ogwo© If you want to know what is happening in your company, and the best way to make it more efficient, who should you ask? Certainly not the Board of Directors, who have their bonuses, Remuneration Committee, Corporate Governance and their golf handicap to occupy their time. Not the other company employees either; after all, [...]
What a hidden gem! On our way down to stay in Polperro, Cornwall last December we decided to break our journey along the way, and found this by internet browsing the area around Ottery. Toad’s Folly is beautifully appointed in every way, furnishings and consumables are top quality and the bathroom was sumptuous. Breakfast was [...]
If you want to get away from it all, you should give The Orange Tree serious consideration… Sitting in the spa bath with the moorside windows wide open, you cannot see a single light – except from the stars above on a clear night! Walking outside, you will also encounter an almost unknown element of [...]
This is a remarkable pub, as this article confirms, as it may be the only pub in the county of Suffolk with an entirely vegetarian menu. When we visited on 22/12/2007, Carol and I went to celebrate her birthday, and the food was fabulous; I can especially recommend the Treacle Pudding dessert! Two courses plus [...]
ogwo© In the mists of corporate time, someone must have produced a calculation that justified the Chairman having a chauffeur. Well, not his own personal chauffeur the Chairman will protest; the driver is there to do any Company driving services, even down to delivering legal documents in to the city. Quite why a five-litre six-figure [...]
Another culinary reason to come to Brighton, our idea of a perfect day is one interspersed with lunch at Food for Friends and dinner at Terre á Terre (q.v.) – or vice versa! A very informal and friendly atmosphere, enhanced by the occasional proximity of the tables give it a rather Parisian feel. The staff [...]
If ever we needed an excuse to come to Brighton (and we don’t!) then Terre á Terre is one of them. This is a restaurant of quality with a nice relaxing ambience, extremely friendly staff, and -mirabile dictu – the entire (and extremely comprehensive) menu is vegetarian. As an aperitif try Pineau de Charentes, which [...]
ogwo© If only one could make money out of the company car selection process. In no other aspect of organisational life is so much effort and research undertaken, is so much assiduity in cost analysis demonstrated in the quest for leather seats, upgraded in-car entertainment and alloy wheels. Whatever the allowance, rest assured it will [...]
We came to La Maison for a 4 day wind down after frantic property searching a little further South. It was like stepping into another world – friendly, relaxed and very interesting! Carol being 100% veggie was in heaven, and all the meals were delicious and imaginative. We were impressed by the large numbers of [...]
ogwo© Budgets started out as being guidelines, a quick reckoner of how much the organisation was going to spend or earn. Very useful. Every year, operational managers are asked how much they aim to spend, then the Finance people get hold of their figures, and then the Directors knock the figures back because on the [...]
