The following are testimonials to the success of advertising in The Hogsty End Handbook:

We have advertised in the Hogsty End Handbook for a number of months now and I have always found the team to be professional, efficient, very helpful and friendly. We have also been able to secure a number of new contracts through the advertising making it an excellent return on the very reasonable investment. Our new customers told us that they would always go the Hogsty End Handbook to find local service providers so I would recommend it to any small business looking for new leads.
Pene Morgan, Morgan's Electrical - 11th March 2011

We have advertised in Hogsty End for over a year now and are very happy with the service we receive. We would highly recommend them.
Darrell Thorn, Garage Door Solutions - 4th March 2011

Advertising in the Hogsty End publication has been the best thing I have done. All my business is local which is great for me. Hogsty End have been nothing but friendly and helpful and I have a lot to thank them for.
Wendy Easterbrook, Easterbrook Garden Care - 28th February 2011

As an advertiser in both Hogsty End and Roundabout Here I have been very pleased with the response my adverts have produced. I feel its important to be in a local magazine that has a variety of businesses and services and is used by the local community.
Ged Dwyer, Trophy Too - 28th February 2011

Oak Leaf Gardens have been using Hogsty End now for 3 years, and as a new company found the service excellent. 65% of our work comes from customers who read the magazine and I always recommend people to advertise their company with Hogsty End.
Graham Dell, Oak Leaf Gardens - 28th February 2011  

Advertising in the Hogsty End has benefited my business far more than spending vast amounts of money on advertising in the local newspapers. People tend to read this booklet on arrival and then keep hold of it until the next edition arrives. I will definitely be advertising in Hogsty End for the foreseeable future. 
Lynne Davies, Lynne Davies Dog Training - 28th February 2011

Hogsty End has proved to be a cost effective way of targeting local customers. From my experience, it is an extremely professionally put together publication and we often get several calls on the day the publication goes out.
Dan Cook, MK Upholsterers - 27th February 2011

We have used the Hogsty End for several years now, and they have always proved to be one of the best ways to advertise our services, a lot of our domestic work comes from this magazine, and we will continue to advertise with them.
Larry Pinder, MK Pest Control - 27th February 2011

I have been with 'Hogsty' for a few years now. I find that out of all the advertising I have done, this magazine is the single most professional and cost effective publication I have yet to deal with. Well done to Hogsty for always providing the same consistent good service for effective advertising at affordable rates!
Julie Robinson, Face2Face (Beauty treatments) - 25th February 2011

We have used the Hogsty publications for the last 12 months and they have proved the most effective advertising we have undertaken. Very well respected and trusted publications with the customers we have supplied and fitted carpets for. They provide a very cost effective vehicle for local advertising that makes your advertising pound work extremely hard.
Richard & Mike, Richmar Carpets - 25th February 2011

I use community magazines all the time for my advertising. The Hogsty End is by far the best! They offer a complete package, the advice is second to none regarding designs of your adverts (if you're a complete novice like me), the advertising rates are excellent value for money - I recovered my first quarter's advertising fee on my first job from a customer who called in the first month: November 2010.We use a variety of community magazines and so far the Hogsty End has been the most successful.They are extremely accommodating, friendly and professional and above all extremely helpful. We will continue to advertising in the Hogsty End magazine and have booked the whole year. Great working with you.
Julia McCann, PMC Property Services - 25th February 2011

I would like to say a big thank you to The Hogsty End Handbook.  The process of advertising was made easy and pain free by their attention to detail, professionalism and supportive approach.  On top of this, we are delighted with the results achieved by advertising in The Hogsty End Handbook as it is the only publication that has actually delivered sales for our business with 2 out of 3 leads leading to a signed contract.  I highly recommend the owner and her publications for any business looking for a cost effective way to generate more sales.
Pene Morgan, Morgans Electrical (Solar PV installations) - 10th Feb 2011

Just to let you know, we have only used you and the net to market this year!
Brooklands Dental Clinic - 1st Oct 2010

I just wanted to thank you for letting us advertise in The Hogsty End Handbook.   I know it only went out very recently and today I have received two jobs from it - one in Wavendon & one in Aspley Guise.
I like to give credit where it's due.  Cheers. 
Clive Parrish, Daniels Security Centre - 5th July 2010

I would just like to say how me and my husband enjoy the Hogsty End each month. My husband reads it cover to cover. Not only does it have adverts for everything, it has stacks of local information too. May it go on forever. Thank you again, kind regards
Elaine Block (Philip Block Upholstery) - 10th June 2010

I just wanted to congratulate you on the work and booklets you produce, I think it is extremely useful for local contacts and advertising. I have recommended it to serveral of my tenants at Deethe Farm Industrial Units and I am delighted to see in the last issue four of them are now advertising with you.
Angela Menday, 11th November 2009

It represents excellent value.
Gardening services advertiser - 7th May 2009

Excellent, cost effective way to reach your customers. The magazine is well read by my customers and their loyalty to advertisers is in my view exceptional. The publication is professional and is never late being issued.
The team put a huge amount of effort into the publication and will help design the layout for you. A great business, highly recommended.
Andrew Hubberstey, Rugged & Tough - 31st March 2009

Vibrofit has been advertising with Hogsty End Ltd for a year and we always get a good response from both editions. The service is professional and you can tell a lot of pride taken in publishing each issue.
Liz Fitzjohn, Vibrofit Health Studio - 31st March 2009

This publication has gone from strength to strength, providing exceptional quality at an affordable price.The staff are extremely efficient always delivering what they have promised.
Chris Lowe, Camfield Chapman Lowe Ltd (Accountants) - 30th March 2009

Thank you for all your help over the last few of years. I have found advertising with Roundabout Here and Hogsty End a huge benefit to a small business like mine, unable to afford advertising in newspapers and glossy magazines dominated by large companies. Your rates are competitive and fair and Kingston Gallery at SpeedFramer Ltd has gained several new customers who didn't know the shop existed. They have proved to be publications that are kept because not only do they inform you of community events and issues, but they also support small businesses that offer a personal service in the local area. They have everything you could ever need, so whatever you are looking for they are the ‘must have little directory’ that you can refer to time and time again.
Mandy McGimpsey, Kingston Gallery - October 2008

Thank you for a very successful campaign! Rugged & Tough is a brand new business therefore advertising is critical to ensure word gets around. However the cost in big publications is prohibitive, so having been introduced to The Hogsty End Handbook I thought it worth a go. Hogsty End did a fab job with the advert for us and we ran the first month. As we knew, it takes a few to make it happen, so as expected, didn't get a rush through the doors on the first run. The second advert was tweaked a bit for the current summer season and we ran it again, both in The Hogsty End Handbook and Roundabout Here, All I can say is "WOW", our footfall increased by 33%. We have now booked full pages in three future editions.
Thank you so much
Rugged & Tough Ltd, - 5th August 2008 (Outdoor clothing store)

I just wanted to drop you a line to say thank you very much for sending The Hogsty End Handbook through my door. We have just moved to Woburn Sands from Linslade and are loving every second of it. The book has been so handy to help us get our bearings and find out the places to go and people to speak to from everything from window cleaning to eating out and back again. Many thanks and if there is a quick way to get an allotment we would love to know!!! Thanks
M & P McCulloch (residents)- 30 July 2008

Just a quick ‘thank you’ for managing to squeeze Franklite into the July magazines. As you know, the decision to run a summer clearance sale was a last minute one and I am so glad we were just in time.
I am always amazed at the number of people who visit our factory shop actually clutching their copy of Roundabout Here or the Hogsty End and I can honestly say it is far more effective advertising than either of the local newspapers. I hope you might consider broadening your delivery area to cover more of Milton Keynes in the future and I am sure other advertisers would join me in saying we would definitely be with you.
Having been with you for a few years now, it still works and I look forward to many more years of successful advertising. Thank you
ChrisBatt, Franklite Factory Shop (lighting) -15 July 2008

I wanted to write and thank you for your help with our advert in The Hogsty End Handbook. I have been delighted with the results so far. Within a week of my first advert I had received my first enquiry and by the end of the month I had secured a significant order. The same thing happened the next month resulting in an even bigger order. Advertising in this publication has already paid for itself many times over.
Penny Bruce, Denton Drapes (curtain maker) - 10 July 2008

I am writing to thank you for all the help you have given me in setting up my advert in your great publication. The response I have had has been unbelievable. I have always been very wary of advertising, mainly because I have found it to be expensive and never very effective. You and your magazine have proved me wrong; from our first telephone conversation you did all the work planning the advert, helping me with the artwork and advising me on size and location. As I have said the response to the advert has been unbelievable, so thank you very much for all your hard work, and I look forward to a long partnership together.
My very best regards
David Swain, Master Decorator - 10th June 2007

We have been advertising with the Hogsty End and Roundabout Here since they were both launched. Both magazines have brought in a lot of enquiries, many of which have turned into jobs. We definately recommend other businesses give them a try.
Kathryn Bishop-Jones, Aspley Flooring - October 2007

A well run business, with lots of help and a great way to advertise my business.
Keith Bradbury, Bid Gas (Gas service engineer) - October 2007

Since advertising in Hogsty End and Roundabout Here, my pupil base has increased hugely with the benefit of a very busy driving school now. Definitely the best advertising medium I have used. I highly recommend it. Ashley Clarke, Ashley's Driving School - October 2007

I found every aspect of this company to be very very good indeed.
Pete Wildfield, - Keyne Home Improvements (Double glazing services) - October 2007

I have advertised with Hogsty End Ltd. for about a year. The best advertising I have ever done - I cant praise it enough.
Ray Brown, Trim-A-Tree - October 2007

We have been advertising with Hogsty End Ltd since it started and have been very pleased with the response from prospective customers and have appreciated the personal service received from Hogsty End.
Carolyn Clay, Croft Cars (Taxis) - October 2007

I would just like to say thank you for the advert in The Hogsty End Handbook. It has been a great success. I have had a lot of response from it, a great deal more than I expected. It has been exceptional value for money, one of the best advertisements we have placed.
I wish you all success.
Kind regards
Ray Brown, Trim-A-Tree - 10th October 2006

Hogsty End has brought us many enquiries which have now materialised into work.   We have found that homeowners like to use local businesses and Hogsty End is a great way to promote awareness in the Woburn Sands and Aspley Heath area.
Kathryn Bishop-Jones, Aspley Flooring - 19th October 2006

The Hogsty End Handbook is a great little publication. We can credit it directly for several jobs and many enquiries. Finding an advertising source that is both effective and value for money is a rare thing indeed, but the Hogsty End Handbook is both of these.
Dan Cook, MK Upholsterers - 24th October 2006

Comments made recently by local residents:

'We've recently moved to the area and the previous owner left us a copy. It's been our Bible - we found our plumber and electrician in the Handbook and whatever we need, we look there first.' Chris, Aspley Heath.

'I've used half a dozen people from The Hogsty End Handbook. I prefer using the advertisers because they are not here today gone tomorrow operations.'

On being handed issue number 32:
'Thanks very much for this, I always enjoy the Handbook. I've kept EVERY copy and have used some of the advertisers.'

'The perfect size to be able to sit and have a read with a cup of coffee, and the articles are just right - not too long. Now we have this, we don't even bother reading the paper - it just goes straight in the recycling bin.'

'Millions of years ago I worked in magazines. Congratulations on the way you have built it and the progress with advertisers.'

'It's always a good read'
'Whenever I need something I look in the magazine first to see if I can find it listed'
"You're doing a great job'
'I read it from cover to cover'
'It's brilliant, this little book'
'I send my copy to my daughter in Spain to keep her up to date with life in Woburn Sands'
'I look forward to receiving it'
'I like the history page'
'I always have a good browse through'
'My father has kept every copy for reference.'
'I always read it from end to end.'