Thanks Chris,
That’s exactly how I saw it, too. Our ‘entertainment’ budget was, to a large degree, unlimited. We frequently held events for the industry in the two great houses we owned, one in Bury and the other in Blackburn. Both had full-time staff and accommodation and were used for ‘in-house’ (if you’ll pardon the pun), events as well. The trade dinners, as previously mentioned, were the highlights of the year and reading the list of ‘reserved’ tables, I recall that my former employers, Scapa-Porritt, probably had the largest number!
