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Ashok Leyland endeavours to bring the best-in-class experience to our customers, through our products and services. In realising this commitment, we understand not only the need for regular repair of your vehicles but also the importance of arresting the product repair time resulting in minimum off road time. This urge to ensure maximum profitability and satisfaction for our customers coupled with the ask to keep our service force abreast with the continually changing landscapes in technology, led to the need for Service Training, an initiative that trains and empowers our service workforce to handle the most complex of vehicular services.
Since our service workforce is professionally trained, they not only help keep your vehicles in top shape, but are also catalysts for enhanced customer satisfaction. Service Training caters to the training needs across ranks: from an entry-level technician to an experienced workshop manager. They undergo intensive training programmes so as to ensure that every person among our channel partners is trained for continual improvement in their skills for higher productivity, retention and motivation.
The Need for Constant Service Training
Our Potential Participants
- Ashok Leyland's channel partners in dealer outlets, Authorised Service Centres (ASCs) and Local Mechanic Garages (LMGs)
- Large corporations such as MTC, BMTC, government transport departments, etc.
- Diverse divisions of the Armed Forces
- Technical educational institutes that have tie-ups with Ashok Leyland
- Ancillary partners such as oil companies, tyre companies, etc. that indirectly service Ashok Leyland's customers.
Training Delivery Models
Training-Embedded Accordion
With the objective of sharing the latest know-how with the service technician fraternity so as to ultimately benefit the customer, the Ashok Leyland STCs are modelled as service knowledge dissemination centres. Spread pan India at Alwar, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Nagpur, Nasik, Ludhiana, Namakkal, Pantnagar and Kolkata, the STCs offer training programmes that are a perfect amalgamation of theoretical and practical knowledge.
A typical STC is equipped with classrooms and audio-visuals aids for theory sessions and a demonstration area for practical sessions, which has an actual working model, to provide participants with hands-on experience. With a well-structured curriculum, a usual STC programme includes:
- Product familiarisation–acclimatising new joiners with the varied product ranges of Ashok Leyland
- Understanding the scope of work of a service technician in the maintenance of the AL product range
- Diagnostics and troubleshooting-learning the usage and capabilities of modern diagnostic tools so as to provide cutting-edge vehicular service
- Overhaul methodology-understanding the technics and know-how behind overhauling the critical aggregates
- Service processes-understanding the processes and performances that lead to a seamless customer experience and enhanced customer satisfaction.
In an effort to take service training to the customer's doorsteps, Ashok Leyland conceptualized Knowledge on Wheels (KNoW), a very unique concept of knowledge sharing, bringing the advanced technical know-how to not only those with the least access to facilities to seek such knowledge but also to other technicians who would want to enrich their technical knowledge. Ashok Leyland has a fleet of modified, fully equipped mobile trucks positioned pan India that deliver training on site–at customers' locations, channel partners' locations, government organisations and local mechanic garages. KNoW also goes to very remote locations where people have no access to training due to various logistic reasons and to interior regions with no training facility within reach.
KNoW is equipped with a fully air-conditioned classroom for theoretical inputs and a workshop area for practical, hands-on training including diagnostics and live models for defect simulation. A typical KNoW mobile facility comes with an eight seater air-conditioned classroom, a smart TV and a demonstration area for working on a live engine.
Training courses are conducted primarily on familiarisation, maintenance, troubleshooting and diagnostics with state-of-the-art tools and equipment. Achieved through experienced trainers/instructors and a meticulous curriculum, KNoW's effectiveness as a comprehensive means of knowledge sharing is enhanced through instant certification.
Ensuring the growth of everyone associated with Ashok Leyland and to motivate and constantly upskill the service technicians at the dealerships across India, we have introduced an innovative initiative known as Earn & Learn at dealer sites. Aimed at upgrading the skills of the new entrants to the profession as well as the younger workforce, this training programme is devised as an on-the-job training, providing the technicians the opportunity to enhance their skills while not compromising on their livelihood.
The Earn & Learn programme can be undertaken in two ways:
- Automajor–Designed for candidates who have completed their 10th standard, Automajor is a two-year programme in collaboration with the ITI that gives the participants, classroom as well as hands on training. The programme aims at giving the participants a boost-start in their career as a service technician.
- b. Automaster–A six-month course designed for ITI graduates, Automaster helps aspiring technicians to upgrade their knowledge and skills, thereby go higher in the service technician's career ladder.
b. Automaster–A six-month course designed for ITI graduates, Automaster helps aspiring technicians to upgrade their knowledge and skills, thereby go higher in the service technician's career ladder.
At Ashok Leyland, learning is a continuous process, and with technological advancements, the company has taken its training levels a notch up and has provided trainings through e-modules. These e-modules are easily accessible via the e-learning platform that the company has developed and covers topics on the new products and processes of Ashok Leyland. The service technicians can access the e-learning modules from anywhere via a tab, a computer or learning kiosks at the dealer points. The participants can go through the self-learning modules using their User IDs and upgrade their knowledge. This is yet another channel of knowledge dissemination for service training.
SERVICE SAMRAT–Recognising the best service technician
To acknowledge the round-the-clock efforts by the service technicians among all the channel partners, Ashok Leyland has instituted Service Samrat, a recognition initiative to acknowledge the outstanding technicians of the year. Conducted across dealerships and with other channel partners, Service Samrat sees participation from more than 6000 service technicians and 1500 supervisors. The participants undergo a stringent selection process spread across multiple stages, at the end of which the winners get recognized for their proficiencies.
Collaboration with educational institutes
A forerunner in spreading knowledge, Ashok Leyland has always endeavoured to take its technical know-how to the very last person in the service technician fraternity. To ensure the same, and bridge the gap of the manpower supply, in the commercial vehicle industry, Ashok Leyland decided to take its knowledge to educational institutes, thereby also building an ecosystem of employability. Ashok Leyland collaborated and signed MoUs with the Centurion University, Bhuvaneshwar; the Raisoni Group of Institute, Maharashtra and Indo Global Exclusive Manpower Holding entity. The Joint Skill Development Centre (JSDC), is yet another initiative to provide primed human resources for dealers through residential campus training.
Ashok Leyland has also signed MoUs with select ITIs where they have set up a facility to train participants on not only the technical know-how of their machinery but also on various software course modules. The institute also offers an opportunity for the participants to become an instructor.
Collaboration with educational institutes provides the organisation an opportunity to not only share its latest technical knowledge with the student community but also develop well informed and deployable human resources to represent the relevant functional streams.
At Ashok Leyland Aapki Jeet, Hamari Jeet is a way of life and the company ensures that it works for the betterment of all its stakeholders, the drivers being one amongst the crucial partners. The commercial vehicle industry has been facing a critical dearth of quality drivers. Being cognizant of this, the company in collaboration with the state governments, pioneered the Driving Training Institutes (DTIs) way back in 1995. A noble initiative, the DTIs, a few of which work on a Public-Private Partnership, while the rest are company-owned, in the two decades and more of their existence has endeavoured to make drivers more employable and has churned out over eight lakh quality drivers across India.
Located in sprawling campuses across the country, the DTI centres offer highly structured trainings which cover numerous modules and use ultramodern technology coupled with real-road conditions to familiarize participants with all possible driving scenarios. The DTI courses see enrolments from driver from across the different segments of the industry. The institutes also help train drivers from various STUs and the Defence sector. The holistic training help the participants evolve into quality drivers who contribute their bit in the enhancement of the business.
Why DTI?
With the transportation industry growing exponentially, there is a need to meet the demand for skilled drivers. It has also become imperative that the drivers are kept abreast of the latest technological advancements and are trained to handle technically advanced vehicles. The training programs also spread awareness on the dignity of labour in the truck driving profession, thereby helping to enhance the status of drivers in the society. This awareness along with systematic, scientific training and an exposure to latest technologies give the DTI-trained drivers the definitive advantage of being more employable.
With an aim to inculcate good traffic discipline and improve road safety, the DTIs also look at the bigger picture of instilling good driving practices which would not only have a positive impact on the life and performance of the vehicle, but also on the profitability of the business they are associated with. Over the years, Ashok Leyland has refined the DTI courses, which have evolved as centres of excellence, providing trainings on all aspects of driving and management. The institutes address the need for a holistic approach to health and general well-being, with special emphasis on prevention of HIV.
Courses and Infrastructure in DTIs
The various courses offered by the institutes differ in duration depending on the need of the customer and the skills required in mastering the training. The pedagogy in DTI conforms to the ASDC & National Occupation Standards and adheres to the TS 16949 process. The course contents conform to the regulations of MV Rules and Act, and certificates are issued based on merit. A typical programme consists of basic skills development, including the Ashok Leyland 18 Point Skill Pack. All courses are designed to cover both theory and practical knowledge and undergo periodic internal and external process audits for continued enhancement in curriculum. Participants undergo mandatory tests at every level of the course, including periodic skills assessment till the culmination of the course.
Eligible candidates are also offered scholarships to pursue the choice of course they have opted for. The scholarships offered come under various schemes run by the state and the central governments, a few among them being the Pradhan Mantri Kowshal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY), Mahalir Thittam and THADCO (both funded by the Tamil Nadu Government), Government of Odisha Employment Mission and the National Skill Development Council (NSDC). The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, the Tribal Welfare Department and the Forest Department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh also help qualified candidates become drivers. Apart from the government, private oil companies also sponsor eligible candidates enrolling for the DTI courses.
The DTI training platter includes:
LMV Trainings
Type of Trainings
Basic course in driving
1 month
Refresher course in driving
1/3/10 days
Modular Employability Skills–NCVT certified courses (DGSE)
3 months
HMV Trainings
Type of Trainings
Beginners training in Heavy Vehicle Driving
3 months
HMV learner's course (with HMV learner's licence)
1 month
Refresher course for experienced drivers
5 days
Training for Trainers
1 month & 5 days
Tractor–trailer training
5 days
Fuel saving techniques
2-3 days
Special Trainings - Hazardous Goods
Type of Trainings
Safe transportation of Hazardous Goods
3 days
Refresher course on safe transportation of Hazardous Goods
1 day
With a capacity to train over 25,000 drivers per annum per Driver Training Institute, so far over eight lakh drivers already been trained since inception. To meet the training requirements for such a large audience of over two lakhs per year, the DTIs are equipped with contemporary vehicles, modern infrastructure and a state-of-the-art driving simulator. Built on a motion platform technology, the simulator can produce movements of any kind and transfer the simulation to the driver's seat for a realistic experience. A simulator comes with a cabin, screen and display facility for life-size visuals. This helps the trainee understand how it would be to drive a truck in actual driving conditions and acclimatise to various driving situations, in varied climatic surroundings.
The expansive campuses which offer reasonable accommodation facilities, have every conceivable road and terrain configuration to train the drivers. In order to reach out to and train maximum number of drivers, Ashok Leyland has DTI facilities spread in locations pan India:
- Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)
- Burari (Delhi)
- Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)
- Kaithal (Haryana)
- Chhatia (Odisha)
- Railmagra (Rajasthan)
- Dharwad (Karnataka)
- Yelahanka (Karnataka)
- Vadodara (Gujarat)
The details of the DTIs are as follows:
1. Namakkal (Tamil Nadu)
Set in the heartland of trucking in 1995, the Namakkal training centre is a tribute to the indomitable spirit of the trucking community and designed to be an institute of excellence moulded by the expectations of our customers. Spread over 25 acres, the campus houses an all-inclusive infrastructural facility that includes four classrooms, a library, a model room, a laboratory and an open-air theatre.
The driving range consists of varied configurations of roads and terrains including bends of various types to ensure the candidates are comfortable driving the vehicles in any possible road conditions. The roads come complete with electronic signals, sign boards, road markings and street lights for night driving.
The institute has trained a mammoth four lakh drivers since its establishment. The institute trains around 18,000 candidates on the fresher course and has around 500 candidates enrolling for the refresher course every year.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
2. Burari (Delhi)
The Burari DTI came into being in 2005 and is the first to be ISO 9001:2015 certified. Erected on 12 acres of land adjacent to the Transport Authority, in the heart of Delhi, the institute provides practical learning on Light Motor Vehicle (LMV) and Heavy Motor Vehicle (HMV) on a 2.2 km driving track that has numerous types of road configurations complete with electronic signals, road signs and road markings. The DTI is also equipped with two simulators. These virtual simulators based on the motion platform simulator technology give the drivers a holistic driving experience across varied terrain conditions. The realistic movements of the seat and the cabin in correspondence to the terrain and climatic condition being simulated add on to the learning experience of the participants.
The institute has trained over three lakh drivers since 2005. Around 65,000 drivers enrol for the refresher courses per year and around 3,400 candidates attend the fresher courses.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
3. Kaithal (Haryana)
Started in February 2013, this DTI is situated on the Kaithal–Khanauri Road in the district of Kaithal, Haryana. This DTI is spread over 14 acres with a facility of boarding and lodging up to 75 trainees. It is also equipped with a test track for driving range, two truck simulators, six classrooms, a cut-section room and an auditorium with a capacity for 150 people.
The institute has produced a cumulative of 45,000 drivers till date, with about 20,000 completing the refresher training and about 2,000 candidates completing the fresher course per year.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
4. Chhatia (Odisha)
The DTI at Chhatia is situated 50 kms from Bhubaneshwar on NH 5 and has been functional since 2013. Spread over 41 acres with a driving track of 4 kms, one of the differentiating factors of this institute is its natural hilly terrain with an elevated height of over 60 ft., offering high advantage in learning. The track also includes varied types of road scenarios to hone the driving skills of the candidates. The classrooms are equipped with the latest audio-visual aids for theoretical lessons. It also has auto labs with the current vehicle aggregates on display to provide insights on the operation and maintenance of a vehicle. The institute also offers an additional programme, Train the Trainer, aimed at teaching the instructors at private training institutes.
Since its inception, the institute has trained over 25,000 drivers. In a month, around 160 freshers come out as certified drivers and about 130 enrol for a refresher course.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
Train the Trainer
5. Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh)
Set up in 2013 and spread over an area of 13 acres, the Chhindwara DTI is situated around 120 kms from Nagpur and about 286 kms from Bhopal. With a lodging facility for 150 trainees, the institute has six fully air-conditioned classrooms with audio-visual aids, auto lab, a library and a full-fledged driving range with a modern state-of-the-art motion platform simulator.
Since its operation, the DTI at Chhindwara has trained over 10,000 drivers. The institute trains, on an average, 500 candidates on their refresher as well as fresher training programs annually.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
6. Railmagra, Rajasamand (Rajasthan)
The Rajasthan is situated in the district of Rajasamand, near Udaipur and is functional since 2014. Housed on a 14-acre land, with the facility for six classrooms and a hostel for accommodating 150 students, the institute boasts of a 3.5-km long driving range, an auto lab, a library and a modern state-of-the-art motion platform simulator. The motion platform simulator mimics different road and climatic conditions along with the corresponding movements such that the realistic movement of the seat as well as the cabin add on to the learning experience of the candidates. The simulator also helps in understanding the controls of the truck and acclimatizes the trainee to a myriad driving conditions.
The institute has trained over 2,800 drivers till date with an intake of about 200 candidates for the fresher training per year.
It offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
7. Dharwad (Karnataka)
Established in December 2015 and located 15 kms from Hubli, the DTI in Dharwad is spread over 10 acres of land. The facility includes an administrative block with six classrooms, library, auto lab and a 3-km driving range. The DTI also has boarding and lodging facilities for 200 trainees.
The DTI has skilled a cumulative number of 38,000 drivers till date with around 32,000 drivers enrolling for the refresher course.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
8. Yelahanka (Bangalore, Karnataka)
Operational from June 2016, the Yelahanka DTI is situated on an expanse of 10 acres. Mirroring the facilities available in the Dharwad DTI, the Yelahanka DTI has a 3-km drive range that showcases various road terrains for rigorous truck driving training. The DTI also has an administrative block that houses a library, an auto lab and six classrooms.
From the time of its inception, the Bangalore DTI has trained around 25,000 drivers.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Fresher courses
Fresher courses
Hazardous Goods
Refresher courses
Refresher courses
Fuel saving course
9. Vadodara (Gujrat)
Established in June 2016, the Vadodara DTI is situated on the premises of RIL transport facility on the outskirts of Vadodara at Ranoli. The district of Vadodara has the presence of large oil and chemical companies in around the area, and, as a result, has a large number of vehicle population involved in hazardous chemicals transportation.
Ashok Leyland having understood the danger involved in the transfer of these hazardous products, train the drivers to transport these goods from the companies to the desired destination and introduced a specialized training for hazardous goods carriage.
Catering to the need of the hour, this DTI, with a capacity to train 50 students per day, has specially commissioned and successfully executed fresher and refresher courses for the upgradation of the truck drivers' skills in hazardous goods carriage.
The institute has trained over 2,300 drivers since its establishment.
The institute offers the following courses:
Special Courses
Hazardous Goods-Fresher and Refresher Courses
Fuel saving course
Tamil Nadu
J Suresh Babu,
Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute,
Paramathy Road, Vallipuram – (Post),
Namakkal. Tamil Nadu – 637003,
Mobile No. 9842322210,
Tel: 04286 – 267751, 267752, 267953.
New Delhi
S P Singh,
Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute,
Near Transport Authority Complex'
Burari' New Delhi 110009,
Mobile No. 8800091211,
Tel: (011) 27613269 / 5960, 65904004.
Madhya Pradesh
Sanjay Takone,
Ashok Leyland Institute of Driving Training & Research,
Khasara no 117/2, Gram Salimeta,
Post - Linga, Teh – Mohkhed,
Dist – Chhindwara – 480001,
Madhya Pradesh,
Mobile No. 9669333301,
Tel: 07162 – 292250 / 51.
Ajay Kumar Raina,
Ashok Leyland Driver Training Institute,
Village Garhi Padla,
Khanori Road,
Kaithal(Dist. Kaithal),
Mobile No. 8199994240 / 8953990065,
Tel: 01746-200301, 200302.
Sadiq Hussain Syed,
Govt. of Odisha - Ashok Leyland HMV Driver Training Institute,
At Post: Chhatia,
Dist. Jaipur, Odisha,
Mobile No. 7077426571 / 9178926763 / 7623012342.
Sanjay Gautam,
Ashok Leyland Institute of Driver Training,
Opp Sub District Transport Office,
Near Transport Hub,
Fateh Nagar – Dariba Road,
Railmagra, District Rajasamand,
Pin 313 329,
Mobile No. 9810405440, 9649614555.
Ramesh Ambannanavar,
Society for Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Institute,
Survey No. 111,
Bangalore north Taluk,
Mobile No: 7892013245
Land Line No: 080-29792020
Ramesh Ambannanavar,
Society for Heavy Vehicle Driver Training Institute,
Plot no- 78, 79, 80,
Gamanagatti Industrial Area,
Hubli, Dharwad,
Pin- 580 025,
Mobile No. 9900181411
M R Sarwesvaraselvam,
Ashok Leyland Institute for Advanced Driver Training,
Reliance Industries Ltd.,
Old Transport Bhavan,
Near Sabic Industries,
Koyali to Ranoli Road,
PO. Petrochmicals,
Vadodara – 391 346 Gujarat
Mobile No. 90033 03157.
M R Sarwesvaraselvam,
Ashok Leyland Institute for Advanced Driver Training
Hazira Reliance Logistic
Opposite Gate – 2
Hazira road Surat – 394270
Gujarat State
Mobile No. 90033 03157.
Head Office
P Mohammed Ali,
DGM – Service & Driver Training,
Ashok Leyland Ltd.,
No. 1, Sardar Patel Road,
Guindy, Chennai,
Pin 600032,
Tel: (91) 044 – 2220 6484,
Email: email@example.com.


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10 steps to feeling safe when living alone
Nuisance phone calls, cold callers on the doorstep, noisy neighbours, things going bump outside - when an older person lives alone, these things can be intimidating and even frightening. Whether we like it or not, living alone can make older people feel more vulnerable and isolated.
Senior living and retirement should be associated with quality leisure time and a new lifestyle, but for many people it can induce feelings of isolation and loneliness.
According to Age UK, more than 2 million people in England over the age of 75 live alone – with over a million older people admitting they sometimes go for a month without speaking to a friend, neighbour or family member.
Sometimes a change in circumstances can mean that a person finds themselves suddenly alone or needing support at a later stage of life. After a lifetime of independence, that can come as a real shock and it's often a struggle to adjust to the new situation.
Wherever you live, there are a few practical steps you can take to reduce feelings of withdrawl and insecurity.
1. Make sure that your phone number is ex-directory and that you have registered to join the Telephone Preference Service. This ensures that sales and marketing companies are not allowed to call you without prior consent.
2. Never give out personal details over the phone – including date of birth, address or bank details.
3. Avoid telling anyone you don't know, that you live alone, either over the phone or in person. No one should ask that question.
4. Don't answer the door if you don't already know who it is. If it's someone you know, they'll call to you through the letterbox or phone you. If you can't easily see who's outside, get a peep hole in your door, or watch through a window. You're perfectly entitled to choose not to answer the door.
5. It can be handy to have a cordless landline phone, or a mobile phone, to ensure that you are always reachable by those who love you, and that you can call someone at any moment, should you need to.
6. Talk to your neighbours. Close-knit communities look out for one another, and it can also be nice to see a friendly face as you're putting the rubbish out or watering the plants. Often, helpful neighbours may put the bins out or mow your grass if they think it will be appreciated.
7. Join local groups – Age UK offer localised support groups for senior living. There's everything from coffee mornings at the local church, to events and days out.
For the mind: Book club, bridge club, gardening or learning a new technology.
For the body: Local walking group, yoga class or even a spot of Zumba. Or, simply some conversation and laughter to stimulate the soul and fire up your spirits.
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10. Be yourself. Growing older doesn't necessarily mean losing your independence or having to change your lifestyle.
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1 month 2 weeks agoRT @BernardInterior: As part of the @audleyvillages development team for Cooper's Hill, we worked with @GauntFrancis @QuartzPS… https://t.co/G87qet1J5a
1 month 2 weeks agoA brilliant article discussing how high-quality design can impact dementia care by Jen Bernard, found and managing… https://t.co/IqKr0yVOzQ
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1 month 3 weeks agoRT @MoorfieldGroup: .@AudleyVillages, our #SeniorLiving platform, is the UK's leading #Retirement village operator, with 1,250 resident… https://t.co/5hWMnTpQSg
1 month 3 weeks ago@lauraevertonnn Hi Laura, looks like we might have got this one a little wrong! Do you mind popping us a private me… https://t.co/BoWLSvEG0j
1 month 4 weeks agoRT @CareNursingMag: A recent survey from @audleyvillages has found that nine in ten over 55 say UK Government needs to rethink social c… https://t.co/j5eBjKFtbG
2 months 5 days agoHead over to Malvern Theatres on Instagram to be in for a chance of winning two tickets to see Blithe Spirit plus a… https://t.co/s2eYjk0jFQ
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2 months 1 week agoWhat a fantastic way to kick-off 2020. https://t.co/vxd9OQYzAX
2 months 1 week agoRT @JCPinBristol: Receptionist @audleyvillages #Redwood #Bristol Info/apply: https://t.co/ahJfsdE5UF #BristolJobs https://t.co/gePyp4ddkx
2 months 1 week agoRT @Retiremove: Delighted residents approve of the trend to build pubs in retirement villages! @WadswickGreen @audleyvillages… https://t.co/HM4YRcS3Gf
2 months 2 weeks agoRT @JustinKingCFP: "We will know we've achieved something the day people stop being surprised. There's no reason why, just because you… https://t.co/tZqdE8dIXH
2 months 2 weeks agoRT @BernardInterior: We recently completed the interior design & fitout of the beautiful Grade II* listed Tudor manor house at the heart… https://t.co/Dg8BF7DK8G
2 months 2 weeks agoRT @JustinKingCFP: Why should you be forced into inferior housing as you age? @audleyvillages offer luxury housing within a beautiful… https://t.co/CQN8m5jfoG
2 months 2 weeks ago.@AudleyCEO joined @JustinKingCFP to discuss the future of retirement living on The Retirement Cafe podcast, listen… https://t.co/af3E6ZLC30
2 months 2 weeks agoDid you know we are on LinkedIn? If you're interested in working for Audley Group then head over to our LinkedIn pr… https://t.co/Q1cLv19rSQ
2 months 3 weeks agoAudley Inglewood's Winter Wonderland BBQ kicked their new year off in style, the weather was so beautiful they coul… https://t.co/XyHCvYp7FW
2 months 3 weeks agoTo help with your move in 2020 we would like to offer you a contribution towards your moving costs*. Follow the lin… https://t.co/TH78ESzDr2
2 months 3 weeks agoWe're extremely pleased to share we have signed a new joint venture agreement with Danish pension company, PFA, tha… https://t.co/lsFk1c1f4R
2 months 3 weeks agoFind out more about our new year moving package... https://t.co/BMzxFZsmzV
2 months 3 weeks agoBeautiful pictures of Audley Clevedon in Ilkley https://t.co/EDZWK2pLDp
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2 months 3 weeks agoRT @ARCOtweets: Really exciting to see @audleyvillages bringing the Retirement Community model to Denmark 👇 https://t.co/pWLNdlQwIM
3 months 2 days agoHere's to 2019! What a fantastic year it has been, with the opening of two new villages, multiple refurbishments, n… https://t.co/ojWttmythU
3 months 4 days agoStanbridge Manor at our newley opened village #StanbridgeEarls taken by one of the very talented team on the villag… https://t.co/LEC3x71Fdq
3 months 6 days agoBeautiful morning's at Audley Inglewood....#AudleyVillages https://t.co/skiY0MmLAS
3 months 1 week agoFrom everyone at Audley Villages, we wish you, your friends and family the most magical Christmas day filled with l… https://t.co/dD8itzwRLo
3 months 1 week agoOne more sleep to go… https://t.co/SI7pDFtCfy
3 months 1 week agoWelcome to Audley Stanbridge Earls...#AudleyVillages https://t.co/AF8nZWf9MY
3 months 1 week agoA huge well done to Alan and George at #AudleyRedwood for transforming their buggy into Santa's sleigh... just in t… https://t.co/r62HkK47e4
3 months 2 weeks agoCould Audley Clevedon be having a white Christmas this year?! #AudleyClevedon #Ilkley https://t.co/IFFqxAhvhp
3 months 2 weeks agoAudley's #ChristmasJumperDay, some fabulous, furry ( and very itchy) jumpers across our central office and villages! https://t.co/88oKafvklF
3 months 2 weeks agoWhat a fantastic performance! #KingsleyChristmas https://t.co/JbiDIRU1uL
3 months 3 weeks agoRT @BernardInterior: We have recently completed a major refurbishment of Clevedon House, the Audley Club at #AudleyClevedon in Ben Rhydd… https://t.co/qZ7ZjRibF5
3 months 3 weeks ago.@CherylGillan from a recent visit with our owners at Audley Chalfont Dene. https://t.co/KVgKmDk19e
3 months 3 weeks agoRT @cwchamber: MEMBER OFFER | @audleyvillages: 25% off Afternoon Tea Enjoy a sublime afternoon of delicious English delicacies wi… https://t.co/zIbcSRAvyp
3 months 3 weeks agoRT @ARCOtweets: Some more brilliant photos from @jackmrankin's visit to @audleyvillages Binswood on Friday. Great opportunity for r… https://t.co/Zgb7SkJsTi
3 months 3 weeks agoWe're extremely excited to share with you some sneak peek photos of Audley Stanbridge Earls, Romsey, Hampshire. Ope… https://t.co/UIdcUIH3mE
3 months 4 weeks agoA few photos from the latest exclusive event at Audley Ellerslie with special guest, double Olivier award-winning… https://t.co/teKK5c6qP7
3 months 4 weeks agoRead Paul Morgan's latest interview with Care Home Professional. He discusses his transition from hospitality to th… https://t.co/B0Mkk09CxD
4 months 1 day agoRT @Connect2Care: Pictures from the #customer #service commercial #course delivered by our fantastic L&D team as part of… https://t.co/gaBTKirVQv
4 months 4 days agoRT @West_SILC: First Christmas Craft Fair of 2019 for our post 16 pupils @audleyvillages in Ilkley. Our pupils showed great custom… https://t.co/b3e7jnx6nS
4 months 5 days agoRT @hatton_harding: H O M E T U R F We love going back @audleyvillages #Binswoodhall being the very first Audley properties we decora… https://t.co/buRrnXDig9
4 months 5 days agoFestive fun and cocktails, is there a better way to spend an evening? Why not join @3_Church_Road at their new fest… https://t.co/oGGnETwhlg
4 months 6 days agoWe're at Audley Binswood's Christmas Fair! Join us for mince pies and mulled wine. 🎄
4 months 6 days agoThe owners at Audley Ellerslie have now completed a basic first aid course. It's great to see owners who have never… https://t.co/BFCAqONjCv
4 months 1 week agoRT @ARCOtweets: Hearing now from Nick Sanderson, @audleyvillages CEO and ARCO Chair, on the future of stable and experienced operat… https://t.co/Yeh9jExXpu
4 months 1 week agoRT @hatton_harding: L U X U R Y C H R I S T M A S We were spoilt for choice for fireplaces at @audleyvillages #Coopershill so we decid… https://t.co/IN0X9I0cNg
4 months 1 week agoRT @24housing: A reduction in stamp duty 'holds the key' to unlocking the housing crisis, according to new research from… https://t.co/81LR8pIDBu
4 months 1 week agoIt's your last chance to enter The Romney at Mote House's competition as the winner will be announced on Monday. Th… https://t.co/DtmEm1zXL1
4 months 1 week agoWe've partnered with @regentcruises to offer you & a guest a one night stay at a luxury hotel, including breakfast,… https://t.co/vDfuzig7Ay
4 months 1 week agoRT @hatton_harding: I T S C H R I S T M A S @audleyvillages #Stelphins !!! This is one of our favourites out of all the properties to… https://t.co/iHffzKZVNs
4 months 1 week agoRT @PropPersonnel: New research from #retirement living provider, @audleyvillages , claims that a reduction in stamp duty holds the ke… https://t.co/66CcIiZXjY
4 months 1 week agoWhat a fantastic day at The St Elphin's Park Christmas Fair last Saturday. Check out our latest blog post to find t… https://t.co/hgTR2iwDe6
4 months 1 week agoRT @hatton_harding: Back with @audleyvillages today on the Christmas decor tour this time #redwood..more tomorrow #hattonandharding… https://t.co/f0P7vzx7vu
4 months 2 weeks agoWelcome to the team Phil! https://t.co/ZtLPDTMWYu
4 months 2 weeks agoWhat an outstanding achievement for two of our Audley Owners at Binswood. Well done! @BinswoodHall https://t.co/xbsMAJP18k
4 months 2 weeks agoDon't forget Audley St Elphin's Park Christmas Fair tomorrow at 11am - 4pm, see you there! 🎄#ChristmasFair https://t.co/T8lOzCnIpG
4 months 2 weeks agoStyling for the WOW factor by our guest blogger @BernardInterior #interiordesign https://t.co/9JgAxohx0q
4 months 3 weeks agoA fantastic feature for Bay our Leisure Manager at Audley Ellerslie. #ADayinTheLifeOf https://t.co/lXddbnc3HP
4 months 3 weeks agoA huge congratulations to Audley Redwood for the success of their latest event with celebrity chef @Deanedwardschef… https://t.co/w1aHAOWqU6
4 months 3 weeks agoRT @Deanedwardschef: Had a brilliant weekend cooking @audleyvillages huge thanks to the team for making it so successful https://t.co/sPQMyAF2Hj
4 months 3 weeks agoLest We Forget #RemembranceSunday https://t.co/EHykf6DqhC
4 months 3 weeks agoDon't forget you can find the location and times of all our Audley Christmas fairs on our latest blog post...https://t.co/uiOed0IqLp
4 months 3 weeks agoRT @HousingLINews: Hot on heels of @ULI_UK guide launch on #HousingwithCare last week, @RussellPedley of @AssaelArchitect offers great… https://t.co/76JiqkVwA9
4 months 3 weeks agoRT @BernardInterior: This week we begin the fit out of the Grade II* listed Tudor manor house at the heart of @AudleyVillages Stanbridge… https://t.co/TuYpj3ffPD
4 months 4 weeks agoRT @BlackstockPR: Our founder & MD, @andrewjteacher in conversation with @LouiseDrewLaw of @SHMALaw, @AudleyCEO of @audleyvillages,… https://t.co/hFVBGDJxZS
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5 months 3 days agoHappy Halloween from Audley Villages, a few of our village teams pumpkins... Which one is your favourite?… https://t.co/IQmBmssrRr
5 months 5 days agoRT @RetirementPW: Have you considered tapping into mid-market consumers in the retirement property market? Join Kevin Shaw… https://t.co/Wu9DLNqlNu
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5 months 6 days agoA fantastic effort from our central support office in Egham today, raising money for #DiabetesUK with a delicious H… https://t.co/ho7ijwThEs
5 months 1 week agoToday we held a cooking demonstration at the Neptune store in Winchester for our Stanbridge Earls owners. As the vi… https://t.co/Ug9ogCVnEi
5 months 1 week ago.@AudleyCEO Nick Sanderson has been nominated among the sector's most influential leaders in the Health Investor 20… https://t.co/A2iKqplRa1
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5 months 1 week agoRT @MoorfieldGroup: .@KnightFrank forecasts that the UK's #SeniorLiving sector will grow by 30% in the next 5 years. @AudleyVillages, o… https://t.co/58gkxAZuBW
5 months 1 week agoRT @BernardInterior: We're very pleased to be part of the development team for @audleyvillages Scarcroft Park. We're designing & will fi… https://t.co/8k3V8dTPVo
5 months 1 week ago"With an ageing population, the UK needs to invest in solutions that take the pressure off the social care system.… https://t.co/7aF9TfjiXL
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5 months 1 week agoRT @BreastCancerNow: @audleyvillages Thank you so much for your support and taking part in #wearitpink! https://t.co/4LIo4iS59r
5 months 2 weeks agoDid you know that all of our restaurants can hold private events from sit down 3-course dinners, to corporate event… https://t.co/dJtuWQGpQU
5 months 2 weeks agoA fantastic day at Audley Mote House raising all-important funds for @BreastCancerNow for their #wearitpink campaig… https://t.co/41tPpHPhql
5 months 2 weeks agoWe've got that Friday feeling and it's cocktail o'clock at The Orangery at St Elphin's Park, with delicious autumna… https://t.co/oklvmPIiZX
5 months 2 weeks agoThis months guest blog by @BernardInterior talks about the latest colour trends and rules you should be following t… https://t.co/b7qQSGIkKm
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5 months 2 weeks ago"Instead of funnelling money into a broken system, the government must focus on reducing the need for care in the f… https://t.co/LzRjNkrlg8
5 months 3 weeks agoWe're pleased to announce to we've won the award for 'Senior Living Larger Scheme award 2020' for Audley Redwood at… https://t.co/yUbRQXyulz
5 months 3 weeks agoThe last of the sun shining over the gorgeous grounds at Audley St Elphin's Park. #AudleyVillages https://t.co/6T0wNHALXA
5 months 3 weeks agoRT @CareTalkMag: RT in this issue: Meet the latest 𝗠𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 in #socialcare https://t.co/sLknM3IHsd PAGES 42 & 43 https://t.co/vA7kOC7LI5
6 months 12 hours agoIt's World Animal Day and we're reflecting on just one of the many ways animals add value to our everyday lives....… https://t.co/g9CFHX45lU
6 months 1 day agoWe are excited to launch our new sales office at our Audley Village in Scarcroft, West Yorkshire. We are looking fo… https://t.co/6lgr3qxv58
6 months 2 days agoHead over to the Langton's at Cooper's Hill Facebook page to be in for a chance of winning afternoon tea for four p… https://t.co/djkwzQL71Z
6 months 3 days agoRead our latest guest blog by Paul Morgan, Managing Director, Audley Group. #AudleyStories https://t.co/EmVvBZuBl3
6 months 4 days agoWell done to each of the Audley 10k and 2k @TheBHF champions who ran and walked the distance through torrential ra… https://t.co/E4yjo3FKib
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6 months 1 week agoRT @CotsForTots: Huge thank you to @audleyvillages for helping us host an incredible Knitter's Tea Party to celebrate our legendary… https://t.co/4TwUDO7WGw
6 months 1 week agoWine and food pairing tips from Gert our very talented group head chef! https://t.co/wOZI7vgktF
6 months 1 week ago@helenslondon Hi Helen, we might be being a little biased but we certainly think the food is very nice! Have you be… https://t.co/6Js8z3Ii8c
6 months 1 week ago80 of us from Audley Group, led by our @AudleyCEO, Nick Sanderson, from Ilkley to Kent and from Derbyshire to Somer… https://t.co/JLcgVZ5jTW
6 months 1 week agoWe are looking for a Group Income Finance Manager, to manage a team of four. Audley is a fast growing company & thi… https://t.co/3VVgjczONv
6 months 1 week agoRT @LDEProperty: Rent to rent is often the logical route for customers considering moving to retirement living The #LDEalternatives… https://t.co/4HKZu7HY4u
6 months 1 week agoThe finishing touches are being added to Audley Cooper's Hill, Englefield Green by the very talented team at… https://t.co/4lRshiSlPc
6 months 1 week agoNick Edwards joins Audley Group as COO to support rapid growth phase across Audley and Mayfield brands. https://t.co/cmim7s7rll
6 months 2 weeks agoRT @NickHallFineArt: Lovely day with @Raj_Bisram giving a talk in the glorious setting @AudleyMoteHouse @audleyvillages Thank you to S… https://t.co/5AJ0S5yGVw
6 months 2 weeks ago.@AudleyCEO says, 'Initiatives like a stamp duty holiday for over 65s that focus on those that have the power to br… https://t.co/nkYZ4QLZNV
6 months 2 weeks agoA story by one of our owners, Mrs Foster who lives at Audley Chalfont Dene https://t.co/kPtRRnqZIc #AudleyStories
6 months 2 weeks agoA fantastic day had by all at The Romsey Show on Saturday, thank you to all those that popped by to see the Audley… https://t.co/hAEiseClFH
6 months 2 weeks agoRT @mariecuriesw: We would like to thank @audleyvillages Redwood for hosting a Blooming Great Tea Party for @mariecurieuk Guest were… https://t.co/e0xNel7Pxj
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6 months 3 weeks agoThe sun is shining and we're getting set up for the Romsey Show tomorrow you'll find us next to the Presidents Ring… https://t.co/zCcrMxGsun
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6 months 3 weeks agoRT @Apache_Capital: "In the last 12 months interest in senior living has grown markedly across the board" he says. Through our JV with… https://t.co/jWdzxQDxIt
6 months 3 weeks ago8 'late bloomers' who found success in retirement... #Audleystories https://t.co/TbK2gdSzjC
6 months 3 weeks ago@BethanRosePaley Hi Bethan, apologies for any inconvenience this has caused. Looks like there might have been a mix… https://t.co/xet1Swj5Fg
6 months 3 weeks agoRT @xmaspartiesultd: Come to The Orangery Restaurant St Elphin's Park @audleyvillages and enjoy festive afternoon teas,🍰 festive lunches… https://t.co/OzGrSfpBfH
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6 months 4 weeks agoWe are delighted to celebrate that our teams at Audley Care Binswood and Audley Care Edgbaston have been listed in… https://t.co/11Jety33PA
7 months 1 day agoDid you know all our restaurants are open to the public? Our Villages offer afternoon tea, Sunday roasts, all day d… https://t.co/jcUfK3u0H3
7 months 3 days agoAudley Redwood village is set within 15 acres of landscaped parkland, moments from Bristol. #AudleyVillages… https://t.co/l703emZCyt
7 months 5 days agoRT @MoorfieldGroup: .@AudleyVillages, our retirement village developer and operator platform, has announced a £400m JV with the… https://t.co/xqxAoNxnKE
7 months 6 days agoRT @ARCOtweets: Great to see @OctopusHealth and @Schroders partnering @audleyvillages to fund four much needed… https://t.co/lpk5PcTcbG
7 months 1 week agoRT @24housing: .@audleyvillages forms new joint venture to boost retirement living - https://t.co/UymnNFgsTT #ukhousing https://t.co/meLHqU9IuZ
7 months 1 week agoRT @CareMarketsLB: Operator @audleyvillages has formed a joint venture (JV) with the real estate arm of @Schroders and @Octopusprop t… https://t.co/IG6zTnwN2S
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7 months 1 week agoRT @drjanetownson: Great meeting yesterday with Jo Lander, Director of Care at @audleyvillages discussing lifestyle support, #homecare… https://t.co/gj4NzH7X9f
7 months 1 week agoHead over to The Romney at Mote House on Facebook to be in for a chance at winning afternoon tea for yourself and t… https://t.co/KAy7dqjQU1
7 months 1 week agoRT @AccessNorthBld: UKConstruction Media on Twitter: ".@audleyvillages have submitted #planning #permission for a #carbonneutral… https://t.co/yqwp9XISii
7 months 2 weeks agoWe're excited to share with you that we're launching an Audley magazine called 'Luxury Retirement Lifestyle' and it… https://t.co/1ION0HW9AO
7 months 2 weeks agoAudley Group CEO, Nick Sanderson (@AudleyCEO) says: "Shifting stamp duty to sellers would be a catastrophic error" https://t.co/BWYeNZLN9c
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7 months 3 weeks agoWe are proud to announce, plans for our first carbon neutral development. The application is to extend our existing… https://t.co/a44D1Ttjcj
7 months 3 weeks agoGeneral Manager by day, pizza chef (in training) by night! Kevin Green, GM at Audley Redwood whipped up some delici… https://t.co/TlEtyPfnLa
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7 months 4 weeks agoRT @thebristolmag: Celebrate #afternoonteaweek at @audleyvillages in Failand, Bristol from 12-18 August and sample head chef Nigel Jon… https://t.co/urnLKIE9a3
8 months 6 hours agoLet us know which ones you remember... #audleystories https://t.co/5pJ7KuqiOE
8 months 10 hours agoA great piece on Audley Chalfont Dene's delicious afternoon tea #afternoontea https://t.co/XRzVf7jzd4
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8 months 3 days ago@jfaulknerwriter Hi Jen, we've just followed you.
8 months 3 days ago@jfaulknerwriter Hi Jen, apologies for any inconvenience this caused. If you drop us a PM with your details we will… https://t.co/yJautb0FJn
8 months 5 days agoSpanish nights at The Orangery at St Elphin's Park, Matlock #paellaandsangria https://t.co/QXdtIMYsWo https://t.co/FFVesnOqrF
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8 months 6 days agoIt's #InternationalDayofFriendship and we want to shout about Bay, our Audley Club manager at Ellerslie. Bay has ma… https://t.co/jewUkn6RM5
8 months 1 week agoThe perfect excuse for an afternoon tea for you and something to keep the little ones quiet (for a while)!… https://t.co/guRoAPGZkA
8 months 1 week agoIt may be the hottest day of the year but our villages are still going the extra mile to raise money for… https://t.co/0zJiTT2CQJ
8 months 1 week agoOur central support office getting involved in the @CareWorkersFund campaign, with a raffle raising over £270.… https://t.co/ShI0zQl6aJ
8 months 1 week agoAudley Chalfont Dene are ready for the #heatwave https://t.co/bQhr0y8Vzr
8 months 2 weeks agoRT @ARCOtweets: ARCO's Gareth Lyon will also take the airwaves any minute now! Tune in now to hear about #RetirementCommunities.… https://t.co/dbyMoaKezO
8 months 2 weeks agoRead our latest blog from @BernardInterior, we're talking all things Cooper's Hill #interiordesign https://t.co/GuBXY14XrB
8 months 2 weeks agoThe work the @CareWorkersFund does is astounding & we want to recognise the distinct impact they make supporting ou… https://t.co/eoZ3qUJBq1
8 months 2 weeks agoRT @GromitUnleashed: Who's up for 'A Cracking Afternoon Tea'? Head over to Symonds at Redwood for a grand day out and enjoy an array of… https://t.co/pTtHdsDj5X
8 months 2 weeks agoWe are extremely proud of our Audley Redwood Care Branch Manager Jess, who recently featured in @CareTalkMag. Jess… https://t.co/pXrnT207WW
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8 months 3 weeks agoSunny views over Ilkley from Audley Clevedon #yorkshire https://t.co/WresPotS2Q
8 months 3 weeks agoThe last stop for the Audley Academy Roadshow is at our central support office in Egham. We've got the Dementia Ex… https://t.co/BXcU9lxJjD
8 months 4 weeks ago@3_Church_Road has launched its delicious terrace menu, including two new sharing platters, a classic 'Ploughman's… https://t.co/cEeVneSSC3
9 months 1 day agoHead over to 'The Fairmile at Willicombe Park' on Facebook to be in for a chance of winning afternoon tea for you a… https://t.co/cNOzWyD4Lm
9 months 2 days agoThe sun is shining so we're enjoying an iced tea and coffee on the terrace at Audley Ellerslie's restaurant, Aldwyn… https://t.co/uwbFZQJW2O
9 months 3 days agoA wonderful video captured by @mrnickharvey of his Dad Paul, who suffers from dementia at 79 remembering a song he… https://t.co/WgLJdxx5R6
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9 months 4 days agoYou've still got time to guarantee the sale of your home with our 100% part exchange offer, running until 31st Augu… https://t.co/7MWptpRwaB
9 months 1 week agoWildflowers blossoming at Audley Chalfont Dene. Did you know anyone can enjoy a coffee (or better yet a cocktail) o… https://t.co/WiotZgMKvZ
9 months 1 week agoA fantastic event at Audley Stanbridge Earls, Romsey on Wednesday. A huge thank you to @David215Gower https://t.co/tbtR2IsCZJ
9 months 1 week agoRT @Judy_at_TW: Just home from the lovely @audleyvillages Edgbaston who hosted a 4 o'clock tea party in support of @Edwardstrust be… https://t.co/sT4Ww0SaDd
9 months 1 week agoThree Church Road trying out their pizza oven, what's your favourite pizza topping?! @3_Church_Road https://t.co/veNN8zbZJe
9 months 1 week agoThe grounds at the stunning Audley St Elphin's Park, Matlock. https://t.co/o4VWcaiS5e https://t.co/BNjPOEhEpi
9 months 1 week agoRT @ARCOtweets: "This sector has always been about more than bricks and mortar, and it's fantastic to see the momentum and support… https://t.co/2qcukztvoX
9 months 1 week agoWe're holding an open day at our central support office in Egham on Friday 28th June for our newest village, Audley… https://t.co/e21cHCnTty
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9 months 1 week agoWe're holding an open day at our central support office in Egham on Thursday 28th June for our newest village, Audl… https://t.co/chU2m3tK3x
9 months 2 weeks agoStrawberry gin fizz anyone? We know where we will be heading this weekend...The Orangery at St Elphin's Park… https://t.co/GgWvEWiZUY
9 months 2 weeks agoOur monthly blog by @BernardInterior https://t.co/EP7xlhMZcW
9 months 2 weeks agoRT @ARCOtweets: Key charitable and business leaders backing the cross-party alliance on increasing #housingwithcare include… https://t.co/xNqmKPzAlc
9 months 2 weeks agoA fantastic blog post from @mummyblogger about her trip to Symonds at Redwood #bloggerreview #bristol https://t.co/X4W3lcAlUa
9 months 2 weeks agoRT @24housing: Cross-party alliance pushes later living as a housing priority - https://t.co/OuGEsoTtDD #ukhousing https://t.co/GxjgHPJmN9
9 months 2 weeks agohttps://t.co/V2JsrDieuL Our latest blog post...Read more on guaranteeing the sale of your home. #audleystories
9 months 2 weeks agoRT @CllrDarby: Honoured to be invited to groundbreaking celebrations for the 3rd phase of Audley Chalfont Dene with @CherylGillan https://t.co/baU5o35V9W
9 months 2 weeks agoJob opportunity at Audley Chalfont Dene https://t.co/03SjYCRr8Y
9 months 2 weeks agoRT @Connect2Care: Interactive day with demos on dementia, chef workshops and mocktails @audleyvillages Binswood with our specialist l… https://t.co/E7W31Dp9DR
9 months 2 weeks agoRT @JessopsConstLtd: #Groundbreaking day at #Chalfont St Peter on our @audleyvillages #luxury #retirement scheme. We welcomed Audley CEO… https://t.co/YdJ9mhWd3z
9 months 3 weeks agoWe're hiring at Audley Care Tunbridge Wells. Come along to our open day at Willicombe Park on Tuesday 18th June, 9a… https://t.co/McAudgOTSj
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9 months 3 weeks agoRT @Connect2Care: Fantastic day @audleyvillages Inglewood roadshow, demonstrations from our chef Anthony with @HIT_ChefAcademy, kirst… https://t.co/51i4sNsRrt
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please pleaseHi everyone today i'm going to talk about my last summer holiday in Thailand. I went there 1 month before my parents came to joined me in July. So I stayed with my thai family at Chiang mai. During 1 month I tried to ride a motobike because it's very pratice if you could ride it and you could safe your money too.I mean you don't have to pay a lot of money for the taxi. I met my classmates too . I surprised them by buying a box of candies and chocolates from France.
When my parents came to see me, first of all we went to worship the Buddha by riding a motobike because it's very important when you visit any cities in Thailand for the first time. The temple was on the mountain so we could see many of water falls.
The day after my little brother and I went to played the ZIP-LINE soar through the rain forest. I had also played the little bungee jump.
It was amazing although I was a little scared of heights.
We have been to Bangkok, it's the capital of Thailand . We have hired a long tail river taxi or you could say a canal boat in order to go to see the snake show. While the boat was moving slowly, we could see many temple and the real support life of peoples who lived near the canal.
When we have seen the snake show , we went to Dream World , a play park in Bangkok.
Finally we went to Krabi , a southern provinces of Thailand at the shore of the Andaman sea. I had riding a horse and a Jet ski with my little brother. On the last day at Krabi, we have had a snorkeling tour by a long tail boat. We have visited 5 little islands, one of them called the chicken island because we could see the head of a chicken.
My last summer holiday was extremely perfect , excellent and amazing. I'm very glad to go back to Thailand again.
PS. Could someone correct my text please?
please please
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Israel police: Armed man attacks U.S. Embassy guard
JERUSALEM (AP) — A knife and ax-wielding Israeli man attacked and lightly wounded a security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv on Tuesday before he was apprehended at the scene, police said.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the assailant was an Israeli citizen in his early 40s. He said man's motive was unknown, but political motives were not suspected and the incident had nothing to do with Israel's battle with Hamas militants in Gaza.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to arrive in Israel later Tuesday to try and secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
The U.S. Embassy on the Tel Aviv beachfront is one of the most secure locations in Israel, guarded around the clock by teams of Israeli and American security guards.
Rosenfeld said security was increased after the attack.
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Based on the passion engendered with the responses to this question. It appears that the answer is a resounding "Nothing!" or "leave it to plugin developers to handle, WP is already secure enough"...
So I guess I'm way off base with the question? It appears to have stirred a hornet's nest and that was not the intent. Never the less, here's the real world outcome...
I just got an email from one of my customers who had 12 of his sites hacked because an attacker cracked his password. His comments opened my eyes a bit to the possibilities for some very easy options that could be added to the WordPress core in order to help make WP sites less prone to these kinds of attacks.
The simplest thing a user can do is to change the default username. I would guess that over 90% of live WP sites have an "admin" user profile that may or may not be used, but that obviously has full rights and permissions. An attacker's job is already half done!
But WP core could be enhanced with some very simple security options too. How hard would it be to add...
- Failed login attempts lockout (user defined setting)
- Regulate the time between failed login attempts (user defined setting in seconds)
- IP range restriction (set a list of IPs from which logins are accepted)
These are just a few things off the top of my head. I'm sure you guys have some better options too.
And the point of my question is not what "users" should do to enhance security, that's a whole other question. I'm asking what steps WP could take to provide some OPTIONS, nothing mandatory, but things that plugin developers are currently having to fill gaps where stuff should be part of every default WP installation (IMHO).
Are any of these kinds of enhancements planned for near term WP releases?


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Are mortgage rates on the rise?
Posted in Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
Despite being just a few weeks from the much anticipated end of government purchasing of mortgage-backed securities (MBS), mortgage rates remain steady.
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Lessons From The Mountain
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I have a very small backyard, but I still dream of planting a garden with a few fruits and vegetables like tomatoes, kale or strawberries.
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I overheard two agents giving each other advice about how to politely help their sellers relocate their pink flamingo display and car collection off the front yard before putting the homes on the market.
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The last decade has been a wild ride for homeowners, real estate professionals and most balance sheets.
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February 22, 2010
Winter Olympics inspired neighborhoods
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What is it about watching the Olympics and events like snowboardcross that has me daydreaming about moving to a mountain lodge with an endless supply of hot cocoa?
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Top five words of advice for a seller today
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What do Windermere agents talk about when they get together?
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In the weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished, most likely in the Indian Ocean, Australian officials said they knew less about the area they were exploring than is known about the surface of the moon.
It's actually even worse than that.
Surveys of Mars and Venus are considered around 250 times more accurate than existing maps of the underwater region where Flight 370 searchers are looking—a lightless, virtually lifeless seabed.
There, the contours of the ocean floor have only been approximated by bouncing satellite radar off the surface of the sea, or by taking low-resolution sonar soundings from boats that passed through the area a generation ago. Research indicates the presence of dramatic vistas, including a volcanic plateau and mountains roughly the height of the Swiss Alps. There is so little bacteria that scientists believe a whale carcass would take decades to decompose down there.
Sources: Australian government; NOAA
The hunt for Flight 370 has been overshadowed in recent days by the Malaysia Airlines jet shot down in Ukraine, but it remains one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. Unlike the Ukraine tragedy, which left tons of debris, not even a stray suitcase has been found from Flight 370, which disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 with 239 passengers on board, leaving little more than a trail of cryptic satellite transmissions behind as it diverted off course.
Investigators have used those digital handshakes between the plane and an Inmarsat PLC telecommunications satellite to identify an area the size of West Virginia where they think the plane crashed in the water after it ran out of fuel. But an initial effort to probe the depths in a different area using a submersible drone called Bluefin-21 found nothing.
" It used to be that when a ship sank in the deep sea, we would commit the ship and souls for eternity to the deep—gone forever ... That's not true anymore. "
Now, two months after pausing its search, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau is ready to reboot the massive probe. It is poised to select among bids from the world's most-advanced deep-water specialists, including offshore oil-and-gas companies, maritime research institutions and treasure hunters eager to use their technologies and experience to solve the Flight 370 riddle—and potentially raise their own profiles in the process. The ATSB is expected to choose one or more of the bidders over the next several weeks before relaunching the search with $56 million in funding in late August. Those costs will be split, in amounts still to be determined, between the Australian and Malaysian governments.
The good news is that the world's deep-sea recovery industry is now more sophisticated than ever, thanks to offshore research by oil-and-gas firms that have gone progressively deeper, as well as militaries and insurance firms. Technologies developed to hunt for everything from the Titanic to lost parts of the Space Shuttle Challenger have further expanded frontiers, allowing investigators to work as deep as about 3.7 miles, or slightly more than the deepest-known area of the Flight 370 search zone.
"It used to be that when a ship sank in the deep sea, we would commit the ship and souls for eternity to the deep—gone forever," said David Gallo, director of special projects at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Massachusetts-based research outfit that helped find Air France Flight 447, which disappeared in the mid-Atlantic Ocean in 2009, and is bidding to participate in the Flight 370 hunt. "That's not true anymore."
David Gallo, director of special projects at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, observed a test on the REMUS 6000 autonomous underwater search vehicle in Woods Hole, Mass. Dominick Reuter for The Wall Street Journal
But with no hard evidence of where the plane went down, the search will test the recovery industry's abilities like nothing before. In June, Australian authorities shifted the search zone for a third time—by about 600 miles to the southwest—after reanalyzing satellite transmissions. Even then, they said it was impossible to know whether the fresh search area would prove correct.
At stake is the emotional well-being of relatives and friends of the passengers from the plane, left in suspended animation while authorities search for answers. There is also the issue of maintaining public trust in the aviation industry, which rarely experiences unsolved disasters.
For its part, Australia has such a visible role because the waters are in a region it handles under a global civil aviation agreement. Under the bidding process, companies angling to play a role in the search can work alone or bid as part of a consortium. Each signed nondisclosure agreements about their bids with the Australian government, but The Wall Street Journal was able to confirm through people familiar with the process at least eight outfits that are bidding for a role.
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Then there are the treasure hunters—companies and individuals that make a living exploring the deep for profit. One is Odyssey Marine Explorations Inc., a Florida firm listed on the Nasdaq that a few years ago recovered around $500 million from a Spanish ship sunk off Portugal in 1804.
Tom Dettweiler, director of mineral exploration at Odyssey Marine Exploration. Lexey Swall for The Wall Street Journal
David Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries at his office in Midhurst, West Sussex, England. Jude Edginton for The Wall Street Journal
Colleen Keller at the San Diego regional office of Metron Inc. Sandy Huffaker for The Wall Street Journal
Others include Williamson & Associates, a Seattle outfit led partly by Art Wright, a well-known underwater explorer who still rows competitively in his 70s. Another is Blue Water Recoveries, a U.K. firm led by bearded oceanographer David Mearns which holds the Guinness World Record for the deepest wreck ever discovered: a German World War II blockade runner known as Rio Grande found in 1996 nearly 18,900 feet below the surface.
"It is definitely the search of my generation," said Colleen Keller, a senior analyst at Metron Inc., a Virginia-based scientific consulting firm that also has joined a consortium competing for the Flight 370 contract. Her firm assisted with the Air France search and has also worked with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Efforts to reclaim lost vessels from the depths go back hundreds of years. In 1834, the British warship Royal George was partially salvaged using diving helmets with breathing apparatuses based on a design originally improvised from an old suit of armor and a fire hose.
In the 1930s, a mission was proposed to recover valuables from the torpedoed ocean liner Lusitania using a 200-foot stairwell sealed in an iron tube. While the tube itself was built, the money to search the ship—lying more than 305 feet underwater—ran out. Since then, many divers and documentary crews have reached the wreckage.
Searchers went far deeper in the 1960s and '70s, when searching equipment improved and military emergencies pushed engineers to stretch their technologies.
In 1966, the U.S. Navy lost a hydrogen bomb in the Mediterranean after a midair collision between a B-52 bomber and refueling plane. Afraid the bomb would fall into the wrong hands, the Navy sought help from Woods Hole scientists who were experimenting with a miniature submarine called Alvin—one of the world's first deep-sea submersible vehicles. It located the bomb at a depth of about 2,900 feet.
A few years later, the U.S. Navy spent two years searching for a missing film cache that had fallen back to earth from a spy satellite. This time, it used a manned submarine developed in-house to recover the film from nearly 16,400 feet deep.
Deep-sea searchers soon realized sonar devices, rather than the human eye, allowed for large areas to be quickly assessed for debris, or underwater mines that threatened submarines. Especially useful was side-scan sonar, a technology developed by the U.S. Navy and at research institutes including the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1950s.
Side-scan sonar works by sending high-powered pulses laterally into the water from a device usually about 150 feet off the seafloor. The pulses hit objects—rocks, debris, mountains, valley walls—and bounce back toward the device, where they are received and integrated into an image that displays a shadow of what is on the bottom of the ocean.
By the 1980s these devices were widely available and robust enough to endure the pressure of deep waters. Treasure hunters, meanwhile, were experimenting with new methods to take cameras and sonar devices deeper.
Ships consigned to oblivion for decades or even centuries were discovered, including the Titanic. It was found in 1985 using a device developed by Woods Hole called the Argo, a towed sled equipped with cameras and strobe lights which fed data back to a ship on a long cable.
Similar sled vehicles fitted with side-scan sonar were used by Williamson & Associates in 1988 to locate the wreck of the SS Central America, or "Ship of Gold," which sank off the coast of the Carolinas during a hurricane in 1857 with up to $760 million in gold at today's prices. It caused such a loss to U.S. banks that it helped spark one of the first global financial crises—the Panic of 1857. A diving firm funded by a consortium recently recovered nearly 1,000 ounces of gold, but the ship may still have some 16 tons remaining.
The technologies also found a market stamping out shipping-insurance swindles. In one case in 1990, a company later acquired by Oceaneering International searched for a cargo ship called the Lucona after it was blown up by an Austrian businessman who later changed his identity with plastic surgery. When he was eventually caught, he goaded investigators to find the missing ship and prove he was guilty—which they did, in waters some 14,100 feet deep.
Yet the challenge of locating missing jet aircraft can be far more difficult.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is likely resting on the floor of one of the least mapped sections of the ocean, according to officials. Searchers hope the missing plane didn't end up on one known feature called the Broken Ridge. Jason Bellini reports.
When a plane strikes the water, even in a gentle belly glide, only a few large pieces of debris tend to stay intact. The engines—and their virtually indestructible turbines—snap off and sink to the bottom. Sometimes the cockpit will survive the impact. Much of the rest of the plane usually disintegrates.
On a flat, featureless sea floor, these large pieces of debris send back strong images, known as "hard targets," to a sonar device. But they can easily become camouflaged in rock fields or ravines.
The earlier hunt for Air France Flight 447 illustrates the complexities. Investigators found debris on the ocean surface, giving them a relatively good idea of where the plane went down. But the subsequent search, with contributions from Woods Hole, Metron and Mr. Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries, took two more years.
Searchers ruled out areas near the plane's last communicated location after an undersea pinger locator failed to detect emergency beacon signals there. Instead they relied on complex drift models that tracked movements of debris and bodies found floating on the Atlantic Ocean to determine a probable final location of the plane.
Arguments over the models—which proved wrong—delayed the search for the plane. It eventually was found in the same zone where the pinger locator had originally searched.
With Flight 370, investigators don't have the benefit of debris or precise final coordinates to give them a starting point. Moreover, the patch of sea they have identified as the plane's most likely resting place is one of the least-understood places in the world, 1,100 miles off Western Australia.
The only sonar surveys of the underwater topography were taken by boats that passed through the area mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, including a Soviet research vessel called Vityaz that now is a floating museum in Kaliningrad. A core sample of nearby seabed taken by a different Soviet vessel found compact yellow mud made from millions of years of accumulated plankton exoskeletons. Carbon dating showed that it took 1,000 years for less than a fifth of an inch of new mud to settle.
Authorities are doing additional mapping of the area with three modern sonar survey ships, including one contracted from Fugro NV. But their equipment operates from the surface, and the images are unlikely to be sharp enough to spot plane debris, instead revealing the lay of the land for the next group of searchers being brought in under the fresh tender.
To find the plane, those searchers will have to use undersea sonar equipment, including side-scan sonars, that can be sent to within 150 feet of the seabed.
Coordinating the search tender from a drab office block in the Australian capital of Canberra is the ATSB, and its chief commissioner, Martin Dolan, a longtime public servant who previously ran Australia's workers' compensation program. Helping him sift through search bids is a panel of five senior bureaucrats, including a former BP PLC ocean-fleet manager and an ATSB marine engineer.
The decision will ultimately be Mr. Dolan's, and the bidding rules allow him to consider more than merely the lowest bidder. There will be some tough choices, which could be crucial in determining whether contractors fulfill their mission of finding the plane. Among the hardest: whether to bet heavily on companies like Williamson & Associates, which specializes in using relatively simple towed sonars, or outfits like Woods Hole that have their own higher-tech autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs. A wrong choice could reduce the search's odds of success.
The Ocean Explorer 6000 towed sonar vehicle. Oceaneering
Towed sonars are attractive because they can cover large areas relatively quickly—an important advantage given that ATSB officials are giving bidders just 300 days to explore the 20,000-square-mile search area due to intense public interest.
But they are also sometimes hard to manipulate. Searching for the AHS Centaur, a World War II-era hospital ship, in 2009, scientists had to tow a sonar device with more than 4 miles of cable through a ravine 295 feet wide. They likened it to the movie "Star Wars," when fighters flew through a narrow trench at high speeds to unload a final shot to destroy the fictional Death Star. One device snapped off its cable and was lost.
The AUVs, by contrast, can be programmed to navigate finicky terrain. But AUVs cover less ground because their batteries can't power energy-intensive sonars, and they cannot be operated in rough seas as they have to be hauled back on deck each day, placing a ship's crew at risk.
They also can go haywire. Woods Hole's flagship deep-sea AUV, the Nereus, imploded under high pressure off the coast of New Zealand in May. Another multimillion-dollar AUV, the Remus 6000, failed to resurface on a recent research trip. "The decision, fortunately or unfortunately, in the end rests with me," said Mr. Dolan.
A Remus 6000 autonomous underwater vehicle being used in the search for Air France Flight 447. Mike Purcell/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Most of the firms that spoke with The Wall Street Journal said they were bidding as part of consortia, as very few have the equipment, ships and expertise to carry out the massive search alone. A number have already descended upon Canberra to make their cases, including Mr. Wright of Williamson & Associates, who along with Mr. Mearns of Blue Water Recoveries worked earlier with Australian officials to locate a torpedoed World War II Australian warship. Ms. Keller of Metron said she would relocate to Canberra to operate a data center crunching sonar images from search ships and updating authorities, if her firm wins the bid.
Once the search is finished, if the whole seabed ends up being mapped, the area will be the most comprehensively interrogated strip of ocean in the world, Mr. Dolan of the ATSB said. Scientists will know every boulder and divot that dots its surface. Whether that includes Flight 370 remains to be seen.