Something new and incredibly exciting is about to happen at the Directory of Chester!

Due to the success and continuing growth of the Directory of Chester throughout 2009 we are investing heavily in a site that you, the reader, clearly want and love.

In the background we are busy developing a brand new directory system for you and your local Chester business which will make you even more proud to be seen at the Directory of Chester.

The new directory will enable your business to be found even more easily and we will be continuing development throughout 2010 and beyond, adding more new features along the way.

With the launch of the new directory will come more packages for you to choose from, easier editing and more features for your listings.

All those signing up below to receive Directory of Chester Business Directory News Updates BEFORE the new launch will also receive an exclusive and great discount to get you started with your 2010 advertising and marketing campaign.

So sign up today to make sure you don’t miss out!

Don’t forget to pass the message on to all your friends too!

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Only you know how hard you have to work to make a profit or your own wages, so don’t you owe it to yourself to spend a little time protecting your hard earnings from the tax man? – especially as he has some new tricks up his sleeve.

So if you are self employed or the landlord of buy-to-let properties, the stark message for you is – get your tax affairs into order quickly or you could be working even harder for the benefit of the taxman.

Why Increase Fines on the Self Employed Now?

The answer is depressingly simple. We normal mortals, and long suffering self employed business people, are not the only people suffering from the economic downturn. The decline in business activity has resulted in falling tax revenues. And whilst we scratch our heads to find new sources of income, so does the tax man, armed with the advantage that he does not need to sell anything, just find new opportunities and implement them.

Your friendly tax man has noticed that one of the quickest ways to raise tax is not to spend a lot of time running expensive investigations, but rather to fine people as they realise that we may be more willing to pay fines than tax!.

So to increase net tax revenues they have hit on the simple two pronged approach – increase the level of fines charged and find new fines to add to their arsenal.

What Are the Fines?

Failing to Keep Good Records: £3,000 fine. You must keep good records. The HMRC now collect information from many different sources. If they make enquiries of you and you cannot answer it – the fine is £3,000.

Careless, Deliberate and Concealed Acts of Tax Avoidance – 30%, 70% or 100% fine on top of the tax owed. If you have a made a genuine mistake and can prove it, you have nothing to fear. However if you have not maintained good records, or concealed revenue or concealed tax liabilities, you can may be liable to pay 130%, 170% or 200% of what you owe.

Ignore Requests from the HMRC – fine £60 A DAY. This may sound a little like the old board game of monopoly but it’s true. The taxman may fine you £60 a day or £420 per week for not answering a query. For businesses working on a profit margin of say 50%, you need to take almost £1,000 per week, including VAT, to pay for a fine running over a single week.

How to Protect Yourself

The old fashioned way of keeping all your receipts in a shoe box and giving it to the account at the end of the year is not going to cut it anymore. So what can you do?

•    Employ a trained book keeper who can demonstrate tax experience.
•    Install your own system that will demonstrate to HMRC that you are taking all reasonable steps to keep good records.
•    Buy a computer tax programme recognised by HMRC as a suitable way of keeping records. Mr Tax CD is one such programme. It is based on the knowledge and experience of a former senior tax inspector. If your partner or even child helps you to use it to keep your records in order, then their cost is tax deductable.

In February 2010, the Directors of LDS Tourism Services Ltd., a premier brochure marketing company, will celebrate 18 years of being in business.

LDS Tourism – Brochure Marketing Specialists

Specialising in the distribution and display of leaflets and brochures produced by the local tourism and leisure industries, their familiar swift logo can be seen in hotels, restaurants, pubs, retail outlets and numerous other busy establishments throughout North Wales and the North West. Their selection of wall holders, turnarounds and free-standing dispensers are known as Tourist Information Points (TIPs for short) and have become invaluable focal-points for holidaymakers and locals alike.

Meet the Team at LDS Tourism  

Diana and Paula Bardell-Hedley, the original Partners, set up a small office in a spare bedroom in 1992, with only a second-hand post office van and an Amstrad computer to carry out their work. They gradually built up a reputation for innovation, hard work and reliability, and with it came clients – both large and small- from around the region (nationally, too).

These days the Company has its headquarters in Chester, as well as an office in Llandudno and a number of sub-depots throughout the area. Their uniformed staff and modern fleet of vehicles can be seen dashing about the City on a daily basis, delivering a range of printed materials such as the popular What’s On in Chester & Cheshire magazine.

“My late father owned Vince’s Fishing Tackle shop on Lower Bridge Street for many years. He was a larger than life character, with a regular column in the Evening Leader, and was a very well known face about Town. So, it was only fitting that we should base LDS Tourism Services’ headquarters in Chester.”

LDS Tourism is Beating the Recession – are you?

“Although we started the business during the financial downturn of the early ‘90s, we are currently living through the worst recession in living memory and many small businesses are struggling. Nobody is quite sure how long it will last, so we are doing all we can to adapt our services to suit the current climate.”

“Times are hard for everyone but British tourism appears to be bucking the trend to a degree,” she continues. “People are becoming nostalgic for the old-fashioned British holidays of their childhoods and it’s noticeable that many caravan parks, b&bs, traditional inns, barge holidays and self catering establishments are positively flourishing.

Like all businesses that hope to survive the financial crisis, LDS are fine-tuning their services to suit the times.

“For many years we paid high rental fees to large national companies in order to have exclusive display rights on their premises,” says Diana. “But, without wishing to mention any names, it has become apparent over the past couple of years that certain once busy outlets have slipped out of fashion and become quieter than the graveyard; with more staff than customers milling about. Our clients, quite rightly, expect us to display their promotional materials in popular sites. Although we still pay rental to a number of major retail outlets where the annual footfall is significant, we now put the emphasis on our Network Services and General Distribution. This allows us to keep our prices down.”

“We supply tastefully designed leaflet holders, free of charge, to tourism operators, then service them on a frequent basis – keeping the stands tidy and full of up-to-date information. In return, the outlet owners place our stands in prominent places. It’s a sort of symbiotic relationship which works well for everyone concerned and benefits the local economy.”

New Social Media Marketing Services at LDS Tourism

LDS Tourism Services has more recently branched out into social media marketing and has another exciting project in the pipeline, which is due to be announced at any moment.

Find LDS Tourism Services at the Directory of Chester.

Get your business listed, get seen here by all our readers AND get your business name in the search engines naturally within days by contacting us now on support@directoryofchester.net

Directory of Chester for Local Events and Local Businesses

 

An experienced sales professional is required to promote the services of Directory of Chester locally.

Directory of Chester has great plans for development in 2010 and is seeking a sales/ networking professional to help take the service forward.

You will be required to develop local networks, promote the business directory and marketing services in your area and promote other associated services. A full induction will be given.

This position will suit a sales professional or someone who is used to networking with local companies and other organisations in order to promote business development. You will be expected to work on your own initiative and will be fully rewarded for the results you achieve. This is an amazing opportunity to earn what you deserve!

For more details please contact: Chris@localsearchdirectories.com

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If you would like your event or venue’s link here just pop it in the comments box for me at the end of the page or email to Esther at support@directoryofchester.net
We are busy collecting Christmas menus/party dates and any great ideas for Christmas in Chester and Cheshire. We post them all for free here and we are happy to link back to you.

I look forward to receiving all your events and entertainment promotions.
Bye for now!

If you want to see your event promoted for free here send details to support@directoryofchester.net
 

Check out what else is on this November and December at the Directoryof ChesterEntertainment Section.

Don’t forget to check the Chester Weather before leaving home!

If you would like your event or venue’s link here just pop it in the comments box for me at the end of the page or email to Esther at support@directoryofchester.net .

We are busy collecting Christmas menus/party dates and any great ideas for Christmas in Chester and Cheshire. We post them all for free here and we are happy to link back to you.

Don’t forget you can regularly updated events straight to your email by filling in the box below.

I look forward to receiving all your events and entertainment promotions. Bye for now!

 

 

If you want to see your event promoted for free here send details to support@directoryofchester.net  

 

 Don’t forget to check the Chester Weather before leaving home!

Check out what else is on this October at the 

Directory of Chester Entertainment Section.

 

You may also be interested in:

 

Entertainment in Leeds, West Yorkshire

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Entertainment in Chester, Cheshire

Entertainment in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Does your favourite local Chester cause need a welcome windfall?

Is your Chester local group looking for more equipment, need help buying new supplies, need support to carry on good work in the community?

Maybe you need new shirts for the local football team, want help raising cash for the new church roof or organ, need help to buy some new medical equipment – help fund a life saving operation.

Or maybe you just know of a cause that deserves local publicity and fundraising help?

Whether you are the fund raiser or a supporter, we want to hear from you – now!

Every month Directory of Chester will feature a Cause of the Month. The cause will receive free publicity and we will invite visitors to our site to help raise funds. We will also make the first donation.

We will contact the organiser, verify the details and then list the cause on a special section of this site.

One of these causes will be selected every month and featured as the Directory of Chester Cause of the Month.

Positive help is here NOW, all you need to do is take the time to fill in the form below or email us at support@directoryofchester.net today.

Marketing & Sales Executive

Required by Directory of Chester

  

Great opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated marketing and sales professional to create their own position with a new local online business directory based in Chester.

You will develop strategies and take action that will result in the sale of directory ad space and product pages to local companies and will work with them to maximise their benefits too.

This position offers great potential for a dedicated marketing and sales professional who wants to establish a strong and well rewarded career.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate success in a similar demanding position that requires both face to face contact as well as telephone sales.

An innovative thinker will also find the opportunity rewarding.

You will also be happy to work without direct day to day control, whilst taking responsibility for your results.

Salary from £20,000 plus bonus linked to sales.

Interested?

Please send details of your qualifications and experience to date to:

chris@cma-ltd.co.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well actually it works both ways…

Here at the Directory of Chester we aim to please you and we feel the best way to do that is for you to get your voice heard.

Aside from regular blogs by our in-house authors we are looking for fresh new writers who want to have their say or simply want another avenue for publishing their work.

Who are we looking for?

1) students, school children and ‘wannabe’ journalists looking for a start on the ladder

2) regular bloggers looking for someone to showcase their work and get more traffic to their own blog for FREE

3) local residents who want to air their views about their city

4) business owners who have valuable tips and information to share (and YES you get to promote your business at the same time – FREE!)

5) voluntary/charity/non-profit organisations who want more exposure and a bigger audience to their cause

What do we do for you?

- we provide full editing services and SEO optimisation on publishing

- all blog articles will be included in our marketing strategy

- if you wish you can hold a full author’s page within our blog static pages giving more opportunities to create links to your own websites

- all voluntary/charity/non-profit organisations receive their own subcategory within the Your Chester category

What can you write about?

You can write for any of our categories which include:

BusinessEntertainment

Local News and Sport

Your Chester

which pretty much covers anything you can think of!

 

 

We are accepting submissions straight away so get in touch at support@directoryofLiverpool.net (we are suffering with technical difficulties with our Chester email address at the moment!)

FA Press Statement – Chester City FC accepted into Blue Square Premier League.

Conference League fined £5,000 for breach of the rules.

FA statement regarding Chester City and the Football Conference

We obviously can’t admit to being to ones to break the news.

However, we thank the Chester Chronicle for their announcement that the FA have granted affiliation to Chester City Football Club.

Chester City will be allowed to join the Blue Square Premier League and their campaign will finally start this Saturday with the game against Cambridge United.

See here also the Interviews by Michael Glover and Video by Alec Doyle, both from the Chester Chronicle, when they visited the fans at Deva Stadium.

It is still not totally clear how many points will be deducted from Chester City Football Club – will it be the original 10 or 25? If the additional 15 points added on were part of a breach of the rules by the Football Conference will they still be deducted?

Anyway – I am sure all will become clear and at least Chester City FC will see a season this year.

Good luck for Saturday Chester!

Read the full story at the Chester Chronicle here:

Chester City FC: Chester granted affiliation by the FA  

CHESTER City FC have been granted affiliation by the FA and will kick-off the season on Saturday. The FA is yet to officially confirm the news, …

 

 The nightmare continues for Chester City Football Club and all those teams due to play them early in the season. The game against Grays Athletic, due to have been played on Saturday at 3pm, was cancelled at hideously short notice.

Now the Gateshead Football Club website has just announced that the game scheduled at Deva Stadium has also been ‘postponed’.

It seems that the decision as to whether Chester City should be allowed to continue in the Blue Square Premier Conference League has been put out to the vote.

So far, it is reported that all 23 of the clubs have unanimously agreed to permit Chester City FC to play starting with the Gateshead game but, as ever, the confirmation of the FA’s decision is pending.

Reported most recently from the Gateshead Football Club website is that the FA have advised that tomorrow’s game should be postponed for now.

With the other Blue Square team’s backing the Conference is due to meet, yet again, with the Football Association on Thursday for further discussions on the matter.

Hopefully then a final decision can be announced….

Breaking News from Chester City Football Club – Press Release – 10th August 2009

Gateshead Football Club Website News

Keep up with the latest Chester City News at the Directory of Chester by subscribing to our

Chester City FC News Feed  

THE GRAYS ATHLETIC WEBSITE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT TOMORROW’S MATCH WITH CHESTER CITY FC HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ( FA ) HAS SAID THAT THE BLUE SQUARE CONFERENCE LEAGUE HAS BROKEN ‘THE RULES’ BY ALLOWING CHESTER CITY TO PLAY EVEN WITH A 25 POINT DEDUCTION.

Chester match at Grays called off – BBC SPORTS NEWS

CHESTER CITY FC v GRAY’S ATHLETIC MATCH OFF -CHESTERCITYFC.CO.UK

THE GRAYS ATHLETIC WEBSITE HAS ANNOUNCED THAT TOMORROW’S MATCH WITH CHESTER CITY FC HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION ( FA ) HAS SAID THAT THE BLUE SQUARE CONFERENCE LEAGUE HAS BROKEN ‘THE RULES’ BY ALLOWING CHESTER CITY TO PLAY EVEN WITH A 25 POINT DEDUCTION.

Chester match at Grays called off – BBC SPORTS NEWS

CHESTER CITY FC v GRAY’S ATHLETIC MATCH OFF -CHESTERCITYFC.CO.UK

The news finally broke yesterday evening that Chester City will start the 2009/10 football season with their first match against Gray’s Athletics on Saturday at 3pm.

The club starts the new season with a 25 point deduction although details of exactly what the further 15 point deduction awarded is for have not yet been revealed to the fans.

Official Statement by Board of the Football Conference Regarding Chester City (2004) Ltd

News Round-up:

Chester hit by 25-point penalty – BBC Sports News

Chester City start life in Blue Square Premier with 25-point penalty – The Telegraph

Chester City will start Blue Square Premier with 25-point deduction – The Guardian

Chester City odds plummet after 25 point penalty – Betting Pro

Further Points Penalty for the Blues – ChesterCity.co.uk

Chester City get go-ahead to start season – but with 25 point deduction – The Chester Chronicle

Keep up with the latest Chester City News at the Directory of Chester by subscribing to our

Chester City FC News Feed  

Chester City FC’s wait is still not over.

The long awaited announcement should finally come today as to whether the FA’s will allow Chester City to continue with their 2009/10 campaign.

Chester City Mad and the Liverpool Daily Post report this morning that the following talks last night there are still a few things to iron out.

It seems that even if the announcement comes today, that the FA will allow Chester to start the season and play their first away match againstt Grays Athletics on Saturday, Chester City FC may be starting with a massive overall 25 point deduction.

The whole situation has been handled in a manner which it totally unsympathetic to the players and fans with promises of press releases and much earlier confirmation than we will now receive.

The Chester Chronicle reported yesterday that anxious supporters had even chosen to gather at the Chester Town Hall.

We are forced to wait further for today’s announcement.

 
Keep up with the latest Chester City News at the Directory of Chester by subscribing to our

Chester City FC News Feed  

Chester City FC’s wait is still not over.

The long awaited announcement should finally come today as to whether the FA’s will allow Chester City to continue with their 2009/10 campaign.

Chester City Mad and the Liverpool Daily Post report this morning that the following talks last night there are still a few things to iron out.

It seems that even if the announcement comes today, that the FA will allow Chester to start the season and play their first away match againstt Grays Athletics on Saturday, Chester City FC may be starting with a massive overall 25 point deduction.

The whole situation has been handled in a manner which it totally unsympathetic to the players and fans with promises of press releases and much earlier confirmation than we will now receive.

The Chester Chronicle reported yesterday that anxious supporters had even chosen to gather at the Chester Town Hall.

We are forced to wait further for today’s announcement.

 
Keep up with the latest Chester City News at the Directory of Chester by subscribing to our

Chester City FC News Feed  

Directory of Chester has been running for just over three months now so we wanted to bring you an update to let you know what we have been up to and the plans for the future.

We started with the blog on 9th April and since then we have come on leaps and bounds.

Website upgrades

We upgraded to Arthemia for the blog at the end of April to bring you a more professional looking website to peruse.
Last week saw some fantastic upgrades to the Chester Business Directory with more to follow soon.
We are also expecting great improvements to the blog pages to match the two together.

Chester has welcomed us

Since we launched we have supplied you with events and entertainment, information about the Chester Races, Chester City Football Club news, the beginnings of the Chester Wedding Directory and our great Competition.

This is soon to be followed with details of shopping in Chester UK, restaurants and hotels.

We are also now bringing you regular Chester Business News features and updates.

The number of visitors to the site is growing well day by day and more and more of you are returning to the Directory of Chester to find the information you need.

Local Chester Businesses are taking advantage of the free listings facility on the Directory.

We’ve made friends!

The Chester and Cheshire community on Twitter have welcomed us with open arms. We aim to grow and develop these relationships to be valuable to those running Chester businesses and to deliver more of what you want to see on the Directory of Chester blog.

Those that deserve a special mention are:

The Helsby Arms – @HelsbyArms

The Courtyard at Helsby – @thecourtyard

My Chester Jobs – @mychesterjobs

Roman Tours Ltd – @RomanTours

Chester Tourist - @chestertourist

Walk Talk Tours – @WalkTalkTours

Mr Shell

University of Chester – @uochester

Chester on the Web – @chesterontheweb

Owen Watkins – @clocsen

Simon Tiplady – @stiplady

Chester Canalside Holidays – @stayinchester

Adam Walton – @adamwalton

Chester Chronicle – @ChesterChron


These are just a few (so don’t be offended if you didn’t get a mention!)  of the wonderful people on Twitter who have helped the Directory of Chester spot bugs, provided content, taught me how to use Twitter in the first place and generally made us feel welcome.

You can follow the Directory of Chester at http://twitter.com/dochesteruk

Or follow the authors:estherrosieuk and 33paul

Latest Directory of Chester News

The really big news is that things are going so well with the Directory of Chester that we launched Directory of Liverpool on Friday.

We hope that you will join us in celebrating the new website.

We are always looking for contributors, events to promote, videos, photographs and Your Chester News and Views.

Don’t hestitate to contact us if you would like to become an author on the site or simply have ideas of what you would like to see at the Directory.

support@directoryofchester.net

Keep up to date by subscribing to our Directory of Chester Blog feed

The time is nearly upon for the Chester Summer Music Festival which will run this year from Thursday 2nd July right through until Saturday 18th July.

Banned In Chester starts tomorrow.

This new Chester festival gives visitors and locals of the city the opportunity to feast their eyes and ears on performances by some spectacular UK songwriters and singers.

Banned In Chester is a brilliant new music festival coming to Chester between 16^th and 19^th June with events at

Telford Warehouse and the Frog and Nightingale.

Fifteen new acts will perform over the three days with open invitation to current supporters and fans of the bands and definitely to those who just love to watch and discover new talent.

For full details of the intention behind the new music festival and what’s on and where you can visit Banned in Chester.

Chester UK should certainly embrace and be proud of Banned in Chester as news of the new music festival has even made to the NME news with Pulled Apart by Horses, Joe Gideon and the Shark and Jon Byrne headlining the article.

Learn more about Luke Oldale the innovator and organiser of Chester’s newest festival at the Banned In Chester MySpace page and read the latest news about the event at the Banned In Chester Facebook page.

This morning’s meeting at Deva Stadium has been a successful in pulling Chester City FC out of administration.  

Chester City 2004 LTD are now the new owners of Chester City FC.

The news was broken on the Official Chester City FC website.

Now we await to see if the Chester City FC will be accepted into the Conference League at the AGM on Saturday.

Chester City FC faces one of its most important days in the history of the club today as it meets with Refresh Recovery, the administrators currently managing the club’s financial situation.

Stephen Vaughan chose to put Chester City FC into voluntary administration on 17th May when relegation became confirmed.

The meeting between Chester City FC and Refresh Recovery is due to take place at 11am today at the Deva Stadium to discuss the severity of debts, creditors and any offers received to buy the club.

It has been suggested that Chester City FC’s debts may be more than £7 million.

It is though that at today’s meeting Stephen Vaughan will try to buy back Chester City FC as a limited company. A limited company deal would mean that any future responsibility of a slide into insolvency would fall to the shareholders but only to the limit of their original investment.

With Stephen Vaughan already in place as the major shareholder and creditor he has loans of £4 million. In this step to buy back Chester City FC he is offering to surrender monies owed to him in a bid to save the club.

If Refresh Recovery accept this Company Voluntary Agreement (CVA) Chester City FC then faces the Football Conference AGM on Saturday 13th June. At this meeting it will be confirmed whether they will be accepted into the Conference League for next season.

For full details of the offer to be made read more at Chester Chronicle whilst we wait with baited breath for the result of today’s meeting between the creditors and Chester City FC.

Benefits of listing in Directory of Chester

Chester Business Directory Listing is a key way to get your business noticed on the internet. Wait, you say, I advertise in the Yellow Pages so I do not need to enter my Chester business into this business directory.

Think carefully. When was the last time you picked a paper-copy Chester Business Directory when you were looking for services or products that you needed?

There are many reasons why you should enter your Chester business into our directory today:

1) To enter your initial listing is absolutely FREE. This will only take you a matter of minutes. With over 8000 links already in the directory you may already be there, you just need to register and claim your link

Q. Why bother registering if my free link is there already – the work has been done for me.

A. Once you have signed in and entered or claimed your listing you can make many alterations to your Chester business directory entry. You can keep your listing constantly updated with any information that may have changed. You can make sure that your business is listed in the best category suited to your place in industry.

If you find your business already has a link owner please contact us at support@directoryofchester.net so we can rectify this.

2) Listing your business and linking to your own website through our Chester Business Directory will boost the visibility of your own site to internet users.

Q. Why will this help me?

A. Increasing links to your own business website pushes your rankings up making it more likely for your customers to find your services before your competitors.

3) People looking for products and services search locally for what they want to find. Over 640 local searches are performed across the world every second so get your business found by listing in a local Chester Business Directory.

4) If you don’t have a website you can start by using the Directory of Chester as your business page.

5) Running a business can be expensive. Advertising your business can be even more costly. Working with your local Chester Business Directory is a great and relatively inexpensive way to make sure you get more exposure to your potential new customers.

Once you have listed your business you can explore all the other options and ways in which the Directory of Chester can help you. We have all sorts of options to suit any budget.

If you have any difficulties claiming your free listing or would like discuss one of the many other ways in which we can help boost your Chester business contact us at support@directoryofchester.net

Local Business Directory advertising and use by new customers is growing rapidly across the world.

Can you really afford to miss out on such a simple way to get your Chester business noticed?

With listings starting from FREE are you really going to pass up on the opportunity to claim your listing and control your own advertising space?

Welcome to the Directory of Chester – the latest and most innovative way to get your Chester Business noticed.

Chester Youtube Videos comes to Directory of Chester with a sincere welcome to MrShell.

We are delighted to showcase one of his many (and well watched!) Chester Youtube videos.

Well when I say Chester Video you really have to watch to find out…

Mr Shell does not restrict his subjects to Chester UK and mainly specialises in finding the best way to use Youtube along with other hardware and software application.

A visit to Mr Shell on Youtube is definitely worth while if you are looking for the latest tips on PS2 games or the best way to make the most of your talents on Youtube.

You can also follow Mr Shell on Twitter.

At only 16 years of age MrShell has over sixty videos loaded onto Youtube and we can’t wait to see some more.

We hope that you enjoy this brilliantly put together piece.

The challenge to you is:

Can you name the individual sources used in Mr Shell’s Chester Youtube Video?
Answers will be revealed here next week…

Sit back and enjoy this alternative take on a Chester Youtube Video:

Update: Wednesday 3rd June 2009

Did you complete the challenge?

Take one more opportunity to see if you can work out where Mr Shell gathered all his clips from.
Did you recognise the music?

Answers:

Rainbow Six – Vegas 2
Crysis
Killzone 2
Need for Speed – Undercover
Race Driver Grid
Assassins Creed

Music – Juno Reactor Vs Don Davis – Navras

Morrissey’s 50th birthday was celebrated with a return to his home city of Manchester. I am proud and privileged to have experienced one of the most amazing nights of my life; on Friday 22nd May at the Manchester Apollo. One of the most magnificent the Apollo will ever have the fortune to have been host to.

I thank, wholeheartedly, Morrissey for choosing one the smaller venues in Manchester; with a select audience of only 3,500 people. It is unsurprising that both the Friday and Saturday night shows sold out within fifteen minutes of the tickets going on sale. However, it did make the event that much more exceptional.

I arrived at the venue to be greeted by a fast moving, perfectly managed queue of people of all ages, dressed in all manner of attire. There are no strict and fast rules as to who can and can’t love Morrissey and we clearly all do.

The ticket touts outside were failing miserably to acquire tickets and showed an obvious desperation, along with wads of cash clearly displayed, to buy any spare tickets. Spare tickets to Morrissey’s 50th birthday party – I ask you!

Straight through to the stalls and right up to the stage; I regretted being as short as I am! The mood was a good one with most of just not quite believing we had made it. We were here and in and the envy of so many who weren’t.

Support band Doll and the Kicks had the unenviable job of entertaining a crowd who had come to see their hero sing but after a slow start their set grew brilliantly, satisfying an audience with only one thing on their mind.

Morrissey and his band entered the stage to a roaring crowd and opened the night with The Smiths’ ‘This Charming Man’. I managed to stay right at the front for about 60 seconds before I had to pull away from the surging Mozz pit and retire a little further back so that I can could sing, shout and dance to my hearts content – and also so that I could feast my eyes, just about, on the birthday boy.

I turned and looked behind me to see and hear the most glorious and adoring of birthday celebrations.

Everyone upstanding, everyone singing and every one of us feeling special.

Unforgettable.

The set played like this:
This Charming Man / Irish Blood, English Heart / Black Cloud / How Soon Is Now? / All You Need Is Me / How Can Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel? / Girlfriend In A Coma / I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris / Let Me Kiss You / Ask / Something Is Squeezing My Skull / One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell / Why Don’t You Find Out For Yourself? / The World Is Full Of Crashing Bores / I Keep Mine Hidden / When Last I Spoke To Carol / Best Friend On The Payroll / Sorry Doesn’t Help / Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others / The Loop / I’m OK By Myself // First Of The Gang To Die

Now is my turn to thank others for what they have given me. Contributors to Morrissey YouTube I salute you. There are good videos and bad but I have enjoyed them all as a chance to relive one the best nights of my life.

Whilst my voice heals, and the aches and pains from furious dancing subside, YouTube Morrissey fans can enjoy those precious moments again and again.

Here are some of the best so far:

                  The show opens with Nina Simone’s recording of

                                                                                        ‘You’ll  Never Walk Alone’ leading into

                                                                                         The Smiths’ ‘This Charming Man’

                      Irish Blood, English Heart

                   Black Cloud

                  How Soon is Now?

                 How Could Anybody Possibly Know How I Feel?
                  All You Need is Me

                 Girlfriend in a Coma

                     Let Me Kiss You

                      Ask

                    One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell

                     I Keep Mine Hidden

                      The World is Full of Crashing Bores

                     Sorry Doesn’t Help

                 Some Girls are Bigger Than Others

                     The Loop

                    I’m Okay By Myself

                   Finale: The First of The Gang To Die

Fans of Morrissey on Youtube – keep them coming!

Happy 50th Birthday Morrissey

– and thankyou.

The University of Chester will be holding their next Open Day on Saturday 6^th June.

Anyone who is interested in attending Chester University is invited to visit the Chester Campus site between 10am and 3pm.

University Open Days are fantastic way of exploring your possible new academic journey. Spending a day on campus gives you the opportunity to get a really sense of your new life at Chester University.

University campus sites can seem a little overwhelming at first. You wonder how you will ever find your way around on a day to day basis. Have no fear! It will take a matter of days before you are running between lecture halls, the student union and all the other wonderful facilities the University of Chester has to offer.

When you arrive at the Chester University Open Day you should go to an Open Day Enquiry Point where you will be presented with your crucially useful Open Day Pack. I wouldn’t recommend missing out on this as your day will be much better spent once you have the information within it.

University Open Days in Chester not only provide the chance to wander freely around the campus but there are members of all areas of the University on hand to answer any queries you may have about live at Chester University.

There are all sorts of things to consider when choosing the right University for you. Obviously whether they hold the courses you want to study comes close to the top of the list! However, it is just as relevant that the city of Chester is the ideal place for you to settle during your studies. You can explore Chester during the University of Chester Open Day on a free open-top bus tour.

The team at Chester University will also be holding taster lectures, offering advice on your all important UCAS application and expert guidance on accommodation and finances to ensure that you start your studies fully prepared.

The University of Chester will also publish a timetable of the day on their Chester Open Day website page prior to the 6^th June, so you can plan your visit to the University with precision.

You can also find links to contact details, parking arrangements, location and Chester campus maps on the Chester University Contact Us page.

Chester University has campus sites at Chester Campus at Parkgate Road,Chester, Cheshire, CH1 4BJ and Warrington Campus at Crab Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 0DB

The two sites are only twenty five miles apart and you can travel easily between the two using the free shuttle bus service provided by the University of Chester.

The next Chester University Open Day will be held on Saturday 3rd October at the Chester Campus and Saturday 10^th October at the Warrington Campus.

Directory of Chester (dochesteruk) is proud to follow the University of Chester (uochester) on Twitter

 My Chester Jobs has come to the Directory of Chester Blog.

The search for new employment opportunities is certainly on the increase; with new unemployment statistics being released this week at over 2.2 million.

Using My Chester Jobs at Directory of Chester will save you the time taken to sift through hundreds of job adverts from all over the UK.

The benefits of using My Chester Jobs are obvious.

Search local, work local and live local!

Why travel hours to work when you can find a job in Chester and use your leisure time for just that, leisure!

It is therefore the aim of Directory of Chester and My Chester Jobs to make your Chester job search much more accessible to the local community.

In this new section of the blog we will be developing resources to help those looking for a job in Chester.

First, we have added a brand new widget to our home page in the bottom right hand corner of every page.This will show the latest and most exciting job vacancies in Chester directly as My Chester Jobs receives them.

If you see a job opportunity that interests you – just click on the vacancy title. You will be magically transported to the My Chester Job site where you can enter your application online.

Or you can go straight to the home page by clicking on my chester jobs @ Directory of Chester

Please right-click and select ‘open in new tab’ or ‘open in new page’ so that you do not lose your place on Directory of Chester.

If you would like regular updates straight to your computer from ‘mychesterjobs.co.uk’ you can subscribe to the latest job postings by clicking on  here or on the widget.

Second, we will be adding regular information to our new Jobs and Career Advice section to guide you in your job application and help with your next career move. Updates will include how best to start your job search for employment in Chester, what to do when you think you can’t find a perfect job in Chester and how to tackle the application process.

Directory of Chester will also be working to grow a directory of job profiles detailing entry requirements, training and long-term potential of positions.

Directory of Chester would particularly like to hear your stories and experiences.

Do you have a fascinating but rarely heard about job that you would like to tell us about?

Have you taken years of skills learnt and turned them into a new career?

Do you work for an employer or in a position that you simply love and want to tell us why?

Have you been made redundant and managed to turn it to your advantage by starting out on a new dream venture?

Can you offer any useful advice to our visitors who are starting their job search in Chester?

Contact us and let us know at: support@directoryofchester.net