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info@millhillbroadway.co.uk ARTS | FEATURES | COMMUNITY NEWS |SPORTS | PROPERTY January has been a tough month for Mill Hill. It seems like this many years. The huge news which broke throughout the month was our local heroes Saracens first being threatened with relegation and then accepting relegation. This will have massive human implications for the area - the staff - the players and businesses that supply Saracens and their fans on Matchdays etc because the Championship will see smaller crowds and games. We here at Mill HIll Today will continue to wholeheartedly support the club in their hour of need. They have done so much for the area that residents and traders have taken the club to their hearts and will want to nurse them through the Championship season back to their sparkling best in 2021. The Broadway has seen new planning applications and also the HSBC site was sold at auction. Hopefully this will see new shops opening to improve the street. Finally in the last weeks a Power Station Proposal has been put before Barnet planning. We need more power as the population of Mill HIll is set to nearly double by the end of the decade but this proposal has led to the Neighbourhood Forum and Preservation Society issuing appeals to residents to try and object to improve what they see as a flawed application. Enjoy February and make sure you read the 2020 Mill Hill Guide which is out now.
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NEWS HOMELESS ACTION IN BARNET Homelessness in Barnet is increasingly seen on our streets. There is a housing shortage especially of properties at the cheap end. Housing benefit is currently £90 per week for a room in a shared property in Barnet/Mill Hill and if you go on Zoopla you will see that this is over £200 less than what is available each month - so it is no wonder that people are sleeping in tents on our streets. We urge the Council and Government to increase the LHA rate to match the actual figures being charged so that it is around £150 a week so at least the few cheap properties are within reach. If you wish to get involved in the housing debate then two excellent one day courese are being run - see below Contact Barnet Council Tenancy Status and Rights: 25 February (full day) This one day course at Hendon Town Hall, provides an introduction to the law for security of tenure, outlining the legal and practical skills required to determine housing status. It includes an overview of the Rent and Housing Acts, Tenancies and licences and Excluded occupiers. Eligibility and Housing Rights: 18 March (full day) This one day course examines the links between immigration status and housing rights. All will receive an update on changes in statute, case law and practice as well as considering how the different types of immigration status impact on the allocation of social housing and the duties to those who are homeless. The Mitzvah Day Awards, with The Jewish Chronicle, is celebrating projects that happened in 2019. There are three nominations from Barnet – Golders Green Synagogue, Mill Hill United Synagogue and Alyth. Support them by voting here before 31 January and book your free ticket through this Eventbrite link.
ROUND UP January has been dominated by the Saracens news which we cover opposite and the power station plan which is further ahead. As we have gone to press this weekend the Secretary of State has confirmed the PENTAVIA plan as it has been approved by the Mayor of London. This means it will now go ahead. Though their are negatives the positive side is more housing in the area - though still unaffordable.
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Saracens Relegation | 3 PAGES OF STATEMENTS
SARACENS ACCEPTS RELEGATION FROM THE GALLAGHER PREMIERSHIP“THE BOARD OF SARACENS WISHES TO UNRESERVEDLY APOLOGISE FOR THE MISTAKES MADE IN RELATION TO THE SALARY CAP REGULATIONS. “Our goal is to rebuild confidence and trust. The first step was to appoint a new independent chairman to lead on governance reform ensuring errors of the past are not replicated in the future. Furthermore, following open and frank discussions with PRL, we have accepted the unprecedented measure of automatic relegation from the Premiership at the end of the 2019-2020 season.
“We understand this decision will be difficult for the Saracens family to accept. The Board must embody the values of the club, learn from its mistakes so the Club can come back stronger. It is in the wider interests of the Premiership and English rugby to take this decisive step, to ensure everybody is able once again to focus on the game of rugby, which we all love. We hope that we can now start to move forward, begin to restore confidence and over time, rebuild trust with PRL, its stakeholders and the wider rugby community.”
Thank you for welcoming me as the Club’s new chairman. First, I recognise that the lack of information shared with you in relation to the news of our relegation must have been frustrating. It was an obligation agreed with PRL which we have adhered to. There is no doubt this has been an emotional time for you all. We know we have let you down as well as the wider rugby community. I was not part of the Club’s past actions but I am committed to the Club’s future. I accepted the position of chairman knowing that there is a great deal of work to do on many levels. That work has already started — for example, we are looking to strengthen the board with the appointment of further non-executive directors of some stature and we are looking to recruit a permanent CEO. My top priority is to ensure that our processes are robust and stand up to the highest level of scrutiny going forward. Prior to my time here, there were discussions with PRL in relation to conducting a mid season audit spanning several seasons — you will have seen references to that in the press. These discussions continued last week after my appointment. It would be fair to say that other PRL stakeholders were sceptical about our compliance with such an audit.We carefully considered the option of a full investigatory audit. However, that inevitably would have involved a long period of more financial and emotional strain and this in turn meant this was not a viable option for us. We therefore agreed with PRL on relegation in the hope that we could draw a line under the mistakes made by Saracens with respect to compliance with the regulations and concentrate on putting our new robust procedures in place. We know our path will not be a smooth one in the short term. We must face that challenge together; be resilient, united and open in order to move forward. With regards to the publication of the disciplinary panel’s full report, I am surprised by the suggestion that Saracens are objecting to the publication of the report. Since my appointment on 9 January, I have spent considerable time in discussions with PRL and nobody has asked me what my position is on the matter. To confirm, we are keen for the report to be published in full and I made PRL aware of this earlier today. It will provide much needed context and clarity. Thank you for your understanding. We really appreciate your support, now more than ever. Neil Golding
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CLUB STATEMENT FROM NIGEL WRAY I am really sorry for the heartache that I have caused you due to my ill-considered approach to matters relating to salary cap compliance. My intention with co-investments was always to support players beyond their playing careers. I recognise that the actions of the Club were described by the panel as ‘reckless’ primarily due to my failure to consult with PRL’s salary cap manager prior to entering into any agreements and then disclosing the transactions to him. I take full responsibility for this. We should have been far better. Equally important is the Panel’s determination that neither the Club nor myself deliberately attempted to breach the cap. As the matter is complex (the 103 page panel’s report of determination is available on PRL’s website), I thought I would take this opportunity to explain these one-off transactions that the Panel considered to be undeclared salary. Property co-investments entered into between myself and certain players. A payment by an ex-player to myselfand another Saracens director. The purchase of a 30% share in a player’s image rights company by two other Saracens directors and myself. Agent fees across the three years. Appearances at MBN Events. It is not my intention to rerun our defence but simply to summarise the main points of the Disciplinary Panel’s findings. 2016/2017 the cap was breached by £1,134,968.60 due to property joint ventures entered into between myself and certain players In 2017, I entered into property joint ventures with four players. All these transactions are long-term investments that run far beyond the length of a player’s contract and to date no personal financial value has been transferred. The structure is as follows: The relevant players and I became shareholders of a joint venture company. The company purchased one or more buy-to-let properties. The parties contributed to the purchase price of a property pro-rata to their shareholding in the company. My contribution was by way of capital investment to the company and the player’s contribution was by way of personally guaranteeing a mortgage taken by the company equivalent to the remainder of the purchase price. In some cases, I invested further funds in order to renovate the property. (These loans were provided at standard commercial rates of interest). The mortgage and all other ongoing costs are paid from the rental income. When a property is sold in the future, the proceeds are to be distributed in the following priority: (i) first to redeem the mortgage; (ii) second to repay my loans to the company and any interest; and (iii) the remainder to be distributed to the shareholders in accordance with their respective shareholdings. The Disciplinary Panel concluded that under the regulations my investments into the joint venture companies amounted to ‘loans’ by a connected party of Saracens (i.e. me) to a connected party of the relevant players (i.e. the joint venture companies) and as they were not repaid within a salary cap year, the full amounts are considered salary within that time period. I should have declared these transactions to the salary cap manager prior to signing off the agreements. I mistakenly assumed that as I had entered into personal property agreements with players previously that had been signed off by the Salary Cap Manager, a precedent had already been set. Equally with many years’ experience in the property sector, I considered these investments to be equity investments as they bear equity style risks. However, because I made my investments into the joint venture companies through directors’ loans (pursuant to accountancy advice) the entire amount has been deemed salary in the salary cap year in which they were made.
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2017/2018 the salary cap was breached by £98,249.80 for payment from an ex player to myselfand another Saracens Director. When playing for the Club, the player in question jointly purchased a residential property with myself and another Saracens director. The player lived in the house with his wife. He owned 80% of the property, with myself and the other director owning a 10% share each. Each party contributed equity for the purchase equal to their shares in the property (PRL had previously confirmed that equity investments of this nature are outside of salary for the purposes of the Regulations). Having joined another club, the former player wished to purchase the directors’ stakes in the property through equal monthly instalments over an 18-month period. After initially complying with the payment plan, he was unable to meet the instalments due to personal circumstances. We wanted to help him and his family so agreed to a short delay in the repayments. Eight months later the former player moved to a new club where the owner of that club paid off the full outstanding amount to us directly. The Disciplinary Panel concluded that the eight-month grace period (which straddled two seasons) amounted to a loan from connected parties of Saracens to the former player and, therefore, was a benefit in kind to a former player in accordance with the Schedule 1, paragraph 1(s) of the Regulations. Consequently, the full amount of the purchase price paid by the ex-player to both Saracens directors was deemed to be undeclared salary for the 2017-18 season. The Disciplinary Panel noted that this “may seem unrealistic and even unfair”, but accepted that under the regulations the salary cap manager is charged with the task of determining salary within a particular salary cap year without reference to future events (i.e. the fact that we were paid in full by the ex-player eight months later). The salary cap was breached by £906,505.57 due to the purchase of a 30% share in a player’s image rights company by myself and two other Saracens’ directors. The purpose of this transaction was to leverage the collective experience of the investors to help grow the player’s off-field commercial activities and generate income. An indicative valuation was produced by leading firm PwC which the investors used to negotiate the purchase price. The valuation was also based on a 12-year term regardless of whether the player stayed at Saracens or not. Based on an alternative valuation, PRL argued that the true market value of the shareholding was less than that paid by the investors. The Disciplinary Panel stated that it accepted “without reservation” the investors’ evidence regarding how they arrived at the agreed purchase price. However, the Disciplinary Panel found that it was not required to conclude whether the price paid by the investors was correct, but whether the valuation relied upon by the Salary Cap Manager was reasonable. The Disciplinary Panel concluded that the valuation relied upon by the Salary Cap Manager was reasonable and that, therefore, the difference between that valuation and the purchase price paid amounted to undeclared salary for the 2018-19 season. For the avoidance of doubt, the Disciplinary Panel stated that it did not find that the market value of the shareholding was, in fact, the value asserted by PRL. The Disciplinary Panel accepted that the investment was legitimate; they simply asserted that the salary cap manager acted reasonably when relying on his own accountant’s valuation (which was lower). The Panel also found that payments made to various third parties for scouting services over the three- year period constituted salary. This was because those third parties also operated as player agents and under the regulations any such payment is treated as salary. MBN Events, a company owned by my daughter Lucy, arranges corporate hospitality events featuring high profile guest speakers from across the sporting spectrum. MBN entered into a commercial agreement with one Saracens player whereby it paid him a yearly lump sum of £30,000 to make a number of appearances at its events over the three-year period. The Club’s position was that this was a genuine commercial arrangement between MBN and the player, not disguised salary. The player appeared at several MBN events during this period. However, the Disciplinary Panel found that because Lucy is a connected party, the appearance payments made to the player were undisclosed salary totalling £95,000. I appreciate there is a lot to digest but felt you were owed a full explanation. Again, I am sorry that this has caused so much upset to you and our sport. As you know, the Club has already started to implement new processes to ensure nothing like this happens again. Despite recent events Saracens is a family which has always brought me and my family so much joy. The team’s incredible form and the Club’s togetherness in recent weeks shows me the culture we have built is strong. Our vision, represented by a united group of players, coaches, staff, families and fans who care deeply for one another, endures. Thank you all for continuing to unite behind the Club. Best Wishes Nigel
THOUSANDS STREAM MILL HILL BAND .The locally based band that we reported on last month have had a brilliant January so far with thousands of streamers listening to the band on Spotify - a very high rating so far on Amazon Music and thousands of views on You Tube. The band dont expect the real buzz to start until they release the first single Disguise in February ( See sites for news of this ) along with the first Official Music Video. The lyric video for this single is already Top of the Mill Hill Charts for local music videos on You Tube with over 2,300 views this in January already ! and nearly 5,000 streams on Spotify ! If you have not listened then get over to your favourite app or streamer and take a listen. The release is Worldwide and is literally on every streaming service and every major Social Media platform that uses music. So just search it down. We will interview Rash the lead singer after the single release to find out more about his plans for the band. He tells us he is amazed at the support and response from the USA and Mill HIll in particular. He encourages people to download the album on Amazon so that the band can increase their profile and he says plans for album number 2 are well advanced because this album has been in the pipeline for quite a while. A copyright issue delayed its release in 2019 and led to one track having to be re-recorded. However, the album has been warmly received by the fans of rock music and you can read loads of reviews on the band’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Mill Hill Today wishes the band all the best with the single release in February PROJECT LEAVESDEN | ILLUSION Out Now Featuring 10 slices of modern rock with a nod to classic rock styles the album is already receiving worldwide press and favourable comments. Here are some links and we would love it if you find time to listen to the whole album ( several times !!! ) and even download it if you want to own it and help us to finance the follow up :-) Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08289NF84/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_taa_zbVdEbF180CKJ Apple music. https://music.apple.com/gb/album/illusion/1490012770 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/0lSaQ5myJIYej44EpSaQK0?si=I0QsFfmmScWi10X00uzROg Alternatively Google the album and follow a link to the streamers from your territory !
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FEBRUARY MONTHLY REVIEW with Andy Smith from Mill Hill Wines
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Primo Nativo Rosso £15.95 – 20% off 6 bottles
GIN OF THE MONTH
A blend of Primitivo and Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy produces a stunningly smooth red wine. The big, heavy, rustic Primitivo is tempered by the perfumed and earthy Negroamaro, softening and balancing the tannins. The bouquet is complex and the wine full bodied with notes of mature red fruits. Ideal for Red meat or mushroom based dishes.
Mas La Chevalière, Chardonnay IGP Pays d'Oc £12.95 Mostly sourced from the Peyroli vineyard which produces Mas La Chevalière’s top Chardonnay, this punches well above its weight. With 400m altitude, the grapes here are fresh and crisp, standing out from the usual Languedoc style. Bright golden yellow in colour, this wine has a lovely, expressive nose full of peach and apricot aromas with touches of tropical notes. On the palate, it shows good balance, with delicate acidity and a smooth texture.
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Boutique-y Gin Co Chocolate Orange Gin Usually £33.95 now £25.95 Made using a mix of classic gin botanicals, orange peel, and cocoa nibs, this is even suitable for those who don’t like milk or milk chocolate. Tasting notes: Nose: A bright and enticing nose with dry cocoa and the zingy zip of orange. Fantastic! Taste: A thick and creamy spirit that perfectly creates the illusion of chocolate orange with its notes of milk chocolate and zesty orange. Finish: Lingering citrus and a pinch of junipery pepper. Perfect Serve: Sparkling orange & flamed orange twist.
Wednesday 11th March – Teeling Irish Whisky 7pm-9pm We are delighted that Wine Expert Andy Smith from Mill Hill’s oldest independent wine shop has joined our writing team to bring you the latest news on Wines - tastings - and offers each month. Catch Andy and his staff in Mill Hill Wines every day for great friendly advice on Mill Hill Broadway.
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STORE OPENINGS NEWS UNITS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE or EMPTY ON BROADWAY/STATION ROAD Princess Daisy Flower Shop The Shop Simple Coffee Photo Shop Sorbet Under Offer/Available Nat West Layla (under offer as an italian restaurant)
There are still a number of empty units on the Broadway and with a new year - new support for retailers from the Government this is a good time for entrepreneurs to invest in Mill Hill. With the large housing developments at IBSA House - Pentavia - MHE - Barratts - Ridgeway all coming on line in the next 5 years the local economy is going to grow by a third. There will not be enough retail space by 2025 in Mill HIll so this is the time to get in before there is nothing left. We predict by 2027 no units will be empty long term.
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ARTS | FEATURES | COMMUNITY NEWS |SPORTS | PROPERTY POWER STATION PROPOSAL | Mill Hill Neighbourhood Forum Response The area has been discussing the proposed upgrade and Gas Plant proposed off Partingdale Lane feverishly in the last week The two main local groups have given their views. The Preservation Society published how to engage with the process and now we have some hard facts about what this Power station means for the area from the Mill Hill Neighbourhood Forum ( who still exist and you can join their committee ready for their designation later in the year.This is their report [Unedited ] and if making a comment ( LINK BELOW) about the plans this can be referred to as a problem for the area. We agree that more power and upgrading is needed but not at the expense of more pollution for the area - so we think this is very important for the Council. Source : MHNF Facebook Page
Planning Application: “Gas Peaking Plant� 19/6641/FUL According to the information contained in the application the power-station would emit the same daily amount of NOx that 463,000 standard petrol vehicles, each driving 5km in the area, would emit in one day. The atmospheric dilution mechanism of this emission and pollutant distribution needs technical modelling and studies which take time and resources, but the attached wind-graph diagram shows, that pollution passes through many of the dwellings situated in the south-west of the proposed site. NOx intake is a proven carcinogenic factor which also contributes to many respiratory problems. The published permitted levels are based on a cost-benefit analysis and are not a health threshold. This plant doesn't have specific benefit for the local area and just degrades the local environment. The basic concept of the National grid is that it can be built anywhere, with lower exposure to residential areas. The area's wind-rose graph (see photo-below - taken from the Planning Application documents), shows the dominant wind direction sweeps any emissions from the proposed new Power Station to be built off Partingdale Lane, Mill Hill, towards IBSA, Millbrook Park and may other houses along the Ridgeway, Bittacy Hill and nearby areas. Here is a simple calculation about the proposed power station emissions based on figures provided in documents provided with the application: Pollutant Emissions (Ref. Appendix C - Air Quality Assessment Mill Hill Gas Peaking Plant) NOx : 5.2g/s+4.2g/s=9.4g/s (of two sets of stacks) CO : 21.6g/s+18g/s=39.6g/s (of two sets of stacks) Average Daily Emissions (assuming the power stations is operation for 1500hr/year based on the planning documents) : NOx : 9.4 x 3600 x 1500 / 365 = 139,068 g/day CO : 39.6 x 3600 x 1500 / 365 = 585,863 g/day For comparative purposes, EURO6 standard vehicle emission limits are : NOx : 0.06g/km CO: 1g/km This means the power plant operation is equivalent of : NOx: 2,317,808km/day CO: 585,863km/day
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ARTS | FEATURES | COMMUNITY NEWS |SPORTS | PROPERTY This is not a technical method for calculating the pollution emissions for such projects, but the above simple calculations would give a comparative idea against our day-to-day experience. One may suggest vehicle emissions are mostly important at road-side locations and dissipate with distance from the roads, but no one can ignore the air pollution effect of so many vehicles in a town or near a busy road. This power station gives the same impact to the area. This pollution will be diluted over the area's atmosphere, but the pollution concentrations will be still very high near the power station, threatening the health of the local residents. Such pollution sources must be kept away from populated areas. The emission is not at the street level, but from a 11m stack. The height of the emission contributes to lower concentrations on the ground level. Still, we can consider that effect as that number of vehicles passing through a flyover at a height of 11m, which is quite normal! Previously the applicant was allowed to avoid producing an Environmental Impact Assessment by Barnet Council’s Planning Department. This decision needs to be reversed and a very full EIA assessment completed before this application can be considered further. We have sent these calculations to the Council. Perhaps the developer can refute them but they are based on figures from the application.
We encourage all Millhillians to also write to the Council to oppose this development.
https://publicaccess.barnet.gov.uk/online-applications/ using reference 19/6641/FUL Alternatively, email the Planning Case Officer: mark.springthorpe@barnet.gov.uk
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LONDON PRO ARTE CHOIR ANNOUNCE 2020 PROGRAMME UNTIL SUMMER We hope to see you at our next concert on Saturday 21 March – the poster is opposite please forward it to your friends. The concert will feature five pieces accompanied by organ and conducted by Tom Winpenny. The Durufle’ Requiem, thought to have been written in homage to Faure’s masterpiece, is loved by both choirs and audiences. We are delighted to be performing Cecilia McDowall’s setting of Psalm 65, which was commissioned for LPAC and premiered by us. Parry’s ‘I was glad’, usually associated with coronations, and psalm settings by Stanford and Howells complete the programme. Save the date!! Our special concert on 13 June will be at : St Lawrence’s Church, Edgware. We will perform three Chandos anthems by Handel, who was composer in residence to the Duke of Chandos at nearby Canons Park.
SPECIAL EVENT THIS WEEK
BURNS’ NIGHT CELEBRATIONS Saturday, 1st February, 2020 7.30 pm to 10.00 pm
The Hartley Hall Flower Lane Mill Hill NW7 2JA Tickets £15 each (bring your own bottle) available from social@lpac.org.uk
NEWS FROM MHMTCBy Farhat Dar Mill Hill Musical Theatre Company ARTS | FEATURES | COMMUNITY NEWS |SPORTS | PROPERTY MARCH TO THE MUSIC OF A GREAT BRITISH LEGEND We are very excited about our forthcoming tribute to Andrew Lloyd Webber, called Music Of The Knight, in March. It’s a two-night revue featuring fabulous songs from his smash-hit West End classic productions, including Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Starlight Express, Cats, Phantom Of The Opera, Sunset Boulevard and School Of Rock. Rehearsals are going really well, under the guiding hands of MD Ricardo Fernandes, and directors Kim Llewellyn and Robert Murray. Among the songs in the show are Jacob And Sons, Memory, Tell Me On A Sunday, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Music Of The Night, Love Changes Everything, The Beautiful Game and Any Dream Will Do. Music Of The Knight: A Tribute Of Andrew Lloyd Webber is a private party strictly for MHMTC Patrons. If you would like to attend, please consider becoming a Patron of MHMTC. The annual fee is just £15 for adults and £8 for under 16s, which provides an invaluable income for MHMTC, helping us to finance our productions, including hall hire, MD fees, scenery and costume hire, orchestra costs, lighting, sound, etc. To find out more, please call James Bingham, Patrons’ Secretary on 01923 269923 or email patrons@ mhmtc.co.uk. You can also visit our website, www.mhmtc.co.uk
Music Of The Knight: A Tribute Of Andrew Lloyd Webber is being staged on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 March 2020, curtain up 7.30pm, at Hartley Hall, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, NW7 2JA. For paid-up Patrons, entry is free by invitation. A GREAT LEAP YEAR NIGHT FOR QUIZZING Undecided about what to do on the extra day we’re getting this year? Why not spend the evening of Saturday 29 February 2020 at MHMTC’s splendid, well-organised and pleasantly testing QUIZ NIGHT? Great questions, delicious food (fish and chips) and an entertaining evening guaranteed! Ticket price is £12.50, start time is 7.30pm, there’s a pay bar, prize raffle and Grant Graves as MC. Venue: Trinity Church, The Broadway, Mill Hill, NW7 3TB
To reserve a place, email Chris Hubbard ASAP at info@mhmtc.co.uk. NB: tickets selling fast!
CALLING OUR FOR A CHOREOGRAPHER Amateur group MHMTC is looking for a choreographer for its October 2020 production of Made In Dagenham, which is set in 1968.It’s a voluntary, unpaid role, and we will require someone to devise several dance routines and to be available most Mondays 8-10pm from July, and some Wednesdays 8-10pm from September, until the show (Wednesday 28-Saturday 31 October). Working closely with the director (David Coleman) and MD (Ricardo Fernandes), the choreographer will need to teach the routines to the cast members . Music rehearsals for Made In Dagenham start in April at Hartley Hall, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, NW7 2JA.If you are interested or would like more information, call Farhat Dar on 07943 195490
ARTS | FEATURES | COMMUNITY NEWS |SPORTS | PROPERTY MHMTC STRIKES A BLOW WITH MADE IN DAGENHAM IN OCTOBER Dust off your Biba dresses, slacks and check suits, and slap on your bright-blue eye-shadow, the wonderful musical version of Made In Dagenham coming to Mill Hill in October. MHMTC is staging the hit musical – based on the fact-based 2010 film of the same name inspired by the Ford sewing machinists strike of 1968 – from Wednesday 28-Saturday 31 October in Hartley Hall. It tells the story of busy mum Rita O’Grady, keeping house and home together with little help from her lazy, oblivious husband Graham. Both work at the Ford car factory in Dagenham, where men build the cars and the women sew the upholstery. When bosses announce the women are to be redefined as skilled workers and have their pay cut, Rita rises up from the production line to lead the campaign for equal rights and fair pair – but it will it cost Rita her marriage? With Music by David Arnold, lyrics by Richard Thomas and book by Richard Bean, Made In Dagenham is witty, fun and Made in Britain! Director is David Coleman, who helmed MHMTC’s production of Fiddler On The Roof, and MD is Ricardo Fernandes.
If you’d like to join us on stage, please call 07903 955543. If you’d like help backstage, please email info@mhmtc.co.uk
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A Tribute To Andrew Lloyd Webber Friday 27 & Saturday 28 March 2020 Hartley Hall, Flower Lane, Mill Hill, London NW7 2JA YOU MUST BE A PATRON TO SEE THE SHOW To become a patron, please call James Bingham on 01923 269923 or email patrons@mhmtc.co.uk
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PROPERTY NEWS PAGES The latest news from the developers, estate agents and rental market in Mill Hill and nearby. We welcome adverts which willl support our community. We also welcome news items to show what is being done in our wonderful area. We all need a home. Probably having a home is the most vital thing for all families. We support all our Estate Agents and Developers for making that a reality. Thank you to Barratts for sponsoring the Summer Festival 2019 on the Broadway.
RENTAL PROPERTY OF THE MONTH
PROFILE INSURANCE Thank you to Profile Insurance for sponsoring the Property Guide along with Barratts London. If you are a business or individual looking for the best insurance service with a personal service then Profile are the Market Leaders and are based in Mill Hill. Give them a call and mention Mill Hill Today/MillHIllGuide to see if they can help you save money (ÂŁ25 admin fee waived for first policy !!) and get insurance that really works for you. Try them out ! BARRATT LONDON Barratts are transforming our community with high quality buildings to make Mill Hill fit for the 21st Century and giving residents the most lovely properties in some incredible locations. Housing is so vital and we are delighted to partner with Barratts.
HOUSEBUILDER TO SHARE GOOD FORTUNE WITH LONDON HOMEBUYERS THIS CHINESE NEW YEAR
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Barratt London helping homebuyers with a range of bespoke offers
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Including £30,000 John Lewis voucher at Ridgeway Views
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Stamp Duty paid before January 31 at multiple London schemes
Christmas and New Year Celebrations already feel like a distant memory; however, housebuilder Barratt London is bringing back the festive spirit this Chinese New Year, 25 January. As we enter the Year of the Rat, the Zodiac animal associated with practicality, ambition and socialising, Barratt London is looking to share wealth and good fortune with hopeful buyers, by running incentives across several of its developments. On Saturday 18 January, Barratt London’s hilltop Ridgeway Views development in Mill Hill hosted a home design workshop delivered by John Lewis and Partners. Purchasers were able to select their dream interiors from the store’s luxury furnishings, fittings and finishes. Following the event, prospective homebuyers who go on to reserve a selected two or three-bedroom home by 31 January can choose to receive a £30,000 John Lewis voucher, allowing the looks created in the workshop to become a reality, or can alternatively choose to receive up to £30,000 towards Stamp Duty. Good fortune also extends to first time buyers at Ridgeway Views, who can benefit from the offer if they reserve plot 263 or 264. Barratt London is also offering incentives at one of its most exclusive Zone 1 developments. Plot 224 at Nine Elms Point, a luxurious penthouse nestled in the heart of Central London’s most exciting regeneration area, will be available with full Stamp Duty paid for completions before 29 February. Likewise, across the city in Zone 3, first time buyers at the stylish Upton Gardens development in Upton Park will have their Stamp Duty paid on all plots in the week leading up to 31 January. Pam Reardon, Sales and Marketing Director at Barratt East London, commented: “We want to offer buyers in London the opportunity to take advantage of the fresh start that the New Year brings, with a major incentive that will really make a difference to them in 2020. As the Year of the Rat is associated with ambition, what could be more fitting than giving London homebuyers that bit of extra support to fulfil the ambition of purchasing a new property?” Good fortune is set to be shared with prospective homebuyers all over London, with selected plots at Barratt London’s Eastman Village, Hayes Village, Hendon Waterside and High Street Quarter developments offering Stamp Duty contributions up to the value of 3% on reservations before Wednesday 12 February. Barratt London currently has a selection of homes for sale across the capital at a range of prices, including the iconic Nine Elms Point development in Zone 1, Upton Gardens which is being built on the site of the historic former West Ham United FC ground, and Hendon Waterside, an estate regeneration delivering over 2,000 homes in north London. Other incentives currently available include paid ground rent and service charge for 12 months at Hendon Waterside (worth £3000 combined) and paid flooring and Stamp Duty costs (worth £9,700 combined) at Hayes Village. Both incentives apply to Featured Homes if reserved by 31 January.
Please note, terms and conditions apply on all incentives. For more information, please visit the website at www.barrattlondon.com.
MILL HILL GUIDE 2020 The annual online/print Guide to the area is being prepared by a voluntary team of writers - photographers - delivery team - in order to promote the area. It comes out online on January 25 and can be read at www.millhillguide.co.uk If you wish to contact the Guide about listings, advertising or being part of the team who will be working throughout the year to promote local traders and attractions via their new FACEBOOK page and website.
FACEBOOK USERS LIKE THIS NEW EXCELLENT PAGE FOR MILL HILL ! www.facebook.com/millhillguide info@millhillguide.co.uk Please support the area by supporting the advertisers in the MILL HILL GUIDE and MILL HILL DAY whose ads fund the promotion of the area.
LOCAL SPORTS
Our sports writers are still recovering after New Year celebrations ! but will bring you the latest on SARACENS and the resignation of Nigel Wray - our view on the Salary Cap situation - and news from all our local clubs. We wish all readers a Happy New Year.
MILL HILL RUGBY CLUB
by Our Sports Editor
HUGO WEBSTER
HUGE news – Club Development – Watch this space! At Mill Hill Rugby Club we are always looking to better ourselves, for our players, our members, and for the community around us. Over the 2018 summer we installed brand new windows and shutters which have brightened the club both literally and aesthetically, and along with the fresh paint job and new lighting on the inside we can defiantly be proud to show off our club house. However, this is nothing on what is to come… What we can tell you so far: We are looking to completely redevelop one half of the club house, creating amazing new facilities, that of a high-level club, with exceptional potential, not just for our members but for the wider community. Watch this space for future developments! (Excuse the pun) As for the professionals: Saracens kick off their premiership title defence on the 19th October at Allianz park – as always throughout the season we welcome all to come in to the club pre-post and for those without tickets, during the game! We’re also blessed this year with the rugby world cup taking place in Tokyo, Japan! Look over our social media for which games we’ll be showing as it is time-zone sensitive! In summary; plenty of new horizons, lots of rugby to be played and in many forms, and most importantly we welcome all of Mill Hill and wider community to join us in making our next season one of the greatest. We look forward to seeing you all soon. As always – All are welcome at Mill Hill Rugby Football Club!
MILL HILL RUGBY CLUB
by Hugo Webster
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