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Is it me or are there more reviews of the decade this time around than ever before? Is it because everyone is reviewing the noughties in the hope that this will somehow commit them to history, along with all the woes of the last couple of years?  I suspect so. It reveals a kind of modern superstition but I don’t think the reviewers would admit to it. Between reviews of the decade and the Come Dine with Me competitions on www.propertyweek.com and www.building.co.uk I think that I might want to forget the last bit of the noughties too!
It’s a bit like the approach that people take in the New Year when they come up with enormously optimistic resolutions that they know they won’t keep, simply because of a date on the calendar! If you want to lose weight, start running, and give up smoking– just do it! It doesn’t make it any easier because it’s January. In fact it’s probably harder.
So to prove what a hypocrite I am - what are my resolutions for Chancerygate? Well, I’d like to say that they include things like “take more holidays, work fewer hours,...” However, I think the best that Chancerygate can do is carry on and push the business forward with a great team of people. Thinking about it, this sounds like what Chancerygate have doing for the last six months, so perhaps I’m not such a hypocrite and started my New Year resolutions last June!

After all the hard work and meetings over the summer Chancerygate are finally in and unpacking. Its remarkable how much there is to consider and there have been times when I wondered if it was the best decision I ever made to revamp the website and move the office to London simultaneously.  Luckily, everyone at Chancerygate has been putting in herculean efforts to ensure that it all went smoothly and this really shows in the final result.  The new office in Hay’s Mews looks brilliant and is in a great location. I know that everyone at Chancerygate is really enthused about being based in the West End. The move has also been making life easier for a couple of weeks now for both Alastair and I, as we have been able to organise meetings in London without writing off half the day. The only problem has been in not revealing the location to our contacts until the last minute.

The new website and logo are something that we are all very pleased with and it reflects our enthusiasm going forward. We went through a few designers at the outset and had a bit of a competition to gauge their abilities, which turned out to be time well spent. We chose to work with Propeller Design at the end of that process and they have not let us down on any aspect. Their ability to interpret my ramblings into what you see on this site and our new literature should not be underestimated. They can be found at www.propellerdesign.co.uk