Grove House, Comart Group HQ Little Paxton
Grove House, Comart Group HQ Little Paxton

Summer Solstice day, typically sunny and fine, as I plan some meetings and arrangements and interviews before the upset of learning about Daniels theft of money from me for sweets as controversy causes Lloyds of London to compensate Names

Early to the office and some time opening all of the windows and ensuring the heating was on for the cellars and off for the rest of Grove House. The recent hot and humid weather had led to considerable condensation on the cellar floors but today the weather, whilst still sunny and fine, developed a cool breeze to the relief of all. Several phone calls with various parties arranging a meeting with Jaques Samuels tomorrow, arranging the Byte Shop Review Meeting for Tuesday afternoon and actioning BMMG business over membership and representation to NEDO. On this latter point we are resolved to be more active as the organisation are approaching the Commission on the 28th and must be briefed with our news.

Before lunch, to second interview M Jean Claude Carles the favoured applicant for Comart France who, as a capable person also presently responsible for Altos Sales in France, would undoubtedly do well. An afternoon of more desk work and experimentation with our new telephone system. It has such features as call diversion when busy or unavailable, call back, message recording, and signifies internal and external calls with different ringing tones. Later in the afternoon I interview Ian James the third time for the Byte Shop Training Manager and had previously discussed in depth how this function would work in relation to group personnel. At last we think he will accept a job and Grove House is ideal as a training centre.

Home, then, after a call from Diana and great upset when we find that Daniel has been taking money from my wallet to buy sweets. In fact we found £15 of it in his pocket today. A little television, the news, the ducks and to bed on a cool night which enabled us all to sleep well.

News today of a letter from McGregor to the miners to no possible avail, of more discussions with the steel unions, and of more teachers strikes. In the city, Lloyds offer its Names £38M to compensate for executive misbehaviour and tomorrow is the prospective issue for Enterprise Oil – another government privatisation spectacle which may be difficult for the market to digest.