Well that was a week! We moved house and office on Good Friday, then spent the weekend trying to get sorted. The office “infrastructure was set up on Monday for starters, so that we could be up and running for open of business on Tuesday. Of course things don’t ever go quite as smoothly as planned. For 3 days we have had intermittent, sometimes lengthy interruptions in our internet and email, due to what seems to be a combination of a router which did not like being moved, a bug with our browser and some unscheduled maintenance on our server.

Then of course the fax line did not work until Wednesday – telecoms company had programmed the wrong number – now sorted- and the payment terminal kept crashing! Still, it’s now Friday and we seem to be getting through the issues one by one. Paul our new IT guru has been in several times sorting out the problems, so fingers crossed for a smoother time next week.

This has all meant that our normal response times have slipped a little later than we would ideally want, so my apologies to those waiting for personal proposals and other emails. We will get to them just as soon as possible!

Our new office in Glasgow also has brought some significant staff changes. Louise has left us after nearly 2 years of sterling service to pursue her, lets be honest, first love of film-making and, so she tells me, to give her more time to paint. She will be missed and our very best wishes go with her.

This week we also, I am delighted to say, welcome two new team members – Azra and Colette. Both have been very much thrown in at the deep end and seem to have enjoyed their first week. They also have been very good at tea-making – apparently one of my weaknesses!

All of the team will be taking a couple of hours at the main Scottish tourism trade exhibition next week- Expo- being held this year in Glasgow, most conveniently. Its usually a good chance to meet some familiar faces and to catch up some new developments. Mind you most of the hotels we use don’t attend – they are too busy with clients by now.

And finally, its great to report that the first minke whales of the season have been sighted off Mull on trips this week. The season usually starts at Easter, and here we are again! Here’s hoping for lots more during the rest of the summer.

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