Another budget, another day!!

For about the fifth time in a month I have had to sit down andrewrite the budget for the next year. One side of me watches the television coverage and leaves depressed, the otehr side of me is eternally optimistic, one side of me listens to the doom and gloom of my fellow directors of Pride of Britain nd the other looks in our dining room and sees it full of people enjoying althat we offer.

Today however was a day for realism and despite the terrible results at RBS that realism has to include the fact that life goes on and if we continue to offer value for money people will continue to visit us. Anyway the budget is now set, thats not saying we cannot review it in another month but at least Chay and Rowena now have budgets to work with or at least try to work with as I did check that they felt I was being realistic with the targets!

So now its back onto the shop floor and to see how we can make it work, the first task is to look after the guest we have  and the second is to try and encourage more to visit us who have not been here before. It all seems so simple, if only that were the case!!!