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Depressing ending to a day of Byte Shop meetings as the Coventry’s are resigning again and I conclude that leadership is a lonely and unappreciated role, when profits are shared with no gratitude being voiced
Early to the office to complete preparations for today’s Byte Shop meetings. The formal business complete but little else besides due to the timely arrival of a message from Gordon Coventry that he was resigning (again) from Glasgow because Adrienne could no longer be Company Secretary.
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Extremely busy ‘Shortest Day’ as I have my ‘Longest Day’ working on PR and Company Administration Day with Personnel and Payroll Issues for good measure as security hunts follow in England and the Republic for IRA members after the Harrods car Bombing.
There may have been busier days in my career but I doubt it. Early to the office and first to prepare the remaining three Byte Shop AGMs and Annual Returns. Also the Directors meeting minutes and consents to make Diana the Company Secretary of Glasgow. A chance to review the mail and my in tray before joining our publicity people. MEPR, to be briefed by Mike East before the arrival of Roger Woolnough, writer for the Times Newspaper, for an interview. He will be writing a profile of me as a personality and the company’s progress in a January edition which would suit us well for our Which Computer Show publicity.
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Comart Board Meeting and AGM adjourned after strategic marketing discussions raise issues about IBM penetration and then a fairly successful Xmas dinner/dance for 140 of my staff
The day for the Comart Board Meeting and AGMs. All statutory documents agreed and accounts signed but a good deal of difficulty in discussions on the quality of the sales forecasts and our marketing philosophy. A protracted argument on which market sectors we are selling to and, as a consequence, what future product specifications should be. In the end I cancelled the afternoon session, allowed a late lunch and adjourned the meeting until tomorrow.
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Remedial action with the Finance Director and work on DTI finance and possible Pension Fund property investment as Charles and Diana visit the Harrods shopper victims amongst public revulsion at the bomb outrage
On time to the office and first to meet with Derek W to review the plans for the day and the reasons for my summoning him back from a Southampton visit. Plenty of problems with Scrap Stock procedures, Annual Returns, Factory Finance, apart from the normal payroll and other month end Monday priorities. Then to brief June on the jobs of preparing the Profit Sharing Warrants and Annual Returns for Xitan and the two Comart’s.
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Slight lay in and fine breakfast after some management and current affairs reading, some family discipline and then to the office for distribution of AGM returns and reports all on a milder day which turns to rain later. Man hunts in the Republic and talks here on banning the Provisional Sinn Fein
A good lay in and only to wake at 8.15am. Then to breakfast of fried egg, bacon and bread before two hours more in bed whilst reading the Sunday Times and also catching up on magazine reading. They feature the new management styles and licensing of technology. Out to clean out the ducks and to wash the car but not before having a royal argument with Daniel over not obeying instructions and being continually argumentative.