WELCOME TO 2010

Time flies by, before you know it it will be christmas again....."What?" you say "only another 46 weeks and Santa will be forcing his way down my chiminy - No way."... yes way.




A good couple of months since have flown by scince I last wrote any garblings on this blog. During that time, we've had a successful move (after plan revision 6, I'm thinking), completed a couple of development projects, been involved in the new National Diplomas for 14-19 year olds in creative meadia and IT and had Christmas break.... Can't tell you about the projects, top secret, Non Disclosure Agreements etc. However, can say clever use of CAN Bus and wireless communications. Say no more, a wink is as good as a nudge and all that.




What I can talk about is the work we did with the diplomas, and the Students. Hats off to all of them, the amount of enthusiasm and creativity that they possess is fantastic and really refreshing to see. The idea behind the Diploma is to link education with business and give the students a more practicle learning environment with potential real life business problems to solve. So as a local business, we try to support wherever we can by setting the students a task or by just giving a presentation and exposing them to world outside school. In this instance we proposed a rebranding excersise, it is something that we have considered in earnest so it seemed like a nice self contacined project, look at refreshing the logo, maybe addressing the website etc. The students at Manor school just outside york were fantastic.

GSPK DESIGN MOVE PREMISES

Well, her who is to be obeyed, said "let's move!" Foolishly, I said yes, 10 weeks later we're set to move in to our new home in about 6 days. This is in a so called recession, I thought houses weren't moving but it seems that I was mistaken. Now, we can't all be that lucky and I admit it's about timing, right place and right time etc, luck of the draw call it what you will. If only business transactions could run as smooth, take for example.... a simple planned move.



Yes for those who are interested GSPK Design are moving, fortunately for all our customers in and around North Yorkshire we are still staying on site, at the Knaresborough Tech park, situated on Manse Lane. Will will only be moving into more suitable premises, but let me tell you it's not been without it's problems, we must be on to at least plan 6.



But like moving at home it's a liberating and cleansing and an ideal time to get shut, once and for all that stuff you horde, it's surprising what can build up in the company over time, nobody seems to want to throw anything out. So it's a good opportunity to streamline and re-look at how we are doing what we are doing to ensure that we are delivery the best for our customers. So don't despair - As always our customers come first and we will ensure that our move does not impact on delivery or our service.

According to plan 6 we should be in by Christmas, so pop over an pay us a visit.

Paul

In the beginning -

You've got to start somewhere so I thought I'd start there.. The beginning.... or so it seems. The electronics industry has moved so quick over the last 10 years that everyday it seems like the beginning, particular Electronic Design (As that's the field which probably most closest to my heart) New problems to solve, new challenges to face.. you get the idea...

Well you may ask yourself, why is he doing this.. well, why else of course; an outlet -- I might go mad one day and forgot what I did so I figured I needed a record of some sort. Although it will be of my making, I'm sure someone once said "He who creates the minutes creates the history".

So here we are; if you are interested in electronic design or manufacturing in the UK, keep popping back and having a look.. better still have a look at the company http://www.gspkdesign.ltd.uk/.

so all the best and we'll see what the future brings.

Paul