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The right home to develop
Investing in property has the potential to reap financial rewards. In her first monthly edition of Moneywise, STEFI NANFAN offers advice on how to make this big step into the market ... If you want to become a property developer, there's a lot of
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Cash pledge for cancer
Bairstow Eves Grove Park marked Breast Cancer Day by announcing it intends to donate £20 to the charity for every new instruction taken on throughout November. Branch manager Andrew Antonio said his office was inspired to raise cash after being involved
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Viewing property from your home
jdm estate agents has launched a new updated and improved web site to ensure purchasers can search and view jdm properties with ease and convenience from the comfort of their own home. Currently achieving an average of over 50,000 hits per month the
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Bromley agent makes her TV debut
Langford Russell branch manager Karen Ozkan will be putting her valuation skills under the spotlight when she appears on a new Living TV property programme later this year. How to Increase the Value of your Home by 10k was filmed in the heart of Bromley
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Bexley award win
Robinson & Jackson Estate Agency Partnerships held itsquarterly sales conference last month at the prestigious London Golf Club in West Kingsdown. The event, hosted by the senior partners in recognition of achievements and customer service throughout
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Children’s courage
Children as young as three were honoured for their immense courage under adversity at the third Ward & Partner's annual Children's Awards. The awards, dedicated to severely ill children and their carers, was hosted by the company's financial services
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How to be a good landlord
With the number of tenants outweighing the amount of landlords offering property, now could be a good time to buy-to-let. ALISON COULDRIDGE looks at some tips on how to become a good landlord... Becoming a landlord could seem like a daunting task. But
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Parks belong to people
Up and down the country councils have been allowing the erosion of public parks and even selling off parts of our Victorian parks. At the same time schools have sought to bolster their budgets by selling their playing fields. In response the 120th Liberal
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Agent’s advice
The benefits and heightened security which come with using an estate agent could make the potentially stressful ordeal of moving home a breeze. For starters the service is not as expensive as you may think, according to the property website estateangels.co.uk
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The real first victory
I found the Biggin Hill Air Fair supplement in the News Shopper, August 10 to be most readable. However, I feel I must draw your attention to an error in its make-up! In the article Spitfire Summer on page IV, paragraph two "... famous Battle of Britain
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No consultation over changes
It has come to our notice that applications for listed building consent and planning permission have been submitted to Lewisham planning department for proposals to alter Manor House Library at Lee. This is in spite of no full public consultation, only
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Nothing wrong with foxes
John Bryant of the Fox Project was right about leaving rabbits unsupervised in the garden. Rabbits are particularly vulnerable because: 1. They cannot escape predators by going into burrows as they would do in the wild. 2. In the garden they are in
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Double standards over domestic abuse
Rebekah Wade allegedly committed an act of domestic violence but was set free without charge. The question is, why the double standard? Had Ross Kemp given Ms Wade a fat lip just imagine what the Sun newspaper she works for would have made of the story
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The business of buy-to-let
A Lewisham property investor has just released a book on how to make it in buy-to-let. He tells KERRY ANN EUSTICE how he became successful ... In the 1980s David Lawrenson from Lewisham was a project manager for an insurance firm. He didn't really
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Feeling like Aladdin
At least Scrooge had a change of heart in the end. In his letter lead councillor for regeneration in Greenwich Peter Brooks talks of a "generous relocation allowance" for Ferrier residents making way for gentrification of the area in the Kidbrooke Vision
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Cameras used for milking fines
I was deeply saddened to read of paralysed John Oliver's loss of his scooter and Bromley Council's failure to allow him to view CCTV evidence of this callous theft. I worked as a security officer in the surveillance room for pioneering Bournemouth Council
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Could you really live there?
Moving house is a stressful business after finding your ideal home, can you be sure the area is for you? SARA NELSON looks at ways of checking out the neighbourhood ... MOVING house is apparently one of the most stressful experiences of our lives
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Lollipop lady was a menace
I was interested to read your article about the lollipop lady who retired from her post at Southborough Lane. In the article it states she retired because she was fed up with drivers not stopping, to be truthful I'm glad she has gone. The woman was
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Church withdraws from antenna agreement
The information in Mr Bannister's letter is a little out of date. And I wonder if he knows what a "hypocrite" is; it is someone who does one thing but puts out the appearance of believing another. So Welling Methodist Church Council may indeed be hypocrites
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Financial millstone
Gill Freeman's letter published September 7, makes a very lucid and reasoned case. I am not interested in athletics or the majority of the events featured and admit that I will not attend any of the events or watch them on TV. Of course the opportunity
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New bus routes planned
TFL are proposing to re-route two buses in East Greenwich, the 108 and the 422. This means that the residents between Combedale Road and Blackwall Lane will be minus two vital links to North Greenwich. TFL wish to introduce a new bus - the 129 from
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People are mean to foxes
Regarding the letter from D Walters about foxes, I take exception to him saying Trevor Williams, the fox expert, was talking rubbish - the woman who left her rabbit unattended in the garden, knowing foxes were around, did not show any intelligence. Foxes
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Gay is not God's way
In reply to D Lanksford's letter: Left saddened by gay hatred', some interesting points were raised. Briefly, Mr/Ms Lanksford, professing to be a Christian, would no doubt be interested to seek, above all, the Bible's (rather than man's) view on homosexuality
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Winning pub makes it a double
BEXLEY'S top boozer has cemented its place as one of the best pubs in London. Already winner of Bexley Campaign for Real Ale's (Camra) pub of the year competition for six years in a row, the Robin Hood and Little John has taken London's top title for
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Free consultations aid companies
BUSINESSES can get a boost from a free advisory service and subsidised training. The AddMore scheme is available to companies with between two and 249 employees. It offers a free consultancy service which helps managers and owners identify what skills
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Horrors of war told in lovely play
ACTORS and musicians brought the horrors of the First World War to life in a school play. The performance of Oh What a Lovely War at Bullers Wood School, St Nicolas Lane, Logs Hill, Chislehurst, was designed to entertain, uplift and shock the audience
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Mean machine is green dream
Recycling is becoming part of daily life. As Dartford Council rolls out its new box-it' scheme, SARA NELSON tracks the journey of old cans, bottles and jars from your doorstep through a complex sorting process ... The next time you polish off a beer,
