Aldeburgh Business Association

05/12/2022

Lovely wreath workshop at Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall with Ruby and Iris, part of Aldeburgh Christmas Festivities.

03/12/2022

Santa ready to meet all the children in Aldeburgh today, 1.30pm - 4pm. Ballrooms Arts Aldeburgh

11/08/2022

Please see the following Article in the EADT, it seems that there is an 'Illegal Encampment' at the Kings Field in Aldeburgh:

There are various other threads discussing this on the local 'chit chat' pages.

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/travellers-spotted-in-aldeburgh-and-saxmundham-9202614

Travellers are reported to have pitched up in Aldeburgh and Saxmundham in east Suffolk

27/07/2022

Namaste! 🧘‍♂️
What a Wonderful Start to the Day!😀
We had a Members Morning Yoga Session run by the lovey Keira yesterday … and couldn’t have asked for a better setting than the Fishers Gin Distillery looking out to the Rising Sun over the Sea. 🌅🌊
A Delicious Breakfast of Pastries, Freshly cooked Bacon Sandwiches with Tea and Coffee followed with an excellent Opportunity to Network with other Members! 🥓🥐🫖☕️
Think we all felt Invigorated for the day ahead, thanks again to Andrew Christian, Ben and all at for the amazing setting and awesome Breakfast and Kiera for the Session! 🙏

01/06/2022

Best Jubilee Window Competition! 🇬🇧

Judging took place this morning and these are the Results:

COMMERCIAL
1st - Sue Ryder
2nd - Orlando’s
3rd - MCT Electrical
Highly Recommended - O&C Butchers & Fleur

DOMESTIC
1st - The Lingards, 257 High Street
2nd - 8 Crabbe Street (next to Jubilee Hall)
3rd - 112 High Street

Mayor Peter Palmer and non-high street ABA committee member Gina were judges.

We particularly liked the effort everyone put in and liked that so many businesses took part. The judging was very difficult and we wished there were more places to award!

Pictured is the Mayor outside the winning Entries 👏

Sue Ryder won a Bottle of Limited Edition Jubilee Gin (just 300 made!) … they looked rather chuffed .. a great reward for all the effort the volunteers put in! 🍸🙌 … Many Thanks to Adnams for this Amazing Prize.

The Lingards Prize is a Meal for 4 with Prosecco 🍾 … a just reward for a great family effort! … Thanks very much to the The Brudenell Hotel for this Wonderful Prize!

28/05/2022

… and there’s more! 🇬🇧👑👏
New Jubilee Window additions to Aldeburgh High Street! … Good to see more Shop Windows !
Credit to our Independents for some reallly clever details … like the Yarn Queen in the Pharmacy, Win a Corgi in O&C (beneath the vintage Tea Party 🫖), the Beautiful Pug and Pussycat Display … let hope the Nationals will join in this week!
Lots of Entries for the Competition … be sure to get yours in (see the previous post for details) … and we’ll announce a very special prize for the winner shortly (when we’re allowed to!) 🍸🇬🇧🤫
Check out Aldeburgh this Sunday when the Jubilee Torch visits

25/05/2022

The Flags are up in the High Street! 🇬🇧👏
More Bunting and Jubilee Windows too! … let’s get this Town fit for a Queen! 🇬🇧👑
More Window Photos to come 📸 (too many for this post!) and keep your eyes peeled 👀 for a Very Special and Unique Jubilee Prize for the Best Shop Window!🤔🏆

18/05/2022

Good to see the first few Jubilee Shop Windows going up in the High Street! 👑🇬🇧👏
and Ballamys
Don’t forget there’s a bottle of Champagne 🍾🥂(kindly donated by ) for the winner… as well endless bragging rights 😂
See the previous post for competition details!

13/05/2022

Aldeburgh Jubilee Celebrations!🇬🇧👑🎉🥳🎊
🇬🇧Window Decoration Competition - Get those Windows Royally Decorated .. Prizes for Best Shop Window and Best Residential 🍾👏
🇬🇧Late Night Shopping on Thursday 2nd June .. Let’s get this Party Started! 🛍🥂
ABA committee members will be coming along the High Street in the next week with more info!
God Save the Queen! 7️⃣0️⃣

20/04/2022

Platinum Jubilee! 👑🇬🇧

The ABA will be encouraging everyone on the High Street to decorate their Shop Windows and Houses for the Jubilee Weekend … Prizes for the Best House and Shop Windows🍾

We’ll also be encouraging Businesses to stay Open in the Evening on the Thursday Bank Holiday to create a Buzzing Party Atmosphere! 🥳🎉🥂

Extracts from our latest Newsletter attached … we’ll be up and down the High Street soon with leaflets and more info!

Feel free to add any Events/Promotions you're planning for Jubilee in the comments:

02/02/2022

Restart 2022! 🚀
Thanks once again to for hosting this ABA Meeting last week Thanks to all the fine producers who added to the amazing buffet spread and especially to all those that attended the meeting. 🙏
This was the first full meeting since the onset of Covid, and how fitting that it was at Fishers where we had the last meeting before the onset!
As a sign of the Restart 🚀 and new ABA we held the meeting in the Evening rather than the traditional breakfast, and invited selected non members to attend as well.
Around 30 minutes were spent reminding us all what the ABA is all about … the Committee talked about the 3 Pillars :
🚀Representation
🚀Information
🚀Collaboration
and how the association was key for the town and local area … before giving a tease of some of the monthly Events going forward!
A bottle of Gin was given by Andrew from Fishers as a thank you to Ella, departing the committee after 3 years
Everyone was then left to enjoy the magnificent buffet showcasing the amazing local produce, as well as the odd Gin! (Thanks To Ben the head distiller for running the Bar!)🍸😀
Heres to 2022 🥂

18/11/2021

…. and Up they Go! 🎄
It’s Beginning to look a bit like Christmas! 🧑‍🎄
The Trees are up in the High Street, by the Moot Hall and on the Beach ready for the Big Switch On (Sat 27th at 4pm at the Moot)
Thanks to everyone that helped put them up Tuesday Morning, Bob for bringing them down, Rob as ever for knocking them into place, Craig from Kiwi Fencing for bringing his JCB and Gina and Gary from the ABA for lending a hand! 👏
Thanks also to all those that have so far promised to Contribute to the cost of the Lights, we couldn't do it without you!

We've sent out requests for Donations in our Newsletters, by eMails and Walking up and down the High Street, but know there are still those out there who would like to help but whom we haven't managed to get to, so if thats you then please get in contact! (DM if you like)

Thanks to those who've generously promised so far:

Air Manage Suffolk, Aldeburgh Fish & Chips, Aldeburgh Market, Ballamy LLP, Ballroom Arts, Co-op, Fairweather Law, Fishers Gin, Flick and Sons, Joli, L'escargot, O&C Butcher, Richard Kihl Ltd, Riley & Riley Jewellers, Slate Cheese, The Hotel Folk (The Brudenell/White lion etc), The Lighthouse, Wag & Bone

29/09/2021

ABA Members Offer! 🍺🍸
The Krafty Braumeister and Fishers Gin are holding a special evening at the Krafty Brewery in Leiston this coming Friday 1st October.
Come and enjoy a very special evening of Beer, Gin, Food and Music.
More details can be found at
https://www.kraftybraumeister.co.uk/events/p/beer-botanicals
Tickets are £5 and include your first drink.
Special offer for ABA members!
The first 10 ABA members who email Fishers Gin saying that they would like to attend, will receive 2 complimentary tickets to the evening!
Please email [email protected] to take advantage of this offer.

13/07/2021

To Mask or not to Mask?

After July 19th the legal requirement to wear masks will be dropped … however Government Guidance is that “We expect and recommend people wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with people you don’t usually meet … “
England’s Chief Medical Officer agrees and adds “…. if someone else is feeling uncomfortable.”

The Shop Workers union says they should continue to be mandatory but Sainsbury’s says it will support individual choices!

So there appears to be a lot of conflicting advice and probably a lot of Businesses that are unsure how to proceed or what the consensus is.

So to help we thought we’d try to get some views from the local community.

So after the 19th July of you have a Client/Customer facing Business will you:

1)Request/Require Customers to still wear masks?
2)Request/Require Staff to wear masks?

and regardless of having a business will you

3)Wear a mask yourself where not required to do so? (e.g. in a shop)

Please be kind and polite with any responses.

24/06/2021

We had the privilege of hosting our AGM at the fantastic Venue in Aldeburgh yesterday morning.
Our first meeting this year, and we look forward to getting together regularly ongoing.
This newly refurbished facility has a great Industrial feel, with one of Suffolk’s biggest TV screens with state of the art connectivity, a full size snooker table, darts, a lovely well stocked bar and coffee machine as well as c. 100 covers even with distancing … this will be one of Aldeburgh’s finest venues, they have great plans … imagine it might be busy this Tuesday! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪⚽️
Just by Kings Field and The Tesco Coop Roundabout, check it out!
Well we had a very busy session and a fuller transcript of what we talked about will be on the website and newsletter:
We covered the review of the year, talked about business opportunities, projects for Tourism, Parking, Energy, Xmas (!) and more, and of course procedural matters including the accounts and re-election of Officers …. and had a great chance to mingle afterwards with a coffee ☕️

20/06/2021

11/03/2021

Seems the Aldeburgh Street Barriers have hit the Front Page!

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/aldeburgh-barriers-high-street-covid-measures-7817954

I think most people would agree that they're not very sightly .... but are they a necessary evil, or are they ineffective and causing too much harm to the Town's struggling Retail?

What's your opinion ... ?

a) Should be totally removed immediately or at least before Retail reopens on April 12

b) Should remain until restrictions are fully removed, hopefully by 21st June

c) Should be paired back to the Key Busy Points, and preferably be replaced by something more subtle and kept for an extended period

d) Something Else

Keep it nice and polite!

15/01/2021

Good News!

We are now processing the payment of grants for local businesses provided by the Government in a response to new national Covid-19 restrictions.

A new one-off grant is available to businesses that have been asked to close in line with the new national restrictions which came into place on 5 January 2021.

This comes in addition to the Local Restrictions Support Grants (LRSG), which have been available since the national lockdown in November 2020, and the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG), which is available for those businesses who may fall outside the eligibility of the LRSG scheme.

Furthermore, the Christmas Support Payment, consisting of a one-off payment of £1,000, is available for wet-led pubs that have been severely impacted over the Christmas period due to temporary local restrictions.

We will automatically make payments of all business grants to eligible businesses based on a successful LRSG or ARG application, including the new one-off payment and any subsequent additional support payments.

Therefore, you do not need to do anything if you have already successfully applied for the LRSG or ARG grant. However, if you haven’t yet, we’re encouraging eligible businesses to apply now at www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/business/covid-19-business-grant-funding/

Read more at www.eastsuffolk.gov.uk/news/grants-for-businesses-affected-by-new-restrictions/

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