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As many of you will know , I often use my ‘ Is it me ?’ column to whinge and whine about things that are on my mind and annoy me at the time of writing .

I ’ ve moaned about litter , politics , bad driving , rudeness and poor sales techniques . I ’ ve also written awful poetry and reflected on various subjects which interest me , including ( in no particular order ): whether to wear a tie to meetings ; the awkwardness of the business greeting ; the dying art of hand-written letters ; people who go out to dinner and stare at their phones ; and the misuse of the word ‘ like ’ in sentences .

Perhaps I should be moaning about Donald Trump , North Korea , unrest in the Middle East or the state of the world ’ s oceans . Or perhaps I should be explaining why Crocs should not be worn by anyone over the age of 11 .

But brace yourself : this time I ’ m not whinging or moaning . Like many businesses we ’ ve just had our year-end and

I just wanted to say thank you .

Thank you to all my clients – your instructions have kept me busy and contributed to my mortgage , my holidays and my weight . You constantly surprise me with your brilliance . If I have one gripe it ’ s that you keep coming up with so many great ideas . I just put the Meccano in place . Please keep innovating , inventing and growing . It ’ s what you do and I appreciate you involving me .

Thank you to my professional network – your introductions , assistance and valueadd have been absolutely essential . I also greatly appreciate the fact that most of you thoroughly enjoy ripping it out of me on a regular basis . I know you only do it to hide your own insecurities and you ’ re not as funny as you think you are , but with you lot in my corner it ’ s easy to remain humble !

Finally thank you to my fantastic team at Thrings – a talented , hard working , intelligent and funny bunch … and some are even Welsh ( which we all know is a

blessing ). Coming into work is ( usually ) a pleasure and not just because I have my own parking space . I don ’ t know what we ’ ve got here ; it ’ s hard to put my finger on it . If I could I ’ d bottle it and sell it I ’ d make millions , which would be nice .

So there you have it . No moaning . No ranting . Thank you everyone , I don ’ t say it often enough .

And just in case some of you ’ re worried I ’ ve gone soft , you ’ ll be pleased to know I ’ ve still got plenty of gripes in the locker : people without kids who park in the parent spaces at supermarkets ; drivers that don ’ t indicate at roundabouts ; chaps that wear their jeans so low that I can see their pants ; shops which are too posh to feel comfortable enough to actually shop in .

I ’ ve got my eye on you !

John Davies e : jdavies @ thrings . com t : 01793 412634