At a meeting a few weeks ago an industry colleague was relaying why he had been running late: he had been to a set-up meeting for a project his company successfully tendered for. He had been on the site with his team to get them started and to go over the contract with the client.
Last week Horticulture Week ran a vox pop on whether people understand the true value of garden design, and presented a variety of comments made by delegates at the Wyevale East Conference, including myself.
Our office is based in a garden centre planteria and over the past few weeks I have noticed a continued and steady flow of people, more so than previously experienced.
January is traditionally time for new year resolutions, but this year perhaps it is time not to make optimistic plans, with the economy in such difficulty.
How refreshing to see two organisations working together to the benefit of each other.
A colleague of mine recently attended an eastern region Landscape Business Improvement Scheme (LBIS) meeting, which is run through the HTA by Neville Stein, a regular contributor to the opinion column.
Talk of the credit crunch looms large everywhere in the national press as well as national and local TV coverage, particularly on the current "news at 10" slots on both the Beeb and ITN.