Have your say on crime in the Algarve
Rising crime in the Algarve is a growing concern among residents, particularly over the last five years, with 2009 being notable for an increase in cases involving criminal gangs.
This has alarmed everyone living in the region but particularly the large expatriate community, who feared for their safety after reports of residents who were the target of criminals using extreme violence to burgle their homes hit national headlines.
After being approached by a group of concerned residents looking for serious answers and solutions to the problem, the Algarve Resident, with their help, compiled this questionnaire that we hope will produce answers as close to the reality as possible.
The results of this questionnaire will then be used to compile a report, in Portuguese, that will be passed on to the authorities as well as an in-depth article in the Algarve Resident.
Please spare five minutes to fill in this questionnaire, which should then be posted to the Algarve Resident offices in Lagoa, at Rua Visconde de Lagoa, nº 2 e 3, 8400-329 Lagoa.
Alternatively, a downloadable version of this questionnaire is available from our website at www.algarveresident.com, which can be printed and sent to our postal address, or emailed to ines.lopes@theresidentgroup.com
Completed questionnaires need to be submtted no later than Monday, February 22.

Algarve Red Pages
The next edition of the directory of medical services in the Algarve will be out at the beginning of March. For information on booking an advertisement or where to pick up your copy, please email admin@theresidentgroup.com

Algarve Home Finder
Are you selling your house? Putting your land up for sale? Are you a private seller? If the answer is YES, then read on. This opportunity is limited to private sellers only. How it works: send us the text and up to five photos to freeads@algarvehomefinder.com and we will do the rest.
Your entry will remain online until you sell the property or you tell us to remove it. For more information, please visit the website at http://www.algarvehomefinder.com/

What people have said about the new-look Algarve GoodLife Magazine

“I must congratulate you on the new-look Goodlife. It is a VAST improvement, not only visually but editorially.”
RF, Almancil

“I picked up a copy of the new look Goodlife magazine at BLiP and I have to say that everyone involved with the magazine should be really proud. Goodlife is interesting, informative and great to look at. The magazine looks, and feels, fresh and funky and feedback from other readers in the Algarve to me has been very positive.”
DS, Carvoeiro

“I think you have done a very good job in the layout of the magazine.”
PK, Loule

“I must congratulate you and your team on an excellent production. We had stopped buying the magazine of late as it had become very staid and predictable. This month's issue is lively, readable and excellent value for money.”
CW, Tavira

Good response for GoodLife

The new-look Algarve GoodLife Magazine, published this month, has received tremendous feedback already.

It was launched at the Better Living in Portugal (BLiP) exhibition over the weekend of September 26 and 27.

For more information, including how to subscribe to this MUST-HAVE magazine, please visit http://www.algarvegoodlifemagazine.com/

ENJOY THE GOODLIFE!
The Algarve GoodLife Magazine has undergone a makeover for its October edition.
Our designers were charged with giving the title a modern new look but ensuring that it retained its values.
We feel they have succeeded and hope that you, our readers, agree.
We are also pleased to offer you a great subscription deal.
To celebrate the new-look magazine, we are offering you reduced subscription rates for 12 months – saving 12% on the previous rates for Portugal.
For more details, please see the magazine or email admin@fleet-street-portugal.com.
Algarve Goodlife Magazine is on sale every month at more than 450 retail outlets.
If you have any difficulty finding a copy, please let us know by email to admin@fleet-street-portugal.com.

Under €20
This is a section in the Algarve Resident for anything you have for sale which has a value of 20 euros or less - ANYTHING.
Household items, furniture, - you tell us that you want to sell it, and we do the rest. There is no catch and best of all no hidden extras. It is totally and absolutely FREE to you as long as it is a personal sale!
All you have to do is send your advertisement by email to under20@algarveresident.com, by fax on (00351) 282 342 939, in our office in Lagoa or by SMS (mobile phone message) to number (00351) 919 111 222. Make sure that your advert reaches us no later than Monday at 17.00.
All adverts will be placed for one week (*although you can renew as many times as you want) but will be limited to a maximum of 10 words plus the phone number.
Email and website addresses and photographs will not be included and there will be no formatting.
After all – it is FREE!

New editor appointed for group’s magazines
Suzy Turner has been appointed as the Editor for Fleet Street Lda’s magazines, Algarve GoodLife Magazine, Algarve Golf Guide, Algarve Welcome Magazine, Algarve Property Magazine and Destination Algarve.
Suzy, who has been the magazines’ Acting Editor since they were acquired in May, was previously Features Editor of the Algarve Resident, published by Fleet Street Lda’s sister company MMS Publishing Lda.
Suzy, 33, started at the Algarve Resident at the age of 18 as a trainee journalist and moved on to work as Assistant Editor for the magazines when they were owned by Vista Ibérica Publicacoes Lda before returning to the Resident in June 2007.
Suzy has been in the Algarve for 23 years and now lives in the Portimâo area.
In another senior company appointment, Inês Lopes has been appointed as Editor of the Costa de la Luz Resident.
Inês, who has been Editor of the Algarve Resident for the past five years and has worked for the Resident group of publications for 12 years, will continue to edit the popular paid-for weekly newspaper.
Publishing Director Mike Almond said: “Suzy’s appointment comes at an exciting time for our new magazines. I am confident she will have an impact and take them forward.
“And I know that the Costa de la Luz Resident, already well-received by readers, will continue to flourish and consolidate its position under the editorship of Inês as the must-read English-language newspaper in the area.”
For more information about any of the titles, please visit www.mmspublishing.com, www.fleet-street-portugal.com or www.algarveresident.com.