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ABURNLEY company encouraged ; employees to raid thetr.wardrobes ■ for a good cause.
Aircelle Ltd got staff to bring in 'i-
one quality piece of clothing fo r - their “Donate, Don’t Dump” day;-' to be given to Pcndleside Hospice i
■ knew it was for her. Said Catli, who lives'
V.’ it.
“I was destined to do “The course was real
i ty hard work, but I have : learned so much and it
gives me a good appre-
; - ciation of the work that . other people do. , - : “It covered the whole'
range, even engineer ing.”
; Gath has worked the brewery for 13 years
- where her dad, Kevin Mercer, was chief engi neer until he retired in 1999,
Over.the years she has become a particular
■ fan of two of Thwaites’s .beers, Wainwrights, which comes in casks
:and bottles, and Lan caster Bomber. She added: “I love
finding out about what makes a good beer, and I hope it might open a few doors for the fu ture.” .
.PEOPLE who have taken out loans -
may be targeted by a new type of fraud. . : The Attorney General’s office says
fraudsters - often from a company with a similar name to an existing loan com pany - are sending out letters which claim a repayment deadline has been missed and saying the original debt, plus more money has to be paid.
; ;The warning was issued after a cluster
of victims in the North-West contacted Action Fraud in one day.
al fraud reporting centre. Many of those who got in touch were already in debt. They had sent the requested money to the fraudsters and then found they still owe the original company. The con is being investigated by the National ;v
Fraud.Intelligence Bureau; but there . are fears that others could fall victim. ■' ■ ' Action Fraud centre takes crime r e - ;
Action Fraud is the UK’s first nation
ports from victims of fraud and provides -. them with a crime reference number.. The information is then fed to the NFIB -- for analysis and possible police action. ' The centre also provides information - for the public.on how they can protect themselves from fraudsters; ' It suggests three basic rules: *Gheck:your-original paperwork:-
Contact the company you took the loan ■ ' from to check repayment dates *Ask questions. If someone is legiti
mate they will not pressurise you or be elusive. ,.*Don’t stay silent. If you’ve been tar- -
geted by a fraudster and lost-money,. ■ • contact Action Fraud at
www.action- ; .
fraud.org.uk or call 0300123 2040. '
A SAViniG OF £925!
THAT'S
THE winner of the £1,000 Pendle- side Hospice draw was Mr D. Hall, of Burnley. ' ■ ■ Mrs Irene Lindsay,.of Hapton, wonj-
£250 for second place while'third place and £100 went to Mr Earnest Shorrock, ; of Cliviger! ; Tlie jfe prize winners were; Mrs Mau-
reen Bis'pham, Miss Jane .Young,-Mrs Doreen Howell, Mrs Kathryn Vernon,- Mr Stanley Mitchell, Mr Sam Bowden, Mr Ronald .Watson, Mr David S p t t , “ Mr Terence Neary, Mr Colin Duck- . worth, Ms Sheila Murray and Mrs Ellen
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charity shops. ■.-. More than 100 items of clothing;. many brand new or. barely worn, • were brought in and workers had a “best dressed piannequin” compe--- tition which was'won by a group of ..- ; French students on placement at the'-
engineeringfirm. ,
j:'-: The company has organised a : i- programme of events and activities' ■in the coming months to raise mon-' ■ ey for Pendleside Hospice which is: their chosen charity for 2010. • - ■ Janet Ambler, organisational de- -
velopment officer at Aircelle, said:.
•’-“The staff realty enjoyed this event. v ;The hospice is a cause close to many .- . people’s hearts and we are realty, taking on the challenge of raising as ’ much money as possible .-; hopemlly ' in unusual ways.”
:■ in Lowerhouse Lane:‘T' ■ think it is in my blood ' as though
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