Just an update that the new launch of Paul Isaacs Personal Training in Bath is going well.

Following the launch of the business on 1st November, the advertising campaign in Bath Life and The Bath Magazine has generated plenty of enquiries, and Paul is delighted to have such a strong client base in Bath just a few weeks before Christmas. With further publicity planned in January, and with special gift vouchers available for those notoriously ´hard to buy for´ relatives, the outlook is great.

Paul Isaacs has already established himself as the premier Personal Trainer in Bath for those clients seeking a discreet, home-based, private service. And already, several of Paul´s clients have opted for the home-delivered, calorie-counted healthy meals that can accompany the training programmes. Even the editor of Bath Mag is giving it a try in a week or so! Watch this space!!

Just another quick mention that Paul Isaacs is due to launch his Personal Training business in Bath on 1st November.

Paul will be the only Personal Trainer in Bath to offer home-based personal training services in conjunction with extensive nutritional advice, which will incorporate meal planning and daily delivery of healthy meals.

Popular Personal Trainer, Paul Isaacs, is due to open a new branch of Paul Isaacs Personal Training in his native city of Bath.

Paul, who has spent the last 10 years in Marbella, specialises in home based personal training, as well as a forward-thinking service offering expert personal training in Bath to work/office based clients. In essence, Paul can come to your home or business to provide discreet, in-depth private health and fitness consultations and training sessions. These can encompass private 1-to-1 sessions, couples training, or group sessions, obviously depending upon the space available. Rumour has it that plans are afoot to open a stunning 5 star personal training studio in Bath to cater for those discerning clients who are seeking a private, bespoke service in a luxurious environment.

In addition to personal training in Bath, Paul Isaacs also offers expert nutrition advice and meal planning. He will even take his clients shopping for the right ingredients! For those clients seeking the ultimate combination of training and healthy eating, Paul Isaacs also offers a daily delivery service of healthy meals, direct to clients´ doors! This service is ideal for those clients preparing for an important event or holiday, as they don´t have to worry about portion sizes or even shopping for food - everything is done for them, they simply have to eat the food! Orders are now being taken for post-Xmas detox programmes.

As a Personal Trainer in Bath, Paul Isaacs offers significant overseas experience and an exciting array of products and services for his clients.

Some more good news for buyers of property for sale in Murcia. Following the recent announcement of the go-ahead of the Paramount Pictures theme park in the region, the new Murcia Airport in Corvera is set to be complete later this year and open to the public in mid 2012.

A study by the University of Murcia found that 40% of passengers taking scheduled flights from Alicante Airport (over 100 kilometres away from Corvera) are actually from the region of Murcia. With these figures in mind, Murcia´s Ministry of Development expects to be able to ´steal´ 3 million of the 10 million passengers who currently use the airport at Alicante but who would undoubtedly find that Corvera would be much closer and more convenient for them. Continue reading »

For anyone wanting to fetch a taxi from Malaga Airport to Marbella, expect to pay in the region of €70 - €80 per one-way trip. This seems a scandalous amount of money, yet visitors to Marbella need to understand that taxi fares are far from cheap here. In fact, I reckon they are on a par with black cabs in London. I travelled from my property on the Golden Mile in Marbella to the centre of town at 10am last Tuesday, and was charged almost 11 euros for a journey lasting about 5 minutes! Continue reading »

In the UK, it always seems to me that consumers and lenders alike are totally aware of the merits of interest only mortgages, and that there is an enormous choice of products in the marketplace. Particularly when buyers are seeking to purchase investment property, the option of an interest-only mortgage would seem to make complete sense, allowing for positive cashflow and a longer term plan to pay off the loan from the expected rise in the price of a property over a 10, 15 or even 20 year period. Continue reading »

Here at Your Key to Spain, we have many years experience of the Spanish property market, and are accustomed to listening to the individual wants, desires and ´must-haves´ of hundreds of prospective buyers.

Most of these, or course, make absolute sense – the garden for the dogs, the third bedroom for the teenage boy…I´m sure you get the picture.

But the one request (or ´demand´ in many cases) that I always query is the need for a west or south-west facing terrace. Continue reading »

After a decade of political scandal, planning abuse and negative media coverage, it looks like Marbella is getting its mojo back. Continue reading »

There are plenty of tourists in Marbella at the moment, and one of the most popular areas for holidaymakers is Elviria. Situated 12 km from Marbella centre, Elviria offers something for everyone.

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I´ve been out of action for a couple of weeks alter breaking my jaw. Having reached the age of 41 without breaking a single bone in my body, I managed to visit 4 hospitals within a 24 hour period, so I am now the resident expert on the Spanish healthcare system!

I was initially taken by ambulance to the Costa del Sol Hospital in Marbella, where (apparently!….I was unconscious for most of the time) I was looked after very well, and the various procedures and treatments were explained to my partner via an English translator.

I was then transferred to the Carlos Haya Hospital in Malaga, a bumpy 50 minute drive in the back of an old knackered ambulance. I didn´t stay too long at the Carlos Haya as the staff there preferred to transfer me (again!) to the nearby Civil Hospital in Malaga where a specialist in Maxillo-Facial surgery is apparently in residence.

I was given my own room with a tv and en-suite facilities…it even had a spare bed, but was told that the specialist wouldn´t be able to see me for at least another 36 hours (this was now a Saturday evening). I wasn´t really in the best of shape, covered in bruises and scratches, jaw broken to pieces and missing my front teeth. I managed to get some sleep on the Saturday night, but swiftly decided to check out on the Sunday morning when I was offered a piece of cake and a sandwich for breakfast (!!), one of the nurses started ranting at my partner for his poor knowledge of the Spanish language, and then to top it all, they decided to move another patient into the same room…..along with an entourage of about 20 members of his family.

No way, Jose!

So I ended up going to the USP Hospital in Marbella (I am a member of Sanitas, so receive subsidised private heathcare). Within half an hour, I had been seen by a doctor, x-rayed and been given advice to be able to treat the injury at home. When I returned to the hospital 48 hours later, I saw a specialist who advised that I would need surgery that same evening, until his colleague advised that he would be able to treat the broken jaw with an elasticated brace and physiotherapy.

What an ordeal! Anyway, I now feel in very safe hands and am well on the road to recovery. I´m still on a soft diet but at least I have new teeth! And while I´ve been very fortunate with the timing and have been able to watch every single World Cup game on the tv during my recuperation, I am wary that I may be the only person to have broken his jaw and likely to end up fatter than he started! I blame M&S mashed potato and chocolate mousses!