2018

This is just lovely.

We simply have not had time to run advance Webinars on the new 2018 Civil Contract due to the pressure of other areas of immediately demanding work. We hope to do this sometime in September or October but appreciate that this a little after the fact. We have however been directed to this change in […]

He’s one of our very favourites and we got to see him again last week – 1st ever standing gig at Birmingham Symphony Hall. Brilliant. This is the latest “single” and the video has dogs.

The first present I bought the now Mrs SP was a double cassette of Aretha’s then greatest hits. Irreplaceable.

It has been a struggle to make a choice this week between Idles – “Danny Nedelko”,  Villagers – “Trick of the Light”  and this by Death Cab for Cutie. Adore the power and passion of the former, the exquisite songwriting of the 2nd but for the simple joy of a pop music it ended up […]

Verification of 2018 Civil Contracts closed last Friday however final confirmatory messages have not been received by some late verifiers yet. Of those who have received messages after the deadline some have proved negative i.e. verification documents have been determined non-compliant and contract documentation has not been issued. They have been told to re bid […]

The final verification deadline for mainstream 2018 Contract verification if this Friday – 20/7/18. You need to make sure that you have provided compliant documentation in support of your bid by then or risk the contract offer being withdrawn. If you have any queries in this regard, please ring Simon on 07970 494805 There are […]

I met and was gifted the Maple and Mahogany EP by its singer Jason last weekend. It is excellent and right in that seam of Americana we adore. As usual I have opted for a live recording rather than the official video.

A couple of the classics aside, jazz is not, as they say, my bag. I came across Kamasi Washington via BBC 6 Music however and was blown away by his short and probably more accessible album, “Harmony of Difference”. This is from his much longer and latest release “Heaven and Earth”. Got to listen to […]

I remain dumbfounded as to why Fatherson are not colossal international stars. This, the first issue from their forthcoming 3rd album “Sum Of All Your Parts”, is guitar rock at its very finest. The upside of this unfathomable situation is that we get to see them live and up close in Middlesbrough in a months […]