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January 2012 - Bon voyage 2011…
We reflect on a year that proved the England Rugby team were better at tossing midgets than passing a ruby ball, a year where despots in the Middle East were deposed…then disposed of.

September 2011 - All Good Things Must Come To An End…or not?
As political chaos continues in the Middle East the powers that be to the left of the compass contemplate yet more quantitative easing to avoid continued financial chaos in the West.

July 2011 - Value for money…or not?
In order to purchase a cup of coffee in 2011 you need a degree in Home Economics & preferably one in Modern Languages… latte's, cappuccinos, macchiato, doppio …what to choose?

May 2011 - A spring in our anti slip step…
Despite the fact that previous elections conclusively prove many of us find it extremely difficult to place one simple cross in just one box.

March 2011 - The times they are a changing…
The world is becoming a more bizarre place.

December 2010 - Press 3 for Acronyms…?!
Someone telephoned me recently…the conversation went something like this… “Hi Kevin…I'm the S D of an M S B specialising in S E O…heads up is you're the C E O”

October 2010 - The Italian Job…
The coalition is in full swing, spending cuts are swingeing , does William Hague bat both ways, do Pakistan's cricketers have any credibility left in the world of cricket and what did Monty say to inspire his Ryder Cup troops in the third session of play at a rain soaked Celtic Manor?

July 2010 - Change…?
In almost every form of media we are exposed to, the word that keeps coming up is “change”.

May 2010 - Hung…Drawn…and Coalitioned?
The election is over, Gordy is gone (thanks to everything that is sacred) Labour has left the cupboard bare, the Lib Dems didn't take the country by storm as the papers predicted, and the Tories nearly did enough to gain an outright majority…but not quite.

March 2010 - Are you on the piste Darling…?
After our Chancellor produced his spineless pre-election budget I”d like you to picture yourself in Switzerland where the current exchange rate means your ski holiday will be 40% more expensive than it was this time last year.

January 2010 - Happy New Year…What do we think about Bankers…?
I pose the above question as Barack Obama declares war on US banks whilst we all hyperventilate with fury at the news that banking types throughout the UK are still going to be rewarded excessive bonus payments irrespective of the fact the financial implosion that nearly wrecked the World economy was caused by their greed and gross mismanagement of an invisible wealth that actually never existed in the first place…!

November 2009 - To BNP or not to BNP…?
Political hot potatoes do not come as big, or as hot, as the BBC’s decision to allow Nick Griffin the leader of the British National Party to appear on its blue ribbon political programme Question Time (televised Thursday night 22nd October 2009)

August 2009 - Splish, Splash, Splosh…
As last months Blog was purely business… you'll be pleased to know I am back from hols with another slightly warped comment on the current state of affairs!

August 2009 - Pietre di Sardegna, Mineral Chrom and Basaltina added to Casalgrande Padana's Pietre Native line
Following the recent addition of Pietre di Sardegna and Mineral Chrom to Casalgrande Padana's Pietre Native line, this range of realistic stone/slate copies has been further extended with the addition of the Basaltina series.

May 2009 - Are things getting better...or not...?
It's time to step back and take a more pragmatic look at what actually is going on in the world.

January 2009 - 2009 must surely be sublime!
Enjoy a light-hearted start to 2009.

October 2008 - What On Earth Is Going On?
The Western World is in financial meltdown...but the Italians continuing to show why they are still the best when it comes to the design and manufacture of tiles and mosaics.

September 2008 - The Big Bang!
scientists at the CERN laboratory near Geneva flick the switch to "on" to start up their Large Hadron Collider.

August 2008 - Wet Wet Wet!
The holiday season is nearly at an end, sun tans are fading, as are most people's bank balances!

July 2008 - Glastonbury.
Glastonbury has been and gone and if the critics are right...

June 2008 - The Flood - One Year On.
June 25th 2008 and exactly 1 year ago we fell victim to the massive flooding that hit much of Yorkshire... the pictures tell their own story.