I've not posted much recently simply due to being really busy and trying to spend some time out when I can by just being with family, going for a walk or watching the mighty MFC. Yes, I know I've been neglecting my reader (I doubt that there are 2).
As we're even busier, here is a very potted resume of what I and Tad Web Solutions have been up to over the last 3 weeks.
I have seen the mighty Boro a few times and they are now top of the Championship after a very tense Tuesday night made much more tense by being on a course at Redworth Hall with no radio and very poor mobile reception. I have started on the aforementioned 9-month course, Leading Growth, run by the University of Teesside and aimed at growing small businesses in the area by growing the business leaders. Some great people on it, and me, and the 2 day residential was rather enlightening. I believe it will move Tad Web Solutions forward.
Business wise I have spent a lot of time following the advice of my business coaches from Digital City on working on acquiring new business and the efforts seem to be paying off. As part of this I have been the "star speaker" at the Redcar Enterprise Team Business breakfast which went very well apart from my contact lens falling out halfway making it impossible for me to read my bullet points to keep me on track - seemed to go OK nonetheless. We've also attended a supplier showcase at the Wilton Centre managed by NEPIC which went well and we are very hopeful of a contract with a new high tech company in Washington (Tyne & Wear not DC) whom we went to see yesterday. All that plus the usual web and software developing, networking and general business admin that underpins our hive of web and mobile activity.
That's my lot. Stuff to do and squeeze in England v Italy and Ireland v France in between on a romantic Valentine's Day where Jane is at work from 06:00 to 21:00. It's her last working day with that company tomorrow and she then embarks on a new career with Mencap and is really looking forward to it. Tomorrow we shall have a cheeky walk on the moors in the morning, I'll do a bit of planning and then off to the pub to watch Arsenal crash out of the FA Cup.
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