Remedial action with the Finance Director and work on DTI finance and possible Pension Fund property investment as Charles and Diana visit the Harrods shopper victims amongst public revulsion at the bomb outrage
On time to the office and first to meet with Derek W to review the plans for the day and the reasons for my summoning him back from a Southampton visit. Plenty of problems with Scrap Stock procedures, Annual Returns, Factory Finance, apart from the normal payroll and other month end Monday priorities. Then to brief June on the jobs of preparing the Profit Sharing Warrants and Annual Returns for Xitan and the two Comart’s.
A meeting at 10.15am to review the application for government finance from DTI with Ian and Derek; and course of action agreed to allow a claim to go forward before Christmas. At 11.30pm a meeting with our Insurance Brokers to investigate the possibilities of a Self-Administered Pension Fund to part finance the new building; before a sandwich lunch clearing the desk of accumulated paperwork and debris. This afternoon to help with the collation of the work and checking its accuracy prior to an early evening preparing the next section. Home late to news of continued revulsion by the IRA bombings and of visits by The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana to the victims in hospital. To bed a little late with mind full of arrangements for tomorrow and ideas for my speech at the Comart Dinner Dance.