Comments on: 2006 was a good year, sort of

By: Stuart Bruce - Wolfstar

Stuart Bruce - Wolfstar — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:41:17 +0000

I agree Dennis, doing what I like doing is definitely the most important thing. But that means a variety of things. It's partially lifestyle, which is why I won't consider London. To 'enjoy' London in the same way as I 'enjoy' Leeds I'd have to earn a fortune.

But what I'd really like is a chance to get back into doing some big, juicy PR projects. Most of what I do at the moment is great fun, but I need more of a challenge.

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 03:40:33 +0000

If I'm hearing you right you're saying therre's a choice to be made between financial reward and doing what you really want to and like doing. The second beats the first hands down - every time.

Hint: where's Rubel these days? When was the last time you heard him say anything vaguely interesting? He's already been forgotten. But is he happy?

By: Richard Boyd

Richard Boyd — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:58:47 +0000

There’s nothing wrong with being a “small company” and based where you enjoy a good life. That’s us to a tee, so we aren’t going to do Chelsea Flower Show, and we are rarely going to be asked to do some innovative design (which I’d love to). OK so we only occasionally get to pitch a killer pitch, and suffer as a result… and yes in the main, we do small-scale sub £20K projects.

However I think this is where we differ you are obviously professionally driven rather than lifestyle driven and that’s the difference. For us it’s a trade off (taken 3 years, to get used to) but it suits us. Great life style, great food and drink, great friends and neighbours, loads of (mainly basic) work coming in.

On the positive side we read a few PR blogs virtually none of which we return to apart from yours, your personal style of blogging is both passionate and persuasive, it will take time, but you’ll get where you want to.

However, we agree on this, I will not go back to the smoke and all the hassle that that entails.

By: Stuart Bruce - Wolfstar

Stuart Bruce - Wolfstar — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 19:12:22 +0000

Ged I've done London – although only for a year. Just wasn't me. Fantastic place to visit, but not so hot to live.

By: Ged

Ged — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:53:33 +0000

Stuart, all the best for the new year and best of luck with your plans wherever they take you. For what its worth, you get used to living in London, the difficult part is the first six years or so.