Graham writes........
This weekend our clients were in the news frequently. A few highlights include Duncan Bannatyne who featured in the Sunday Times Rich List - he was one of the few people who has increased his fortune in these difficult times. Also Pimlico Plumbers had a number of stories in the media including a feature on BBC TV news following the budget and one in the Sun and the Sunday Times after it released its annual results. One of our IT clients, the specialist software firm Crisp Thinking (which was founded by Adam Hildreth the former CBI young entrepreneur of the year) has featured in national and international media with features in the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. Crisp Thinking designs software that protects children from online threats and is the UK's foremost online child protection specialist. In designing software that works with all manner of internet programmes and selling its solutions to the US market it brings to life a 21st Century example of taking coals to Newcastle.

Finally congratulations to our landlord - and a longstanding client - Marchday plc. The firm has now won two coveted awards for the provision of fanstastic office accommodation at its Memphis Building at Lingfield Point in Darlington. You'll be seeing more of this story in the media as the regeneration going on at Lingfield point hasn't stopped despite the recession and we are proud to promote it.