2007 has proved a reasonably successful year for our company, though it is as well that we are a strictly not for profit social enterprise, as takings have been slightly less than outgoings, and belts have become tighter all round. Some analysts suggest this might be due to rapid expansion, fuelled by over eager consumption of high value calorific items, even prior to the Yuletide season. Forecasts for the New Year suggest there will need to be investment in Boots (made for walking), a new turn in the economic cycle, and trading in Rosemary Conley derivative products.
Nonetheless our board members and principal shareholders all remain in good heart, robust health a general contentment. Our senior partners have been in the firm now for about 18 years. Greg still manages the IT department, and the vegetable production section, while Jane continues to serve as director of finance, and domestic engineering. Outside the corporate HQ Jane has moved to a new post as a group worker for Lancashire Probation Service, while Greg is paid to do community work by The Salvation Army in Preston, but does much else besides.
Our first junior partner Marcus, after achieving some creditable results in recent tests has become an advanced level instructee at Runshaw college, and undertakes occasional lucrative external consultancies with a catering firm. The second junior partner Martha is worthy of her post as creative director, deeply involved in external networking, though the management sometimes question her understanding of cost control and gasp with incredulity at the monthly expense claims she submits. Finally there is our non-executive director, and mostly sleeping partner Pawz, who despite being three years old continues to act like a puppy and eat like a voracious tyrannosaurous.
Our coporate commitment to our local parish church remains strong, with a portfolio of directorships, responsibilities and (ethical) investments which are rewarding and encouraging.
For an illustrated guide to some of the things we have been up to (especially Greg) and some of the places we have been, Please explore this blog and the following web links:
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