By Steve Leigh – PR Agency One You could be forgiven for thinking that 15th June had become England’s National Queuing Day as news crews lined up to interview people who had been camped out since the early hours. Even more remarkable was what they were queuing for – not a limited-edition Nike trainer or […]
Read more >By Jackie Barker – Consultant, Barker Consultancy Ltd Cast your mind back to 4th March at a hotel near the Tower of London and 2020 was feeling pretty good with just a mild threat of the impending doom ahead of us – a few elbow knocking and jokes!! Let’s not spend time re living the […]
Read more >By Eoin Whyte – Sales Director, Savvy It was interesting to hear updated retail market forecasts from KPMG and Global Data last week on our first GCVA Connect member’s online meeting. The impact of Covid19 is scarcely comprehensible and going by the forecasts we heard from Don and Joe last week, the operating principle now […]
Read more >By Kim Anderson – Managing Director, Jigsaw Business Solutions This year, celebrating my 6th Jigsaw birthday on the 17th March was a somewhat different occasion – from home with my housemate and cat, and a glass of bubbles of course. We’ve celebrated several “Jigsaw” birthdays since, with one 1st birthday, three 2nd birthdays and our […]
Read more >By Gail Cohen – Director General, GCVA The relief and adrenaline at the end of a conference are palpable – a year in the planning, the buzz – friends, teams, colleagues reunited and then suddenly it’s all over. This was an odd one – should we kiss, hug, elbow tap, nod – no-one knew! Time […]
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