We don’t get to choose the limit for our mental health. So many of the appliances in my house stop working, seemingly out of the blue. In my experience mental health has effected me in much the same way. I’m surprised when it catches up with me. In Autumn 2012 I was driving to workContinueContinue reading “Walking the talk”
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Employee ownership workshop
My Grapevine colleague Paul and I were invited to an event hosted by our client Salad at their office space on Poole Quay. Like Grapevine, Salad are an employee owned business, having made the jump a couple of years ago. Photo credit: Arabella Lewis-Smith Arabella Lewis-Smith and Harry Pocknell from Salad are running a workshopContinueContinue reading “Employee ownership workshop”
KIGH ‘Smart Casual’ 15th anniversary show
Tom and I travelled across the bridge to Wales to see Kids In Glass Houses conclude their reunion tour at The Great Hall in Cardiff. We worked with the band in 2012 to bring their debut album Smart Casual to vinyl for the first time (followed by Dirt and In Gold Blood in 2014). https://vimeo.com/879534790ContinueContinue reading “KIGH ‘Smart Casual’ 15th anniversary show”
Eight Arch talk at Foundry
Last night I went to a fantastic talk given by Steve Farrell from Wimborne’s Eight Arch Brewing Co., hosted by fellow beer enthusiast Nigel Jones and the Barclays Eagle Labs team at Foundry in Poole. I’ve been drinking at Eight Arch through the various iterations of their Friday night tap room sessions, since I firstContinueContinue reading “Eight Arch talk at Foundry”
Guardian of the YATMxy
For this month’s You Are The Media Lunch Club the batton pased from Mark Masters to Christophe Stourton. I got a little distracted after the event (the Dorset Business Awards ceremony was that evening) and missed my chance to commend Christophe for a stellar job of hosting what is always a wonderfully unruly event. InContinueContinue reading “Guardian of the YATMxy”
The Best Place to Work
We only went and won the award didn’t we! When I returned to work after a week off at the beginning of the month I’d fallen out of sync with the momentum of the lead up to the Dorset Business Awards. I was more focused on scrambling around to get the outfit components I neededContinueContinue reading “The Best Place to Work”
World Mental Health Day 2023
Grapevine didn’t need a formalised mental health and wellbeing strategy for 31 years. Staff stayed with the company for three decades because care and consideration for its people came naturally. Showing respect and understanding for the inevitable complications in life, whenever they should occur for each employee in the business, gave individuals the breathing spaceContinueContinue reading “World Mental Health Day 2023”
25 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘Hello Rockview’
In Spring 2002 I took a trip to London with my Mum. While she went to a specialist hospital appointment I walked from London Waterloo, across the Thames, up through Charing Cross and Trafalgar Square to Piccadilly Circus where, at the time, were three massive record shops, all facing in on each other like behemothsContinueContinue reading “25 years of Less Than Jake’s ‘Hello Rockview’”
Celebrating 8 years with Grapevine
Today is my 8th anniversary of working for Grapevine. I’ve still got a long way to go to catch up with some of my colleagues, even if you add the 4 years prior that Grapevine was a client of mine.I enjoyed my previous role(s) at BU and jumping ship to work for a small businessContinueContinue reading “Celebrating 8 years with Grapevine”
Foundry Thursdays
Throughout August I’ve been based at Foundry co-working space in Poole. From BU to Grapevine, this month has always proven quieter for me as colleagues take annual leave for the school summer holidays. I find it a challenge to maintain any momentum and September is always a challenge as a result. Placing myself in a differentContinueContinue reading “Foundry Thursdays”
‘Time capsule’
Not having children means that Sam and I tend to take our holiday time before the schools break up each summer. Other than a couple of day trips I’ve been Poole bound for the past couple of months. I know the weather has disappointed most, for me it’s been bliss. Anything above 25 degrees andContinueContinue reading “‘Time capsule’”
We’ve been shortlisted!
We recently found out that Grapevine has been shortlisted in the category for ‘Best Place to Work’ at the Dorset Business Festival Awards! I’m so proud of our team and the contributions they’ve each made which, combined, are the reason we’re able to considered for this title. We’re an employee owned business as of SpringContinueContinue reading “We’ve been shortlisted!”
Liam Toms 