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Shaw Ridge hotel rebrands

– and creates more jobs Individual
The De Vere Hotel is now recruiting 20 full and part time staff for its Counselling
expanding Health and Fitness Club, brand new restaurant and Star- Becky’s
bucks outlet, as part of its £4m refurbishment programme.
The hotel, at Shaw Ridge Leisure For introductory Mobile
Centre in West Swindon, opened in session call
1992 and now owners AHG have Virginia Griffi n
decided it should become part of Hairdressing (SRSH)
their Village hotels brand. on 07986 758506
Although work began in Septem- Over 10 year’s salon experience
ber and is due to fi nish in February, Email: Cuts, colours, perms, updos
general manager Andrew Spink [email protected] 25% off for seniors
said disruption is being kept to a
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When completed the hotel will fea- Andrew Spink, excited about the
changes at the DeVere
ture a Starbucks, a fully refurbished
health club with all new equipment, will be one of the fi rst in Britain.”
the Victory Pub and Kitchen and an He added that the all new, larger
Italian family restaurant. fi tness club will double its member-
Mr Spink said, “we are operating ship to 2,000 and all 148 bedrooms
as normal throughout the project will get the Village touch - new
by carefully phasing the work. The decoration, carpets and comfort
De Vere under the Village concept furnishings including new signa-
is being completely transformed ture Village beds and 32 inch fl at
into a destination for a much wider screen televisions.
range of people; you are going to be Andrew said, “this is a great
wowed by the changes. investment in Swindon, bringing
“Starbucks, located next to a fantastic brands, complimenting
completely new reception area, will each other in a lively, energetic and
be a tremendous draw for people vibrant atmosphere – there will be
who want to drop in for coffee and a real buzz about the place.”
pastries, whilst The Victory will be There are 22 Village Hotels
a pub serving excellent food. throughout the UK and Village
“We’re all really excited about Swindon will be the fi rst of the
the Italian restaurant which will four AHG Hotels converting to the
operate under the Buca di Beppo Village brand.
franchise. It’s a tremendously suc- Vacancies are listed at www.ca-
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‘Platform was jumping’
against cyber-bullying

After coverage in last month’s Link, the launch on 22 October of
Swindon Youth MP Carney Bonner’s anti-cyber bullying campaign,
Keeping it Safe Online, created quite a buzz at The Platform youth
centre on Faringdon Road. See the carpet or fl oor
Carney said, “we were covering of your choice,
overwhelmed by the re- where it will be enjoyed, next
sponse to the story in to your other furnishings.
The Link and the whole Home Choose Carpets - the
campaign team was really family run business with over
impressed by the number
of tickets sold and an offer 30 year’s experience of serving
from another band to play customers in the Swindon area.
on the night. There were at Free estimates. Luxury underlay,
least 200 people.” all accessories and installation
The anti-cyber-bullying included in the price!
campaign is part of Chan-
Carney, right, with Children’s Commissioner Mag- No hidden extras; no
nel 4’s Battlefront series, gie Atkinson and deputy youth MP Sam Cantlon
where young people be- obligation - just great service
tween the ages of 14 and 21 are the people who bully others using Appointments to suit you:
tackling issues that are most rel- social media and mobile phones so day, evening or weekend
evant to them. that they realise the damage they
Carney added, “I’m working can do.” Call Trevor Salter on
with Swindon Academy to set up Carney online: www.facebook.com/ 01793 812995
an anti-cyber bullying week, to look keepingitsafeonline or 07860 882588
at the choices young people have www.twitter.com/keepitsafe
when confronted with this kind of www.youtube.com/keepitsafe or email:
problem - how to handle it, how to [email protected]
work through it, and who to talk to. www.battlefront.co.uk/keepingit- www.carpetsswindon.co.uk
“It’s also important to educate safeonline

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