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The New Life of Old Furniture

For years, the furniture industry encouraged us to buy new. Flat-pack wardrobes, matching bedroom sets and fast-changing interior trends made replacing furniture seem easier than repairing it. Yet increasingly, homeowners are turning in the opposite direction. From antique sideboards to…

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Can Your Company Pay for a Garden Office?

With more business owners working from home, garden offices have become increasingly popular. However, the tax treatment is not always as straightforward as many people expect. If your limited company pays for a permanent garden office within the grounds of…

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Greenfingers… the Alan Titchmarsh Column

He’s a magnificent broadcaster, gifted gardener, brilliant author and all-round
horticultural visionary. This month, Alan Titchmarsh discusses the importance of watering.

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Greenfingers

The Alan Titchmarsh Column He’s a magnificent broadcaster, gifted gardener, brilliant author and all-round horticultural visionary. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about the benefits of a vegetable garden, and why starting it in November can be bountiful. November might not…

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Greenfingers the Alan Titchmarsh Column

He’s a magnificent broadcaster, gifted gardener, brilliant author and all­ round horticultural visionary. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about what’s in his gardening wardrobe, and if New Year is the best time to update… As the seasons change, so does…

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Greenfingers… The Alan Titchmarsh column

Greenfingers… The Alan Titchmarsh column He’s a magnificent broadcaster, gifted gardener, brilliant author and all ­round horticultural visionary. This month, Alan Titchmarsh talks about how you can protect your garden against the winter elements… As the chill of winter slowly…

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Reader comments

I like Soar Valley Life Magazine because ...

It informs me of local services.

JL - Hoton

Compact, refer back and you can get through it easily

TG - Shepshed

It’s fun and a great read

VR - East Leake

The variation of information is presented in an interesting and visual format

KH - Sileby

For me it gives a sense of community and a bit of local identity in a world that’s is becoming increasingly homogenised.

CC - Shepshed

it’s relevant to where I live and the advertisers are often useful.

PS - Shepshed

It provides a wide range of information for the local area

SB - Shepshed

It is local

CR - Long Whatton

It’s small, convenient, has everything you need!

OB - Shepshed

It relates to the area I have lived in all my life.

ES - Loughborough

It tells me what’s going on in the community.

AC - Sileby

It is quite a varied magazine with some interesting articles, tempting recipes and gardening ideas. I do look forward to receiving it.

LA - Birstall

There is always plenty to read and competitions and puzzles to keep the brain active. Useful for finding local tradesmen and services.

LG - Mountsorrel

it feels relevant to me and my lifestyle, from local ads to local walks, plus everything else in between.

LB - Loughborough

I enjoy trying out the the recipes

AM - Loughborough

It has a good mix of advertising, competitions and useful articles to read and keep

AK - Cropston

It’s different from other local publications – friendly, informative, doesn’t feel impersonal

KW - Loughborough

It’s content is wide ranging, diverse and inclusive

SP - Loughborough

it always feels friendly and positive.

JR - Long Whatton

I enjoy the puzzles and recipes

HC - Loughborough

It has a great variety of features that have a local interest. Always an inspiring read.

NC - Groby

It offers such a variety of interesting articles to look at and digest

WH - Loughborough

It cheers me up with with its interesting, and often humorous articles.

DA - Walton on the Wolds

The magazine has a friendly community feel and includes something for everyone, young and old from puzzles and gardening to astronomy and health. A very useful resource!

AP - East Leake

It covers such a wide variety of topics and businesses. Moving to a completely new area just before covid, it helped me to feel more familiar with the locality.

AB - Sileby

The articles are interesting and local to my area

It promotes local businesses

DC - Rothley

It strikes a good balance between advertising and interesting articles from a wide variety of contributors.

MY - Loughborough
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I like Soar Valley Life Magazine because ...

The articles are interesting and local to my area

It relates to the area I have lived in all my life.

ES - Loughborough

It has a great variety of features that have a local interest. Always an inspiring read.

NC - Groby

It has a good mix of advertising, competitions and useful articles to read and keep

AK - Cropston

It covers such a wide variety of topics and businesses. Moving to a completely new area just before covid, it helped me to feel more familiar with the locality.

AB - Sileby

It’s different from other local publications – friendly, informative, doesn’t feel impersonal

KW - Loughborough

it’s relevant to where I live and the advertisers are often useful.

PS - Shepshed

There is always plenty to read and competitions and puzzles to keep the brain active. Useful for finding local tradesmen and services.

LG - Mountsorrel

It is local

CR - Long Whatton

I enjoy trying out the the recipes

AM - Loughborough

It is quite a varied magazine with some interesting articles, tempting recipes and gardening ideas. I do look forward to receiving it.

LA - Birstall

It’s small, convenient, has everything you need!

OB - Shepshed

The magazine has a friendly community feel and includes something for everyone, young and old from puzzles and gardening to astronomy and health. A very useful resource!

AP - East Leake

It cheers me up with with its interesting, and often humorous articles.

DA - Walton on the Wolds

it feels relevant to me and my lifestyle, from local ads to local walks, plus everything else in between.

LB - Loughborough

It’s content is wide ranging, diverse and inclusive

SP - Loughborough

I enjoy the puzzles and recipes

HC - Loughborough

It’s fun and a great read

VR - East Leake

It strikes a good balance between advertising and interesting articles from a wide variety of contributors.

MY - Loughborough

The variation of information is presented in an interesting and visual format

KH - Sileby

It offers such a variety of interesting articles to look at and digest

WH - Loughborough

It promotes local businesses

DC - Rothley

It tells me what’s going on in the community.

AC - Sileby

For me it gives a sense of community and a bit of local identity in a world that’s is becoming increasingly homogenised.

CC - Shepshed

Compact, refer back and you can get through it easily

TG - Shepshed

it always feels friendly and positive.

JR - Long Whatton

It provides a wide range of information for the local area

SB - Shepshed

It informs me of local services.

JL - Hoton


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