Improving Service Standards

July 7, 2009 - Posted in Marketing

I have always thought, or at least hoped, that the current economic situation ( I hate the Word Crisis ) would see service standards improve in all sectors.

We always tend to take commodities that are in plentiful supply for granted and it is only when the supply is significantly reduced that we start to appreciate what we are missing.  I can always remember my grandparents talking about the shortages in the war and how the idea of a banana or a fresh orange was something to dream of.

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Costa del Sol Property Market – Half way through 2009

July 7, 2009 - Posted in Property

It must be a sign of getting older that we are in July already but it only seems like 2 months since the New Year.  And what a 6 months it has been!

I have worked in the property market for over 30 years now and during that time have negotiated my way through at least 3 major recessions including the 3 day week back in the 1970’s and the crash of the London property market in 1989.   This time, everyone tells me,  it is different.  I am not so sure.

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Menu del Dia

June 29, 2009 - Posted in Lifestyle

Whilst it has become very fashionable to complain how expensive everything has become and how standards are falling, I have decided to champion one of my favourite aspects of Spanish life – The menu del día!

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Michael Jackson

June 29, 2009 - Posted in Articles

It was with great sadness that I heard of the death of Michael Jackson.

Although during the last years his reputation was dragged through the mud nothing can take away from the fact that the man was a genius  who has left behind a legacy of some of the most impressive and moving music that I have heard.

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Spain: Paradise Lost?

June 26, 2009 - Posted in Articles

It was with some trepidation that I sat down to watch the first part of ITV’s 2 part documentary entitled Spain :  Paradise Lost.

As a long term resident of Spain and the owner/manager of an estate agency here I am always wary when the media get the teeth into the Spanish Property Market.

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Chiringuitos on the Costa del Sol

June 26, 2009 - Posted in Articles

I was reading about the ongoing saga of the Chiringuitos in the Sur in English. It  looks as though the Town Hall are not starting to follow through on proposals to start moving the Chiringuitos off the beach and in some cases right away from the coastal strip.

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