It's been commented about my lack of blogging recently! "What are you hatching?" comes the cry. Um, well there's not really loads of interesting stuff to report. Myself and Janey hit the office in the morning and get all the officey bits done - we're working on some cool new Surf's Up! product, that takes a bit of time. Wicked beanies, towels, bits and bobs all coming soon. Wailin and the team have been busy on the beach during September.
I happened to be at home when Cameron made his speech yesterday. I thought it was quite good. He was right, when you start a business there really isn't a great deal of financial support and then once you make go of it, the government takes a nice big chunk. Doesn't really seem right. But that's the way it is. I was chatting to a friend of mine last night who runs a business that's had a very good year. Their take on all the cuts etc was that next March they'll be lots of redundancies and then next winter will be the tough one - that's the way they see things shaping up. We've taken the view that if we keep everything tight, watch the overheads then we can come out of this period strong. We definitely run a better business now than before.
Talking of fair - the BSA have set out their stall by promoting a policy of being 'fair'. Very nice in principle - but then of course, if you do what the majority want, invariably you'll end up with mediocrity.
The Apprentice last night! Dan the man - not his finest hour.
X Factor - Gamu... even if she ends up back in Zimbabwe someone's going to sign her up. I'll be buying her album - thought she was great.
ASP World Tour - Kelly Slater, can he do it? If he wins his tenth title he stands to net a cool $10 million pay out from Quiksilver. And if he nails it, he'll take his seat on the top table of greatest ever sportsmen alongside the likes of Phil "The Power' Taylor!
Sorry, not feeling that inspired blog wise today - must do better tomorrow. The sun's out, the surf's up - all is well down here at Beachland.
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