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Welcome to <strong>J’AIME</strong><br />
As we head into the summer months, there’s plenty to<br />
enjoy around the Midlands whether you’re a foodie<br />
fanatic of a style maven, an arts buff or part of the<br />
green-fingered brigade. And in this eclectic issue, we<br />
hope there’s a little something for everyone.<br />
Foodies rejoice, because there’s a new hotspot in town,<br />
and we chat to chef and street food king Lee DeSanges<br />
about following his passion to open a bakery in his<br />
hometown of Sutton Coldfield. We’ve also got an<br />
evening with MasterChef: The Professionals finalist Liam<br />
Rogers covered - he’s certainly one to watch out for.<br />
If your garden needs a little TLC, then get yourself over<br />
to the BBC Gardeners’ World Live show at the NEC this<br />
month to get some advice from the experts and stock up<br />
on all of those gardening essentials. We’ve got two pairs<br />
of tickets to the show - which will also gain you entry to<br />
the BBC Good Food Show Summer at the same time -<br />
up for grabs so get entering for your chance to win. If<br />
your dad is a gardening buff then tickets could make a<br />
great Father’s Day gift - if not, our gift guide should give<br />
you some ideas too.<br />
If classic cars are your thing, then one of the biggest<br />
shows in the country is right here in Lichfield, and we’ve<br />
caught up with the organisers of Cars in the Park as they<br />
prepare to celebrate their 25th anniversary next month.<br />
With all of your usual favourites including sweet summer<br />
decor tips, fabulous fashion and beauty advice, property<br />
picks and more, we wish you a fantastic start to the<br />
summer.<br />
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6 Styled to Sparkle - Sutton Coldfield mum<br />
Sarah Wan Min Kee on her passion for<br />
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10 Baked In Brick - Street food king to open a<br />
new Sutton Coldfield bakehouse<br />
14 Property - Property of the month<br />
16 Competition - Win tickets to BBC Gardeners’<br />
World Live and Good Food Show Summer at<br />
the NEC<br />
18 Father’s Day - Gifts galore for top dads<br />
20 Interiors - A tranquil combination<br />
22 Interiors - Celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee<br />
24 Cars in the Park - Celebrating 25 years of a<br />
leading classic car show<br />
26 Food and drink - Reviewing MasterChef’s Liam<br />
Rogers at Sauce Supper Club<br />
28 Sutton Art Trail - A celebration of art returns<br />
for its sixth year<br />
32 What’s On - Events around the Midlands this<br />
month<br />
34 Wealth Matters - The world of finance with<br />
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36 Health Matters - Dr David Eccleston examines<br />
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38 Fashion - Juicy couture for summer<br />
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F E AT U R E<br />
Decor delights are child’s play<br />
ALTHOUGH OFFICIALLY FOUNDED IN 2016, THE FOLLOWING SIX YEARS HAVE CHANGED<br />
A LOT FOR SUTTON COLDFIELD-BASED KIDS DECOR BUSINESS STYLED TO SPARKLE, AS<br />
OWNER SARAH WAN MIN KEE EXPLAINS TO KATY EDGINGTON<br />
No baby’s nursery, child’s bedroom or playroom<br />
is complete these days without some beautifully<br />
designed bunting - and that’s exactly what Sarah<br />
Wan Min Kee, founder of Styled to Sparkle, aims to<br />
provide.<br />
Always confident that she wanted a career in buying,<br />
Sarah - who lives in Sutton Coldfield with husband<br />
Anthony and daughter Arla - studied fashion retail at<br />
university in Manchester. With no desire at all to be<br />
a womenswear buyer, she embraced a love of kids’<br />
style and even completed a dissertation on children’s<br />
fashion. With a clear goal in sight, her first role was<br />
as a trainee buyer in childrenswear for Next.<br />
“I got promoted quite quickly and was a buyer there<br />
for 10 years,” she explains. “A lot of people would<br />
probably agree that there are good and bad things<br />
about working in the corporate world. I learned<br />
a lot, but it was very tough at times. I met some<br />
amazing people and I travelled the world, but it isn’t<br />
glamorous!”<br />
In 2016 - keen to follow her passion for kids’<br />
products and kids’ styling, but be more hands on with<br />
creating beautiful things - Sarah left Next to set up<br />
her own business. Styled to Sparkle actually started<br />
life as a children’s party design and planning service.<br />
But it turned out to be very up and down, losing<br />
momentum when she welcomed her daughter Arla at<br />
the end of 2018 and, of course, when Covid-19 hit<br />
at the start of 2020.<br />
“The first bunting I ever made was for a little boy’s<br />
birthday party, to go across the front of a cake table,”<br />
Sarah says. “Because of the party planning, I had<br />
set up a little Etsy shop where I sold personalised<br />
bunting, but I’d never really invested a lot of time<br />
in it. I thought initially that my bunting was being<br />
bought for parties, but actually people were buying it<br />
for nurseries.”<br />
What had started out as a sideline turned into<br />
Sarah’s focus when Covid-19 struck and her Etsy<br />
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sales grew rapidly. However, it wasn’t until<br />
January 2021 that she made the decision<br />
to stop offering her party planning services,<br />
rebrand, and set up a new website.<br />
Her online shop showcases the simple,<br />
traditional decoration that she’s given her<br />
own modern and stylish look. The current<br />
bestseller is pastel rainbow bunting which<br />
includes eight different coloured felt flags<br />
per metre. Sarah hopes it is more accessible<br />
to more people, from an ease of use and<br />
affordability point of view.<br />
Holly Tucker MBE, co-founder of awardwinning<br />
online marketplace Not on the<br />
High Street, has been a big inspiration<br />
as an advocate of small, female-led<br />
businesses. Sarah works with a professional<br />
photographer on her product photography.<br />
They often feature products from other small<br />
businesses, who she tries to tag in social<br />
media posts to make it easier to shop all of<br />
them.<br />
Evidently, the impact of the pandemic was a<br />
mixed bag for Sarah and her young family.<br />
Although she lost income through not being<br />
able to run her party planning business, she<br />
still feels very lucky.<br />
“My daughter is three now, so we didn’t<br />
have the challenge of homeschooling,” says Sarah.<br />
“My husband Anthony was only furloughed for a<br />
short period, then he was working from home. It was<br />
SARAH’S PRETTY BUNTING HAS<br />
BEEN A HIT WITH PARENTS<br />
STYLED TO SPARKLE FOUNDER SARAH<br />
AND DAUGHTER ARLA<br />
challenging having a toddler who’d just decided to<br />
walk at home full-time, but she went back to nursery<br />
two days a week in July 2020. Lockdown was a<br />
horrible scenario, but we were so grateful to have<br />
that time with her.”<br />
And despite having completely changed<br />
the direction of her business, Sarah<br />
insists she would never go back to party<br />
planning: “It’s the commitment of time on<br />
the weekends,” she explains. “Although I<br />
still work long hours, I can be a bit more<br />
flexible about when those hours are.”<br />
As many small independent retailers do,<br />
Sarah finds that certain times of year,<br />
like Christmas, are busier than others<br />
- and she plans for that accordingly.<br />
Even so, the inconsistency of sales is one<br />
of the toughest parts of running her<br />
own business. The challenge is to stay<br />
motivated during those quieter months,<br />
like January, especially when it comes to<br />
admin, accounts, marketing and all the<br />
other aspects of the job that have very<br />
little to do with making beautiful things.<br />
“While I love pushing the brand forward<br />
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and seeing the direction it could go,<br />
it’s all the elements that go on behind<br />
the scenes to make that happen that<br />
are challenging. I’d love to sit sewing<br />
all day! But I have to plan my time<br />
really carefully. You’ve got to stay<br />
motivated and use your time wisely to<br />
grow your business in other ways.”<br />
Day-to-day, the most enjoyable<br />
part of running Styled to Sparkle<br />
for Sarah is the ability to use her<br />
creativity. And although she’s not in<br />
a physical shop, she appreciates the<br />
direct interaction with customers<br />
over social media and email that she<br />
missed out on during her years as a<br />
corporate buyer.<br />
Looking ahead, Sarah is laser-focused<br />
on keeping her product offering<br />
straightforward and high-quality, with<br />
plans to expand her product range<br />
only as far as hooks to help hang your<br />
bunting. But that doesn’t mean she’s<br />
not busy looking to the future of the business.<br />
“I’m designing new collections and trying to establish<br />
Styled to Sparkle’s reputation as a kids’ brand,” she<br />
says. “I’m also doing more in-person markets and<br />
growing the wholesale business across the UK as well<br />
as internationally. I love to create the product and<br />
will always design the collections, but to grow the<br />
business I will need to hire somebody to help with<br />
production this year. It will be hard for me to hand<br />
SARAH HAS LONG HAD A PASSION FOR<br />
KIDS’ PRODUCTS AND NURSERY STYLING<br />
that over!”<br />
So, what advice does Sarah have for others who<br />
might be thinking about ditching the day job and<br />
setting up on their own?<br />
“I think you’ve got to have a clear idea of what<br />
you want to achieve, and that goal has to be your<br />
own,” she says. “It’s really easy to get distracted by<br />
what other people are doing - that might be other<br />
businesses, how many followers or likes they’ve got -<br />
but it doesn’t really show a true picture. Even<br />
well-meaning advice from relatives or friends<br />
can be distracting. We all have days of selfdoubt<br />
and you need to be able to refer back<br />
to the goals you’ve set so that you know which<br />
direction you’re going in.”<br />
Sarah’s also a strong advocate of regularly<br />
taking stock of your successes and<br />
achievements, however big or small.<br />
“Joining Not on the High Street last year was<br />
a highlight for me. I really pushed myself to<br />
apply for that, maybe when I hadn’t been as<br />
confident previously. Even if it’s something<br />
small, I think it’s really important to stay<br />
motivated by looking at how far you’ve<br />
come.”<br />
For more details on Sarah’s designs,<br />
visit www.styledtosparkle-kidshome.<br />
co.uk where you can use the offer code<br />
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Tamworth Arts & Events by arrangement with Tony Denton Promotions presents<br />
TAMWORTH CASTLE GROUNDS<br />
SATURDAY 23 JULY <strong>2022</strong><br />
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Tamworth Castle Grounds, Holloway, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 7NA<br />
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Check out what’s coming up in for this June at the newly<br />
refurbished Tamworth Assembly Rooms Theatre.<br />
A Right Royal Knees<br />
Up!<br />
Thursday 2 June<br />
The Best of Queen<br />
Friday 3 June<br />
The Queen’s Knickers<br />
Saturday 4 June<br />
Step Inside the 60s<br />
Friday 10 June<br />
The D-Day Darlings<br />
Sunday 12 June<br />
Great British Seaside<br />
Show 13, 14, 28 & 29 June<br />
Box Office: 01827 709618 www.tamworthassemblyrooms.co.uk<br />
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F E AT U R E<br />
Baked to perfection<br />
LEE DESANGES, AWARD-WINNING CHEF AND OWNER OF BAKED IN BRICK, IS OPENING HIS FIRST<br />
BAKEHOUSE IN HIS HOMETOWN OF SUTTON COLDFIELD. KATY EDGINGTON FINDS OUT MORE<br />
LEE AND THE TEAM QUICKLY<br />
BECAME LEADERS IN THE STREET<br />
FOOD SCENE<br />
A former ironmongers shop in Sutton Coldfield<br />
has undergone a major transformation this spring.<br />
The building will be given a new lease of life by<br />
Bakehouse, a brand new three-floor bakery, café and<br />
eatery from the Baked in Brick team, which is set to<br />
open by early June.<br />
Having grown up in Wylde Green, Lee DeSanges,<br />
award-winning chef and owner of Baked in Brick,<br />
has chosen his hometown of Sutton Coldfield for<br />
the location of his third premises. The opening of<br />
Bakehouse by Baked in Brick follows the success<br />
of Lee’s Custard Factory restaurant and Erdington<br />
bakery outlet. He’s excited to return to this familiar<br />
area to open the very first Bakehouse by Baked in<br />
Brick.<br />
“I’ve always wanted to open a place in Sutton<br />
Coldfield,” Lee says. “It is where I’m from, so<br />
I’ve got lots of family and friends nearby, and the<br />
business is quite well known in Sutton Coldfield<br />
because everybody recognises it’s run by somebody<br />
from the area. There’s a lot of buzz.<br />
“It’s also quite fortunate that the premises is in<br />
front of a primary school, to the left of a secondary<br />
school, with lots of residential housing around it, and<br />
the actual town centre only a stone’s throw away.<br />
“I love baking bread, and I really geek out on<br />
things like sourdough. So to move into that in a<br />
shop is really cool. I just think there’s something so<br />
wholesome about a bakery - selling bread and cakes<br />
and croissants - it’s really nice.”<br />
The Baked in Brick story starts back in 2015, when<br />
classically trained chef Lee converted a classic Mini<br />
into an unlikely street food business. He installed<br />
a hand-built pizza oven on the back and a BBQ<br />
under the bonnet in a novel way to apply his love of<br />
cooking over fire.<br />
Baked in Brick was an overnight success, achieving<br />
recognition in 2016 as ‘Best Street Food Trader’ at<br />
the British Street Food Awards with a menu that<br />
included pizzas and chicken tikka wraps. In 2017,<br />
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Lee travelled to Berlin in his newly converted<br />
VW LT28 to compete in the European<br />
Street Food Awards. There he won ‘Best<br />
Main Course’ for his beef shin ragu and wild<br />
mushroom calzone with Colston Bassett blue<br />
stilton dip - plus the top accolade of ‘Best<br />
Street Food in Europe’.<br />
Then, in 2019, Lee made the transition from<br />
street food, events and festivals into bricks and<br />
mortar. He opened his first Baked in Brick<br />
restaurant within the iconic Custard Factory<br />
in Digbeth.<br />
“Setting up a restaurant is very different to<br />
operating a street food business, from hiring<br />
front of house staff and chefs to running the<br />
business in a more streamlined way,” he notes.<br />
“In street food it’s very much a case of you<br />
turning up, selling your street food, paying<br />
your pitch fee and going home.<br />
“If you don’t sell very much, you don’t have<br />
all the overheads like electricity bills, rates and<br />
everything else that comes with a restaurant.<br />
Third venue in, we’ve got a much more<br />
structured business. We’re ready and really<br />
excited to open the next venue.”<br />
Lee explains that although he’s always been<br />
keen to have a bakery, the seeds of the Baked<br />
in Brick Bakehouse concept came about because of<br />
the pandemic. During lockdown he was doing street<br />
food popups in car parks just to keep the business<br />
going. With burger buns practically impossible to get<br />
hold of elsewhere, he was baking all of his own buns<br />
- and requests to buy them were flooding in.<br />
“We had all the bakery equipment at our industrial<br />
unit in Erdington where we do the wholesale baking,<br />
BAKED IN BRICK WAS FOUNDED<br />
BY CHEF AND FOODIE LEE<br />
DESANGES<br />
BAKEHOUSE WILL OFFER AN<br />
ARRAY OF SWEET TREATS TOO<br />
so we’d open up the shutters on a Saturday, post<br />
about it on social media, and people from the local<br />
community would come along to buy their bread and<br />
cakes,” Lee explains. “We got such a good response<br />
to that, that’s why we decided to go for it and open a<br />
shop.”<br />
All of Bakehouse’s bread and cakes will be made offsite<br />
at Baked in Brick’s wholesale bakery, which is just<br />
five minutes away. One of<br />
Lee’s personal favourites<br />
is their double chocolate<br />
brownie - cooked for just<br />
the right length of time to<br />
stay perfectly gooey.<br />
The on-site kitchen will be<br />
where the brunch, lunch<br />
and evening menus are<br />
prepared. It sits on the<br />
ground floor of the threefloor<br />
venue, where the<br />
team will sell baked goods<br />
and there are 12 covers as<br />
well as customer toilets.<br />
On the first floor, you<br />
will find two good-sized<br />
lounge rooms with plenty<br />
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of comfortable seating,<br />
while the second floor space<br />
will be available to hire for<br />
hosting business meetings,<br />
interviews or launches.<br />
Bakehouse by Baked in<br />
Brick also has a drinks<br />
licence, so the venue will be<br />
open on Thursday, Friday<br />
and Saturday evenings.<br />
The staple food offerings<br />
will consist of things like<br />
charcuterie and cheese<br />
boards, and Lee also plans<br />
to have some cicchetti<br />
available. Originating in<br />
Venice, these are popular<br />
Italian bar snacks or small<br />
plates, similar to tapas, that<br />
will be pre-made on the<br />
counter ready for you to<br />
pick a selection.<br />
You can expect occasional<br />
pop-ups as well, from paella nights, burger nights<br />
and pizza nights, to three-course meals for special<br />
BREAD IS A REAL<br />
PASSION FOR LEE<br />
BAKED IN BRICK STARTED LIFE<br />
AS A STREET FOOD TRADER IN A<br />
CONVERTED MINI<br />
dates like Valentine’s Day. The plan is to keep the<br />
evening offering interesting by constantly changing<br />
and evolving.<br />
So, what’s next for the Baked in Brick<br />
brand? Can we expect more Bakehouses<br />
around the West Midlands?<br />
“I would love to open more Bakehouses<br />
because I think people love good bread,<br />
good food and good coffee,” says Lee. “If<br />
the right site came up, I’d open another<br />
Baked in Brick pizzeria street food<br />
restaurant. I’m lucky in the sense that we<br />
get offered a lot of different opportunities.<br />
It’s finding the balance of making sure we<br />
don’t overdo it, but that we do take up the<br />
right opportunities.”<br />
Meanwhile at Bakehouse, where you’ll be<br />
able to pick up staples like butter and milk<br />
alongside your bread, cakes and patisserie,<br />
Lee is hoping locals will embrace his<br />
vision: “I see it as a friendly, independent,<br />
neighbourhood bakery and coffee shop,<br />
and I’m hoping that’s how the community<br />
will see it too.”<br />
Bakehouse by Baked in Brick will be<br />
open Monday to Wednesday from 8am-<br />
4pm, Thursday to Saturday from 8am to<br />
10:30pm, and Sundays from 9am to 4pm.<br />
To see menus and subscribe to stay up to<br />
date, visit www.bakedinbrick.co.uk<br />
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P R O P E RTY<br />
Property of the Month<br />
EACH MONTH WE SHOWCASE ONE OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS PROPERTIES ON THE MARKET<br />
IN THE MIDLANDS. THIS MONTH’S SELECTION IS A TRADITIONAL FARMHOUSE, LOCATED IN AN<br />
IDYLLIC SEMI-RURAL LOCATION WITH OUTSTANDING VIEWS, OFFERING IMMENSE POTENTIAL<br />
FOR MODERNISATION OR COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT<br />
Birch Farm, Stonnall Road, Walsall: Offers in excess of £795,000<br />
On the market with Aston Knowles: 0121 362 7878<br />
THE AGENT SAYS: Birch Farm is a traditional<br />
farmhouse situated on Stonnall Road, between Mill Green<br />
and Aldridge. This idyllic location means the property<br />
benefits from extensive grounds with panoramic rural<br />
views of local greenbelt.<br />
There are various outbuildings within the site that offer<br />
potential for re-development either to the farmhouse itself<br />
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25 years of Cars in the Park<br />
ROTARY CARS IN THE PARK CELEBRATES 25 YEARS THIS JULY WITH A FUN-<br />
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Every year in Lichfield, Rotary Cars in<br />
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and modified cars and in excess of<br />
20,000 visitors to admire them. And<br />
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national and international good causes.<br />
As always, the show will take place<br />
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gardens and open spaces. After moving<br />
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Covid-19 pandemic, Cars in the Park<br />
will return to the first weekend of July.<br />
<strong>2022</strong> will be a particularly special year<br />
as it marks the event’s 25th anniversary.<br />
Lichfield St Chad Rotary Club’s Andrew Maw has<br />
been chairman of Cars in the Park since 2017. He<br />
explains how the event has expanded over the last<br />
two and a half decades, from a modest display of<br />
a few cars to a calendar staple with a well-earned<br />
national reputation.<br />
“It started in 1997. A member of the [Lichfield St<br />
Chad Rotary] Club called Ian Hodgson was a dealer<br />
MORE THAN 2,000 CARS<br />
WILL BE ON DISPLAY<br />
CARS IN THE PARK IS ONE OF THE<br />
LARGEST CLASSIC CAR SHOWS IN<br />
THE COUNTRY<br />
principal for a garage in Burntwood. It was his idea<br />
to try a classic car show, and it started with no more<br />
than 10 cars in Beacon Park.<br />
“It’s grown from there to become one of the largest<br />
classic car shows in the country - certainly in the<br />
West Midlands. There’s an event called the Bromley<br />
Pageant of Motoring that features more than 3,000<br />
vehicles, but for the last seven or eight years we’ve<br />
had upwards of 2,000 cars attending which is very<br />
good. We fill the park every year.”<br />
To make the 25th anniversary weekend<br />
extra special there will be judging to<br />
choose the best cars at the show, and<br />
each entrant will be presented with<br />
a certificate and a window sticker to<br />
commemorate the event.<br />
As well as the many fantastic classic<br />
and modified cars on display, both<br />
from car clubs and single entries, there<br />
will be plenty of food and drink, trade<br />
and other stalls spread throughout the<br />
park. After what has been a difficult<br />
two years for the motor trade, the show<br />
will also have an array of main dealers<br />
in attendance to showcase the latest<br />
models from many different marques.<br />
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In the arena in the middle of the<br />
park, a selection of car clubs will<br />
be invited to display their cars<br />
and talk about them to the public.<br />
Visitors can also expect a thrilling<br />
BMX display by a local group on<br />
Sunday, July 3, a feature of the<br />
show which has proven extremely<br />
popular over the last couple of<br />
years.<br />
There’s also plenty to keep<br />
younger visitors entertained<br />
besides, of course, the play areas<br />
in Beacon Park, says Andrew:<br />
“Cars in the Park provides a great<br />
day out for families - it’s not just<br />
for bearded classic car enthusiasts!<br />
There will be children’s<br />
entertainment - inflatable slides,<br />
roundabouts, football games - and lots of other<br />
things for them to have a look at and do.”<br />
Children will also love seeing and exploring the<br />
helicopter on the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity<br />
(MAAC) stand. MAAC will once again be the main<br />
charity represented at the event, with their own<br />
impressive stand to demonstrate their invaluable<br />
work.<br />
The sheer scale of the event, not to mention its<br />
location in the heart of the city, makes it a great feat<br />
of organisation. Each year around 90 volunteers<br />
are needed to run the show, while the year-round<br />
preparation efforts involve between 20 and 30 people<br />
on a regular basis. As soon as the show is over, work<br />
starts to arrange the next one.<br />
Andrew and the team who volunteer to organise and<br />
CLASSIC CARS AND CAR<br />
ETHUSIASTS WILL BE FLOCKING<br />
TO THE 25TH CARS IN THE PARK<br />
NEXT MONTH<br />
staff the event only ask that visitors give as generously<br />
as they can, as main the objective of Cars in the Park<br />
is to raise money for charitable causes. To park onsite,<br />
there’s a small charge of £5 per car, no matter<br />
how many people are in it. There is no entry charge<br />
for members of the public who arrive on foot, but<br />
donations are very much welcomed. You will see<br />
volunteers around the park with collecting buckets,<br />
but they will also have card readers for those of us<br />
who don’t carry cash.<br />
Once all the funds raised are in, Lichfield St Chad<br />
Rotary Club will meet with The Stan Bowley Trust -<br />
co-organisers of this year’s event - to decide how the<br />
money will be divided.<br />
“A large proportion will probably go to Ukraine<br />
and Ukrainian refugees,” says Andrew of this year’s<br />
causes. “We do support local charities, particularly<br />
We love Lichfield, Lichfield Police<br />
Cadets and the women’s refuge.<br />
This year The Stan Bowley Trust<br />
will be deciding with us how monies<br />
are divided, and of course some of<br />
the proceeds will go to them.”<br />
Rotary Cars in the Park <strong>2022</strong> will be<br />
held on Saturday, July 2 and Sunday,<br />
July 3. Gates will open from 7.00am<br />
and the show will close each day at<br />
4.00pm. Entrants will not usually be<br />
admitted after 11.00am as the park<br />
will be full to capacity, so if you’re<br />
planning to enter a vehicle book in<br />
advance and arrive early if you can.<br />
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www.carsinthepark.com
F O O D & D R I N K<br />
Master of his craft<br />
HE IMPRESSED THE JUDGES AND CRITICS ON MASTERCHEF: THE PROFESSIONALS, AND<br />
NOW LIAM ROGERS HAS WOWED THE DISCERNING DINERS OF LICHFIELD AT A SPECIAL<br />
EVENING WITH SAUCE SUPPER CLUB, AS AMY NORBURY DISCOVERED<br />
As a finalist on the toughest cookery<br />
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Gleneagles.<br />
After four years north of the border, Liam moved to<br />
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Sat Bains - that’s another two Michelin stars right<br />
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decided to throw his hat into the MasterChef ring in<br />
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And it is that star power which saw diners in their<br />
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Lichfield at their Thyme Kitchen headquarters.<br />
An evening with Sauce Supper Club is always a topnotch<br />
affair, and Liam proved to be no exception.<br />
From the moment we stepped through the door,<br />
the convivial atmosphere, exemplary service and<br />
delicious food made it an evening to remember.<br />
After being shown to our seats, we got our first look<br />
at the menu. What immediately stood out was the<br />
lack of meat, with just the main course out of five<br />
being meat-based. When he later popped over to our<br />
table to say ‘hi’, Liam explained that he wanted to<br />
showcase the very best in seasonal produce, and let<br />
those amazing spring veggies speak for themselves.<br />
Good on him.<br />
As a gluten-intolerant diner, my guest was certainly<br />
well looked after, with Liam tweaking each course to<br />
ensure her dishes were gluten-free but just as tasty.<br />
And that showed from the off, as she was wowed by<br />
Liam’s gluten-free bread, which was nibbled on as<br />
we perused the wine list. My own sourdough and<br />
Marmite butter was certainly moreish too; I’m not<br />
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a fan of Marmite usually, but this butter was just<br />
sublime.<br />
The first course proper was a celebration of that<br />
springtime hero; asparagus. Here, served with chive<br />
and black garlic emulsions and liberally sprinkled<br />
with sourdough crumb - gluten-free for my guest<br />
- it was dressed to its best yet still star of the show.<br />
Perfectly tender and exuding that wonderful<br />
freshness of British asparagus in season, it was a<br />
stellar start.<br />
And the seasonal stars kept coming, with Jersey<br />
Royals taking centre stage for the next course.<br />
Barbecued to perfection and accompanied by a<br />
beautifully light whipped creme fraiche, confit leeks,<br />
leek puree and a dusting of ash - in keeping with the<br />
barbecue theme - it was a well-balanced dish, with<br />
lovely hints of sweetness coming from those glorious<br />
little potatoes and the leeks two ways, contrasted by a<br />
welcome tang from the creme fraiche.<br />
Onto the main course, and it was time for a little<br />
something for all the meat lovers. The beautifully<br />
pink roasted loin of lamb was mouth-wateringly<br />
tender, accompanied by a punchy lamb jus and a<br />
delicately sweet wild garlic puree - another seasonal<br />
triumph.<br />
But the standout on the plate took me rather by<br />
surprise. I’m by no means a fan of offal, but the offal<br />
choux farce - a little offal meatball wrapped in a<br />
cabbage leaf - was packed with flavour, a real bite of<br />
deliciousness which quite frankly stole the show.<br />
The pre-dessert showed off Liam’s playful side -<br />
something which didn’t always come across in the<br />
MasterChef kitchen - with his Jammy Roger. A play<br />
on his name, it was a fancy riff on a British teatime<br />
treat, the humble biscuit elevated to new heights with<br />
a rich, buttery pastry and sweet yet tart rhubarb and<br />
custard filling.<br />
It set the scene for the grand finale, and when<br />
three of the four elements of dessert are listed as<br />
artichoke, miso and sourdough, you know you’re in<br />
for something a little different. A complex marriage<br />
of flavours and textures with purees of artichoke,<br />
miso and blackberry accompanied by slivers of<br />
toasted sourdough, it was a thought-provoking<br />
and accomplished dessert which showcased Liam’s<br />
culinary chops and ambitious style.<br />
As busy as he was in the kitchen, with a packed<br />
restaurant of eager diners, Liam made sure to do<br />
the rounds among the guests, chatting away and<br />
answering questions with the ease<br />
of a man who wasn’t in the middle<br />
of a demanding service.<br />
Following his MasterChef stint,<br />
Liam travelled to Dubai to<br />
compete in the World Young Chef<br />
Young Waiter competition, placing<br />
an impressive third in the chef<br />
category. And his ambitions don’t<br />
stop there.<br />
With starry dreams of his own,<br />
dining in a Liam Rogers-owned<br />
restaurant could easily be on the<br />
cards in the future. But wherever<br />
the next step in his journey takes<br />
him, he’s certainly one to watch.<br />
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W H AT ’ S O N<br />
On the trail for art<br />
ART LOVERS ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR FIX OF SUTTON COLDFIELD’S FINEST, AS<br />
THE SUTTON COLDFIELD ART TRAIL RETURNS TO THE ROYAL TOWN THIS MONTH<br />
Over the weekend of<br />
June 11 and 12, art<br />
aficionados can enjoy<br />
a series of exhibitions<br />
and demonstrations by<br />
local artists as the Sutton<br />
Coldfield Art Trail returns<br />
for its sixth year.<br />
The Sutton Coldfield<br />
Art Trail was started by<br />
local painter, sculptor and<br />
ceramicist Petra Röhr-<br />
Rouendaal alongside<br />
a small group of local<br />
artists in 2016. The event<br />
is now well established<br />
as a regular fixture in the<br />
summer calendar, interrupted by the pandemic for<br />
only one year, when an online exhibition was held<br />
instead.<br />
Artists working across a range of media take part in a<br />
number of locations around the town, including the<br />
very public Gracechurch Centre, the Sailing Club<br />
beside Powells Pool, The Duke Pub and several of<br />
CERAMICIST HELEN HAYWOOD-WILLIS<br />
ARTISTS TIM GRIFFITHS, KATHRYN SAWBRIDGE, PETRA RÖHR-<br />
ROUENDAAL, UNA SMITH AND JAMES WARE WILL ALL BE TAKING PART<br />
the artists’ own homes or studios.<br />
Much of the artwork on display will be for sale,<br />
but the main objective of the event is to enhance<br />
awareness of the range and quality of work<br />
produced by artists in the local area and to enhance<br />
communication between the participating artists<br />
and the public. Artists are present throughout to<br />
demonstrate their<br />
skills and to discuss<br />
their work and<br />
working methods,<br />
while information on<br />
local opportunities<br />
to take part in art<br />
classes and art groups<br />
is available at each<br />
centre.<br />
The Trail aims to<br />
represent the best<br />
of art in the Sutton<br />
Coldfield area - many<br />
of the participating<br />
artists work<br />
professionally and all<br />
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This year the Trail includes 28 artists who will be<br />
showing their creativity in many forms, including<br />
painting, ceramics, sculpture, illustration, collage,<br />
photo-collage, jewellery and textile art. Several of the<br />
venues include activities for<br />
children, including the chance<br />
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Art Trail president Rachel<br />
David said: “Visitors in past<br />
years have commented on<br />
how much they have enjoyed<br />
the relaxed atmosphere with<br />
the opportunity to discuss the<br />
work on show with the artists<br />
who have made it.”<br />
The Trail produces a leaflet,<br />
which includes a map with<br />
numbered venues and<br />
examples of work by each<br />
artist. Anyone who visits all<br />
the venues, and has their<br />
brochure stamped at each one,<br />
is eligible to enter a draw for a<br />
small prize. Over the years, an<br />
increasing number of people<br />
have completed the whole<br />
trail on foot, bicycle, by car or<br />
public transport.<br />
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In addition to the brochure,<br />
each artist has a gallery<br />
page on the Art Trail<br />
website where the whole<br />
brochure is also available<br />
to download. There is also<br />
an Instagram account @<br />
suttoncoldfieldarttrail<strong>2022</strong><br />
where examples of<br />
artists’ work are regularly<br />
uploaded in the weeks prior<br />
to the event.<br />
The Art Trail is supported<br />
by Royal Sutton Coldfield<br />
Town Council, the<br />
Gracechurch Centre<br />
and the Sutton Coldfield<br />
Society of Artists, but the<br />
hard work is done by the<br />
artists themselves. The<br />
event will run from 10am<br />
to 4pm each day and is<br />
completely free. Most venues provide tea, coffee,<br />
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THE WEST MIDLANDS THIS MONTH, AS WE CELEBRATE THE QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE<br />
WHAT: THE QUEEN’S KNICKERS<br />
WHERE: TAMWORTH ASSEMBLY ROOMS<br />
WHEN: <strong>JUNE</strong> 4<br />
The Queen’s Knickers is a bouncy and colourful musical, based on the classic children’s<br />
book that has been a bestseller for over 25 years. Catch it at Tamworth Assembly Rooms<br />
as part of the towns’ Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.<br />
The Queen has lots of important events to attend, but disaster has struck the palace.<br />
Her Majesty’s knickers have been nicked - call the royal guard! Meanwhile, a little girl is<br />
wondering what knickers Her Majesty will choose to wear on a school visit... Will they be<br />
her ‘at home’ knickers - adorned with corgis - or her ‘garden party’ knickers, or perhaps<br />
her woolly Balmoral ones?<br />
You’ll find this regal children’s musical is full of songs and silliness - not to mention a<br />
corgi or two! TaleGate Theatre Productions, producers of ‘Father Christmas Needs A<br />
Wee!’ and ‘The Giant’s Loo Roll’ stop off in Tamworth for two performances over the<br />
bank holiday weekend.<br />
Tickets are £12.50 or £13.50 and shows start at 11am and 2pm. For more information<br />
visit www.tamworthassemblyrooms.co.uk<br />
WHAT: DIVERSITY - CONNECTED <strong>2022</strong><br />
WHERE: THE ALEXANDRA, BIRMINGHAM<br />
WHEN: <strong>JUNE</strong> 13 AND 14<br />
Diversity took the nation by storm when they won the third series of Britain’s Got<br />
Talent in 2009. So far, they’ve sold out nine UK and Irish tours and performed countless<br />
times on TV and live. The group celebrated their incredible achievements and ten year<br />
anniversary with a sell out, critically acclaimed 48 show tour in 2019, Born Ready.<br />
This year they’re back, and the new tour is set to be even bigger. To take them into the<br />
next decade of Diversity, troupe leader and choreographer Ashley Banjo has created a<br />
new show, Connected, which centres around the world of social media, the internet, and<br />
the digital era we’re living in, but more importantly how this connects us all.<br />
Ashley returned as a judge on Dancing on Ice earlier this year. He is also host and<br />
creative in The Real Full Monty and The Real Full Monty: Ladies Night, raising<br />
awareness of prostate and breast cancer respectively. Tickets for the Connected tour,<br />
landing in Birmingham on June 13 and 14, are available from £33.90. To book visit<br />
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WHAT: BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND<br />
WHERE: LICHFIELD GARRICK<br />
WHEN: <strong>JUNE</strong> 19<br />
The Brighouse and Rastrick Band was formed more than 125 years ago through public<br />
donations given by the townsfolk of the adjacent villages of Brighouse and Rastrick that<br />
face each other across the River Calder in West Yorkshire, England.<br />
To this day, the band is still supported through public subscriptions alongside its own<br />
fundraising efforts. Its amateur members - who practise at their purpose-built hall<br />
and music library called West Ridings at Brighouse High School - traditionally pride<br />
themselves on being financially independent.<br />
The band - regarded by many as the best and most consistent public subscription band<br />
in the world - has a formidable reputation for highly entertaining concerts with both<br />
the general public and brass band connoisseurs. Indeed, they’re past winners of the<br />
Yorkshire Brass Band Championship and the National Brass Band Championships of<br />
Great Britain.<br />
Tickets to see the Brighouse and Rastrick Band at the Lichfield Garrick this June are<br />
£20. For more details, go to www.lichfieldgarrick.com<br />
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WHAT: BIRMINGHAM ROYAL BALLET - ON YOUR MARKS<br />
WHERE: BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME<br />
WHEN: <strong>JUNE</strong> 23 TO 25<br />
All eyes will be on Birmingham this summer as it welcomes the<br />
Commonwealth Games. To mark the moment, Birmingham Royal Ballet’s<br />
Director Carlos Acosta is bringing together three thrilling works for a<br />
triple bill. Presented as part of Birmingham International Dance Festival<br />
<strong>2022</strong>, On Your Marks is set to celebrate the expressive energy and gravitydefying<br />
athleticism of the company’s world-class dancers.<br />
Jorge Crecis created the dazzling 12 for Acosta Danza, Acosta’s company.<br />
Dancers from BRB and Acosta Danza will be teaming up for the first time<br />
to premiere a new version of this ‘dance-sport’ dive into the power of<br />
teamwork, retitled 24.<br />
There’ll be a new work inspired by the Games from brilliant young<br />
Brazilian choreographer Juliano Nunes, whose recent pieces include<br />
commissions for NDT2 and Marie-Agnès Gillot. And to close, a dynamic,<br />
ecstatic ode to the power of nature and the glory of movement: Will<br />
Tuckett’s Lazuli Sky, set to John Adams’s irresistible Shaker Loops and<br />
premiered by BRB to great acclaim in 2020.<br />
Tickets start from £16. For more information visit<br />
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WHAT: HOUSEWIVES ON HOLIDAY<br />
WHERE: LICHFIELD GARRICK<br />
WHEN: <strong>JUNE</strong> 24 AND 25<br />
From the writers and producers of Hormonal Housewives and Girls Just<br />
Wanna Have Fun, it’s time to get away from it all and join the cast and<br />
crew for Housewives on Holiday at the Lichfield Garrick this month.<br />
What’s better than letting your hair down with the girls? Letting your hair<br />
down with the girls on holiday, of course! Holidays, like women, come in<br />
all shapes and sizes. From wild partying to wild swimming, from Club 18-<br />
30 to Club 80-130, join the ladies as they romp through a tapas of holiday<br />
heaven, holiday hell, and most of all holiday hilarity.<br />
From the Costa del Sol to the Costa del Clacton, there’s no sucking in your<br />
belly on this beach - you’ll be among friends here. So, grab your passport<br />
and bikini, slap on the Fun Factor 50 and let it all hang out with the<br />
housewives on holiday!<br />
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WHAT: THE GREAT BRITISH SEASIDE MATINEE SHOW AND<br />
LUNCH<br />
WHERE: TAMWORTH ASSEMBLY ROOMS<br />
WHEN: VARIOUS DATES, INCLUDING <strong>JUNE</strong> 28 AND 29<br />
Producers of The D-Day Darlings, Revival Live UK, will present their<br />
brand new summer variety extravaganza in Tamworth this June.<br />
Based on the classic end of pier variety show, spend the afternoon on a<br />
nostalgic trip down memory lane. The show will take you back to the good<br />
old days when summer meant family trips to the seaside, donkey rides, fish<br />
and chips, Punch and Judy, fairground rides, and striped deck chairs.<br />
Expect singing, dancing and comedy, as well as a musical tribute to Mr<br />
George Formby and Friends. Plus, the show features a feast of toe-tapping<br />
music to get you singing along and in the mood for summer with songs<br />
like ‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside’, ‘Summertime blues’, ‘Itsy bitsy<br />
teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini’, ‘In the summertime’, ‘Little stick of<br />
Blackpool rock’, ‘We’re all going on a summer holiday’ and many more.<br />
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which starts at 1.30pm. To book, visit<br />
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F I N A N C E<br />
ADVERTISING FEATURE<br />
Wealth Matters<br />
A MONTHLY REVIEW OF THE WORLD OF FINANCE FROM<br />
LICHFIELD FINANCIAL ADVISER JEAN LAMB DipPFS<br />
Pension Planning? It’s an outdated concept<br />
When I first started providing financial advice some<br />
30 years ago, we used the term “pension planning”<br />
when referring to retirement. And indeed in those<br />
days that is essentially what it was. The pensioners of<br />
today were still in the workplace, they largely knew<br />
what to expect when it came to retirement and it was<br />
all about their pension.<br />
They knew what their State Pension age would be<br />
and that they would almost certainly retire when<br />
they reached that point. Many also knew they could<br />
bank on a guaranteed income from this and from an<br />
employer’s Final Salary (or Defined Benefit) scheme<br />
and could predict pretty accurately what it was going<br />
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Put simply - that has now changed and will continue<br />
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Fundamental Changes<br />
Increases in the State Pension age (particularly<br />
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reshaped retirement and it’s set to rise again to 67<br />
between 2026 and 2028.<br />
The past decade has also seen radical changes to<br />
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being the most obvious example; allowing savers to<br />
access their pension pots from age 55 and giving them<br />
far greater choice, flexibility and control as to how<br />
they use their funds.<br />
However, as I often tell my pension clients, choice<br />
brings with it layers of complexity.<br />
We have seen the demise of Final Salary (Defined<br />
Benefit) pensions and the corresponding rise in<br />
Defined Contribution schemes which shift much<br />
of the investment risk and responsibility from the<br />
employer to individuals.<br />
The Modern Way<br />
Previous generations enjoyed plenty of certainty,<br />
but not much control. Conversely, for the retirement<br />
savers of today, there’s not much certainty and very<br />
little in the way of guarantees. But what they do have<br />
is a much bigger say in how and when they retire,<br />
right from the beginning of the savings journey<br />
through into later life.<br />
Seize the Day<br />
The variable nature of what you may end up with<br />
decades down the line makes it absolutely essential for<br />
current and future generations to take ownership of<br />
their journey to retirement at an early stage.<br />
Individuals have more decisions to make along the<br />
way and no longer can you rely upon the “one size fits<br />
all” pension plan. Pensions will remain a cornerstone<br />
of retirement planning. However, other forms of<br />
investment also have a big role to play; not least to<br />
assist in tax planning your retirement income at the<br />
other end of the journey.<br />
All of this makes sound financial advice vital to<br />
keeping up with ever-changing legislation, managing<br />
risk, and making sure that your plans are suitable, and<br />
appropriate and helping to keep them on track. It can<br />
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complexity of modern pensions on your own.<br />
So, find yourself a good financial adviser who will<br />
make that journey with you and help you take control<br />
of your future to give you the best possible chance of<br />
achieving the retirement you want.<br />
The value of an investment with St. James’s Place will<br />
be directly linked to the performance of the funds<br />
selected and may fall as well as rise. You may get back<br />
less than the amount invested.<br />
Jean Lamb is Principal of Jean Lamb Wealth Consultancy<br />
6A Market Street, Lichfield, WS13 6LH - Tel: 01543 417342<br />
Email: jean.lamb@sjpp.co.uk - Website: www.jeanlamb.co.uk<br />
Jean Lamb Wealth Consultancy is an Appointed Representative of and represents only St. James’s Place Wealth Management Plc (which is<br />
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BEAUTY<br />
Skincare in your teens<br />
FROM SPOTS AND BLOCKED PORES TO EXCESS OIL AND BLACKHEADS, TEENAGERS SEEM TO FACE A NEVER-<br />
ENDING LIST OF SKIN ISSUES AND STRUGGLE TO KEEP THEIR COMPLEXIONS IN CHECK. BUT BY STARTING<br />
AN EFFECTIVE ROUTINE MORNING AND NIGHT FROM A YOUNG AGE YOU CAN MANAGE MANY OF THESE<br />
NEGATIVE EFFECTS. DEBORAH MITCHELL, FOUNDER OF HEAVEN SKINCARE, SHARES HER TOP TIPS<br />
It was my own struggles with severe acne as a<br />
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Growing up, I literally tried every cream and wash<br />
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PRISM AGE DEFIANCE CREAM:<br />
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• You are what you eat ... opt for good fats and<br />
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• Introduce a daily cleansing regime. Face wipes on<br />
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• Ensuring your skin has the correct balance is<br />
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Choose products that balance PH levels.<br />
• One of the issues with oily skin is it can lack<br />
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• Acne scarring is problematic because the skin<br />
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BUSINESS<br />
Moving forward<br />
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EXPANSION, INVESTMENT AND A REBRAND SIGNAL A FRESH NEW LOOK<br />
FOR TOP WEST MIDLANDS AND WARWICKSHIRE LAW FIRM DAVISONS<br />
West Midlands and Warwickshire based<br />
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to announce a package of expansion and<br />
investment with the aim of consolidating its<br />
position as the number one property lawyers<br />
in the West Midlands and Warwickshire, while<br />
continuing to grow its non-property related<br />
services.<br />
At the core of this expansion is the rebrand<br />
of ‘QualitySolicitors Davisons’ to ‘Davisons<br />
Law’. This is a move which the firm sees as<br />
creating a “fresh, modern look, that dispels<br />
the view of law firms as old-fashioned and<br />
stuck in their ways,” said director Darryl<br />
Wilkes.<br />
Davisons has also expanded the space at five of its<br />
existing offices while opening a new office in Stafford in<br />
2021. In the latter half of <strong>2022</strong>, Davisons plans to open<br />
in three new locations, with newly acquired offices in<br />
Leamington Spa, Lichfield and London, bringing the<br />
network to 12 offices.<br />
Managing director Gary Davison said: “When I founded<br />
Davisons, the company philosophy was simple: strive to<br />
offer the best service we can for our clients.<br />
“I would like to think, 35 years later, that philosophy still<br />
holds true and underpins how we have expanded and<br />
grown. Our long term strategy has always been rooted in<br />
building strong relationships with local communities and<br />
we have achieved remarkable success in sticking with this<br />
philosophy.<br />
“The Stamp Duty holiday showed us that our<br />
commitment is valued by our clients. When other firms<br />
were turning new business away, we were able to help<br />
new and existing clients and maintain relationships with<br />
estate agents, developers, other lawyers and clients alike.<br />
“The rebrand has given us an opportunity to refocus<br />
and really think about how we continue to build and<br />
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you forward’ takes prominence on our logo and<br />
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“We want to be known as a firm that is helpful and<br />
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Director Darryl Wilkes added: “The launch of Davisons<br />
Law, the expansion of our offices, continued investment<br />
in our staff and a new case management system are all<br />
part of our strategy to modernise the way we work and<br />
continue to grow the firm.<br />
“We look to hire the right people to do the best possible<br />
job for our clients. We want Davisons Law to be known<br />
to clients and solicitors alike for its commitment to client<br />
care and professionalism.”<br />
Since March 2020 the firm has continued to grow<br />
its team and now employs more than 350 people. As<br />
a testament to the hard work of its team the business<br />
managed to increase turnover by more than 90% in the<br />
most recent financial year.<br />
Davisons Law is an Alternative Business Structure (ABS)<br />
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investment in its business structure from investors outside<br />
the legal sphere. This decision was taken in order to<br />
remove some of the limitations to growth and expansion<br />
faced by more traditional firms and further demonstrates<br />
commitment to evolving as a modern law firm.<br />
The new Davisons Law website will go live in the coming<br />
weeks, with local launch events planned throughout the<br />
remainder of the year.<br />
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auctions online each month<br />
Buy or sell with ease<br />
Valuations, viewing and<br />
consignments at our offices<br />
by appointment - free home<br />
visits for large collections,<br />
digital estimates and<br />
contactless pick-ups may<br />
be arranged<br />
The Lichfield Auction Centre<br />
Wood End Lane, Fradley Park WS13 8NF<br />
01543 251081<br />
office@richardwinterton.co.uk<br />
The Tamworth Auction Rooms<br />
34-35 Church Street, Tamworth B79 7BX<br />
01827 217746<br />
tamworth@richardwinterton.co.uk<br />
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