Rushcliffe Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic are excited to announce that one of their Pelvic Health Physiotherapists, Carrie Martin (pictured above), has recently become accredited as a provider of the specialist ‘Mummy MOT’. As the only provider of The Mummy MOT in the south of Nottinghamshire, Rushcliffe Physiotherapy is pleased to be able to deliver specialist care to not only post-natal mums but also those expecting. A Mummy MOT provides patients with a tailored approach to assessing posture, pelvic floor muscles and stomach muscles post birth, with gentle exercises and…
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Easter Colouring Competition Returns!
Both children and adults in Ruddington are being invited to take part in an ‘egg-citing’ challenge up to and including Easter for a chance to win various prizes – including lots of chocolate, of course! The ‘Easter Colouring Competition’ is run each year by village-based Independent Estate and Letting Agents Benwell Daykin. General Manager Ricky Benwell explains: “Our company is very much a family orientated business and we believe that we should be as active in the village community as possible. Therefore we hope this competition is a bit of fun…
Read MoreNew Digital Retail Adviser Visits Ruddington
Ruddington’s independent fashion outlet on Church Street is among the Rushcliffe-based businesses now benefitting from professional advice to develop their digital offer alongside in-person sales at their retail premises. Utilising UK Shared Prosperity Funding (UKSPF), Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC) has contracted East Midlands Chamber’s Steve Phillips as one of its experienced Business Advisers to deliver the project here in Ruddington and beyond. RBC is one of the first authorities in Nottinghamshire to use this new £25,000 funding from central government to respond to the pressures our high street traders are facing currently. Between now…
Read MoreNew Financial Adviser at Benwell Daykin
Here at Benwell Daykin Estate Agents, we are able to offer a one-stop shop for all your selling, buying, lettings and conveyancing needs. NOW we have the added bonus of a locally based Independent Financial Adviser – right here inside our High Street office! We would like to welcome Stuart Reynolds of Equity and General. Stuart is your one-stop ‘whole of market’ solution for Mortgages, Protection and Financial Advice. He is able provide a service by phone, in person or online enabling you to get hold of someone when you…
Read MoreHope for the Housing Market as 2022 Draws to a Close
With the recent uncertainty in the housing market, it can be hard to know when the best time is to sell your property writes Ricky Benwell. Whether you’re thinking of buying your first home, upsizing or downsizing from your current property, keeping a close eye on the local market and house prices is always a good place to start. After a slow start to October, we have seen a recovery in both properties coming to the market and sales going through to completion. Following a rise in mortgage rates, there…
Read MoreGetting Festive at Ruddington Christmas Market
The team behind Ruddington’s popular monthly market is ready to pull out all the festive stops next Saturday, as ‘Ruddington Village Christmas Market’ returns for 2022. Organised by the Ruddington Village Community Partnership (RVCP), this year’s Christmas market is set to be an even bigger event after the wet and windy market of 2021; with over 100 indoor and outdoor stalls of food, drink and gifts, two covered pop-up bars and stages of live music, and children’s activities. In a change to the format from last year, the Christmas market…
Read MoreDigital Recovery Grants Still Available
Ruddington’s high street businesses and established village centre business groups are being reminded they may still be able to receive support for their online presence from Rushcliffe Borough Council (RBC). It’s thanks to the ‘High Street Businesses Covid Digital Recovery Grant’ which aims to help eligible traders to adapt further to improve their online profile or sales. Small to medium sized retail, hospitality, personal care, leisure, tourism and other enterprises here in Ruddington and elsewhere in the Borough can now access up to £1,000 – over and above other pandemic-related central government grant…
Read MoreLocal Housing Market Remains Busy
According to national statistics, the average price for a property in the region is close to £47,500 more expensive than in the summer of 2020, after COVID-19 market lockdown, writes Benwell Daykin. During the same period, the threshold for a prime market property in the region has risen by £60,000. Except for the Stamp Duty holiday fuelled markets in 2021, the first half of 2022 proved the busiest since 2016, with over 100,000 homes changing hands each month. This activity pushed revenue from property taxation over the period to more than…
Read MoreRuddington’s November Roadworks
Village motorists are being warned to expect further hold-ups and disruption in the coming weeks; both as contractors carry out various highway works and festive events begin in Ruddington. First up, this Monday and Tuesday (31st October & 1st November) there will be two-way traffic lights on Loughborough Road south of the Mere Way/Yarrow Drive Roundabout as improvements are made to the footpath there. Some delays are likely. Then, the work which was scheduled to take place on High Street last week is now due to happen this week instead, after…
Read MoreHousing Market After Mini-Budget
Last week, The Guardian newspaper reported that UK house price growth flatlined in September with a stronger slowdown expected in the coming months as a combination of soaring inflation and mortgage rates makes moving unaffordable for many writes Nick Aston of Ruddington’s Benwell Daykin Estate & Letting Agents. The latest snapshot from the building society Nationwide comes at the end of a torrid week for the housing industry as lenders pulled 40% of available mortgages from the market after Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget (Friday 23rd September 2022). Lenders began suspending products after the Chancellor’s sweeping tax-cutting…
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