June 30th, 2009
Satruday 18th July 2009
Recreation Ground, Peak Forest
The very popular Peak Forest Beer Festival takes place on Saturday 18th July at the Recreation Ground, Peak Forest.
Family Fun: 12 noon - 7.00pm
A fun-packed afternoon to delight all the family, events include;
- Fairfield Band
- Childrens Sports
- Tug of War
- Wheelbarrow Race
- Donkey Display
- Pet Show
- Balloon Race
- Tea Tent
- Games & Stalls
Party Night: 7.00pm - 1.00am
- The Bavarian Heidelbergers
- ‘All Or Nothing’
- Disco
- Hog Roast
- BBQ
- Camping
- Bar
BEER FESTIVAL & BAR ALL DAY! 15 REAL ALES!!!
Ticket entry for evening events available from:
- The Devonshire Arms, Peak Forest
- By Telephone: 01298 23410 / 812599
- Email: peakforestfest@googlemail.com
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June 30th, 2009
Fancy learning how to design and publish a simple, great-looking website for your business or organisation?
Designed by Dove, the Dove Holes-based professional website design and publishing company, are running a series of locally held bite-size courses to teach people how to create an outstanding, professional-looking website in no time at all.
No technical or programming skills are required and those who enroll will learn about …
- Choosing and registering a domain name
- Website hosting
- Planning a website
- Using simple web design tools and software
- Working with text and images
- Basic search engine optimisation
- Using Google webmaster tools
- Publishing and maintaining your website
For more information or to reserve a place please call either Andrew or Lindsay on 01298 814018 or contact us via the Designed by Dove website
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April 7th, 2009
DOVE HOLES CARNIVAL IS BACK
Volenteers Wanted
If you have some free time on your hands on Saturday August 29th and can help out in anyway with Dove Holes Carnival. Please Contact 07834922133 to find out more!! Especially looking for Marshalls.
Who will be the King of the VILLAGE
Our two nominees this year are Ducan Duxbury and Adam Waterhouse. Flyers are going out but if you wish you can text your entry to 07834922133. The new king will be announced after the 22nd of July. Good luck to both of our guys.
NEW ROUTE
The Route will be changing slightly this year. We will be starting from Dale Road instead of Katie’s Diner Layby. The main A6 will be closed from 1.00pm on August 29th to 1.30pm from the junction of Dale road and Station Road to the Community Centre for more information contact 07834922133.
CARBOOTS
Next carboot is Sunday June 28th 8.00am Start all sellers £5. Food and toilets available, inside if wet we do not cancel if its raining.
UPCOMING EVENTS TOWARDS DOVE HOLES CARNIVAL!
Saturday 15th August pamper night- Ladies this is your chance to be well pampered there will be all sorts of different things we have got for you to try, Ann Summers, Body Shop, Massages, Tarot Card Reader, Manicures+Pedicures, Hand Made Jewellery And a fun wordsearch which will cost a pound but there is a chance to win a cut and blow at Tony and Guy. To be held at the Community Centre at Dove Holes at 7.30pm not forgetting that the bar will be open too.
Saturday 19th September A Night at the dogs- Come along and place your bets on the dogs a fun night for all at the Wheatsheaf Dove Holes from 7.30pm.
Meetings!!
The next meeting will be held at The Queens Hotel Dove Holes 22nd July 7.30 Start. Hope to see you there with all your ideas to help us!! Everyone Welcome
There is a raffle up at the local Grocery shop in Dove Holes Station Road, its 50p a ticket and its to win a beautiful hand made wooden car by a local gentleman, all proceeds go to Dove Holes Carnival so please go and buy a ticket.
Keep your eyes out for the logo quiz.
Thank you!!
Thank you to all the companies that have sent us tickets and vouchers to help towards this years event!
This years sponsors so far!!
- Tony&Guy
- Knowsley Safari Park
- Heights of Abraham
- Peak photographic and Modelling Agency
- Trent Buses
- Pooles Cavern
- Fern Farm Buxton Riding School
- otter sanctury Chapel-En-Le-Frith
- Face Facts
- Francesco Group
- Just Divine Hair& Beauty
- Stockport County Football Club
- Tarmac
- Derbyshire Wildlife Trust
- Opera House
- HGV Direct
- Andrew Coaches
- Ben Potter of Birds of Prey Displays
- John of Aljacks
- Trevor of Fred Aldous
- Coronation Street Star (Katherine Kelly who plays Becky)
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March 13th, 2009
This year we will be doing another best dressed house towards the carnival. The king will be judging on the morning of the Carnival. If you are interested in putting your house in the competition to win a prize all you have to do is text 07834922133 and tell us that you are wanting to decorate your house and what theme your house is going to be. HAPPY DECORATING
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March 3rd, 2009
PREPARATIONS ARE WELL UNDER WAY FOR THE CARNIVAL WHICH IS SET FOR AUGUST 29TH WE HAVE A NEW ROUTE AND SOME EXCITING TIMES COMING UP . KEEP WATCHING THIS SPACE FOR MORE INFO AS IT HAPPENS.
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January 10th, 2009
From building sites to building websites … with a little help from Business Link.
What do you do when when of your biggest customers decided not to pay? Sue? Struggle with cash flow for a while? Maybe even go under?
If your name is Andrew Wearden, you’ll put it down to experience, diversify into a relatively unknown area and have a thriving new business up and running within months.
This is what happened to the Dove Holes-based entrepreneur who had been successfully running Dove Architectural Hardware for four years selling high specification door and window furniture to the commercial market.
Andrew said: “One of our big house builder customers refused to pay a large invoice last November (2007) just as the downturn in the construction industry and housing market was starting to bite. We knew we desperately needed to fill this gap in income if we were to survive.”
Smart Move
“We’d designed our own website to promote the hardware business though and had received lots of compliments and enquiries from other customers involved in the building trades asking who our web developer was,” he explained.
“When they heard that we’d done it ourselves, they were extremely impressed and bizarrely we started to get orders for web development through from them too.”
Andrew had been quoted figures in the region of £3 - 4,000 to have the company’s website developed, which is what drove him to adopt his DIY approach.
Andrew added: “Designed by Dove, our trading name for the web design and publishing side of the business, began as a bit of a pilot scheme to keep cash flow ticking over, but as soon as we realised that there might be some long term mileage in the idea, it was clear that we needed some honest and impartial advice on developing it and increasing revenue.”
“That’s when I got in touch with Business Link as I’d found their website very informative in the past, especially when we had been looking for advice on debt recovery.”
Sound Advice
“Because this sector was all new to us, we really needed some pointers about what to charge, how to increase our productivity, improve our market share and how we could develop our technical skills further,” said Andrew.
“Our adviser sat down with us, reviewed our current set up and listened to our ideas and plans. We were really impressed with his level of local knowledge and awareness of what resources we could tap into and the market and sector we were getting involved with.”
Dove’s business adviser was then able to recommend some practical solutions which would move the business forward. This included details of local networking event they could attend to get their name known in the wider business community, free web-related workshops they could sign up for, to costing up their time accurately to produce a workable pricing structure.
And with tough economic times ahead, the adviser suggested reducing the stock for the hardware business to release more cash and trimming down the number of brands they supplied, keeping their best customers in mind.
Wonder Web
Andrew said: “As soon as we implemented these measures, we felt the positive impact. We went to see all the construction-related firms we already knew first and strangely started to get a lot more interest when we increased our prices - We are really committed to not ripping people off, but when we first started we were definitely selling ourselves short.”
“We’re also completely transparent about what you get for your money and our pricing system for website design and publishing is modular so most customers find something to fir their budget.”
Andrew and Lindsay Daniels-Hill, who works alongside him and also for Britannia Woodworking (owned by Andrew’s co-directors) have already attended free courses through Business Link ranging from writing for the web and search engine optimisation to Google tools. They’re now keen to get some training about Open Source software, giving them the advanced technical knowledge to develop more complex e-commerce websites and content management systems.
Local networking events have already provided them with several orders and many ongoing enquiries.
Profitable Relationship
Andrew and his adviser still keep in regular contact and he’s also more clued up about what the Business Link website can offer him now. “As well as the valuable debt recovery advice I got from it, we did recover most of the money, by the way - I’ve been using it for terms and conditions for our web services and for information on best formats for design briefs.”
So what started out as a basic self-taught web design has already brought in much needed extra revenue for Dove since April 2008 and in 2009 is expected to represent around 70 - 80% of the company’s total turnover.
In terms of margins, web design and publishing is proving more profitable for the company than the hardware side has ever been, so the plan now is to steadily grow that element further.
Andrew Wearden | Lindsay Daniels-Hill | Designed by Dove
This article kindly reproduced from a case study of Designed by Dove / Dove Architectural Hardware written by Dave Polkey MIED MCIPR - PR and Communications Executive, Business Link East Midlands.
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January 10th, 2009
Sunday 11th January - Holy Communion
11.00am Led by Mrs Williamson and preaching by Pam Sutherland. Mrs Fletcher will read from the Bible and Mrs Reith will lead the prayers.
Sunday 18th January - Morning Praise
Led by David Gordan, our esteemed Headmaster. His wife will be reading from the word and in prayers.
Sunday 25th January - Holy Communion
Led by Ven. J Harris. Mrs Henderson will read from the word and Mrs Williamson will lead the prayers.
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January 10th, 2009
Mother’s Union meetings are held on the first Tuesday in every month at 7-30pm in church.
Tuesday 3rd February
Speaker: Beryl Axcell, Things that have inspired her throughout the years.
Tuesday 3rd March
Speaker: Sue Brown, Making Easter Cards
Thursday 5th March
Women’s World Day of Prayer St. Paul’s Church 7-30pm.
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January 10th, 2009
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and peaceful New Year
January 2009 - What’s on…
Sunday 11th January - Holy Communion
9.30am Service is led by Rev. D. Gibling. Mr Ball is reading and Mrs Marchington is leading the prayers.
Sunday 18th January - Holy Communion and Baptism
9.30am Ven. Harris is taking the service with Mrs Green reading and Mrs Washbrook leading the prayers.
Sunday 25th January - Morning Praise
9.30am Pam Sutherland is leading the service and Mrs Washbrook is preaching. Mr Ball is leading the prayers.
St. Pauls Church, Dove Holes.
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