OK – tonight’s meeting is full of good useful info. We have info and (if the signal is good) a demo of a free short-cut tool for all you social network marketers not already using it. There will be updates on some of the big events going on “down south” plus all the local news, your updates and more… Look forward to seeing you later
Discussed at the meeting were this website and our Facebook page on http://www.facebook.com/groups/MarinaAltaBusinessClub/
Yes – you did read that correctly – MABC now sells email addresses as part of its offering to the public and other businesses. At 24 Euros a year that is only 2 Euros a month so we feel sure that this will be a popular product – if you want to secure a particular name then you need to be fast as we will be selling the addresses on a first come first serve basis – but, naturally we are posting our new service here – first!! If your town is not yet in our portfolio and you would like it to be please email me at gaile@javea.bz :-) and I will do my best to add it!
Currently available for Spain
@javea.bz
@xabia.bz
@denia.bz
@torrevieja.bz
@alicante.bz
@calpe.bz
@moraira.bz
@altea.bz
@benidorm.bz
Also Available
@cheltenham.bz
@gloucester.bz
@mytown.bz
email addresses at the low cost of €24 a year (€2 a month) each name will be available on a ‘first come, first served basis’ for example gaile@javea.bz is no longer available but other variants might be – so please give a first second and third choice when ordering - Internet access is all that is required to enjoy your own personalised email address, it is also possible to use through Outlook and other proprietary email software.
Please note you do not need to be a member of MABC to take advantage of this great offer – this is a Club fund raiser – so feel free to pass this on to your friends and family. To secure your new address please follow this link http://www.mabc.es/offers/product.php?id_product=3
NB I updated this post on the 18th January to include a heap of new Towns
Bill Boyd from Anglo Info is our newest member. If you haven’t used www.angloinfo.com – you should – 70 million users world-wide do and it is free to post your business there!! A wonderful and comprehensive website with local information aimed at expats, wherever they are in the world. Bill liaises with businesses, embassies and Ayuntimiento up and down the coast.
Featured Costa Blanca Blogs on the Spanish part of the site already include one from our own Javea Photos, but are about to include another from one of our members… watch this space…
HORARIO
Mañanas: De LUNES a VIERNES
Tardes: JUEVES,
De 17h a 19h
LUNES, MARTES, MIÉRCOLES y VIERNES de 17h a 19h, con cita previa.
Mornings Mondays to Fridays
& Thursday Evenings
from 17:00h a 19:00h
Mondays,Tuesdays and Fridays from 17h a 19h, by prior appointment.
Xàbia Democrática were our guests at the meeting in Peri Pera last night. The team, led by Oscar Anton, joined local expatriate businesses to discuss local issues and to exchange information. Our thanks to Oscar, Marie, Georgina and Norman for joining in our discussions. The photo was taken by Georgina Rodriguez.
Looking forward to tonight’s meeting – it will be good to catch up with everyon’s news – big question on everyone’s lips must be the new Labour law – will they, won’t they – is it happening on June 16th or will the Unions stop it??
Join us tonight for the discussion on how the changes will affect our businesses… Peri Pera, Javea Port – 7:30pm
Gaile
The Art Centre Association is exhibiting at Cafe d’Art in Javea Port from 5th to 28th November – I will have a couple of pieces in the exhibition – and it is free to attend as the exhibition area is below the main cafe area
Dry-Clean by Gaile Griffin Peers
The next meeting of Marina Alta Business Club will be on 12th November 7:30pm. John Quinn of Sonar Communication has kindly volunteered his office for the event – so we will be holding the meeting there, in Javea Business Centre in the Arenal (Sonar Communication’s offices are above the Irish Pub)
A brief reminder to everyone that Neil Gubbins and Colin Evans of St James Place Wealth Management will be out next week and on the 11th November, Lex Consilium will be running a free workshop on employment law and tax changes and how they will affect your business over the next year – November 11 at their Oliva office – contact Jennifer Bradley on info@lexconsilium.com
The following website http://www.residenteseuropeos.com/index_en.php is a mine of information in a variety of European languages on living in the Valencia Region as an expat – from consumer advice through to how to set up an Association and even how to register as a resident – really, really useful website – and offiicial too
Some 2,000 homes in Cap de la Nau and Grenadella have been without running water since Friday
El País has revealed that the burst water pipe which left up to 2,000 homes in the Cap de la Nau area of Xàbia without mains water supply since Friday was caused by a garage built without permission over the decades-old pipe, crushing it with its weight. The paper said the Town Hall is considering taking action against the person concerned.
It’s affected a section of 360 metres which must now be replaced and which may not be in place until Friday. In the meantime, the municipal water company, Amjasa, have been attempting to re-route supply with provisional piping and began deliveries by water tanker on Monday.
Diario Información reports that the pipe which burst is almost 40 years old.
On the Costa de la Luz, residents of the Costa Ballena urbanisation in Rota will shortly start making their claims for damages for the lengthy cuts in supply they suffered last month. It affected thousands of people and led residents to cut off a local road in protest.
With thanks to – www.typicallyspanish.com
When I first heard that the pipe was nearly forty years old, my first thought was that the age of the pipe may have had bearing on its inability to withstand the weight – and then I remembered watching workmen repairing water pipes in Dorchester on Thames in Oxfordshire around 1972 – many of the square tunnels and counduits that protected the mainswater and drainage pipes in the village were Roman in origin – our late Victorian ancestors not seeing the point in digging new tunnels where they already existed…
So five questions remain – Was the garage really illegal? – Did Amjasa publish where the pipe was – assuming that they knew? Why didn’t Amjasa notice the garage – do they never inspect the area? - – will the legal holiday letting landlords recieve sufficient compensation to deal with their unhappy renters who have paid peak premiums to rent in August? – Will residents get sufficient compensation?