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Grumpy day in the office correcting staff laxity before I start the anti-IBM campaign and the Russians call off the strategic arms limitation talks in Geneva
Up early and to the office, telling off three employees for lateness and June for not securing the reception area. Also to lecture her for not supporting me as well as I needed to bring the company round. I have decided that firmness will be the order of the day from now on as next year will be a tough challenge and 8.30-5.00pm will be no good.
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Xitan Review Meeting in Southampton and then back to Comart before home to be upset with Daniel over his borrowing and school work
Early to rise and St Neots Station to catch the train for London. In Stevenage to be joined by John Lamb and on to Kings Cross Station. Across town by tube and then the 8.45am slow train to Southampton where by taxi on to Xitan. There to chair the Xitan Review Meeting and a good brief meeting with sales rising and assets under control.
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Office day on Comart Company plans concluding with the need for large investments for future products as the EEC talks fail and agricultural subsidies continue
Early to the office and the early part of the day sorting out my papers of yesterday and today and actioning the items arising. Then to have individual meetings with John and Derek reviewing the problems and priorities of Marketing and Purchasing respectively. After lunch to make arrangements for a meeting later today to review the conclusions of our visits to Comdex and chase up visit reports in preparation.
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Milder day working at home with a developing cold whilst Debbie accompanies Daniel in the dark to tend the ducks as the Lebanese conflict escalates and Thatcheris obdurate in Europe
I wake up today feeling flushed and weak with a fair headache and therefore decide to stay at home in bed. A slow day with alternate reading and rest but I take the opportunity to write to my parents at long last and also make a reply to the Rouge Dragon of the College of Arms. Two brief calls to the office where nothing is too urgent to wait, but I do make a call to my auditor, Roger Brittain, about share valuation and the Xitan audit report. We see an increased value of Comart Shares for the purposes of the Profit Sharing Scheme.