Not a great deal to do as the market seems to be deplorable and so very little work of any meaningful worth is coming in. Nevertheless I got a pleasant recommendation from an up and coming bank – not an English bank – my bank doesn't send me any work – my bank 'business manager' couldn't even be ar*ed to even get up off her backside to come and see me. She's got far too important customers to see – at least five hundred – but you would have thought that she could just get up a little enthusiasm to come and see me to meet me after three years, after all even if she only works 40 weeks a year, five days a week (600 days in total), surely she could have found a couple of minutes just to call by? She doesn't even know what |I do – will she get a bonus – probably so, but I'll be leaving, though not before I send a copy of this blog to NATWEST head office – but I don't suppose they will care two hoots. So I will really try and help my new Clients from this new bank, with whom I may well end up doing some business, out and about, here and there...   more »