Entries Tagged as 'Shops and Local Business'

May 14, 2008

Skylark Sale agreed

The Skylark, the only remaining pub in Castle Vale, which has been on the market for the past four weeks at £350,000 has attracted a buyer. Chris Wright, Property Manager for Thwaites, has said that the Birmingham branch of Fleurets Estate Agents have found someone who has come up with an acceptable offer, though [...]

May 8, 2008

No Farmers Market for May; central for June?

Sallyann Rose has announced that the  Farmers’ Market, usually scheduled for the third Saturday of each month in Farnborough Road, will not take place in May, and that she intends to run the next market in a different location, possibly Centre Park, or one of the local churches. Sallyann told the Neighbourhood Partnership meeting that she thought [...]

May 7, 2008

Urban Splash progressing on Cincinnati site

Rumours that Urban Splash have pulled out of the development of the Cincinnati building on Kingsbury Road are false, according to a spokesperson for Urban Splash, who said today:
“We have only fairly recently bought the buildings, and we are currently engaged in a series of meetings with architects as to the best use of [...]

May 4, 2008

Asda Bank Holiday Monday Opening Hours

Asda (Minworth) will be open from 7.30 a.m. on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May, and will be open throughout the day and night.

May 4, 2008

Sainsbury’s Bank Holiday Opening Times

Sainsbury’s (Castle Vale) will be open from 9a.m. till 7p.m on Bank Holiday Monday 5th May.
Click here for Asda Opening  5th May 2008

April 17, 2008

Vale Mail printed today

5,500 copies of Vale Mail have been printed today and are ready to be delivered by our team on Friday and over the weekend to all homes, shops and offices in Castle Vale.
This is a 24 page edition, eight pages more than usual.  A two page feature - ‘politics for the confused’ -offering a guide to [...]

April 14, 2008

Farmers’ Market this Saturday

The monthly Farmers’ Market takes place this Saturday (19th April) at the Farnborough Road site, starting at 9a.m. through till 1p.m.
Fresh, locally grown and produced fruit, meat, vegetables, eggs, and more…

April 2, 2008

Act of kindness brings tears of happiness

  A Castle Vale lady who wishes to remain anonymous has told Vale Mail that she would like to record her thanks for an act of kindness to someone she never met before, and may never meet again. The local resident, a pensioner who lives in Johnson Drive, was shopping during the Easter period in Sainsbury’s, [...]

March 23, 2008

Changing Shopping Baskets for Modern Times

The contents of our shopping baskets change with the times according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). When they try to work out inflation, they look at the prices of about 150,000 items, and measure how much they have gone up in or down. They work out the cost of the average [...]

March 20, 2008

Nisa Easter opening hours

Nisa, Vale’s High Street Supermarket, will be open at the following times over Easter:
Good Friday: OPEN as normal
Saturday OPEN 7a.m. - 10p.m
Easter Sunday OPEN 8a.m.-10p.m
Easter Monday OPEN 8a.m - 5p.m
Tuesday: Open normal hours
click here for Asda (Minworth) Easter opening
click here for Sainsburys Castle Vale Easter Opening