Feature Writer - Relocating to the South

Num. of articles: 1
Words per article: 1000

We publish a magazine for people leaving the armed forces

Topic: Relocation to the South

Outline & Structure: Magazine feature for people leaving the armed forces and considering relocating to the South of England. Highlight a few of the major town / cities. This will cover everything from the local housing stock with average prices, What is schooling like? Employment opportunities, who are the biggest and best employers in the area - What are the average wages. Maybe you need to update your military skills and qualifications what colleges, uni's and training providers are available here.

Please include:
 Notes on leading cities/towns as well as the areas that surround them.
 Career opportunities – leading employers and sectors.
 Leisure opportunities around the cities.
 House prices, including property hotspots and up-and-coming areas.
 Any other facts/stats that may be interesting or useful for Service-leavers.


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Please note:
 Please use any relevant stats, facts or figures – but make sure that they are
properly sourced.
 Introduce your piece with a ‘lede’ paragraph of one or two sentences.
 Keep paragraphs simple and compact (65 words max).
 Make your point quickly. Who, what, when, where and how? These facts need to
be in the first portion of your submission.
 Write to the reader. Our audience is made up of Service-leavers from the British
Armed Forces – and their families.
 Keep it positive. We exist to inspire our readers and empower them with
‘answers and solutions’.
 Add any helpful information (at the end of your submission) such as telephone
numbers and web addresses of organisations relevant to the subject you have
written about. (Please no hyperlinks – they do not work in a printed publication.
Use reasonably short web URLs starting with www.)
 Our readers will be well aware of general help available to the as Service-leavers
and Veterans. You do not need to add this information.
 Add any interesting/related facts, styled to small paragraph for us to use as
boxouts.
 Please do not format your text, add lines, page-breaks or embed images.