Daniel misses the bus as the family suffer from colds and I start a full paperwork day and note Comart’s good August as thousands of jobs are cut in the health service
A fine sunny day – cool but dry. Unfortunately I was at work in the office all day and did not get time to walk out. This morning a fine fuss as Daniel watches the bus go by not realising it was his own to St Neots! Only just in time to the office and a full day of desk work and personnel activity. The payroll information across to accounts, future structure of the service department resolved, Agenda for next Tuesday’s Board meeting circulated, and my own personnel report (including organisational charts and outstanding vacancy summary) produced. Preliminary figures for Comart’s August where we made a modest profit in replacement of budgeted loss.
News today of Health Service cuts of several thousand workers, mainly in the South East Thames area which brings Union protest and political controversy. Also of a successful conference speech by David Steel ending with a standing ovation. An uneasy ceasefire has taken place in Lebanon today but the guns start up again tonight as terms for a national reconciliation seem impossible. British Leyland announce the first half-years trading profit for some time whilst Michael Edwards prepares for his new job as ICL’s chairman. A British attempt on the Land Speed Record at 617 mph is short by 25 mph but they keep trying.
The family is now suffering from our first Autumn colds but we are forecast a warm and sunny day tomorrow.