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2 FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019 www.weekender.news 7 DAY FORECAST Please be aware, due to micro climates, forecast may change. Forecast is accurate at time of print. FRI SAT SUN MON TUES WED THURS 30th August 31th August 1st Sept 2nd Sept 3rd Sept 4th Sept 4th Sept TAP TIME COMING by Alex Trelinski 29ºC 29ºC 30ºC 27ºC 27ºC 27ºC 28ºC 22ºC 23ºC 24ºC 23ºC 22ºC 21ºC 22ºC General Enquiries info@weekender.news Text / WhatsApp: 622 44 22 70 Read The Weekender Online www.weekender.news/read News & Editorial newsdesk@weekender.news Send Us your news and letters, we welcome all submissions. Letters and news are printed at the editors’ discretion. Please include your full name for ‘By Line Credit’, credit cannot be given if not provided. If you do not want your name in print please state this clearly Sales & Advertising Sales@weekender.news Office - 966 580 636 Sales Direct - 602 296 180 Deadline for advertisers, advert changes & article submissions is Tuesday, midday for Friday distribution. @TheWeekenderEs @TheWeekenderSpain The Weekender (Registered Trademark Pending) Editor-In-Chief Marco Baiardo - Y1153737-W. Deposito Legal - A375-2017. C/Castellion 5 Benidorm, 03500. The Weekender Newspaper, its publishers, members of staff and its agents do not accept responsibility for claims by advertisers nor can it be held responsible for any errors in advertisements which are reproduced from poor artwork, lowquality electronic data or inadequate instructions for text or other layout features. Further, no responsibility is accepted for any loss or damage caused by an error, inaccuracy or non-appearance of any advertisement, although all advertisements produced are checked prior to insertion. We regret that we cannot accept responsibility for more than ONE incorrect insertion and that no republication will be granted in the case of typographical or minor changes which do not affect the value of the advertisement. E&OE. No part of this newspaper may be reproduced without prior written consent of the publishers. The Weekender Newspaper is printed by SILSA SERVICIOS DE IMPRESIÓN DE LEVANTE S.A. GRUPO Z FUN for all the family is promised in the latest variety show to be staged next month by the New Cardenal Belluga Theatre Group. The star-spangled ladies from the company will be performing an opening tap dance routine as part of the Reach for the Stars show which is a mixture of dance, song, and comedy. San Fulgencio’s Cardenal Belluga Theatre will see three performances between Thursday September 26th and Saturday September 28th, with curtain up at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at just eight euros, and all the proceeds from the shows will go to local charities. Tickets are on sale from The Agency, La Marina, the Tourist & Council Offices, La Marina; Cards & More and The Post Room in Benijofar; and Redz in Quesada. SAFER BEACHES THIEVING has been dramatically reduced from San Pedro del Pinatar’s beaches, according to the local police. The changes have been brought about by the town creating a specialist beach unit three years ago, and Inocencio Sánchez, who leads the unit, says that theft rates have now been slashed by up to 90 per cent since 2016. Unlicensed hawkers who often sell fake goods have also been targetted by the beach unit.
Facebook: @TheWeekenderSpain FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019 3 A SALTY START by Alex Trelinski THOUSANDS of people lined the streets of Torrevieja last Saturday afternoon to see the start of one of the world’s premier cycle races, La Vuelta. The 2019 event opened with a 13 kilometre team time trial event, which began from the city’s famous salt flats, with the starting ramp made out of salt, and finishing in in Torrevieja’s port area. The race then moved to a couple of stages further north in Alicante Province on Sunday and Monday, before going out of the region. VOLUNTEER APPEAL by Alex Trelinski AGE CONCERN is looking for volunteers of any age to their join their team at the charity shop in Torrevieja, as well as the Day Centre in La Siesta. All you need is a handful of kindness; a heaped spoonful of compassion; a nice smiley face and the ability to chat! The shop is gearing up for what promises to be a busy lead up to Christmas, whilst your role at the Day Centre would be to welcome visitors, on a Wednesday or Friday morning for the coffee mornings. You would help them whether they need to hire a mobility aid;. need advice or information; or just having a chat. If you have a few hours to spare, then phone 966 786 887 and arrange to pop in for an informal chat. Finance Feature provided by... What you should expect from a good financial advisor? Reduced pension options for non- UK residents. I have been advising in Spain now for over 7 years, and during this time have seen many changes to pension rules. The biggest change by far was the introduction of Pension freedoms in 2015, where people now have the option to access their pension from 55 and essentially have the flexibility to take what they want, when they want it. Pension Freedoms extended to expats living here in Spain and I have sat down with hundreds of clients over the years and discussed their individual pension plans and advised them on their options. About a month ago, I sat down with a client who had a personal pension with Aegon. She has lived in Spain for many years and she contacted me as she was reaching retirement age and wanted to understand what her options were and how she went about accessing her pension. At the meeting she completed a letter of authority which allowed me to contact her pension company on her behalf and discuss her specific plan. When I received the information back from them I was shocked to understand that because she is a ‘non-UK resident’ her options were limited to either take the pension in full (her pension was over £100k so the tax implications would be catastrophic), to purchase an annuity (something which we wouldn’t advise with annuity rates so low), or to transfer to a different scheme. She had no option to leave her pension where it was and access it flexibly. I was convinced that they’d made a mistake so called them for clarification, and during the phone call, they confirmed that the member had limited options as she was a non-UK resident. This member had planned her whole retirement based on her having flexible access to her pension, so it potentially changed her entire future plans. For this client, I was able to find a solution by moving her pension to a UK based pension called a SIPP, where she could not only benefit from having a local adviser here in Spain, but also it meant she could take advantage of full flexible access. This is not an isolated incident, and we’re seeing more and more schemes effectively refusing to give ongoing service to non-UK residents, meaning our only option is often to transfer them to a scheme that will allow non-UK residents. My advice to anyone with a pension that they are yet to access is to understand what options are available By Tracy Storer Senior Partner Chorus Financial to non-UK residents. Whether you contact the scheme direct, or instruct a financial adviser to do so, do it sooner rather than later so you are not restricted when it comes to accessing your pension. For more information or if you would like me to review your pension call me on 693 107 044 or email t.storer@chorusfinancial.es Chorus Financial are a trading style of Tourbillon Limited, authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Commission (Gibraltar), licence Number FSC1118B & registered with the UK FCA, ref. 539348.
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