Jumping for Jacks

Jumping for Jacks

  It’s my first working lunch of 2019 and today, with partner Dave Marshall, we set out to discover why everyone is raving about Jack’s in Old Town, Swindon. It doesn’t take us long to find out!  Inside the café/bar/restaurant with its American styled décor we...

National Minimum Wage

Some of you may have read recently that Iceland Foods appear to have been given an unwanted Christmas present from HMRC in the form of a demand to pay £21m in back pay, with potential penalties to follow, for failing to adhere to minimum wage regulations. Some might...
The Corinium Hotel & Restaurant

The Corinium Hotel & Restaurant

What better on a miserable dark, rainy day, than to be taken out, for what seems to be the final working lunch of 2018. As Ian and I were heading into the Cotswolds from different directions he suggested we meet at The Corinium Hotel & Restaurant, only a five...

The countdown to B-Day…

I have been trying to avoid using the ‘B’ word for some time…Brexit. I know, I know – if you are anything like me you are sick to the back teeth of hearing about it. At the time of writing we are just under seven months away from ‘B-Day’ and yet most of us have...
Blunsdon House Hotel

Blunsdon House Hotel

Well this is a first, lunch out with the senior partner to dine at one of our longest established clients, Blunsdon House Hotel, and I’ve planned my outfit well in advance, baggy dress with no belt as I know Dave is partial to a pudding so this may be a big working...