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Local Community Magazine<br />

For you, By You...<br />

February 2015 Edition<br />

<strong>Your</strong> <strong>community</strong>,<br />

<strong>your</strong> <strong>magazine</strong>...<br />

Included in this month’s fresh<br />

<strong>magazine</strong>:<br />

Marzena Art<br />

Andrew Bate & Catherine<br />

Frowd<br />

Hollie Gazzard Trust Fashion<br />

Show<br />

3 5 9<br />

Exclusive...... Brad Burton From 4 Networking


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Index<br />

Introduction<br />

Marzena Art<br />

Andrew & Catherine<br />

Unique Fashion<br />

Unique Fasion Special<br />

Vallender Salon<br />

WSP Solicitors<br />

Unique Beauty Special<br />

Richard Parsons<br />

Unique Testimonials<br />

Brad Burton<br />

Unique Classifieds<br />

Jon Stanley Photography<br />

Let There Bee Cake<br />

Hollie Gazzard Trust<br />

Unique Networking<br />

Unique Magazine Rate Card<br />

Unique Financial<br />

LNH Management Solutions<br />

Whats On In February<br />

The Robins<br />

4 Networking<br />

Gloucestershire Granite<br />

Decca Design Flooring<br />

MAGAZINE<br />

Editor:<br />

Steve Taylor<br />

Fashion & Features Editor:<br />

Cecelia Pusey<br />

Design:<br />

3 Creative<br />

Website:<br />

www.uniquemediagroup.co.uk<br />

Steve Taylor<br />

Editor<br />

Unique February<br />

Hello and welcome to our First edition of our Unique Magazine<br />

for Bristol. Unique is a Community Digital Magazine and we<br />

interact with Bristol Community, please send in <strong>your</strong> events<br />

and stories :) Please follow UniqueMediaCo on Twitter and get<br />

involved. We now have some amazing innovations including<br />

Classifieds for Motors, Home Rentals and Houses to buy. Future<br />

Innovations include a Business Forum where business owners<br />

can chat online and advertise their business and just connect.<br />

We had an amazing time promoting Fashion and Culture Show<br />

in aid of Hollie Gazzard Trust www.holliegazzard.org on<br />

Tuesday 4th February at Revolution, Clarence Parade in<br />

Cheltenham, it was a great night and loads of fun. Thank you<br />

again to brilliant band Tommy Lewis and the Fuse, all of the<br />

Designers Melissa Antonious, Cupid Couture & Bodega<br />

Womenswear, Vallenders Hair Salon, Gorgeous Models and Jo,<br />

Nicci & Leonie from Vallenders Hair Salon in The Suffolks,<br />

Cheltenham. Great evening with other £1050 raised for Hollie<br />

Gazzard Trust to help them achieve their aim of Sponsoring 12<br />

hairdressing students at Gloscol, increasing domestic abuse<br />

awareness and reducing knife crime especially with the terrible<br />

recent murder of young Zac Evans in Tuffley. Please take a look<br />

at the Videos and photo's in this month’s <strong>magazine</strong> as<br />

#FashionandCultureShow will be coming to Bristol later this<br />

year :)<br />

We have loads of great features this month including Brad<br />

Burton MD of 4Networking UK'S Number 1 Motivational<br />

Speaker, Mazeart an incredible Parisian painter, Catherine<br />

Frowd and Andrew Bate the incredibly talented couple, Hollie<br />

Gazzard Trust, Bristol City & Bristol Rovers FC and What’s On In<br />

Bristol.<br />

If you are interested in advertising <strong>your</strong> business in Unique<br />

Magazine please take a look on our website<br />

www.uniquemediagroup.co.uk to see the benefits you can get<br />

by working with Unique. Currently we have a Special Offer for 3<br />

Months advertising for the cost of 2 Months £198 in total (£297<br />

RRP) Special Offer expires 31/03/15. Just take a look on the<br />

benefits page for the list of inclusions.<br />

Unique Bristol is a Community Magazine and we care<br />

passionately about Bristol and what is going on in its<br />

<strong>community</strong>.<br />

We want <strong>your</strong> Bristol stories and events please email stories to<br />

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Please follow us on Twitter @UniqueMediaCo<br />

Thanks, have a Unique month :)<br />

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Marzena Art<br />

I am French-Polish and I live in France, Orleans.<br />

I paint since 2008. Before arriving in France, I worked with a Polish<br />

artist. We made a few fashion shows in Poland (Warsaw and Lodz).<br />

Until then, my artistic sense was expressed more in fashion<br />

clothing.<br />

The ability to express emotions through painting has always<br />

fascinated me. It was something of a revelation, not of my artistic<br />

side, but my ability to express myself on a canvas.<br />

I am not influenced by painting styles. I’m influenced only by my<br />

imagination. I want to create my own style and not being influenced<br />

by others. That’s why my style is always evolving depending on my<br />

own imagination and emotions.<br />

My only guideline is the spontaneous of my imagination. My<br />

inspiration is coming also from the street and my environment,<br />

that’s why I mix some picture with painting.<br />

In my paintings, I want to express my emotions, which are<br />

sometimes extreme. I never prepare what I am going to paint, it is a<br />

spontaneous expression of my imagination. Most of my paintings<br />

are dark for the reasons mentioned above. My paintings are<br />

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ANDREW BATE &<br />

CATHERINE FROWD<br />

Catherine Frowd is a visual artist. Her husband, Andrew Bate, is a composer and<br />

songwriter. They have a three year old daughter.<br />

We’ve worked on many projects together, most prominently the work we have<br />

done with Rogue Theatre. I have been a musical director for Rogue since 2008<br />

writing, performing and overseeing the music for their shows and Catherine has<br />

been photographing them for many years, utilising her unique style.<br />

We’ve also just finished working on a short film together called Grey’s Lot for<br />

director Ian Bucknole. I wrote the score and produced the sound design for the<br />

film and Catherine provided the still images.<br />

It’s a pleasure to work with someone on a project who you know has the passion<br />

and the ability to make things happen. Someone who will always support you and<br />

you can encourage back because you both understand what it’s like to work in the<br />

artistic field.<br />

I have composed music for theatre, film and dance for eleven years and have seen<br />

my music featured in Red Cross advertising campaigns and played at the London<br />

IMAX as part of the Virgin Media Shorts shortlisted film RVG. My work can be<br />

found via Soundcloud<br />

(soundcloud.com/andrewbatemusic).<br />

Catherine s passionate about passing on her creativity to our daughter who often<br />

comes on photo shoots with her. She works in a mixture of mediums including<br />

painting, photography, sculpture and film, imbuing them all with her distinctive<br />

style. Look out for Catherine s mixed media workshops this year.<br />

@CatherineFrowd<br />

@andrewbatemusic<br />

www.catherinefrowd.com<br />

soundcloud.com/andrewbatemusic<br />

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Unique Fashion<br />

Working 9 to 5<br />

Matalan Crepe Jacket £25.00<br />

Brighten up a black outfit with this long<br />

sleeved Crepe blazer in orange<br />

Peacocks Women’s Crepe Pleat<br />

Flare Dress £16.00<br />

This is a dress that will become a staple<br />

piece in <strong>your</strong> wardrobe. Accessorize<br />

with gold jewellery to take this dress<br />

from day to night!<br />

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Tesco Strappy T- Bar Court shoes<br />

£22.00<br />

These court shoes have buckle fastening T-<br />

bar strap and a pointed toe with Buckle<br />

fastening on the ankle strap<br />

<strong>Your</strong> working wardrobe doesn’t have to be boring, add a touch of<br />

glamour by adding a splash of colour with a bright jacket and some<br />

strappy heels. This outfit can take you from work to evening drinks with<br />

colleagues or a hot date!<br />

Cecelia Pusey<br />

Fashion & Features Editor<br />

@Dusky210<br />

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Unique Fashion<br />

and Culture show<br />

in aid of the Hollie<br />

Gazzard Trust<br />

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Big thank you To :<br />

Show Sponsors - Festival Law of Cheltenham & WSP Solicitors of Gloucester, Tom<br />

Goodall - Cheographer..spell check lol, Steve Mitchell - Host, Nick, Mandy & Chloe<br />

Gazzard - Hollie Gazzard Trust, The Models - Sophie Lydia Smith Miss Cheltenham,<br />

Charlie Hamilton, Sophie Organ, Crissy Schmidt & Victoria Illina, Penny Gibson &<br />

Madeline Addler - Make Up Artists, Vallenders Salon - Jo, Nicci & Leonie, Jon Stanley<br />

& Martin Hathaway - Photographers, Catherine Frowd - Video,Designers - Alex &<br />

Ghuing - Cupid Couture, Melissa Antonious Designs, Sarah Jane Worboys - Bodega<br />

Womenswear, Tommy Lewis and the Fuse, Jonathan Rooke - Straight PR, Aston Vipzz,<br />

Richard Parsons - Magician, Russ Scarph - Manager Revolution, Dancers, Apologies if<br />

I have forgotten anyone. Most Importantly Thank You The Public for getting involved<br />

& Bless You #Onwards190515 ;)<br />

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Professional Makeup Stylist Penelope Gibson shares<br />

how she created a fresh British look for the catwalk<br />

models at The Hollie Gazzard Trust Fashion Show.<br />

Makeup Stylist: Penelope Gibson<br />

Design Brief: Create a classic British<br />

look, but keep it fresh and current to<br />

enhance the creations of the fashion<br />

designers<br />

I know us makeup and beauty professionals<br />

are always banging on about primer, but<br />

the truth is that these products really work.<br />

They even out skin tone, fill pores, hydrate<br />

and generally create a perfect surface for<br />

you to apply <strong>your</strong> foundation. For this<br />

shoot I used Urban Decay Tightening &<br />

Brightening Complexion Primer Potion<br />

(£19.00) I love the way it performs; it<br />

brightens, it tightens and reduces fine lines<br />

with improved surface texture.<br />

To create a flawless demi matt finish for the<br />

models skin I used Urban Decay Naked Skin<br />

Ultra Definition Liquid Makeup (£24.30).<br />

This foundation is lightweight with amazing<br />

coverage that leaves <strong>your</strong> skin looking<br />

naturally flawless. To cover any blemishes<br />

or darkness under the eyes I used Yves<br />

Saint Laurent Touché Eclat Radiant Touch<br />

(£22.50) a must for any handbag. When<br />

working on the eyes I opted for M.A.C<br />

Mineralise Eye Shadow palette ‘A waft of<br />

grey’ £33.00) the pigments in these eye<br />

shadows are amazing, a little certainly goes<br />

a long way and you can achieve a real<br />

density of colour with a small amount of<br />

product.<br />

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For the lashes I used Bobbi Brown<br />

Pretty Powerful Mascara (£19.00 5ml);<br />

this product lengthens, thickens and<br />

defines lashes without smudging or<br />

clumping – while conditioning and<br />

strengthening lashes.<br />

Top Tip: When applying<br />

mascara always start with<br />

<strong>your</strong> bottom lashes to<br />

avoid unsightly mascara<br />

smudges on <strong>your</strong> upper<br />

eye.<br />

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No smokey eyed look would be<br />

complete without eyeliner; I<br />

worked Benefit BADgal<br />

waterproof eyeliner in Black<br />

(£15.00) into the top and<br />

bottom lash line to give diffused<br />

definition.<br />

For a picture perfect pout I<br />

applied using a brush for<br />

precision; Chanel Rouge Allure<br />

Luminous Intense Lip Colour<br />

(£26.00) – this lipstick offers a<br />

radiant and satiny makeup<br />

result with optimal hold.<br />

To complete the look I applied<br />

Laura Mercier Crème Cheek<br />

Colour in Rosebud (£18.45) to<br />

add a not so innocent flush of<br />

colour to the models cheeks.<br />

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07966 494496<br />

info@penelopegibson.co.uk<br />

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Testimonials<br />

Lee Harris from LNH Management Solutions - Accountancy<br />

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T: 07411 962418<br />

I was referred to LNH Management Solutions when looking to setup<br />

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T: 01242 236236<br />

Dear Chris and Caroline, Thank you again for the<br />

outstanding service. As you know, I had a specific idea in<br />

mind which had some unusual features. I did not feel<br />

confident that the first company I approached could<br />

achieve the design I wanted after their repeated failure to<br />

provide a drawing to my specifications. In contrast you<br />

provided the drawing I needed quickly and efficiently<br />

which, together with <strong>your</strong> professional and caring<br />

approach, left me in no doubt about placing an order with<br />

you.<br />

My mother and I are delighted with the stone, and I know<br />

my father would have liked it. It's funny but it seems so<br />

appropriate for him, with its height, slim width and stylish<br />

features. I hope I can equal <strong>your</strong> high standards in the small<br />

planting area in front of the stone with my flowers.<br />

You both do such an important job and you do it extremely<br />

well.<br />

Best wishes Julia Wynn<br />

Deca Design Flooring - Quality Carpets & Flooring<br />

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T: 01242 257857<br />

We will definitely use you again and recommend you to<br />

our friends in Slimbridge (as I have been doing already).<br />

The service and fitting from you was excellent, you<br />

have been the best fitter we have ever had. We will be<br />

back !<br />

Dave & Jenni Carhart<br />

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Interview With<br />

Brad Burton<br />

About Brad Burton if you have never come across him before:<br />

The UK’s #1 MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER. Brad is also the Dynamic MD of 4Networking<br />

who run 5,000+ events each year. AUTHOR: 3 hit business books Get Off <strong>Your</strong> Arse,<br />

GEt Off <strong>Your</strong> Arse Too and Life. Business...Just Got Easier.<br />

Brad covered a number of topics and I will communicate them over to you<br />

in machine gun fashion :<br />

Steve: Why start <strong>your</strong> own business?<br />

Brad: Less Money...and More Stress is the<br />

Reality. But you have the freedom to pick up the<br />

kids from school and go to the duck pond when<br />

you want to which was massive to me. 2014 is a<br />

great time to start a business with<br />

opportunities at every corner but with the<br />

reality that it is incredibly tough out there but<br />

No Self Employed person is starving to<br />

deathout there.<br />

S: How did you get through those early years in<br />

business ?<br />

B: I almost quit 4Networking several times, I<br />

was as close to quitting as you possibly can get<br />

like 99% but the only reason I didn’t was<br />

because I had No Plan B...I had to<br />

make4Networking work... I started 4Networking<br />

at the time to get appointments for my<br />

marketing business4Consultancy...if you are in<br />

business you need appointments too.<br />

Sometimes I think that having no money at the<br />

start kept me sharp and innovative as I had to<br />

get appointments or the mortgage wasn’t<br />

getting paid.<br />

S: Brad what tips would you give any new<br />

business starting out ?<br />

B: Bang...right 4 tips<br />

1) Ensure that you love the business you are<br />

in as when the going gets tough you need to<br />

have that passion<br />

2) The reality is It will take 4 times longer to<br />

make a success of <strong>your</strong> business than what<br />

is in <strong>your</strong> business plan, prepare for it and<br />

accept it<br />

3) Rely on <strong>your</strong>self to make things happen,<br />

but surround <strong>your</strong>self with good people who<br />

have skills that you don’t possess. But it is<br />

up to you to drive the business<br />

4) Spend 100% of <strong>your</strong> time being 100% on<br />

being <strong>your</strong>self...heres an example:<br />

I was at a business show in my normal<br />

clothes..T shirt, Jeans and trainers and this<br />

business speaker guy told me that I would<br />

never get anywhere on the speakers circuit<br />

looking like how I do. Well...I don’t see this<br />

guy getting asked to Headline The Business<br />

Show in London and working with massive<br />

companies like JCB....I speak from the heart<br />

and stay true to who I am...worked out ok<br />

so far.<br />

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S: What motivates you now considering<br />

the success you have had both with<br />

4Networking, Speaking & Business<br />

Books?<br />

B: Making a Positive Difference...I am<br />

going to do some speaking at Dartmoor<br />

Prison so if I can help show there is<br />

another way. I am quite realistic that if I<br />

would of made different choices when I<br />

was younger it could be me in there as<br />

growing up in Salford Manchester was<br />

tough and at times I lost my way..<br />

unemployed for periods..but I always<br />

wanted to make a difference. I love<br />

working on my speaking and that is a<br />

real passion for me, I purposely don’t<br />

watch other speakers as I don’t want it to<br />

influence my style.<br />

S: So what is a normal day for you now?<br />

B: I still get along to 4Networking<br />

meetings about 4 a month I was doing 3 a<br />

week beforeChristmas but with both Steff<br />

Thomas and Terry Cooper onboard with<br />

me it does run itself to a degree, attend<br />

business events, mentor some<br />

people..but time is a factor.<br />

S: What are <strong>your</strong> future plans now Brad?<br />

B: Too take 4Networking globally, we are now in<br />

Australia so it will happen...but not with me at the<br />

helm my focus is now on other areas and I am<br />

surrounded my a great team I am also in the middle<br />

of writing my forth book called Next it will be full of<br />

short stories to give insight and inspire business<br />

owners. Do more speaking gigs I love it, I have done<br />

The Business Show for six years now and the JCB gigs<br />

are brilliant.<br />

S: Thanks Brad for <strong>your</strong> thoughts, anything<br />

else you would like to add.<br />

B: At the beginning when I started 4Networking I<br />

needed a fight to keep me going and that adversity<br />

built the result of the business today. But now it is<br />

different 4Networking is the establishment so it vital<br />

that we keep things fresh. Ohhhh yes....A Daft idea is<br />

only a daft idea if they don’t work.<br />

Thank you Brad...You can<br />

Connect with Brad on<br />

Twitter @BradBurton and on<br />

website http://bradburton.biz/<br />

S: You spoken before about having a<br />

breakdown a few years ago, are you ok to<br />

talk about that?<br />

B: Yeah sure...Sometimes in life you<br />

end up making bad decisions and I was<br />

making bad decisions in both personal<br />

and business especially if you run a<br />

business <strong>your</strong> personal and business life<br />

are thesame thing..you don’t clock off at<br />

5:30 in self employed world. So I made a<br />

few bad calls you end up drinking more,<br />

trying to mask the issues and boom you<br />

end up having a breakdown. What I learnt<br />

from the whole thing was..Never to<br />

confuse Bad Luck with Bad Decisions.<br />

Interview By<br />

Steve Taylor<br />

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Hollie Gazzard Trust<br />

Hope, passion & a life fulfilled<br />

A production of Educating Rita was presented by the Everyman Theatre’s<br />

professional company and performed by Mark Carey and Dani Carbery at the<br />

King’s Theatre in Gloucester on Saturday 24 January in aid of the Hollie Gazzard<br />

Trust. It was a thoroughly entertaining evening, brilliantly performed and directed<br />

by Paul Milton.<br />

Willy Russell’s play Educating Rita is a modern classic. It tells the story of<br />

hairdresser Rita, who feels that life has passed her by. She wants an education.<br />

But does Open University lecturer Frank have anything to teach her? Educating<br />

Rita is a hilarious, and moving, story of a woman’s determination to change her<br />

life. (does this remind you of Hollie?)<br />

Director Paul Milton said ‘..We are happy to be here in Gloucester with our<br />

production of Educating Rita, a play that has been performed at the Everyman<br />

before, but is surely ripe for revival. It’s a twentieth-century classic and has been<br />

voted one of the most popular plays of all time. Even though it’s a comedy I hope<br />

you found the serious themes too – a working woman’s place in society, the<br />

purpose of education, midlife crises and others..’<br />

A great evening’s entertainment and HGT would like to thank the Everyman for<br />

this performance and donating the proceeds to the fund. we would also like to<br />

than the Kings Theatre for its hospitality. A great intimate theatre and we look<br />

forward to working with the Everyman in the future.<br />

Nick, Mandy and Chloe pictured here with the cast and Director Paul Milton<br />

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Gloucester Ambassador<br />

We are delighted that Juliette Crosby has<br />

joined The Trust as its Ambassador for<br />

Gloucester. Fresh from her time as Miss<br />

Gloucester 2014, Juliette wanted to<br />

continue her great work in the charity<br />

sector and as a Churchdown resident, HGT<br />

is close to her heart. She was therefore<br />

delighted when asked to be an<br />

Ambassador for the Trust. We are very<br />

excited about what Juliette can add in<br />

terms of building on what we have<br />

achieved so far!<br />

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Quote from Juliette<br />

' I'm honoured to have been asked to have<br />

be part of a truly amazing cause. The<br />

events that's happened with Hollie, not<br />

only touched me but the whole<br />

<strong>community</strong> and I'm looking forward to<br />

working together to change the way we<br />

think about domestic abuse and knife<br />

crime '<br />

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Don’t Miss This Business People...<br />

Wednesday 06:45 - 08:30am<br />

Longford Inn, Gloucester GL2 9BE<br />

NEXT MEETINGS:<br />

14th January - 28th January<br />

Wed 11th February @ 6:45am<br />

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UniqueFinancial<br />

CLAIMING VAT ON PRE-REGISTRATION EXPENDITURE<br />

VAT is an administrative minefield for accountants, let alone business owners.<br />

However a very important piece of favourable VAT legislation that all business owners should be<br />

aware of is the entitlement to reclaim VAT on some of their expenditure made before they became<br />

registered. Of course you must make sure that both the business and the entity are the same one that<br />

made the original purchase (i.e. the business has not changed from a sole trade to a company).<br />

There are different rules that apply however to the purchase of goods and the purchase of services.<br />

VAT on the Purchase of Pre-Registration Goods<br />

Businesses can reclaim VAT on the purchase of goods prior to registration providing that the goods<br />

were purchased within the four years prior to the date of registration, and they fall within one of the<br />

below categories:<br />

1. The goods purchased will result in a sale/supply on which the business will be able to charge<br />

VAT (i.e. the goods haven’t been used, sold or consumed at the date of registration). A good example<br />

would be a builder who has a number of building materials in stock at the point of registering for VAT.<br />

These materials in stock would be expected to be used on a future sale which will be charged VAT, an<br />

therefore the original VAT on the purchase of the materials can be reclaimed.<br />

2. VAT can also be reclaimed on goods which were purchased and used prior to registration, as<br />

long as they continue to be used after registration to contribute in generating sales/supply on which<br />

the business will be able to charge VAT. Examples of this would typically be capital assets such as<br />

vans, plant/machinery, computer equipment, etc. Despite being used prior to the registration, you can<br />

still recover 100% of the original VAT on the purchase.<br />

VAT on the Purchase of Pre-Registration Services<br />

It is extremely difficult to be able to prove whether a service paid for prior to registration has resulted<br />

in a service provided to the business after registration. Therefore the rules for reclaiming VAT on the<br />

purchase of services prior to registration only allow for purchases up to six months prior to the date o<br />

registration.<br />

Written by Lee Harris from LNH Management Solutions @LNH_Management<br />

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What's On in February.....<br />

Go Green Week 2015<br />

Event Date: 09 Feb 2015 - 09 Feb 2015<br />

Event Details Go Green Week 2015<br />

Monday 09 February 2015 9am - 5pm<br />

Annual week across UK universities hosting a range of<br />

activities and events to raise awareness of climate<br />

action. UBU Get Green will showcase each of our<br />

campaigns daily throughout the week.<br />

Go Green Week is People & Planet’s annual national<br />

week of climate action across schools, colleges and<br />

universities. Students run a week of activities to raise<br />

awareness and demand stronger action to tackle the<br />

climate crisis.<br />

At Bristol, each day will feature one of the Get Green<br />

student-ledcampaigns, including:<br />

Sustainable Food<br />

Divestment (coinciding with Global Divestment Day on<br />

the 13/14th Feb)<br />

Community Gardens<br />

Love Bristol: student reuse<br />

BrisBikes student bike rental scheme<br />

Event Date: 09 Feb 2015 - 09 Feb 2015<br />

Posted in: Live Entertainment | Live Music &<br />

Venues<br />

Event Times: 1.10pm<br />

Event Details St Stephens Street, BS1 1EQ<br />

Beautiful music inspired by folk song<br />

tradition from The British Isles<br />

and elsewhere. The voices of Barbara and<br />

Andy Rusbridge and Guy Hawthorn<br />

make a distinctive rich, complex and<br />

expressive sound.<br />

Their warm, inclusive performances tell the<br />

story in every song with<br />

passion and good humour in equal measure.<br />

Retiring collection, suggested minimum<br />

donation £3<br />

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IBT15 Bristol International Festival<br />

Take a walk in the clouds in Bristol harbour,<br />

experience a storm in aclub and follow us into the<br />

shadows for a concert in a gothic mansion.<br />

Extraordinary theatre, music, dance, live art,<br />

exhibitions, talks, parties and public artworks take<br />

over Bristol from 12–22 February 2015. Starting with<br />

Fog Bridge. Take a walk in the clouds. For 10 days<br />

from Fri 13 to Sun 23 Feb, Peros’ Bridge in Bristol<br />

Harbourside will disappear behind a changing veil<br />

of fog, in celebration of Bristol<br />

status as European Green Capital.<br />

Light<br />

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Event Date: 12 Feb 2015 - 14 Feb 2015<br />

Posted in: Theatre<br />

Inspired by Edward Snowden’s revelations and the ensuing<br />

debate on state surveillance, Theatre Ad Infinitum (Ballad of<br />

the Burning Star) conjures an Orwellian future where a<br />

totalitarian regime monitors the thoughts of its citizens<br />

through implants.Charged with hunting down ‘terrorists’<br />

who seek illegal disconnection, a young government agent<br />

encounters an enigmatic figurefrom his shadowy past.<br />

Blending anime-style storytelling and a pulsating<br />

soundscape to draw audiences into its sci-fi realm, this is a<br />

nightmarish tale of love, betrayal and technological power.<br />

LED, strip and torchlight innovatively illuminate the<br />

wordless production set atmospherically in darkness. Light<br />

is accessible to Deaf and Hearing audiences<br />

Director, Writer and Live Vocal Sound George Mann<br />

Associate Director Nir Paldi<br />

Co-devised and performed by the company<br />

Shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award 2014<br />

Cost £12 (plus booking fee)<br />

Valentine’s Vintage Ball The Square Club, 15 Berkeley Square, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1HB<br />

Event Date: 13 Feb 2015 - 14 Feb 2015<br />

Event Times: 7pm - 1am<br />

Event Details<br />

The evening will commence in our quirky lower deck cocktail bar with Swing Dancing Lessons, a<br />

perfect opportunity to impress potential suitors. Bristol’s premier faux French gypsy band, Fromage<br />

en Feu will then hit the stage with a fiery blend of up-tempo swing, klezmer and tango to really get<br />

the night in full swing mode!<br />

If that wasn’t enough, ElectroSwing DJs will then play into the night. In light of the Vintage theme<br />

there will also be the opportunity for you to dress to impress. Glamour is key to perfecting this<br />

vintage look.<br />

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Unique Football<br />

The Robins @bcfctweets<br />

So after 26 Games Bristol City are Top of League One with 57 Points, with MK Dons and<br />

Swindon chasing them hard. Steve Cotterill is doing a agnificent job for Bristol City so far<br />

this season and they won the last game 2 - 0 against Fleetwood Town.<br />

MK Dons and current leaders Bristol City will battle for top spot in League One on<br />

Saturday. MK hope Will Grigg and Ben Reeves are back from injury, while Keith Andrews is<br />

on the bench after re-signing. Steve Cotterill's Bristol City are looking for their sixth<br />

consecutive victory in the league.<br />

Ex-Dons striker Aaron Wilbraham (hip) is nearing a return, but faces competition up front<br />

from Matt Smith, Kieran Agard and Jay Emmanuel-Thomas. Dons boss Karl Robinson will<br />

watch from the stands, as he serves the final game of a four-match touchline ban.<br />

But he goes into the fixture as League One's manager of the month for January, after<br />

taking 11 points from 15 last month.<br />

MK Dons boss Karl Robinson told BBC Three Counties Radio: "Bristol City have got a squad<br />

that any manager in this league would take. "They're probably better than when we<br />

played them earlier in the season - but they might argue we are better too. "They are hot<br />

favourites to win the league - we know we're underdogs but we accept that." Bristol City<br />

defender Mark Little told BBC Radio Bristol: "We go out to win so that's what you're<br />

preparing for, not who you're playing against. "They're so close to us and it makes it that<br />

little bit more exciting. "The people who try harder in certain games and not in others<br />

won't make it too far.<br />

"We may look back at the end of the season and think the smaller games were more<br />

important. It may not be the MK Dons ones"


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Bristol City Fixtures<br />

February 2015<br />

League One Bristol City V Port Vale<br />

Tue 10 Feb 19:45<br />

League One Bristol City V Sheff Utd<br />

Sat 14 Feb 15:00<br />

League One Bristol City V<br />

Peterborough<br />

Tue 17 Feb 19:45<br />

League One Colchester V Bristol<br />

City<br />

Sat 21 Feb 15:00<br />

League One Doncaster V Bristol City<br />

Tue 24 Feb 19:45<br />

League One Bristol City V Rochdale<br />

Sat 28 Feb 15:00<br />

By the end of February Bristol City could be in a very commanding<br />

position, Come on you Robins :)


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