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10 years on, I still get a buzz seeing sales transactions come through. 

I should imagine this will be a busy time of year, so increasing sales shows your marketing efforts are working 

Still waiting for some of your previous life Dandy characters to appear. Maybe we could entice Desparate Dan to join the forum 

lol excellent 

I assumed you were at one with the easel and pencils, so left you alone in case you were in the creative zone. Clearly you were

So Twitter, now a global household name, in full growth mode and generating revenues of nearly £100m a month, doesn't actually make much money

According to the Beeb a US ratings agency has downgraded Twitters worth, shares have slumped 37% so far this year, and apparently positive cash flow isn't expected until 2016 according to the 3rd party ratings agency.

Versus Twitters version which said they became a profitable company for the first time in the final quarter of 2013, excluding one-time expenditures. Sounds like some Tesco accounting to me, or the truth somewhere in the middle!

Apparently 75% of Twitters revenue comes from mobile ads, so their advertising model seems to be working, although I'm not convinced, but may give it a try to test it out.

Certainly seems to be a different way of doing business in the States, raise lots of investor cash, buy in lots of quality resource and keep growing and generating more investment until you burst into profit.

I think the smaller business approach is less stressful, or is it?

Took the title directly from the BBC site, words fail me.

"Disabled people in Greece are often stigmatised and can struggle to get the support they need. Some disabled children who live in a state-run home are locked up in cages - staff say they want to improve conditions but money is short.

Nine-year-old Jenny stands and rocks backwards and forwards, staring through the bars of a wooden cage.

When the door is unlocked she jumps down on to the stone floor and wraps her arms tightly around the nurse. But a few minutes later she allows herself to be locked back in again without a fuss.

She is used to her cage. It's been her home since she was two years old."

Full story: BBC Website

Heartbreaking. Sometimes you look around this world we all live in and wonder if the human race has actually progressed or if it has regressed...

credit to Shreyas Navare

Bit late with the Friday joke today, looks like Jan is doing proper work!

That's about as effective as I'd ever be if I had to knock on peoples doors 

A big 10/10 for courier company UPS today, who show that even huge companies can go the extra mile (excuse the pun!)

We were waiting for a laptop from Lenovo, and they managed to miss out the destination address on the delivery ticket

UPS driver Robby (I assume he is from the Nuneaton, Warwickshire branch) headed to Alcester regardless instead of returning the parcel, which he would be have been entitled to. Once in Alcester, he headed to the Minerva Mill Business Centre asked reception if they had any idea who we were.

Luckily that's exactly where we are, but very impressed with UPS and Clive finally gets his new laptop which should keep him quiet for a while... 

Great to see initiative and customer service are alive and well  

Looks like Sainsburys are really going for it, with a Royal British Legion collaboration, recreating the World War 1 Christmas Truce and oozing sentimentality 

Raising a few eyebrows in the taste department, but apparently donations of a featured choccie bar will go the RBL.