News and Wellbeing

Back for it’s eleventh successive year, Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2010 is taking place 24-30 January 2010. The campaign demonstrates to everyone that breakfast is the meal you can’t afford to miss, with the new theme ‘Breakfast Benefits’. The campaign showcases the most important meal of the day and promotes the wealth of wonderful breakfast produce available.

Please visit the campaign’s website www.farmhousebreakfast.com for some great ideas on how you can get involved and to order all your event resources. Recipe booklets, ideal for giveaways and event posters and stickers.

New for 2010 is a photography competition to find the best breakfast views enjoyed across the country. So send us your breakfast view! For further information and to download an entry form visit www.farmhousebreakfast.com . Don’t forget to submit your entry by 11th December 2009 to be in with a chance to win up to £150 of kitchenware.

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2009

I am thrilled to have won “Entrepreneur of the Year 2009”.

Click on this link to see Award Ceremony: http://www.spearswms.com/spears-world/shot-before-dawn/14442/spears-awards-ii.thtml

These awards celebrated wealth management. I’m in the business of health management, which is even more important. Healthy eating is vital to us all, especially our children. If you can enjoy it at the same time – even better! I passionately believe in these values on which I have built Lovedean Granola. Winning this fabulous award will help me share them with others.

Ex-Dormens owners Angus Cameron & Mark Cuddigan join Lovedean

Angus Cameron and Mark Cuddigan, previous owners of Dormens Nuts have recently joined Lovedean in order to help expand and grow the distribution to the trade. The first step has been to introduce new packaging (stand-up doy packs) which will enable a broader consumer reach.

"Women of the Year" Lunch

We are so pleased and delighted to advise that Lucy O’Donnell, our founder and Managing Director, has been invited to attend the Women of the Year Lunch at The Guildhall in October. Every woman is individually nominated by a member of the Women of the Year Nominating Council and is considered a ‘Woman of the Year’ because of her special contribution to society or the workplace.

For over fifty years the women of the Year Lunch has brought together outstanding women from all walks of life, creating one of the most significant assemblies of women in the world. Further information about the organisation can be found on our website www.womenoftheyear.co.uk.

Special Little People - Aromatherapy for Children

I discovered these fabulous essential oils specially formulated for children whilst doing a charity fair at a school in Surrey. As my oldest child finds it difficult to wind down at night time I thought I would try the "STARS" formulation. I couldn’t believe how easily he went to sleep! I am not surprised as it is a wonderful blend of jasmine, mandarin and lemon! I even use it myself! There are several others in the range including "STOMP" and "TEARS".

See the website: www.speciallittlepeople.co.uk.

Atlas Profilax

I always suffer from neck pain and back pain when I am quite stressed. I have discovered this wonderful treatment called the Atlas Treatment. The Atlas carries not only the head, but if it is not in its normal position, is responsible for a large number of painful medical conditions and illnesses. In most humans it is completely dislocated which can lead to a variety of physical and psychological ailments and illnesses which can be corrected.

The treatment was discovered by Swiss Rene-Claudius Schumperii, himself painfully affected by the dislocation, who between 1993 and 1996 developed a revolutionary method which returns the Atlas back into its correct position.

I must say that although I have only recently had the treatment - it seems to be working wonders already. For more information, email Caroline Vernon (one of three practitioners in the UK) at carolinevernon@aol.com

Victoria Cator & Lucinda Bruce

Are you stuck for what to cook for dinner? I am sure this book is going to become every busy woman’s bible!

"At last the definitive guide to easy entertaining that we’ve all been waiting for - a truly beautiful and inspirational book that has been long overdue. This is a book that delivers simple and stunning presentations and delicious but uncomplicated seasonal recipes that make for effortless entertaining with style. Victoria and Lucinda’s practical yet innovative approach is bound to be a winner, whether you are new to cooking or you entertain every week of the year. We know we won’t be entertaining without it."
Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine

Entertaining - the process of what to cook for friends and family - can be daunting. How to deal with fussy recipes? Or cater for larger numbers? How should the food be presented? How do you make the table look inviting and well put together without too much time or stress?

This book provides answers to these questions and more. Victoria and Lucinda give you ideas which enable any host or hostess to move ahead with confidence.

Divided into monthly segments with menus for lunch and dinner, seasonal table settings and flower arranging ideas, all illustrated by sumptuous photography, Flavour of the Month opens a whole new world for aspiring hosts who want to entertain beautifully but don’t want to end up stressed and worn out. Above all, Victoria and Lucinda’s aim is to make entertaining fun and enjoyable experience - as it should be!

See the website: www.marionboyars.co.uk - Flavour of the Month