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UK manufacturing industries are subject to the global market economy. This has provided many benefits with an influx of overseas companies, who have stimulated new thinking related to managing and growing successful companies.  As a consequence, there has been a relentless takeover of manufacturing businesses:…

Despite the cold wet weather, March has been full of celebrations, ranging from the City of London Corporation’s networking Breakfast Reception and Panel Discussion to mark International Women’s Day, to the CIBSE Building Performance Awards, which recognises the people, products and projects that demonstrate engineering…

Sir Denis Rooke was the Company’s second Master (1985-86) and was President of the Fellowship of Engineering (1986-1991), the original name of what is now the Royal Academy of Engineering. This year it will be fifteen years since he died. Through the facilitation of the Worshipful…

Once again I have had an active month representing the Company at a number of celebrations and charitable endeavours, as well as enjoying the Fellowship within our own Company. February has been a good month for Awards celebrations, with events hosted by the Worshipful Livery…

January has been a relatively quiet month for Livery activities, a blessing in disguise as I also have had much non-Livery activity to manage. Nevertheless, your Court has been active with a full programme of Committee Meetings as well as a splendid evening at the…

November was a month of representing the Company.  The start of the month was dominated by two key City Year landmarks, Acts of Remembrance and the succession of Lord Mayor. The start of the first full week of November saw the Livery Companies gather for…

I write this Blog having just attended our Annual Banquet at the Mansion House on October 28th, a very enjoyable conclusion to a busy month. October commenced with John and I attending the Worshipful Company of Musicians Evensong at St Paul’s Cathedral where I joined…

What was expected to be an ordinarily busy month, became quite extraordinary.   The month started in what I now realise is a traditional manner, with an invitation to attend the Glasgow in London Dinner, to promote the relationship between the London Livery Companies and their…

Middle Warden Dolores Byrne and Clerk David Swann completed the Intercompany Livery Halls Walk on 5 September 2022.  Starting at HQS Wellington we walked, talked, listened and enjoyed the brief historical background on each of the 39 Livery Halls we visited on our 10 km…

August is traditionally a quiet month in Livery circles and indeed I have found time for some well needed R&R – though most of my free time has been spent putting the finishing touches to the September ‘Masters Out of Town’. But it hasn’t been…