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30 hours free educational childcare for 3/4 year olds. Bedlington Bears Day Nursery and Preschool. Please telephone 01670 820888.

I'm not great with names, but if Robin frequents the Red Lion I have absolutely no doubt I know him. I know of one Robin - the one associated with the football club?

Yes, that's him.

See, the dogs are taking over the world, Keith; never mind aliens, zombies, Niburu and the much-maligned apocalypse, it's teh blue and orange dogs we have to worry about. They may look cute and fluffy - oh yes - but that's a cunning disguise. Underneath they are poised to rum amok, to take control, to wreak havoc with our daily lives, and to insti fear into even the most ardent of cyber-terrorists. I am about to convene a meeting of the Table 25 cohorts to discuss the problem.

Table 25 :-) you must know my Robin.

I was at Crufts with a group of friends, supporting three of our mutual friends. A couple of friends were competing in a flyball team (and another friend was showing but came nowhere). During the flyball all of the dogs were crammed in together waiting to compete and a fight started. It was a really bad fight between two Collies, they were finally separated and taken out of sight and the commentator announced that both of the dogs were fine and not to worry about them, but they had been withdrawn from the competition because they were too excited.

My friends in the flyball team who were behind the scenes said it wasn't true! - both dogs had actually been rushed to the vets. They have both actually said they will never return to Crufts because Crufts jam the dogs in.

A reduction in business rates would go a long way to help and we do need help. All that is happening in Bedlington is that new houses are being built but there is no infrastructure in place to keep Bedlington cash in Bedlington. Newcomers come here because house prices are cheap but they commute out to spend, the making of a ghost town. Any successful small town has a good variety of shops in the high street, keeping the money' in-town' and keeping house prices steady rather than on the decline. Once house prices go on the decline in contrast to the surrounding areas (in our case because there are no shops) then the town is on a hiding to nowhere.

I can see so much good in Bedlington: a community spirit and a hidden wealth of expertise - but too few outlets for them.

Strangely enough I've just watched my boxed set of 'The League of Gentlemen'. I just can't help thinking about the theme tune and 'Local Shop' and wondering if that isn't our future. Bedlington High Street is dying a death because of lack of variety but new businesses won't come in to Bedlington because of lack of support. Support is lacking because there is no variety, catch 22.

I spoke to an ex - Bedlingtonian recently who wanted to move back to his roots but his wife refuses as there are no shops here.

It sounds like this staff member is mistaken. My own limited company is banking with TSB in Bedlington and was originally with Lloyds.

Thanks for that Fourgee. The member of staff who told me they didn't take on limited companies confirmed it with another member of staff and then went out of view to confirm it with somebody in the office. I find it very strange and I'm going to go back sometime within the next week or so to see if a mistake has been made. If you don't mind -  I'm going to say that I know that at least one limited company has already changed from Lloyds TSB to TSB (obviously I won't give your name as I don't know it anyway) :-) I'll let you know what happens.

It is also very odd as BB only uses the bank account for direct debits and paying in so it is not as if we are a complicated account.

I originally banked with Lloyds TSB in Bedlington. As you know it split and all the branches became either Lloyds or TSB. My account was sent to Lloyds without any consultation with me. It is not convenient for me to bank with Lloyds as it means wasting time travelling out of Bedlington just to bank cheques. So - I went to what was my Lloyds TSB bank and is now TSB and asked to move my account to TSB.

I could hardly believe it when they told me that they only deal with private individuals and sole traders and they didn't have the 'facilites' to deal with limited companies! What hope has business in Bedlington got?

They have a poster on the wall saying 'TSB - the bank that is unlike all other banks'. Well they certainly got that one right!

Bedlington Terriers Football Club will do it Diane (free).

Not being pedantic just a quick correction: AU is on Glebe Road, Glebe Terrace is in Choppington.

AU Computers is on Glebe Terrace, they do computer repairs and sell ink etc. They are really reasonable and give a great service. I wouldn't go anywhere else.

Is your child aged 3 by 1st April? You can have 15 hours per week FREE childcare at Bedlington Bears Day Nursery. Simply call Wendy, Donna or Tara to book your free sessions.

AWE (All Action Wrestling Entertainment) will be held at Bedlington Terriers Football Club on Sunday 23rd September. Doors open at 12.00 noon. There's also kids entertainment, live music and drinks promotions. It should be a good day!

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(B2B) Based in Barrington Industrial Estate, a related enterprise of Marbco Fire Solutions. Fantastic firm. I get my hygiene and first aid products from them and I also get brilliant advice. I would not consider going anywhere else. I get all my fire checks done by Marbco, but all business owners here will probably use them anyway. I think that once you have found a firm that gives you clear, rational advice and really great service, and they are local, you should speak up about it!

Actually, I happen to know that Bedlington is about to host a Wrestling Extravaganza in the grounds of Bedlington Terriers Football Club on August 25th! This is actually hot news because the information hasn't been released yet.

Yes, I pay £649 per month and don't even have a high street presence. God knows what they are paying elsewhere!

AND - 50% of my rate increase from last year has been deferred!

Merc,

I agree with your comments about the perilous state SME (especially micro) development is in and it angers me when I hear both central Government and NCC talk about support for the private sector as a means of addressing the imbalances in public/private sector employment while at the same time running counterproductive polices. I argued that cutting the NCC Economic Regeneration budget was madness, we should be maintaining if not increasing it at this time, because it is the only department which was making a positive impact in that scenario.

Pretty soon councils are going to be able to retain business rates, let’s hope there are still going to be some businesses left paying them.

Yes, I pay £649 per month and don't even have a high street presence. God knows what they are paying elsewhere!

I'd like to see responsible dog owners who do not allow their off-lead dogs to approach on-lead dogs. Your dog may be happy and friendly but on-lead dogs generally do not like their space invaded. Are you reading this tall, gaunt looking man with the reasonable (probably under the thumb wife) and the black retriever? You are so rude! I have responsibility over my dogs - I do not wish to be responsible for yours too! Get him under control.

I think the whole idea of fast food outlets for teenagers (in Bedlington)is a pipedream. I also think it is very unlikely that any other busisness will be falling over themselves to open a branch in Bedlington. There has been a totally astronomical hike in business rates here that is going to kill off this town for sure.

I don't know the opening hours - but it's always open when I book

sorry, actually I meant to say Upper Cutz, it's on the high street, way down past the vets. It's unisex and pretty reasonable as prices go

I have been going to Upper Cuts for about 3 years now, it's about time they had a mention. Great hairdressers and a friendly service, we're worth it!

Has it closed down? Been there twice this week for supplies and it was shut. If the owner is reading this - please contact Bedlington Bears Day Nursery and we will let our parents know about your great prices.

Exciting times folks! I used to live in an area within walking distance of the Metro Centre before during and after it was built. It certainly increased house values, but by god! the traffic was awful.

My main point was that buisnesses did not use the forum because its 95% humour, even in talk of the town now.

this needs put on a back burner, and the main bedlington discussion needs brought into the spotlight.

its hard now, to find a handful of serious threads in amongst all the banter.

I'm not by any means saying it needs abolished, not at all! it just needs a protective shield over it to stop new members being scared off.

Just my opinion tho.

Maybe the opinions of some of the buisness holding members?

two i can think of are TheDunCow and Bedlington Bears... Where are you when your opinion is needed, and more to the point, what aint you using Bedlington.co.uk announcments to premote?

Sorry for taking so long to reply, I haven't looked at the site for a long time and only did so today because of all the sport on the box due to Mr Bears not being in the office today.

The reason I hadn't looked at the site is that it became so bad with all of the insults being thrown around, that I could no longer afford to have Bedlington Bears associated with it. I'm glad I logged on today, it seems that things may be back to the way they used to be when I first joined. If that's correct, I will start posting again.