Alastair Irons's blog

Although not a rant along the usual lines about the lack of preparedness for the current weather – and nobody can say we didn’t see it coming – I couldn’t let the opportunity pass to note the

Every year the same thing. What to get our charity partners, what to get the team?

... by treating each of your supporters as an individual

I’ve been poorly this week and missed out on lunch with one of my best business friends, a Baby Boomer like me.

Or maybe not like me at all?

I spent yesterday 'working from home' – actually mostly hanging around waiting for a mechanic to turn up then chasing car parts round the city.

Apparently, charitable giving is going to decrease by some 5% in 2009 then fall another 3% the following year. It’s expected to recover in 2011.

Some celebrities become untouchable. For very different reasons. We won’t hear a bad word about Michael Palin or Dame Judi Dench.

If it’s nearing Christmas it must be A Time for Virtual Gifts.

It's no good everybody having the same hymnsheet if some are singing to a different tune.