
of the Year
Finalists: Nicola McIlduff (LK Hair & Beauty,
Berkshire) // Shannon Kerr (Sirens, Durham) // Roxie Smith (Studio 5 Beauty,
Ilkeston) // Maria Dallagiovanna (Wigs and Warpaint, Sheffield) // Selina Jogaloo
(Pretty Woman, Hampshire) // Kerry Blois (Diamond Beauty, Essex).
Winner: Kerry Blois
(Diamond Beauty)
Beauty
Salon of the Year
Finalists North East: Enhance Beauty Rooms
(Northumberland) // Sirens (Durham) // Newcastle Hair & Beauty (Newcastle)
// Beautonic Beauty Salon (Newcastle) // Bella Beauty (Sunderland) // Grace
& Elegance (Middlesbrough).
North East Winner: Enhance Beauty Rooms
Finalists North
West: Hush Beauty Spa (Stockport) // Bellissimo (Bolton) //
Guys & Dolls (Manchester) // Zensational (Manchester) // Teddy’s Girls
Beauty Parlour (Liverpool) // Pure Clinic (Manchester).
North West Winner: Hush
Beauty Spa
Finalists Yorkshire:
Aimes Health & Beauty (Knaresborough) // Wigs and
Warpaint (Sheffield) // Pout Beauty (Leeds) // Pretty Woman (Leed) // Therapy
Skincare (Halifax) // Glow Beauty (Leeds).
Yorkshire Winner: Wigs
and Warpaint
Finalists East
Midlands: Pure Hair & Beauty (Nottingham) // Simply Gorgeous
Beauty (Derbyshire) // Studio 5 Beauty (Ilkeston) // Beautification
(Nottingham) // Beauty Temple (Nottingham) //Retreat (Leicester).
East Midlands
Winner: Simply Gorgeous Beauty
Finalists West
Midlands: The Nail & Beauty Palace (Birmingham) // Serenity
the Beauty Clinic (Birmingham) // Glamorous Beauty Lounge (Birmingham) // Eden
Beauty (Coventry) // Beauty Lounge (Stoke Upon Trent) // The Beauty Snug
(Telford).
West Midlands
Winner: Beauty Lounge
Finalists East:
GlamR (Lowestoft) // Diamond Beauty (Essex) // Plush
Hair & Beauty (Great Yarmouth) // The Beautiful Truth (Peterborough) //
Elegance Beauty (Cambridge) // Janet Martin Health & Beauty (Cambridge).
East Winner: Plush
Hair & Beauty
Finalists
South East: Pretty Woman (Hampshire) // Beauty Rooms @ the Oxford
Hotel (Oxford) // TAO Beauty Salon (Oxford) // H:Room (Reading) // Blissfully
Young (Milton Keynes) // The Beauty Therapy Centre (Milton Keynes).
South East Winner: Pretty
Woman
Finalists South
West: The Equilibrium Clinic (Wiltshire) // Bloomin
Beautiful (Swindon) // Victoria’s Beauty Salon (Bristol) // All About You
(Bath) // Simply Bliss (Swindon) // The Cove (Exeter).
South West Winner: Victoria’s
Beauty Salon
Finalists London:
Chequers Hair & Beauty // Emporium Treatment
Clinic // Sunshine Factory // Lyttle Minx // ID Beauty Salon // Earth Spa.
London Winner: Chequers
Hair & Beauty
Overall Winner: Pretty
Woman
Hair
and Beauty Guru
Finalists: Dr
Leah Totten (Dr Leah Clinics) // Martine Burford (Ruby Red) // Maria
Hatzistefanis (Rodial / Nip + Fab).
Winner: Dr. Leah
Totten (Dr Leah Clinics)
Lifetime
Achievement Award
Winner: Toni
Mascolo OBE (Toni & Guy)
Junior
Stylist of the Year
Finalists: Ashley
Sharpe (BOB Hairdressing, Bracknell) // Phoebe Gretton (Hairven, Nottingham) //
Abigail Brown (The Hair Bank, Manchester) // Isabel Gaston (Silk Trends,
London) // Cherise Salmon (Leah Durrant, Surrey) // Tatiana Miranda (Silk
Trends, London).
Winner: Tatiana
Miranda (Silk Trends)
Colour
Technician of the Year
Finalists: Samantha
Poulton (Hair Management, Warwick) // Sandra Marmolejo (Kell Scott Hair Care,
London) // Phillippe Chambers (Frisor, Cheshire) // Natasha Hughes (The Hair
Bank, Manchester) // Danielle Osborne (James Whitaker, London) // Paul Watts
(Paul Watts Hairdressing).
Winner: Phillippe
Chambers (Frisors)
Men’s
Stylist of the Year
Finalists: Samantha
Unsworth (Guappo Hair Design, Newcastle) // John Monks (The Gents Room
Barbershop, Preston) // Jeffrey Goldberg (Head Quarters Mens Salon, Luton) //
Lee Tramontana (Fratelli Men, Bolton) // Tas Panteli (Pure Hair & Beauty,
Enfield) // Flanagans Gents Hairdressing (Manchester).
Winner: Samantha
Unsworth (Guappo Hair Design)
Women’s
Stylist of the Year
Finalists: Ingrid
Farrell (Silk Trends, London) // Jenni Wells (The Churchgate Salon, Bolton) //
Rick Roberts (Rick Roberts, Yorkshire) // Ria Kulik (The Hair Bank, Manchester)
// Charlie Gunner (Leah Durrant, Surrey) // Claire Flack (Wigs and Warpaint,
Sheffield).
Winner: Charlie
Gunner (Leah Durrant)
Hair
Salon of the Year
Finalists North East: Guappo Hair Design (Durham) // Y
Salon (Newcastle) // Hooker & Young Darlington (Newcastle) // Gallaghers on
Baker Street (Middlesbrough) // Contemporary Salons (Darlington) // Graham
Daniels (Cleveland).
North East Winner: Guappo Hair Design
Finalists North
West: The Churchgate Salon (Bolton) // John Lee Guy (Bolton)
// Kate Henshaw Hairdressing (Liverpool) // Mirror Talk (Blackpool) // The
Colour Room (Stockport) // Elaine Stewart (Wigan).
North West Winner: Kate
Henshaw Hairdressing
Finalists Yorkshire:
Bang Hair (York) // Michael Andrew (York) // Cutting
Room Creative (Leeds) // RMUK (Leeds) // Alexander Hair & Beauty (Hull) //
The Vanilla Rooms (Doncaster).
Yorkshire Winner: Bang
Hair
Finalists East
Midlands: Hairven (Nottingham) // Sutherland & Barnett
(Nottingham) // Georges Hairdressing (Leicester) // Scott Bailye Hairdressing
(Leicester) // Mark Scott (Derby) // Sally Montage (Derby).
East Midlands
Winner: Hairven
Finalists West
Midlands: Nashwhite Hairdressing (Warwick) // Hush Hair &
Beauty (Birmingham) // Enigma Hair & Beauty (Coventry) // Vogue
International (Leamington Spa) // Bad Apple Hair (Birmingham) // Lisa Shepherd
Salons (Birmingham).
West Midlands
Winner: Nashwhite Hairdressing
Finalists East:
The Wonderlab (Hertfordshire) // Avant Garde (Essex)
// Code Hair (Lowestoft) // Yaxley Hair & Beauty (Witham) // Elaje Hair
& Beauty (Cambridge) // Michael John Hair Art Work (Peterborough).
East Winner: Yaxley
Hair & Beauty
Finalists
South East: Perfectly Posh (Hungerford) // LK Hair & Beauty
(Berkshire) // BOB Salon (Bracknell) // Anne Veck Hair (Oxford) // Jam Hair
(Surrey) // Leah Durrant (Surrey).
South East Winner: LK
Hair & Beauty
Finalists
South West: Love The Salon (Cheltenham) // OMG Hair & Beauty
(Swindon) // Cream Hair & Beauty (Glouchester) // Melanie Giles Hair &
Beauty (Bath) // Moda Hairdressing (Bristol) // Hush Hair & Beauty
(Bournemouth).
South West Winner: OMG
Hair & Beauty
Finalists London:
James Whitaker // Stuart Phillips // Taylor Taylor
London // Mohogany // Joshua Altback // Kell Skott Hair Care.
London Winner: Stuart
Phillips
Overall Winner: Stuart
Phillips
EN DS
Wednesday 12 March 2014
Free Diabetes screening in Witham - Sat 29th March
WITHAM & DISTRICT LIONS
& LIONESS CLUBS
Will be holding FREE Diabetes Screening and Blood pressure tests in the Grove Shopping Centre. Witham on Saturday 29th March from 10.00am.
Tests will be carried out
By Silver Star Charity and St John Ambulance.
Please try to allow at least 2 hours from eating or drinking before having a test.
Remember Diabetes is a silent killer if left untreated.
Thursday 16 January 2014
'All Aboard Business Advice Bus
If you want to find out more about running your own business, an event in Witham this month is a must. The NatWest Mobile Business School, in the form of a 1960's double decker bus, will be in Morrison's car park on Tuesday 21 January.. There will provide a range of information and workshops available to give you the tools to understand how to start – and expand – your own business.
The free business event runs from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm and is being organised by NatWest in partnership with Dragon Enterprise Centre. A number of business professionals and other organisations will be on hand to offer free practical business advice.
Clare Whybrow, NatWest Business Specialist, advised "We are delighted to be able to bring the Mobile Business School to Witham and to work alongside the local community. The bus provides a unique way of taking support, advice and expertise out to future entrepreneurs."
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