Useful, frank but closed
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LAST WEEK'S BAR conference in London was in the typical BAR mould — a fashion now being copied by others.
There were no golf outings or visits to the local textile mills — well, there aren't any in Piccadilly, but you know what I mean.
No coffee mornings or an end-of-conference ball. It was Just a one-day affair with every minute crammed full of business. They were even 15 minutes over-run on the morning session and, by all accounts, it was all good stuff.
-Very open, very frank and
very useful," was how one delegate described it.
The previous day the overseas group had a similar "do" — useful, frank but this time not open. For the first time ever, according to colleague John Darker, it was a members-only affair.
Worried at their image after the Seven Seas Company and QRS business, I understand the group was considering a code of practice and how best they could control entry to membership.
It has always been too easy to get into our trade associations, so it will be interesting to hear what the furniture men come up with.