The Stormont talks resumed after a break during the summer. The DUP and the United Kingdom Unionists brought a complaint against the PUP and the UDP for breach of the 'Mitchell Principles'
Conclusion of Annual Review & Appraisal of Sarah as Manager, Redgrave Post Office & Stores
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The Stormont talks resumed after a break during the summer. The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the United Kingdom Unionists brought a complaint against the Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) and the Ulster Democratic Party (UDP) for breach of the 'Mitchell Principles' because of their failure to condemn threats made against Billy Wright and Alex Kerr; both Loyalists from Portadown, County Armagh.
The Irish Times (a Dublin based newspaper) published the details of a poll, one of the results of which showed that two-thirds of people in Northern Ireland thought the Stormont talks would fail.
I was writing to my shop manager, Sarah, Thank you for your participation in the annual review and appraisal process from which I think we achieved a good common measure of understanding on the performance of yourself and the business for the past year and the areas of difficulty that we need to concentrate on in the time to come.I note your agreement with the assessments made and understand the points that you have made in response.
Particularly, I am resolved to help you improve your interviewing, selection and management of staff with the objective of you being able to relax with competent staff at the till in the evening and some weekends.
I note your need for skills for dealing with sales representatives, Spar associates and willingness to learn more back-office duties and accounts work together with your preference to learn this in sessions rather than piecemeal.
I assume that, having not heard anything in the meantime about Mark getting time off, it has been too short notice for organising your attendance at the Spar Convention but we remain agreed that we will get you out of the shop from time to time to attend relevant training courses and to gain information and experience by meeting other Spar retailers.
In agree to your request for the business to meet the ongoing running costs of a mobile telephone for business use, particularly now that there is sufficient cellular signal in the area to make it worthwhile.
I would suggest that the Vodaphone Digital service seems best and advise that this might be something entered into carefully in view of the pitfalls concerned. Perhaps you could first find out what deals are available and I might be able to lend you Louise’s receiver for a trial week to see if you get on with it all right.
Lastly, although the business is not yet in a position to reward you fully for the excellent efforts you have been putting in, I do feel that we should at least keep you ahead of inflation and so I have instructed Louise to increase your basic payroll salary by £500 to £10,500 with full effect from the beginning of this month, 1st September 1996.
I look forward to a more profitable year to come and to paying you the profit commissions accordingly!