Good morning lovely people of the conference and incentive industry I hope you are well. My first question is “have you missed my Monday morning e mail update?” Last Monday I was due to send you an e mail, but it was Bank Holiday or Bank Swelter day, even Bank Boiling Day perhaps, please don’t get me wrong I simply love, love, love, the heat so I was a very happy bunny. Even though it was bank holiday I was in my MM and Company office very early for some of the day as a lot

Happy May, I hope you are well and that you have had an extraordinary two weeks since I last chatted to you Let’s start with the weather well that’s the law is it not. the weather in my book has been close to dreadful, but it is fair to say dry, yes dry and dreadful. The sun only peeks out of the clouds on occasions, but when it does it is nice and warm. Take for example Saturday in London it was quite nice with a bit of a chilly breeze, when that stopped with the sun out i

Happy sunshiny SPRING Monday morning I hope you are fit and well and that you had a terrific weekend. First let’s discuss the weather, in the sunshine yummm very nice when the sun is behind the clouds and the wind is blowing it’s a bit chilly but there is warmth in the Spring Sunshine. Who said “April showers?” so far April has been a totally bone-dry month, what is going on besides climate change? Although having said that with the clear skies and no cloud cover it has been

Happy sunshiny SPRING Monday morning I hope you are fit and well and that you had a terrific weekend. First let’s discuss the weather, in the sunshine yummm very nice, when the sun is behind the clouds and the wind is blowing, we are back into serious winter temperatures, we still have another month to go. There is an old English and Scottish proverb “Ne’er cast a clout till May be oot” it is an advising not to remove your winter clothing until the end of May or until the ha

Happy Monday morning, I hope you are fit and well on this rather chilly January Monday morning, the last Monday in January next Monday it will be February. The question is will the storm covering 40% of the USA head over the Atlantic to visit our green and pleasant land only time will tell if we get “the best from the East” once again It is a year since President Trump took office for the second time it is true to say it has not been a boring year when it comes to the USA.

Happy Monday morning, I hope you are fit and well on this bright and surprisingly warm January Monday morning. Today is the start of the Billionaire, Multi-millionaire and world governments love fest in Davos Switzerland, oh to be a fly on the wall and hear the deals and sub deals going on and how that will effect all of us sometime down the road As I write this Monday morning e mail to you all seems to be “becalmed” Venezuela is off the news. Nothing like that can be

HAPPY NEW YEAR for the last time as I think second week of January it is as they say enough already. I hope you are fit, fine, wonderful, and well, and looking forward to a sterling year in 2026 I am delighted to tell you that our 2026 has seriously kicked off or as James Kent of The J Team DMC Japan said “it is at a gallop already” the team are about to operate a six city event Sapporo-Osaka-Fukuoka-Naha-Tokyo not necessarily in that order, AIM DMC Portugal have today s

Happy Monday morning I hope you are well. Only another two weeks to go till Monday 1 st December which is when I can start to have the occasional puff pastry mince pie or a slice on panettone with my morning espresso. No festive goodies are allowed until December starts that is my limitation I have pit on myself to ensure I only put on a few kilos in December and not several kilos. How is it that we are now comfortable with kilos and seem to have forgotten ounces, pounds and