Office day preparing the consolidated Comart Computers Business Plan and approving the employment of a Director for France but distracted by a Sales Department cockup that has precious funds paid to a poor creditor instead of direct to us. News today is of the miners’ dispute stand-off supervised by Police and of the US misleading the UK over Granada invasion
Up and to the office after a time reading The Guardian and Samuel Pepys early 1665. On arrival I set to preparing the consolidation of the Comart Computers Business Plan but bad news in the mail that, in spite of Daniel Fears efforts to the contrary, Mercantile Leasing had paid Plume Computer Services direct. This overshadowed my remaining efforts for the day and interfered with both my morning meeting with Rod Saar of Newbury Data and our afternoon meeting with the Pan’s representative of PA about recruitment of our Comart France Director.
At last to get the Mercantile Manager to intervene and attempt to stop the payment but I fear that his actions are too late. Late at the office trying to catch up with the latest business plan draft for retyping tomorrow. Home late and only time to listen to today’s news which is still dominated by the miner’s dispute with both sides determined on sticking to their positions and the police enforcing the status quo. A commons select committee reporting on the US Granada invasion highlights the fact that the US government deliberately misled the UK government and also that the foreign office was somewhat lethargic on reacting to events.