Remote CCTV - Finally I got it finished!

Finally I got to finish the remote cameras at the nursery
The broadband went live yesterday (apparently) and I finished the install today.
I also popped over to Bradford City centre to configure a peer-to-peer network connected to a central office via a VPN

Complicated stuff

The past couple of weeks have been a bit mad!
We’ve taken some bold steps forward in an effort to grab some of the business available from the IT companies going under.
It’s a bit mercenary, but when one company fails, then their customers still need looking after – it’s getting the message out to them that’s the hard part.
We are seriously looking at some kind of leaflet drop and a “strategic partnership” with a colleague (who provides complimentary services).
It seems the things we are doing are boosting our workload (and therefore, the bottom line :) )
This time of recession has both positives and negatives – I guess the trick is to get more of the former… Much easier said than done. 

I’m hoping that the interest rate cuts and the “quantitative easing” by the Bank of England, will have a positive effect – At least to ease the passage through these troubled times…

P.S.
We’ve got higher in the Technorati rankings - 2,506,021st now!

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Heard a shocking tale today – unfortunately I can’t retell it

Suffice to say that a client of ours has had a staffing issue. It looks like it’s not going away painlessly though.
The person in question is being a jerk.

Employment law in the UK sucks (from an employers point of view)
It seems to be vastly weighted toward the employee in the case of any dispute.

Hmm… 

I’ll save that rant for later

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Remember this:
Devalued
Well, we received a cheque today, for less than the invoice amount.
We charged an amount due for the services received, he ‘decided’ that was too much and so sent a cheque for 2/3 of the invoice.

Oh dear – We just passed it to the debt collection agency :)

Now there is an argument that we should just accept the amount tendered (It’s really not that much) and get on with running the business; That’s not the point.
In this case there is a moral point to be made, and make it we shall…
When you get a service, which is what was requested, DON’T negotiate AFTER the fact.

Watch this space…

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