SPRING 2013 FREE PARIS IN THE SPRING Our guide to the most romantic of cities CHOCOHOLICS PARADISE Get to Cadbury world this spring for an eggcellent time SURVIVE THE SALES With our tips on grabbing a bargain this January 9 ng tempti treats look take a inside 02 | trentbarton play trentba Hello! rton play | 03 3 Shop Spotlight O n: January Sales Bag a Bargain 4 P13 Valen 6 tine’s Gift Guide H New Year 8 e Style llo Hello again and welcome to issue three of ! New Y 10 ear Beauty trentbarton play magazine – our biggest and A New Do! 12 best ever! You may have noticed our new name Spotligh 13 trentbarton play ! This is to go alongside our t On: Leo Bancrof t 14 new Youtube, Pinterest and blog pages, but we’re sure that it’ll still make your bus journeys go that little bit faster. e P2 Eat 0 With Christmas over and done with, we guessed that some Sp otlight On: Perkins of you might have a touch of the January blues. Fear not, Restaurant d Foo 16 we’ve crammed trentbarton play with nine exciting d Glorious Food Panc 18 giveaways and lots of fantastic features to cheer you up. i ake Day Nadia Sawalha Ce 19 Here at trentbarton we’re on cloud nine having scooped four top lebrity Recipe s 20 honours at the UK Bus Awards! Proving that our really good drivers are the best in the business, Sutton based Allan Gilmour was crowned Top National Bus Driver, with Nottingham based Elaine Allitt also n being highly commended. Read all about our other great winners in Fun Spo trentbarton tales (page 32). i tlight On: Paris P22 Spotli 22 Of course, there’s much more than a night’s work that goes into ght On: Bakewell Pic 24 making trentbarton your really good bus company, and we’d like to s k of the Flicks ’ thank all of our drivers, behind the scenes staff and you, our Spotlight On: Cap 25 ital FM Arena 2 customers, for helping us continue to strive towards being the best t tren 6 tbarton Nights bus company that we can possibly be. It’s our New Year’s resolution ShowBUSiness 28 to continue on that mission and provide you with the excellent bus 2 service that you deserve throughout 2013, which is in fact a very a Sporting Heroes 9 : P28 special year for trentbarton – our centenary year! We’ll be Nottingham Rug by Football Club celebrating our 100th birthday in style with another Big Weekend trentbarton t 30 h ales and much more. Mini MANGO 32 funky threads Hopefully, this really good issue will go a small way towards thanking G 34 o Do See our trentbarton customers for helping us to reach this amazing Cadbu 35 ry World milestone as it really is crammed full of everything from hair advice W Pic 36 from a celebrity hairdresser to top tips for shopping in the sales. As k of the Flicks KIDZ ! 38 usual we’ve got fashion, beauty, travel, mini mango and much more for you to enjoy while relaxing on the bus. Not to mention tickets to Cadbury World, tickets to see Madagascar Live at the Capital FM Welcome to our Spring edition P26 Arena and loads more goodies to keep you smiling until Spring shows of trentbarton play – we its face. hope you enjoy it! We at trentbarton hope that you enjoy this bumper issue of trentbarton play magazine and would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our customers a happy and prosperous 2013! Jeff Counsell Managing Director 04 | trentbarton play | SHOP SHOP | trentbarton play | 05 Spotlight on Chesterfield The Vicars Lane treats for the kids Shopping Centre is the (perhaps to put away The January Sales place to find after for next year!), Christmas bargains in Thorntons for chocs, popular stores such as WHSmith for books and Waterstones, H&M, Boots for their infamous Did Santa not bring you everything that you wished for? Never fear, HMV, BHS and many Christmas gift sale the January sales are here! Residents of trentbarton land are more. Although note (where you can find up brilliantly placed to enjoy amazing shopping opportunities, with that it is open air so to 70 per cent off!). take your brolly and Derby, Nottingham, Chesterfield and Mansfield all on the doorstep. Chesterfield’s historic Grab your gift vouchers, grab a friend and get ready to hit the sales wrap up warm if needs be! Market Hall and the hard for some New Year bargains! quaint Shambles are Or, for really bad also definitely worth a weather shopping, The wander for unique finds. Pavements has the Early Learning Centre for Nottingham Nottingham is a Centre for reliable Mansfield shopper’s paradise with bargains on clothes, the Victoria Centre homeware, jewellery Find games, dvd’s, shoes? Head straight for offering high street and more, pick up books, fashions and the new Kurt Geiger favourites, and the discounted designer more at the Four store. Like your labels? designer shops and gear at Coast, Flannels Seasons Shopping Try Calvin Klein, Jaeger, boutiques of the and Ted Baker on Centre. St Peter’s Retail L.K. Bennett and Bridlesmith Gate area Bridlesmith Gate, or Park is another great Barbour. Or want to for really special browse gift tardis The place to head for big spruce up your home? purchases. Head to Tokenhouse for little name bargains from Head to the Denby John Lewis and House treats and trinkets. Next, Boots, Laura Outlet, Home&Cook or of Fraser in the Victoria Ashley and TK Maxx. the M&S Outlet. And there’s so much more at Super savvy shoppers the East Midlands can also double up on Designer Outfit that it’s their savings with a trip sure to be worth the to the East Midlands trip! Derby Designer Outlet. Love The Westfield in Derby For niche shops and is a fantastic place to boutiques, wrap up Reader Offer head for an ‘everything warm and head up to Want to get to the shops in style? The red arrow coach offers a under one roof’ Sadler Gate where you’ll super fast connection between Derby, Nottingham and Chesterfield. approach to sale find designer clothing Pick up a zigzag ticket at just £5 for unlimited travel after 9am (all shopping. Forget and handbags at day on weekends). You could even tackle all three shopping hubs braving the weather Limeys and Canopy, with a friend by using the ‘take a friend 4 free’ voucher on page 39. and pick up the best alternative buys at bargains that high Salamander, Ark and For Mansfield and the East Midlands Designer Outlet, jump on the street faves, including The Twentyfour Skate nines from Derby, Mansfield or Sutton and get ready to grab those Debenhams, Topshop, shop, and cute New Year sale bargains! Next, Boots and more, homeware and gifts at have to offer. Fraise. 06 | trentbarton play | SHOP SHOP | trentbarton play | 07 Top 5 Tips e box Bag a Bargain 3. 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