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John, Paul,
George and Rio!
A host of top Brazilian
bands and artists will hit Liverpool on Saturday 20 July when
Brazilica Carnival Day takes over the City centre, rounding off a
week-long programme of festival events! As well as a 500-strong
evening parade which will fill the City's streets with colour,
sparkle and music, Williamson Square will for the third year running
host a music stage throughout the day and evening, hosted by DJs
from 107.6 Juice FM. Revellers will be able to eat, drink and be
merry as they experience a great programme of music and samba
dancing, with an outdoor 'cocktail shack' and stalls offering the
best in Brazilian food.
Rio-based Beatle Band Sargento Pimenta visit Brazilica for the first
time this year and will headline the Juice FM Williamson Square
stage. Commanding an audience of up to 100,000 people in Brazil,
Sargento Pimenta samba band have helped maintain the global legacy
of our City's greatest musical export The Beatles - in fact, Brazil
boasts one of the World's most avid Beatles fanbases. Sargento
Pimenta perform Beatles classics in a fun samba style and are set to
have Brazilica crowds singing and dancing along in no time!
Innovative samba and jazz fusion quartet Tribo Da Pesada will make a
welcome return to the Brazilica main stage. Featuring renowned
singer Fabio Allman, frontman for Rio superstars Monobloco, a
showman used to performing all over Brazil to 100,000 people a time,
Tribo Da Pasada wowed crowds at Brazilica 2012. Their 2013
appearance will be even more exciting as the band's current
incarnation boasts even more members! Now featuring 7 musicians, the
band incorporates horns and percussion in an exciting fusion of
their usual samba sound and sakara (popular Nigerian music).
UK-based Brazilian funk and samba band The Fontanas will this year
grace the Williamson Square stage, after playing a great set at last
year's Festinho presents Brazilica Nation charity club night at
Nation. Joining them will be Solo Sagrado. Walter Jesus de Magalhães
Junior, the band's lead singer, came to Liverpool from Brazil,
became friends with Liverpool Carnival Company's Roger and Maeve and
wrote the Liverpool Samba School's Enredo in 2008. Roger and his
band have since relocated to Barcelona but they are excited to
return to Liverpool and perform again at Brazilica.
Liverpool Samba School, Viva Brasil Dance Shows and DJs Gary
Garamendi, Silvao & Fabio will also be on hand to ensure Liverpool
keeps dancing to the samba beat all day long. Samba schools from
around the UK who are visiting the festival and participating in the
parade will also appear on stage throughout this scorching spectacle
of samba.
Debbie Boyd of Brazilica co-organisers Orb Events said:- "The
reaction of Brazilian people to Liverpool's own Brazilian carnival
event is amazing - when we mention the City we can hardly believe
the great response and the way our musical history has had such a
massive impact on a country so far away! Brazilian artists have been
so honoured to be asked to join the festival which has now become
the biggest in the UK. In addition to Sargento Pimente there is also
a wealth of other brilliant musicians and performers that have come
to the festival from all over the World."
Get yourself down to Williamson Square on Saturday, 20 July 2013, for a
real carnival bloc party in the heart of Liverpool!
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Southport Access
For Everyone
THE next meeting of Southport Access For
Everyone forum will be held at the Victoria Methodist Church, Sussex
Road, Southport, PR8 6DG.
On Monday, 24 June 2013, at 7 pm. This is a free public meeting. The
premises are fully accessible for wheelchair users with adequate car
parking facilities, and light refreshments will be served will be
served before the meeting commences.
Anyone with an interest in disability issues is welcome. For further enquiries go to
SAFE's
website or call them
on:- 07866531036.
A 3RD OF OVER-45S UNDERESTIMATE
COST OF RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME BY OVER £7,000
37% of over 45s underestimate the annual cost
of a residential care home by over £7,000 reveals the latest
findings from the Partnership Care Index. The Care Annuity Provider
has tracked actual vs. perceived cost of a residential care home to
ascertain whether people realise how much they will have to pay.
With a significant media focus on this issue, people are
increasingly aware of the costs and the typical over 45
underestimates the cost of a care home by just £400. However, 38%
believe the State will meet these costs for them which suggests that
under the current system as well as the system proposed under the
Care Bill, many may be facing with a nasty financial shock.
Those in the South East (-£1,955) and East Midlands (-£1,898) are
the least aware of the actual cost of care while those in the West
Midlands (+£3,199) and North West (+£2,571) over estimate how will
need to be paid. However, these are average figures and the costs
can be much higher or even double, especially certain regions such
as the South East.
Chris Horlick, managing director of care, Partnership, said:-
"While it is good news to see that the typical person over 45 only
under-estimates the average cost of residential care by £400 per
year, if you dig into the figures a much more concerning picture
becomes apparent.
Despite the publiCity over the last few years, 38% of people
continue to believe that the state will pay for their care and 37%
under-estimate the cost of residential care by over £7,000 per year.
This suggests that for a large cohort of people when they either
need to arrange their own care; or sort out care for a family
member; they will be faced with paying substantially more than
anticipated."
Industry backs Commission calls
for SME banking competition to improve
RESPONDING to the
Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, David Ost, North West
Region Director of EEF, said:- "While much of today's
commentary will focus on improving bankers' behaviour, one of the
most important aspects from industry's perspective is the
Commission's criticism of the lamentable progress on improving
banking competition. Increasing competition is business critical if
we are to improve SME access to finance in the long term. We have
long called for a plan of action on this front, in addition to the
schemes already in place, and this is overdue. There are no reasons
for further delay. The Commission is clear on where the work needs
to start. This cannot remain a second-order issue. We urge the
Government to make an unambiguous response, otherwise this risks
being yet another signal about the lack of dynamism on the high
street." EEF supports the Commission's recommendations
to:- Immediately launch a study of the technical feasibility, costs
and benefits of a possible common utility platform, full account
number portability, and reducing downwards the number of days
completion for the incoming redirection service; and Immediately set
the Competition and Markets Authority to commencing a market study
of the retail and SME banking sector. EEF has also recommended the
government:- Clearly state time-bound metrics in terms of additional
switching, additional competition, and ultimately better SME access
to finance as a means of gauging progress on any one of initiatives
currently being brought forward to increase competition (e.g. the
redirection service); Consider additional ways to increase customer
switching in SME banking, as part of the reviews recommended above,
including a time-limited, capped incentive that matches any savings
SMEs can achieve by switching banks; Focus the new Business Bank
more squarely on increasing competition in SME banking as the main
long-term priority for improving SME access to finance. |
