Sunday, 8 September 2024

The Islands in the Bay – Chapter (075) Bucklebury and Brandywine Beginnings

 


Monday was Amelia Williamson's first day working for Bucklebury and Brandywine, but with no official office as yet she reported for work at 9am prompt at Cliff Haven, and Molly had set up in the conservatory while Danny had gone off to Beacon Farm to do man stuff with George.

Amelia couldn’t do any actual property management because the company didn’t actually have any properties to manage until the following Monday, so day one was about setting up.

As part of the interview Molly had asked her what her preference was regarding a laptop and following that when she was at the  Bramstock, Goodman, Crossfield, and Bushe solicitor’s offices she met with Clive Crossfield who handled her affairs and tasked him with acquiring the make and model Amelia specified.

Following that she dealt with Amelia directly via email and teams to establish her software requirement and the upshot of that was the laptop that Molly presented her with in a backpack, also of her choice.

So next on the agenda was a team’s meeting with Clive on Amelia’s machine, where they discussed setting up a new business from scratch.

 

“Firstly we need a logo” Clive said, “Any thoughts?” 

“Well I did have an idea” Amelia said and shared an image off her google account, which was of two capital letter B’s facing each other with a small ampersand, the first B had the blue and gold of the Beaumont island flag and the second one had the red and white of the St Georges cross, and in between the two, in the upper half was a silver ampersand.   

“The colours are optional”

“I love the design” Molly said “But I think if you have one blue and the other gold, it will look less like a sports badge”

“Like this you mean?” she said, and a new image appeared as described by Molly

“That was sneaky” Molly said and chuckled  

“What do you think Clive?”

“I think that’s the one” he agreed

“Ok, so the letter head would look something like this” she said and showed another image “Obviously the address and postcode still need to be confirmed”

“I should have that by the end of the week” Clive said

“That’s good news” Amelia replied “I can start drafting the letters to the tenants, and I can have them for your approval by Friday”   

“No need” Molly retorted “I can see already that I am redundant, you don’t need my approval, you manage the business and Clive has financial overview”

“So you don’t need me to report to you?” Amelia asked

“No you’re in charge” Molly said “Now you two carry on and I’ll get lunch sorted”

 

With their “Friday” in place and working well with Clive, Molly and Danny concentrated on pleasure for the rest of the week and enjoying the calm before the storm.

As the weather was in the main benign, they spent the mornings exploring parts of the island which they hadn’t visited yet.

In the afternoons they divided their time equally between watching movies and canoodling.

They wanted to make the most of their time because they were playing host to three of the Archer clan for the weekend.

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