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Happy New Year! A bit late I know but the snow has been making things quite interesting and as a result I've been forced to concentrate on other things.....

Well it wasn't all work related.

The snowman was actually made during a morning break by Gemma, the person responsible with keeping all of our training up to date. He later received some "modifications" at the hands of Lisa (who some of you may have spoken to) that could only be described as juvenile but very funny. Don't expect to see pictures of that any time soon.

The snow hasn't actually been that big an issue for us compared to a lot of businesses because a lot of people here are lucky enough to live close to work. Those of us living further away even managed to make it in late but I think we had a reasonable excuse.

Everyone here seems pretty positive about what the new year will bring, 2009 was a tough year for the industry but ultimately satisfying for us because numbers continued to rise and CIS & Solo, our self employed services, really came into their own. We're hoping for an easier 2010 for everyone, contractors, agents and freelancers in general.

Here's to hoping 2010 marks the end of economic troubles and a bumper year for contracting and employment.

Hugo
@GabemUmbrella
13/01/2010