The first part of the week was business as usual with a certain amount of packing thrown in. Wednesday was frantic with a BNI meeting early morning and then a dash to the office to finish packing before the removals people arrived. Richardson's Removals turned up on time, well slightly early, and swiftly and efficiently packed all of our stuff from our Wilton Centre office into the van. With me and Steve jumping in we were then off to Kirkleatham Business Park to pick up our tables which were a lot more solid and heavier than I expected. And so to The Palace Hub on Redcar seafront.
Upon arrival we were informed that the lifts were not yet in operation so the transfer to the 3rd floor would be fun. Luckily for me and Steve we were informed we had to do the full tour of the building for health & safety reasons. Now we often hear the phrase "health & safety gone mad" but I'd like to introduce the phrase "health & safety is a godsend" as myself and Steve mooched around the building and the removals guys did all the carrying. Not only that, they had also put together most of our desks by the time we got back from our tour. So folks if you need a removals firm I recommend Richardsons Removals very highly, they did a fantastic job and did more than we asked plus they were great people with great craic whilst we were with them.
The rest of the week was largely spent catching up with the stuff that would have been done instead of moving but we expected that kind of disruption. The folks managing the Hub and putting the services in, all from Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council, have also been fantastic throughout the move, from cups of tea and biscuits on the moving day, to having all our networks up and running by the time we had the tables assembled, including our own wireless network with name and passwords chosen by us when we arrived. Plus our new neighbours are great as well (our old ones were too).
Friday also saw me at the Cleveland Creatives network event and it looks like there may be a group of us who will be working together to develop something on a much more commercial basis which is an exciting prospect I'm looking forward to being involved in. We've already got a great limited edition photograph of the Wilton site at night on our new office wall purchased from Paul at Peak Image Photography and an original painting of Roseberry Topping from Di Fox up as well. There are some great creative business out here you'll be hearing more of.
Totally agree with Ian, cannot wait to start work at new office.
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