Parking Charges Withdrawn at the NEC Spring Fair !

EMAP have just emailed us to tell us that the vastly unpopular proposed parking charges at the NEC Spring Fair have been withdrawn.

This is great news and in their words stops the issue from becoming a "disproportionate distraction", when we should all be concentrating on the upcoming show.

Good news for all of us who are off to Sunny Birmingham in the near future.

Balagan business tip of the week, Yes we know we missed the first two weeks, but hey, better late than never. So here it is:

Choose a regular customer to spotlight as a Customer of the Month.

Create a brief write up to submit to your local newspaper about the customer, and your shop, and why they're customer of the month, and be sure to give them a copy of the article as well as have one framed to hang in the store. Over time you could build up a wall of great customers !

The ice blocks in our heating have melted.(Still no sign of the engineer) But everyone's much happier, and its a new week ! So have a good one ! x