ÿþ<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Gardien Newsletter April 2009</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> <link href="newsletter.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" /> </head> <body> <table width="600" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td colspan="2" align="center"><img src="ims/Gardien-Newsletter-APR09.jpg" width="600" height="125" id="IMG4" alt="gardien for garden security" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdL" width="420"> <p><span class="head">Welcome To The Gardien Newsletter</span><a id="top" name="top"></a></p> <p>In this newsletter:</p> <ol> <li><a href="#one" target="_self">Insurance Warnings</a></li> <li><a href="#two" target="_self">What s Tommy T-Leaf been up to? </a></li> <li><a href="#three" target="_self">Crime Reduction Initiative: South Yorkshire Police</a></li> </ol> </td> <td rowspan="4" valign="top" class="tdR" style="width: 180px"> <p><strong>March 2009 </strong></p> <p> <span style="font-size: 13px; color: #ff0000"> <strong>'Securing Best Value' <br /> The Most Secure Metal Sheds Are From Asgard <br /> The Best Asgard Prices Are From Gardien<br /> </strong></span> </p> <p> <span style="font-size: 10px">Further reductions on Metal Sheds plus FREE accessories. 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PLUS free shelf and set of 10 hooks until end May</a> </p> <p> <a href="../AsgardTrojan.aspx"> <img src="ims/asgard-trojan.jpg" alt="as" border="0" />&nbsp;</a></p> <a href="../AsgardTrojan.aspx">Asgard Trojan. &pound;469.00 inc. delivery PLUS 2 free shelves until end May </a> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p align="center"> <img src="../newsletters/ims/compost.jpg" /><br /> The Lighter Side of Garden Security</p> <div> <strong>"Don't get caught with your plants down." </strong> </div> <div align=right>The Gardien motto.<br /> </div> <div> <strong>"Gardening requires lots of water - most of it in the form of perspiration."</strong></div> <div align=right>Lou Erickson</div> <p>( Any suggestions? please send to feedback@garden-security.co.uk )</p> <hr size="1" class="or" /> <!--END MERCHANT:merchant name Light In Style from affiliatewindow.com--> <p class="sHead">Feedback</p> <p>We hope you enjoy our Newsletters. We would very much welcome your input &amp; suggestions. <a href="mailto:feedback@garden-security.co.uk">feedback@garden-security.co.uk</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdL" width="420"> <p><span class="head">Insurance Warnings</span><a id="one" name="one"></a></p> <p class="ju">The combination of British Summer Time and the worsening economic gloom have given rise to a series of timely garden security warnings from several major insurance companies:-</p> <p>a. "Lock up your garden valuables" warns Mike Pickard of esure, following the results of a study by ICM Research that found 93% of householders regularly leave expensive items out in the garden overnight .</p> <p>b. EZ Insurance anticipates that the change from GMT to BST could see an increase of 25% in garden crime.</p> <p>c. According to Halifax Home Insurance garden theft rose 63% at this time last year.</p> <p>d. A recent survey by M&S Money reveals that :-</p> <ol> <li>The average garden contains £720 worth of greenery.</li> <li>The average shed contents are worth £888.</li> <li>17% of people with a garden know someone who has had plants, shrubs & trees stolen</li> <li>67% of people have not checked whether their plants are covered by home insurance.</li> </ol> <p>We advise all gardeners to check the value of their gardens and contents by downloading our FREE Inventory</p> <p class="top"><a href="#top" target="_self">RETURN TO TOP</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdL" width="420"> <p><span class="head">What s Tommy T-Leaf been up to? </span><a id="two" name="two"></a></p> <img class="imR" src="../newsletters/ims/march-ttleaf.jpg" /> <p> March 3rd - Two bronze statues, one a 1.2 metre antelope and the other an 80cm foal, were stolen from a Garden Centre near Warminster in Wiltshire. </p><p> March 24th - thieves took credit cards, a cheque book, a mobile phone and cash from a house in Bakewell, entering through an unlocked door while the owner was in the garden </p><p> March 20 - also in Bakewell a box of valuable jewellery was stolen from a house on Park Road at 2pm while the homeowner was in the garden. </p><p> <img class="imR" src="../newsletters/ims/march-Urn.jpg" /> March 22nd - Southfleet (Kent)  a pair of CARVED STONE GARDEN URNS stolen, each approx 4 ft tall and 2 ft wide </p><p> March 23rd  Gt Saling (Essex)  an Iron Equinoctial ring stolen from a garden. The piece is approx. 5 ft tall. </p><p> April 6th - South Yorkshire Police issues a leaflet helping gardeners protect against crime. </p><p> &nbsp;April 9th - West Mercia Constabulary urges residents to help them tackle garden crime by reviewing and improving their security. </p><p> <img class="imR" src="../newsletters/ims/march-astro.jpg" />April 8 - April 10 - someone forced their way into a shed in a back garden in Green Lane, Street, Somerset and stole an Apollo mountain bike. </p><p> April 14th - A pensioner says she no longer feels safe in her own neighbourhood after a thief snatched an ornament from her front garden in Spalding, Lincs. </p><p> April 16th - Fishing tackle worth £800 stolen from shed in Kidderminster </p><p> April 17th - A little boy has been left heartbroken after thieves stole his goal  including posts, bar and net - from the family s garden in Exeter </p> <p class="top"> <a href="#top" target="_self">RETURN TO TOP</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tdL" width="420"> <p><span class="head">Crime Reduction Initiative: South Yorkshire Police </span><a id="three" name="three"></a></p> <p class="ju"> We are pleased to promote the following initiative from Andy Foster of South Yorkshire Police. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="../Gardenwise2009.pdf" target="_blank"> <img alt="Crime Reduction Initiative: SouthYorkshire Police" border="0" src="../newsletters/ims/Gardenwise2009.jpg" /></a></p> <p> Flyers can also be downloaded from our website: <a href="../Gardenwise2009.pdf" target="_blank"> click here</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 12pt"> <td class="tdR" colspan="2"> <p><span class="head">STOP PRESS  Asgard Offer</span> </p> Due to the tremendous success of our special promotion on <a href="../AsgardTrojan.aspx"> Asgard Trojan</a> and <a href="../AsgardCenturion.aspx">Asgard Centurion</a> Secure Metal Sheds, we have re-introduced this offer until the end of May. 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