And so we’ve come to that time of year when we make (or rather should have made 12 days ago) resolutions for the rest of the year.  According to the NHS ad you’re 8x more likely to give up smoking if you do it in January, there’s a bit of positivity for you.  On the other hand I’m sure I, like thousands of others are going to be forced to suffer the indignity of failing miserably but this time last year I genuinely thought it was perfectly feasible to become a one woman acrobatic troop with a best selling novel under my belt, ahem….

Of course not being one to be discreet about such things our Operations Director made his ideas very public in the Drum last week; I sincerely hope he doesn’t think the relaxation promise will be kept a close eye on here at the office….. (more…)

Happy birthday Gaz from us all here at SN, our babyfaced boy has reached the grand old age of 27 but still looks the same to us as the wide-eyed starstruck kid who wandered into our old offices on Bradley St all those years ago on the off chance we were looking for someone.

A few things you didn’t know about the birthday boy:

He has a cat called Faberge, yes people Faberge.  Turned his nose up at Burberry and went straight to the top…..

He has made eating into an art form, 6 solid meals a day is no feat for this trooper, nor it seems is half a birthday cake.

He is very active in extra curricular SN activities including vice chair of Friday Fun Club (FFC), an incredibly important role as well as being a key member of Geek Club, embrace the diversity

Mr Butterworth we salute you, may you spend an additional 20% of your life at keeping us all entertained with your photoshopped pictures of various team members.  Happy birthday!

It was good news for all at SN last week when the Normster returned from what appeared to be a 52 week holiday to take control of the production side in her military dictatoresque style that you come to know and love….Of course she almost didn’t make it largely due to the fact that she was weighed down by the massive rock on….yep, you guessed it her ring finger!  Frankie Childs, the charmster himself had proposed on the second day of hols in the Atlas mountains in Morocco…..On one knee….In front of a waterfall (collective ahhhhh / puke depending on your romantic inclinations).

After Norms managed to compose herself having burst into tears (usual response I’m assured) it was all Frankie could do to keep his fingers as she dove Frodo style, finger first onto the ring to ensure that she wasn’t dreaming / hallucinating.

It goes without saying that we all wish them all the happiness in the world (although that’s always seemed a bit strange to me….what about the rest of us?  Maybe it should read, all the happiness in the world that you can realistically expect without being greedy and/or impinging on someone elses?) and we’re sure they will have a wonderful future together.

Of course we could be wrong with Norms already admitting that Frankie hadn’t thought past the proposal and the ’s**t that goes with a wedding’ but love will triumph and all that yadder, not to mention Norm’s unrivalled organisational skills which will surely make the day go without a hitch.  And of course they do make one hell of a gorgeous couple.  Congratulations guys