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Health Matters - Bad Habbits #7
Health Matters - Bad Habbits #7
Hello and welcome to the seventh in the series of postural health tips.  This month’s tip is changing bad habits in order to maintain my ‘Rule of ninety.’  Experience has...
Crafty Mums - A Brand New Shop Opening in Colchester
Crafty Mums - A Brand New Shop Opening in Colchester
Crafty Mums is a brand new shop opening in Colchester, Essex in June 2013.  The shop is independently owned and run by Kate Law and her husband Olly and offers an affordable platform...
Tour Series Returns To Colchester
Tour Series Returns To Colchester
Britain's top cycling teams will battle it out on Colchester's streets when the Tour Series returns to Colchester for the fourth time on Thursday 30 May 2013. The street-racing event gets...
Santé now has a Beauty Therapist
Santé now has a Beauty Therapist
Sante Health Shop & Therapy Centre now has a Beauty Therapist Angie specialises in Organic Facials plus an excellent range of maincures, pedicures, waxing, tinting and make up. Starting on...
The Birkett Long £50 Challenge is Back!
The Birkett Long £50 Challenge is Back!
St Helena Hospice is pleased to announce that the Birkett Long £50 Challenge 2013 is back and registration to take part is now open. The Hospice is hoping that lots of local businesses and...
HEART announces ‘Archive Alive’ mobile cinema tour itinerary for 2nd-10th June 2013
HEART announces ‘Archive Alive’ mobile cinema tour itinerary for 2nd-10th June 2013
Norwich’s Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust (HEART) has today announced the much anticipated itinerary of its Digital Heritage Project’s ‘Archive Alive’ mobile cinema...
SEA BREEZE CAFÉ ELMSTEAD MARKET - NOW OPEN AT 8 AM MON-FRI
SEA BREEZE CAFÉ ELMSTEAD MARKET - NOW OPEN AT 8 AM MON-FRI
We have a new extended breakfast menu served from 8-11 am (from 9.30 on Saturdays). As a special to launch the new menu and opening time we will be offering a 'Small Fry' breakfast at only...
Volunteering Opportunity With Oxjam Music Festival
Volunteering Opportunity With Oxjam Music Festival
Oxjam Colchester are seeking talented individuals in and around Colchester to join their Oxjam Takeover volunteer team. What you will be part of; ‘Local music, global...
Colchester's High Street Car Ban Scrapped
Colchester's High Street Car Ban Scrapped
Just hours after a protest outside the Town Hall, and less than a month after it was implemented, Essex County Council announced that the expected 18 month Car Ban trial in Colchester's High Street...
St Helena Hospice Week - Living With Dying
St Helena Hospice Week - Living With Dying
St Helena Hospice is pleased to announce that the dates of this year’s St Helena Hospice Week are Monday 22nd to Friday 26th April 2013.  The Hospice will be spending the week raising...
Health Matters - Bad Habits #6
Health Matters - Bad Habits #6
Hello and welcome to another health tip Whilst on the subject of sleeping….. this month’s tip is avoiding causing the most painful problems in your neck such as whiplash, and...
Retailer Survey
Retailer Survey
Independent retailers of Colchester, do you have a marketing plan?  Do you use social media and customer marketing techniques? Tell us here in this short survey, you may win a prize ...
Colchester Carnival 2013 Will Be Bigger And Brighter
Colchester Carnival 2013 Will Be Bigger And Brighter
Colchester Carnival is returning to the town on Saturday 20 July 2013. A traditional carnival procession will parade through the town during the afternoon, adopting an ‘Animals on...
6 Week Fat Loss Program Starting 25th March 2013
6 Week Fat Loss Program Starting 25th March 2013
Lose fat and gain lean muscle tone with a fitness professional Personal Training - Nutrition - Conditioning - Mentoring 25th March - 4th May 2013 Welcome to 6 Week Fat Loss 6 Week...
Eclettico's 2nd Birthday Celebrations
Eclettico's 2nd Birthday Celebrations
  A Weekend of Celebrations at Eclettico in Trinity Street Colchester Saturday 16th - Sunday 17th March, we will be celebrating our second birthday with an...
Free Advertising For Independent Retailers in Colchester
Free Advertising For Independent Retailers in Colchester
These are difficult times for local retailers, with several of Colchester’s oldest and well-loved shops including Jack’s and Horbury’s Bathroom Supplies being forced to close...
Save Colchester High Street
Save Colchester High Street
OPINION PIECE "COLCHESTER BOROUGH COUNCIL PROPOSAL THREATENS BRITAIN'S OLDEST RECORDED TOWN CENTRE: COLCHESTER" Essex County Council will implement the wishes of Colchester Borough...
Smith & Watts Print Play A Part In Bobby Moore Tribute This Week
Smith & Watts Print Play A Part In Bobby Moore Tribute This Week
West Ham United marked the 20h Anniversary of the death of legendary captain Bobby Moore this week with a series of gestures aiming to celebrate their greatest ever player and raise money for the...
St Helena Hospice Midnight Walk
St Helena Hospice Midnight Walk
Registration is open for the St Helena Hospice Midnight Walk 2013 and this year the Hospice is asking all ladies taking part to walk in their pyjamas! This ladies-only sponsored walk will commence...
Health Matters - Bad Habits #5
Health Matters - Bad Habits #5
Hello and welcome back to another ‘tips on bad habits’ that can cause your body problems both now and definitely in the future if they are not corrected.  I have often been asked by...
Indie Easter Egg Hunt
Indie Easter Egg Hunt
As part of a national campaign created by www.indieeaster.co.uk , an Indie Easter Egg hunt will be held around Colchester Town Centre on 23rd March 2013. The event, which is organised by local...
Health Matters - Bad Habits #4
Health Matters - Bad Habits #4
Welcome to 2013, and lets us pray it is a healthy happy one?  This month’s bad habit is a follow on from last year’s, ‘turning over in bed’.  If you recall I...
Channel 4's Come Dine With Me in Colchester
Channel 4's Come Dine With Me in Colchester
Next week, viewers of Channel 4's Come Dine With Me will see 5 contestants from Colchester competing for the title of ultimate dinner party host.   Colcestrians Richard Massey, described...
Do you desperately need help with your house? Fed up with the interior décor in your home? Fancy a makeover for one of your rooms?
Do you desperately need help with your house? Fed up with the interior décor in your home? Fancy a makeover for one of your rooms?
Raise the Roof Productions, makers of Kirstie’s Vintage Home and Phil Spencer: Secret Agent are producing a brand new prime time series for Channel 4 and could help. Interested in taking...
Health Matters - Bad Habits #3
Health Matters - Bad Habits #3
Hello again.  How quickly the months fly by! I do hope you are finding these tips useful? Moreover, I hope you are putting them into practice? To end the year I have a chicken and egg...
See In The New Year In Colchester
See In The New Year In Colchester
It's almost the end of 2012 and what a year it's been.  2012 has seen the Queens Diamond Jubilee as aswell as major sporting events such as the London Olympics,...
New Director Announces Entire Year of Theatre Made At The Mercury
New Director Announces Entire Year of Theatre Made At The Mercury
New Artistic Director Daniel Buckroyd has announced his inaugural year at the Mercury Theatre with an exciting new Season Ticket . The Made In Colchester 2013 Season promises audiences can enjoy ...
Health Matters - Bad Habits #2
Health Matters - Bad Habits #2
Welcome to the second in the series of Health Issues.  Last month I talked about what constituted good and bad habits and how the bad habits we have developed over the years will create real...
Williams & Griffin Unveil Their Christmas Window And The Town's Christmas Lights are Switched On.
Williams & Griffin Unveil Their Christmas Window And The Town's Christmas Lights are Switched On.
17th November 2012 saw Colchester really get into the Christmas spirit as Williams & Griffin unveiled their Christmas window display and the Town's Christmas Lights were switched on in the High...
New Cheerleading Classes Launch in Colchester
New Cheerleading Classes Launch in Colchester
HRC All Stars, Colchester's brand new Cheerleading Club are celebrating the premier opening of their classes in Colchester this weekend. HRC All Stars provide open cheerleading classes for all ages...
Supastars Academy Open Their Doors To Adult Students
Supastars Academy Open Their Doors To Adult Students
Colchester based rock school Supastars Academy have opened their doors to adult students for the first time. The rock school recently relocated and now occurs every Saturday morning at The...
Health Matters - Bad Habits
Health Matters - Bad Habits
Welcome to the first edition of the monthly health matters, covering a variety of problems intended to help you improve your quality of daily life.  Each month I will be looking at certain...
Halloween In Colchester
Halloween In Colchester
We are now half-way through October and the nights are drawing in, which means it is almost time for Halloween (or All Hallows' Eve).  Think of Halloween and invariably you think of the (not...
Booking Your 2012 Christmas Party in Colchester
Booking Your 2012 Christmas Party in Colchester
    If you haven't already done it, it's time to start thinking about booking the work's Christmas "do".  We have been speaking to many Colchester Hotels and...
Santa Is Coming To Colchester - A Children's Christmas Book By Steve Smallman
Santa Is Coming To Colchester - A Children's Christmas Book By Steve Smallman
Santa Is Coming To Colchester is a children's Christmas book written by Steve Smallman and illustrated by Robert Dunn. Young children will enjoy reading about Santa's adventures as he travels...
Lets Rent UK Host Christmas Masked Ball Charity Event
Lets Rent UK Host Christmas Masked Ball Charity Event
LRUK Property Agents are promoting a Christmas masked ball charity event for Help For Heros.  This event takes place at the (Colchester United) Weston Homes Community Stadium on 28th December...
New Weekly Social Event in Colchester For Adults With Learning Disabilities
New Weekly Social Event in Colchester For Adults With Learning Disabilities
Essex Me Time, a leisure project run by Mencap is launching a new Social Event for Adults with learning disabilities in Colchester. Starting on Wednesday 17th October 2012 at the Level Best Art...
5 Performances, 5 Actors, 1 Totally Unique Show
5 Performances, 5 Actors, 1 Totally Unique Show
It is often said of theatre that each performance is a unique event. Never will that have been more true than in the Mercury Studio Theatre from Tuesday 23 to Saturday 27 October at 7.45pm , where...
Writing For The Web
Writing For The Web
Article Supplied by Scott Parker from Scott Parker Consultancy . Writing for the web is different to writing for print. Most of us have a very short attention span when it comes to reading on...
The Importance of Keyword Research
The Importance of Keyword Research
Article supplied by Kim Moore, Director of K G Moore Limited Across all of these projects that I have worked on lately, the one area that I’ve noticed that people need the most help with is...
Youth inspired and directed music festival ‘Sunset Sessions’ brings a positive edge back to Colchester – this Saturday 22nd September 8pm at Colchester Arts Centre
Youth inspired and directed music festival ‘Sunset Sessions’ brings a positive edge back to Colchester – this Saturday 22nd September 8pm at Colchester Arts Centre
This Saturday the youth of Colchester are setting the stage for MOBO award winning headline act Guvna B who will be leading the line up at Sunset Sessions. Essex born Festival Director, Dale...
Be A Star In The Mercury Theatre Christmas Pantomime
Be A Star In The Mercury Theatre Christmas Pantomime
10 - 15 year olds will have the chance to audition to perform alongside the award-winning Mercury Theatre Company in this years Christmas Pantomime Jack & The Beanstalk. The first 120 Junior...
Christmas Pantomime 2012 - Jack And The Beanstalk at the Mercury Theatre
Christmas Pantomime 2012 - Jack And The Beanstalk at the Mercury Theatre
Get set for 2012's fun and festive traditional family panto extravaganza at the Mercury Theatre in Colchester.  This year's pantomime by Janice Dunn is Jack And The Beanstalk and it...
Colchester Castle Closure For Redevelopment Works
Colchester Castle Closure For Redevelopment Works
Anyone who has been meaning to visit Colchester Castle but hasn't got round to it should do so before January 2013 as this is when the Castle will close for redevelopment. Colchester and...
10 Common Traits of Companies with Successful Marketing Planning
10 Common Traits of Companies with Successful Marketing Planning
Having a clear marketing strategy will help you to build a competitive advantage over your competition.  It will provide you with direction and define the marketing activity required to execute...
Colchester Wins Gold in Anglia In Bloom
Colchester Wins Gold in Anglia In Bloom
On Tuesday 11 th September, Colchester In Bloom were awarded a Gold Award in the Small City category at Anglia In Bloom.  The award ceremony was held in St Ives in Cambridgeshire, where...
Car Ban for Colchester High Street
Car Ban for Colchester High Street
It has been proposed that a trial ban on cars in Colchester’s High Street  will start on 5th November, prohibiting all vehicles apart from buses, taxis and bikes from using the High Street...
How Canine Partner Maddy Has Made Such A Difference
How Canine Partner Maddy Has Made Such A Difference
Alison Wyatt from Colchester has Multiple Sclerosis and her daily life is made so much easier with the help of four year old Maddy, who was trained by Canine Partners.  This is her story: ...
Canine Partners Tea Party At Green Island Raises Over £1000
Canine Partners Tea Party At Green Island Raises Over £1000
  A tea party organised by the Essex Satellite of Canine Partners, a charity that provides highly trained assistance dogs for people with disabilities, has raised £1028.59.  The...
MYRUBY’S ‘EGG’SELLENT ADVENTURE
MYRUBY’S ‘EGG’SELLENT ADVENTURE
  MYRUBY’S ‘EGG’SELLENT ADVENTURE MyRuby, a virtual PA and telephone answering service, has taken on the The Birkett Long £50 Challenge in aid of St...
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