Friday 27th April 1984

Quieter and cooler day writing up the Byte Shop meeting, enquiring about Grove House and negotiating with Peter Smith of Kode as The murdered police woman, WPC Yvonne Fletcher, was buried at 10.00am almost 10 days to the minute after the original shooting by the Libyans.

A small lay in after a good night’s sleep. For once the weather starts dull but soon the early morning mist dispelled and the sun became hot. An early office start and a calmer day spent minuting The Byte Shop meeting, sorting out papers and binding the Business Plans for easy reference. I enquired after the Grove House Little Paxton office building and arranged an opportunity for us to view on Monday evening. I also spoke twice to Peter Smith, Group Managing Director of Kode, and advanced the negotiation for my sale of Comart by informing him of my request for a single £3M payment on completion in either cash or Kode shares.

A late evening working on the aggregation of the group companies historical, current, and future reserve and profit forecasts. Home in time to put the ducks away and listen to the day’s news. Today the last diplomats left the Libyan and British Embassies and both sides were escorted by protective powers to the airports for the aeroplanes to cross in flight. The murdered police woman, Yvonne Fletcher, was buried at 10.00am almost 10 days to the minute after the original shooting. In the coal strike, Arthur Scargill attended the Nottingham picket lines but the rebel miners still attended work.