When someone goes on maternity leave you have to take on someone temporary to replace her. We landed on our feet when Sue (pictured above right with new mum Natalie) joined us to cover Nat's absence. But all good things come to an end, and with Nat's leave drawing to a close Sue has gone and found herself another job. She'll still be here for a few weeks but we would all like to thank her for the wonderful contribution she has made to the Instanta office. We will miss her very much. Here's a sad song to fit the mood in the office.
Meanwhile, despite everybody doing their very best to talk us into a financial recession, I am pleased to say that things here are still going well. The new models are into production and a few are now out in the field with excellent feedback.
We are just preparing some fonts for demonstration and I have to say that they look fabulous. This now give us time to concentrate on the sous vide machines. They are now nearing completion and we have five top chefs lined up to field test them. After their feedback we will do a few tweaks and then they will be ready to go.
Paradise lost.
Reading of the tragic shooting of Ben and Catherine Mullany in Antigua really shook me and Marion. Having just spent two weeks on holiday with our own 28 year old daughter it was so easy to imagine the feelings of their distraught parents who went from celebration to devastation in just a few days. Having visited the Caribbean on a number of holidays in the last few years, the shootings do not come as a surprise. Whilst the islands are spectacularly beautiful, there is tremendous poverty and deprivation outside the resorts and the tourists wealth can only bring resentment. Marion and I used to walk up a hill to our rented villa late at night in St Lucia oblivious to any danger. We would not dream of doing it again today.
Don't forget we are still running a competition. See earlier blogs for details.
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