THE MUSICIAN’S ANSWERING SERVICE

 

 

THE PROFESSIONALS CHOICE

 

 

 

 

 

NEWSLETTER

 

 

March  1998

 

 

 

Masters Yard     180a South Street     Dorking

Surrey     RH4 2ES

 

 

 

 

 

MAS: 01306 880669     ACCOUNTS: 01306 880404     FAX: 01306 888041

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMITHS' DIARY NEWSLETTER

 

March 1998

 

Welcome to the Third Edition of the Diary Newsletter.

If you would like to make a contribution to the next issue.

please let us know.

 

We would like to take this opportunity to welcome a few new members to our

team.

 

Fiona came to us last September from the Royal Northern College of Music, and is a saxophonist. Jane has joined us from Cardiff University and has a postgraduate qualification in music technology. Joanne has also come from Cardiff and is a singer and our most recent addition is Beth who studied at Goldsmiths College and is a trumpeter.

 

Sadly, we have had to say goodbye to four of our staff members.

 

Anne decided to leave the area and to spend more time with her family. We have also lost Stuart, who has moved away from Dorking to begin a teaching course in Brighton. Alison has left the service to join orchestral management team at the Royal Opera House and Helen has gone to work at the Wigmore Hall.

 

We wish them all the best in their new ventures.

 

 

Our present staff are: Isobel – Manager, Louise - Senior Co-ordinator

 

 

Gill,              Celia,                    Dan,

 

          IIeidi,           'fania,                    Fiona,

 

Jane,           Joanne,                 Beth.

 

 

 

 

 

OUR CHANGE OF ADDRESS

 

Most will know that we have moved offices.

 

Our new address is;

Masters Yard, 180a South Street, Dorking, Surrey. RI-14 2ES.

Of course our phone numbers have remained the same.

 

You're more than welcome to pay us a visit. If you're thinking of coming down to our new office - give us a call and we'll get some refreshments in!

C. V PUBLICATION

 

This service is becoming increasingly popular. If you would like your career

details included in the next issue, please send us your CV as soon as possible.

It is sent out to all the fixers we deal with on a regular basis

and could prove to be invaluable!

 

Can we also remind you that we can update any entries

each time we publish a new issue.

 

Financial tips

 

GAZUMPING IS BACK AGAIN

 

The government has announced a review of the system and virtually every estate agent and solicitor in the country seems to be coming up with a different solution to prevent gazumping and speed up sales.

 

One solution is to introduce deposits for both buyers and sellers but this might not be practical as it may aggravate the real problem which is the lack of decent properties on the market. Prices may be soaring in many areas but the market is extraordinarily narrow. You may be able to sell your house

quickly but it is virtually impossible to buy one at the same time. How would a deposit system work? To be effective the deposits will have to be rather large as the loss of L500 would be nothing to a vendor who has just been offered an extra L5000. But if these deposits were introduced (e.g. in proportion to the value of the asset being sold) and buyers and sellers were faced with losing L5000, the market would grind to a halt.

The other option is the Scottish system of legally binding blind bids. It prevents gazumping because once accepted. the deal is deemed to he done.

However the Scottish system would probably not work in the South as, unlike Scotland, the housing market is dominated by solicitors and not estate agents.

 

If estate agents are making the running, any system of blind bids would be vunerable to fraud. My last three mortgage clients have been the victims of gazumping. All were first time buyers with no property to sell. All were in a position to exchange contracts very quickly. What has happened to the good old days of a hand shake and the deal is done?

 

 

For further information call : Robert Turrvll, Graham Blair Financial Planning Ltd. 01732 743092

 

 

 

Bulletins

 

The MAS clients listed below have recently changed address; please check with MAS for details.

 

 

Julian Leaper

 

Sue Bowran

 

Ania Ullman

 

Jo Hensell

 

Emma Penfold

The MAS clients listed below have recently changed telephone numbers; please check with MAS for details.

 

Neil Evans

Kevin Morgan

Hilary Milne

Joanne Turner

 

PHONAPHONE MOBILE

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Other News…..

 

Tony Chidell & Tony Halstead have created a website ‘TheWorlds Most Unpopular Conductor Survey’

Find them @ WWW.HORNCUPS.COM

Click on the Web Forum

Andy Findon would like people to know he has just bought the only

contra bass flute In the country

 

 

We would like to remind you of our latest category of would - Music Copyists.

Let us know if you c would like to be included in this.

 

Newsletter Editors - Celia Speed & Dan Goren

M.A.S. Masters Yard, 180a South Street, Dorking, Surrey, RII4 2ES.