The Eccleshall Business Focus Group (EBFG) was formed in 2002 and has gone on to attract members from a wide variety of business sectors.

2010 sees a new phase as the Organisation looks to extend its member benefits and has ambitious plans to grow in member numbers.

The Bell has seen many changes over the years, however in 2008 it was put on the market. The then owner wanted a quick sale taking any reasonable offer…it was even suggested that The Bell would end up being converted into flats!

In the nick of time a small, but enterprising business, The Cedar Pub Company, acquired the premises and so opened a new chapter in the history of The Bell…

Whether you're big on social networking, gaming, streaming, shopping, uploading or downloading, you’ll know that broadband speed is the key to getting everything done that much faster online.

If we pull together and show our support in numbers, Eccleshall could be next in line!

Some years ago, in the dim and distant days before broadband came to the village, ExtraMile Communications Ltd (or SurveyDigital as it was then) campaigned strongly and successfully, with other members of the Eccleshall Business Focus Group, to get high speed Internet connectivity for businesses and residents alike.

Today, the company's campaign is to develop local businesses through powerful and cost-effective online media such as websites and email marketing.

Although the State Pension provides a limited income (currently £4,953 for a single person, per annum, based on a full NI record), it falls drastically short of what is really needed to fund a comfortable lifestyle. So how do we avoid poverty in retirement?

Karl Lehmann - an Associate Partner of the St. James’s Place Partnership, which is the advisory channel of St. James’s Place Wealth Management - invites readers to discuss complex methods to maximise their pension benefits.

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