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Welcome to The FREE, Government Auctions UK Newsletter Back to archive     Hi, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION APPEARS IN THE NEWS SECTION AT THE MEMBERS' AREA AT GOVERNMENT AUCTIONS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE IT. FULL DETAILS ABOUT EACH AUCTIONEEER CAN BE FOUND AT THE SITE. The GAUK Newsletter is our regular FREE bulletin designed to keep you updated with news, latest sales, auction results and general pieces of interesting auction information that have occurred throughout the week. This is a supplement to information contained in the main GAUK Database and is an additional service. Please Read On...

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More information and full contact details for all the following sales are available in the database - just type in the name of the auctioneer of your choice into the search facility. If you are a member of GAUK please note that the following information is available in the news section as soon as we get it

Fox Lloyd Jones, 30 Park Place, Leeds. Tel: 0113 243 1133. Wednesday 6th July from 9.30am to 4.30pm;tender sale of pre-press and IT equipment, office furniture and equipment. Taking place at Unit 9, Tech Park, Saxon Way, Hessle, Hull.

SHM Stevens Champion & Slater, The Salerooms, 61 Water Street, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 200 2206. Thursday 7th July at 11am; home entertainment retailers stock and equipment including televisions, DVD players, CD players and videos etc. Taking place at 1756 Coventry Road South, Yardley, Birmingham.

Henry Butcher, 25 London Bridge Rd, London SE1. Tel: 020 7098 3700. Thursday 14th July at 10am;film packing lines, storage and handling equipment, machine tools and presses, factory plant. Taking place at Kodak, Annesley, Nottingham.

This Week:

Team Auctions, 60 Bentinck Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne. Tel: 0191 226 0670. Sales of commercial catering equipment at 11am.Wednesday 29th June at Painthorpe House Golf & Country Club, Wakefield. Thursday 30th June at The Engine Shed, York Road Ind. Est., Wetherby. Monday 4th July at Hamilton Park Racecourse, Hamilton, Glasgow. Monday 4th July at Manor Park Country House, Clydach, Swansea. Tuesday 5th July at Llanishen Sports & Country Club, Pare Ty Glas, Llanishen, Cardiff. Tuesday 5th July at Dumbarton Burgh Hall, Strathclyde. Wednesday 6th July at Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre, Kidderminster. Wednesday 6th July at The Albert Hall, Dumbarton Road, Stirling. Thursday 7th July at Jan's Conference Centre, Higher Audley Street, Blackburn. Thursday 7th July at Livingston Football Club, Alderstone Road, Livingston, Lothian.

Simon Charles Auctioneers, Unit 5, Pear Mill, Pear Industrial Estate, Stockport Road West, Lower Bredbury, Stockport, Cheshire SK6 2BP Tel: 0161 406 0111.Thursday 30th June at 11am;exclusive office furniture and upholstery, garden furniture and equipment, power tools, beds, carpets, lighting, TV's and jewellery. Taking place at Unit 5, Pear Industrial Estate.

Lodge & Thomas, 58 Lemon Street, Truro. Tel: 01872 272722. Saturday 2nd July; agricultural machinery and equipment. Taking place at Truro Livestock Market.

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Property News

How To Achieve 12% ROI Per Annum, Plus Capital Growth
How An Investor Can Buy Property At A 40% Discount After �eA-Day�f

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This from Alan Forsyth, a trusted property entrepreneur and advisor, in whom I have great confidence:

How To Achieve 12% ROI Per Annum, Plus Capital Growth

While the UK buy-to-let market has seen many areas of the country become unprofitable, as house prices have risen above attractive levels, there are still areas where you can find gross yields of 8% and above. Even in parts of the country where yields are generally lower, it is still possible to hunt out a bargain, perhaps by finding a distressed seller or by contacting an HMO offering an attractive gross yield. I would suggest that these areas/properties will stay popular, and become even more attractive over the next year, as interest rates drop to around 4%. This suggests continued good yields and capital growth in the right areas, as buy-to-let investors search for income-generating properties.

It is no surprise, then, that we have such a high demand at http://www.property-investment-deals.com for every buy-to-let opportunity my team source that fits our strict criteria �| namely yielding over 8% gross yield, and in a strong rental location.

My team are checking out properties on a daily basis, and are all local to their areas, which is vital �| local people with local knowledge that know the streets to target, and those to avoid. We use local lawyers and management companies that we have developed excellent relationships with over time, and that provide us and our investors with a superior service and the best value-for-money.

The average property we target for investors costs between ��30,000-��60,000 and achieves a rent of around ��250-��425 per month. It will also be in an area where we have local letting agents that we are happy with, and who can let our investors�f properties at the most competitive rates.

I believe the reason demand for our services is so high is that there are now very few places in the UK where you can buy a property by putting less than ��10,000 of your own money down, and make a net income of over ��100 a month (��1200 pa, thus 12%). But we can find them.

We have investors come to us with a sum of money, say ��100,000, looking to secure a passive income and steady capital growth. With this sum of money, we would be confident that they could achieve a net income of over ��1000 a month, plus capital growth. Not a bad return on investment each year. We work with all types of investors, from those looking to get their foot on the ladder to the those with a ��5m portfolio.

Demand is always higher than supply, and for every property we are happy to offer we could sell it 5 times over. A large percentage of our investors are repeat customers, which gives me great satisfaction.

Alan Forsyth

Further Research: If you would like to discuss your specific situation more thoroughly, and be given examples of the type of properties we secure, please e-mail me, Alan Forsyth, at enquiries@property-investment-deals.com or call 01276 510 348 and we�fd be delighted to help. Also visit us at http://www.property-investment-deals.com

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And now a great new concept from a good friend and colleague of mine, retired auctioneer Howard R Gooddie:

How An Investor Can Buy Property At A 40% Discount After �eA-Day�f

The name A-Day, given to April 6th 2006 by the Inland Revenue, reflects the major, radical and revolutionary changes that are due next year on the pension scene. And they�fre highly advantageous for we property investors.

At present, it�fs possible to invest through a pension in a limited range of commercial properties. Where necessary, quite a few business people have used this opportunity to purchase and borrow up to 75% of the value of their business premises. This was carried out through a SIPP (self-invested pension plan).

After A�|Day you will be able to borrow/gear and envelope into a tax-advantageous pension residential investments too, including buy-to-lets and UK and overseas holiday property.

There are other changes in the rules for SIPPs, which include a lifetime allowance on the maximum value of the fund (��1.5m increasing to ��1.8 million by 2010 and then subject to 5-year review). The retirement age will increase from 50 to 55. You�fll be able to withdraw a maximum tax-free cash sum of 25% of the fund. It will no longer be compulsory to take an annuity at 75, but it may be possible to pass pension assets to your family when you die.

Taxpayers will be able to contribute an amount only limited by their annual earned salary, up to a maximum of ��215,000 for the tax year starting on A-Day, increasing up to ��255,000 by 2010. For the basic-rate taxpayer the Government will contribute an extra 22p for every 78p paid into a SIPP; the higher-rate taxpayer will be able to claim an additional 18p of tax relief.

All income received from the properties in the fund must be paid into it, which will continue to accumulate tax-free. At the time of a purchase, your initial deposit will be relieved by the 22p in the pound gift from the Inland Revenue; for the higher taxpayer there is the additional tax relief. Can I leave you to think just a minute about the effects on your projections and yields? Effectively a higher taxpayer will be able to buy a residential property at a 40% discount after A-Day. Will you drool at the prospect of only paying ��60,000 for a ��100,000 investment? Remember also that instead of paying 40% tax on the property income, it will all be tax-free, too. The good news continues, as you�fll eventually not have to pay capital gains tax either.

With this in mind, I am preparing a series of seminars under my chairmanship on this subject. Towards the end of the year they will consolidate the independent views of specially chosen lecturers on the ideas then developed and prevalent. This should be in plenty of time to take action before A-Day. These seminars are likely to lean toward the property angle, but will inevitably have a taxation and feasibility bias. Dependent upon demand, they will be arranged in single, hard-working days at accessible centres around the country, at costs estimated at ��220 to ��250 per head. Each of these will culminate in an opportunity for all like-minded people to fraternise and share ideas.

In order for me to assess potential demand, please send an e-mail (entirely non-committing), indicating your address, to howgood@man.ac.uk or call 0161 904 0525. I will then forward more details as and when they become available.

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Best regards,

Peter Parfait
HPA/PAN/Booksender.com

An American who masterminded the UK part of a multi-million pound ID theft scam was yesterday jailed for six years. Douglas Havard, 24, was sentenced on Monday at Leeds Crown Court after pleading guilty to conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to launder money. His accomplice, Lee Elwood, 25, of Glasgow, was jailed for four years after pleading guilty to the same offences in June 2004.

The court heard the duo were integral to a phishing scam that netted an estimated ��6.5m. The duo operated the UK end of an international operation that tricked consumers into handing over their banking credentials to bogus websites. The pair used credit cards obtained under false names, money raided from compromised bank accounts and the illicit purchase and sale of goods online to finance a lavish lifestyle.

Their criminality was exposed during a National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) investigation into eastern European phishing fraudsters. Police reckon Havard and Elwood stole over ��750,000 during the 10-month period of the investigation but estimate they could have raked in as much as ��6.5m over two years.

Havard confessed to receiving data dumps of compromised account details from criminal associates in Russia. This information was used to pay for goods online, sold in auctions by criminal affiliates in the UK. Havard and Elwood and their UK allies would take a cut before forwarding the balance back to Russia. Police found forged travellers' cheques, financial documents relating to 10 bank compromised bank accounts and cash when they raided Havard's flat. Intelligence recovered led to a raid on Elwood's home where police recovered forged documentation and bank documents as well as a cache of credit card counterfeiting equipment.
Police said Havard and Elwood were active on illegal "carding websites" such as carderplanet and shadowcrew, The Scotsman reports. The paper adds that Havard faces charges counterfeiting and armed robbery in Texas.

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UNIQUE WEBSITE WILL HELP COMBAT GROWING PROBLEM OF ONLINE AUCTION FRAUD

A new web-based service launches this week that aims to combat the growing problem of online

A new web-based service launches this week that aims to combat the growing problem of online auction fraud.

On average some 12.5 million transactions were completed on auction sites worldwide every single day during 2004, of which 250,000 turned out to be fraudulent �| with sellers failing to deliver the goods, buyers giving bogus credit card details or people selling stolen or counterfeit goods.

It is also not unknown for the buyer to claim against Paypal for non receipt of goods and receive a refund when in reality goods have been received and are already being sold on. So many criminals are nowadays making use of the opportunities open to them through online auctions, that any one of us could become a victim of this latest type of scam.

Now, by registering with www.reportauctionfraud.com members of the public and businesses using online auction sites can check out buyers and sellers for just 50p. Details are verified immediately by accessing an up-to-the-minute database established by Early Warning (UK), the organisation that monitors online and credit card fraud.

Registration is free and takes only a few minutes, after which you are set up to make checks online. If you have already fallen victim to auction fraud, you can use the website to add information about your own case so that others can be warned, the information is then instantly available to the police should they wish to view it.

Andrew Goodwill, Managing Director of Early Warning and an adviser on online fraud to the Police, banks and financial institutions, explains: �gAuction sites try to protect their customers from fraud with their own feedback service but regrettably there are still gaps. That�fs why we set up www.reportauctionfraud.com to provide extra protection for members of the public and businesses alike. We believe that users will access the system responsibly and the company has developed techniques to limit abuse.�h

For further information please contact Andrew Goodwill on 0870 874 4999 or email admin@early-warning.co.org.uk

PR contacts: Anthony Gilsenan / Andy Smith 01372 749556

The Positive Club

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"Look at a day when you are supremely satisfied at the end. It's not a day when you lounge around doing nothing, it's when you've had everything to do and you've done it!" --Margaret Thatcher 


"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -- Mark Twain 

"The best motivation is self-motivation. The guy says, I wish someone would come by and turn me on. What if they don't show up? You've got to have a better plan for your life than that." --Jim Rohn

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