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UK Motorhome & Caravan Autumn Fair

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

We are making final preparations for the fair. It is being held at Newark Showgrowd Nottinghamshire on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th September. Cover 4 is a trading name of Alan Blunden & Co Ltd and we are sponsoring the event. I am going to the fair and will be advising on motorhome insurance.
I am looking forward to viewing the latest models of motorhomes and dreaming of owning one. Hope to meet some clients both old and new.

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London Southend Airport

Monday, August 16th, 2010

 

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Not only does Southen have the longest pier in the world, London Southend Airport is on the brink of a major re-development to turn it into a new, easy to use low cost airport.

Southend already handles European passenger and cargo services and is set to increase its flights and extend its range of destinations for both business and leisure passengers.

The £25m development will deliver the newest, fastest. low cost airport in the Eastern Region.

The terminal already offers fast, efficient passenger facilities with the shortest check-in times of all the London airports.

There�s a coffee shop offering light refreshments and it�s just a short, level walk from car, bus or coach for passengers to board their aircraft. The coffee shop has recently been totally refurbished and offers a new menu featuring a large selection of hand made sandwiches, salads, jacket potatoes, toasties and the mighty all day breakfast! Not forgetting the vast range of freshly ground coffees.

HISTORY

Southend Airport has a rich history as a commercial and passenger airport spanning 90 years. In the 1980s it was a popular tourist airport taking passengers on the very first package holidays to Spain. Development of the new terminal and railway station will bring about the rebirth of Southend Airport.

 

PRESENT DAY

London Southend Airport London Southend has been privately owned by Regional Airports Limited since April 1994 and was leased from Southend Borough Council on a 150 year Lease. The Airport is staffed by around fifty people who cover Air Traffic Control, Administration, Fire, the Airport�s Freight and Cargo operation, security, fuel and aircraft handling.

The Airport is one of the largest employment sites in Southend in terms of jobs with around fifty tenant companies employing some 1,300 people between them.

London Southend�s catchment was defined in the last census as 0.8m people within 30 minutes drive time and 5.6m within 60 minutes.

Generally, the Airport with its new Railway Station and integrated Passenger Terminal, when complete, will encourage greater use of the Airport and railway in accordance with the Government�s objectives for better facilities in London and the South East within the Thames Gateway. With the railway station built, the travel time by train to London will be only 49 minutes

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London Southend Airport

Monday, August 16th, 2010

Not only has Southend got the longest pier in the world but London Southend Airport is on the brink of a major re-development to turn it into a new, easy to use low cost airport.

PRESENT DAY

London Southend has been privately owned by Regional Airports Limited since April 1994 and was leased from Southend Borough Council on a 150 year Lease. The Airport is staffed by around fifty people who cover Air Traffic Control, Administration, Fire, the Airport�s Freight and Cargo operation, security, fuel and aircraft handling.

The Airport is one of the largest employment sites in Southend in terms of jobs with around fifty tenant companies employing some 1,300 people between them.

London Southend�s catchment was defined in the last census as 0.8m people within 30 minutes drive time and 5.6m within 60 minutes.

Generally, the Airport with its new Railway Station and integrated Passenger Terminal, when complete, will encourage greater use of the Airport and railway in accordance with the Government�s objectives for better facilities in London and the South East within the Thames Gateway. With the railway station built, the travel time by train to London will be only 49 minutes

Southend already handles European passenger and cargo services and is set to increase its flights and extend its range of destinations for both business and leisure passengers.

The £25m development will deliver the newest, fastest. low cost airport in the Eastern Region.

The terminal already offers fast, efficient passenger facilities with the shortest check-in times of all the London airports.

There�s a coffee shop offering light refreshments and it�s just a short, level walk from car, bus or coach for passengers to board their aircraft. The coffee shop has recently been totally refurbished and offers a new menu featuring a large selection of hand made sandwiches, salads, jacket potatoes, toasties and the mighty all day breakfast! Not forgetting the vast range of freshly ground coffees.

HISTORY

Southend Airport has a rich history as a commercial and passenger airport spanning 90 years. In the 1980s it was a popular tourist airport taking passengers on the very first package holidays to Spain. Development of the new terminal and railway station will bring about the rebirth of Southend Airport.

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Where is our summer?

Friday, August 13th, 2010

Well a lot of staff are off on their travels for their summer holidays, this is great if you are going abroad, but I stayed in the UK and as usual when the schools break up the weather changes.
Having said that, had a great time camping in the woods, nothing like cooking on an open fire and a few beers round the campfire of an evening.

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Professional Indemnity Insurance

Monday, July 19th, 2010

Professional Indemnity insurance is a form of liability insurance that provides cover for the financial consequences of professional negligence, following a breach of professional duty by way of neglect, error or omission.

In addition, an indemnity is provided in respect of the legal and other costs and expenses incurred in the defence of any claim. The general philosophy in the litigious world that we now live in tends to be ‘if something goes wrong, somebody must be to blame, and that somebody has to pay’.

Any professional person providing advice, design, specifications, supervision etc, whether this be for a fee or gratuitously, owes a duty of care to their client, and third parties.

The duty of care owed is generally the exercise of ‘reasonable skill and care’, in the discharge of the services provided. If a professional fails to exercise this duty (i.e. is negligent) they may be liable for losses incurred by their client, and/or third parties. Taking into account the operation of the current legal system, even proving innocence can be very costly.

A professional purchases Professional Indemnity insurance for their own protection. The cover is not for the benefit of the professional’s client, although far too often, it is not seen that way. Clients cannot claim directly against the Professional Indemnity cover carried by the professionals – they must prove liability first, a process which can be time-consuming, expensive and uncertain.

First, any potential plaintiff must prove negligence on the professional’s behalf, (i.e. a failure to exercise reasonable skill and care in the discharge of its services).

Professional Indemnity insurance provides only limited cover against the consequences of claims for professional negligence. Unless contractual limitations have been agreed between the professional and his client, the professional’s liability.

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