The Bird has Landed

Hi people,

Finally we can relax and get on with our day to day business, it's been hectic here at Browns HQ with the Farnborough Air Show. Our chauffeurs are on their last legs so we have given them the weekend off to rest and prepare for the upcoming month. When I say they have the weekend off to rest what I'm saying is that they will spend hours on end at Windsor Great Park watching the Polo whilst relaxing and getting paid for it.

August will bring us the Glorious Goodwood racing festival which after Ascot has the best card in the Flat season. Our Middle Eastern Friends will bring their best horses over from Dubai for the meeting. So happy days are still here. This time of the year we have a large amount of tourists that come to our shores from the US who demand that they be treated like Lords. Needless to say all of the BCH staff are trained in art of etiquette so no problems there, we teach them all to say "have a nice day" with a smile on there face and mean it. At this stage I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our staff which include our sub contractors for the hard work over the past two months and to tell them that it has not gone unnoticed.

I have spent this last week trying to work out our financial forecasts for next year and whether we should increase our prices or not when it hit me that the blasted VAT goes up by 2.5% as from January the 1st 2011, that coupled with the impending fuel rise leaves us in no mans land. It's becoming very hard to keep our prices down to compete with the big boys out there but as usual Browns will manage. What we have decided to do, is simply to pass on the increases and no more and hope that our clients understand our predicament.

This weeks motoring tip.
Make sure that you check your engine oil every 1000 miles. The oil needs to be clean and clear to be effective and always make sure you wipe the dip stick before checking as well as after and check it at least twice. Whilst you have the bonnet up you should check the level of water in your radiator as well as your washer fluid for the windscreen. This only takes a couple of minutes but it could save you hundreds of pounds in repairs. Drive carefully and if you are drinking call Browns to do the driving think of us as your fourth emergency service and keep our number in your wallet.

Have a good weekend people.