Hurrah! After much chasing around we have the keys to the new offices and have been busy cleaning and doing repairs and decoration. After a couple of years of being closed up it was a pretty ugly prospect but we are now getting close to readiness. With the premises semi-divided into interior and exterior areas we are treating them differently. The inside is very much the office space (above), while outside, we are making it into an area with greenery and seating as you can begin to see below. We have services connected now and telephone and internet are on the way, so it's starting to feel like we are actually opening soon.
Just as well we are able to make progress as enquiries and orders have started coming in. This is very encouraging so early in the year and we are very pleased that the leads have come from our websites and other sites such as Trip Advisor. These little rays of sunshine have cheered up a miserable spell of weather, rain, cold and biting winds. Today is absolutely horrendous but I am assured that spring is on the way and we will soon be seeing this in the morning.
With Easter so early this year (4th April) it is noticeable that things are starting to happen. The shops are full of fancy dress and decorations for carnival, and the freezer cabinets are full of Calamari in preparation for the coming celebrations, when meat is off the menu. (For some!). Lots of friends will be here for Easter so let's hope we can be ready for a launch party around that time.
Meanwhile, for us, it's meetings with legal eagles and accountants to try and finalise the paperwork. Great. (No offence to lawyers & accountants).
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