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Well, what a wonderful spring we have had, although the recent rain has been most welcome for the parched lawns and gardens.  I cannot remember a period in the northwest where we had no rainfall for four whole weeks!!

We are virtually a year into a new government and thankfully they have so far honoured the triple lock on pensions.  However, we are fortunate to have our AXA Provincial pension for which we should all have received the pension increase letter at the end of January.

All seems to be going well with AXA in the UK and globally.  The share price continues to increase despite the best efforts of Mr Trump to de-stabilise everything!

Regional events are being planned across the country; I attended the lunch in Glasgow on 2nd April that was extremely well supported.  However, I am still looking for a representative to take over from Andrew Clark so any volunteers, please get in touch with me.

Also, Bolton held a lunch on 8th April with nearly 50 people attending.  They are looking for a larger venue as the current one is at capacity!  Well done to Beverley Kennealy.

The Leeds lunch hosted by Ken Taylor was held at the Novotel on Friday 25th April.  At the lunch we remembered the victims of the Bradford Fire disaster 40 years ago.  Well done Ken for organising the event.

Bristol have already publicised their date which is Friday 14th December.  Haverhill, Maidstone, and Newcastle hold their event around Christmas so keep in touch on the website to look out for the date.

If any of you reading this update currently don’t attend a lunch and want to then get in touch, please with me or one of the regional representatives.  We would love to have your company.

I would like to introduce some topics to the website which may be of interest to you …

Experian - Many of you will have received or will receive an email from Experian advising your identity plus subscription is coming to an end.  Capita and AXA have advised they will not be funding the continued subscription.  A more detailed update is available on this website under the heading “News”

Emails - I would just take this opportunity to remind people not to click on links in emails.  If you receive something from your bank, then get in touch with them through a trusted phone number to check out anything suspicious.

AGM - As you will see from the website, we are holding the AGM on Thursday 4th September 2025 at Castle Green Hotel at 11am.  Coffee and tea will be served from 10.30am. A light lunch will be served after the meeting for those attending in person. For members who are not in the Kendal area and would like to join the AGM, we will have a Zoom link that enables people to join and will publicise the link nearer the time.

Armistice Day – wreaths are laid on behalf of AXA Provincial each year in Kendal (the site of the Head office).  This year marks the 80th anniversary of VE day and the 85th anniversary of Dunkirk so we are hoping to hold a service in St. George’s church Kendal at 10.45am and then meet afterwards for refreshments at The Riverside Hotel.  We hope to be joined by Sir Christopher and Lady Scott. Anyone who is in the area on the 11th is very welcome to join us.

That’s about all the news from me.  I hope that you are all keeping well - please remember that the APPA committee and regional representatives are here to help so do not hesitate to get in touch with us by email or telephone.

My sincere thanks to the APPA committee members and the regional representatives for all their hard work.

Warmest regards