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The Queen in Essex

Wearing a soft grey and burgundy fitted coat with a grey hat trimmed with grey and burgundy feathers The Queen spent an interesting day visiting Maldon and Tiptree in October.

For those of us lucky enough to be involved in the visit it was amazing how much preparation work was completed in only a few weeks..

The experience gained working with Buckingham Palace’s Press Office, the Lord Lieutenants’ Office and everyone else involved will be invaluable to other clients involved with celebrity or VIP visits.

New Winter Products from Wicks Manor Pork Farm
September 2010 - Fergus Howie introduced some excellent pork products for the winter market at the Speciality Fine Food Fair in London aimed at people who want to save time in the kitchen and those who require a tasty gluten free product. The pork comes from his large stock of home reared pigs on the family farm in Essex and include:

Bacon & Sausage Wraps for Christmas,
Spicy Meatballs for an easy supper.
Farmers’s Choice Pork Sausages for the Gluten Free consumers.

Contact us for more details.

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125 years of Preserving Excellence that most traditional of English jam makers, Wilkin & Sons Ltd., celebrates 125 years of independence since Arthur Charles Wilkin, great grandfather of present chairman Peter Wilkin, cooked the first Tiptree jam.

Witham Industrial Watch, over 200 businesses are striving to make Witham's industrial areas safer and cleaner. A Business Improvement District status has now been approved and an improvement plan for the next 5 years is being implemented. A challenging time; congratulations to everyone involved it was a very interesting project for ClientAct.

Lemon & Raspberry Puff - we first made this delicious dessert for the RHS show at Hyde Hall and then for Open Farm Sunday at Tiptree.  Recipe available.... -

Lemon & Raspberry Puff

The famous Telford Bridge at Ironbridge is close to the venue for the launch of the European Route of Industrial Heritage (ERIH) in 2005. In the last two years major sites in the UK, the Netherlands and the Rhur have been acknowledged as ERIH Anchor Points representing a range of industries including: Textile manufacturing at Salts Mill, Saltair, Iron works at Ironbridge Museums, Telford Coal mining at Rhondda Heritage Park and on the 4th July power, energy, gunpowder at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey.. 

The Industrious East. This year a network of smaller industrial heritage sites will be linked together through a series of regional routes, the first to be launched will be the Industrious East on the 4th July 2007.

Telford Bridge

Traceability and reliability are key factors in the manufacture of food casings. As supermarkets move towards demanding even greater accountability from suppliers, evidence of hazard analysis, quality control and accreditation will be vital when trying to secure long term orders. 

ClientAct recently produced a brochure highlighting the quality assured service provided by Kalle, one of the worlds leading producers of viscose, plastic and textile-based artificial food casings. 

Press details from ClientAct.

Kalle Sausage Casings

Wilkin & Sons recently launched three super sauces that are great for cooking and for using straight on the plate: Tiptree Mustard with Honey, Tiptree Barbecue Sauce and Tiptree Hot Mango Sauce. The media feedback has been great and if you need recipe ideas such as Roast Chicken with Barbecue Sauce and Dry Martini or Mustard with Honey as a sauce for salmon: contact Sally Carpenter.

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2007 Tiptree Strawberry Race - On the 21st June will raise money for the local Essex Wildlife Trust.  The challenge is to find the fastest picker of the tiny Little Scarlet strawberries used in the Tiptree conserve; it's very competitive with pickers from 18-80 taking part. 

Press details from ClientAct.

Scarlet Strawberries

Felsted School Chapel will be a stunning venue for Felsted Choral Society's Concert on Sunday 17th June 2007.  Described as an evening of musical bliss Roger Lawrence will conduct music by: Monteverdi Beatus Vir, John Rutters Requiem and the Brandenberg Concerto No 4. Felsted's famous school can be found midway between Chelmsford/Dunmow/Braintree.

For ticket information and interviews with Roger Lawrence please contact: Sally Carpenter at ClientAct

Rutter & Brandenberg at Felsted

The good the bad and the ugly - Witham through your eyes?

Witham Chamber of Commerce have organised a photographic competition for people who live, work or are at school in Witham. If you have a camera just look at Witham from a different angle the people, the place and the spirit of the town. Entry forms from the Tourist Information Centre hurry, closing date22nd June.

Through the eye of a camera

TV Chef Danny Boome's visit to Maldon and Tiptree was featured in the recent edition of Coastal Kitchen on ITV. We had a great day with Danny and the crew as he picked Little Scarlet Strawberries, visited the Tiptree jam factory and cooked three delicious dishes in a field overlooking the Blackwater Estuary. Recipes on www.itv.com

TV Chef Danny Boome's visit to Maldon and Tiptree

First impressions are so important in business, shops, hotels and towns. Witham Chamber of Commerce is pleased to support the Witham in Bloom scheme that has turned a simple car park into an attrractive feature and brightened up the town; which encourages that "good feel" factor for visiting shoppers and tourists. Congratulations to Witham in Bloom and to all the sponsors.
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