Gearing up for 2011

After a welcome break for the silly season it is taking time to get right back in to the stride of things for me. While I went back to work last week, my activities with the charity have been limited to only those essential. Therefore tomorrow I have quite a bit of accounts work to do, and that particularly enjoyable task of bank reconciliation (yawn)! Hopefully tomorrow will also see us look at our third shop location in Worcester.

Worcester for the 3rd?

Tuesday Mark and I will travel to Worcester for a quick scout of vacant retail properties with a view to opening our third charity shop in the town.

Location is key - on the road, in an area with a number of other charity shops at an affordable rent.

Online thus far there seems to be a number of interesting properties but it will be better to go see what is where and then make contact with the agents for a viewing at another time.

With the pace of economical recovery likely to be slow in 2011 the retail property market will continue to offer a number of potentially lucrative opportunities for those looking to open a shop.

Farewell to Mac

Though I only knew him briefly in the latter weeks of his work with us I have heard so much about his engaging personality, willingness to help and desire to go that extra mile.

While he will be sadly missed by Happy Staffie Rescue he has we hope a brilliant, challenging and rewarding career ahead of him.