Friday December 7, 2018

I love everything about the festive season leading up to our family highlight, Christmas Dinner. With twenty guests expected and parents who have spent a lifetime in the restaurant business, no pressure? Around the 23rd my wife and I go into military mode as we plan the hundred and one finer details. Last year we […]

Saturday August 4, 2018

In Catalonia they have a lovely old expression when bidding farewell to a friend. “Que no haya novedad”. “Let no new thing arise”. Because as we know, change usually means trouble. But in business change must be seen as an opportunity to be embraced. Possibly the biggest change to hit business in living memory was […]

Monday August 14, 2017

We are shortlisted for another award which is always a joy, but this is an award with a difference – it is one you cannot enter. The Estate and Lettings Agency of the Year Awards run by Property Academy and sponsored by Rightmove is quite unlike any other award in our sector and possibly any […]

Tuesday July 2, 2013

Newcastle City Council has decided that the root cause of noise complaints and anti-social behaviour in Heaton, Sandyford, Jesmond and South Gosforth is multi-occupancy houses with the finger of blame being pointed straight at students. The knee-jerk reaction from our Council was to impose Article 4 Directions, meaning any development requires planning permission. Despite significant […]

Monday June 10, 2013

Graduates appear to be getting some stick lately with a CBI survey indicating that over two thirds of graduates would like more support from their university in understanding the world of work in such areas as customer awareness, team working and self management. As our business model for expansion puts graduate recruitment front and centre […]