August, Silly Season, Chairman Mike & others away on hols so Diamond Geezer Lewis Malka www.joseph-sterling.com is in the chair. An actor client who stars in The Bill gives him a guided tour of the set after their wedding two weeks ago. Modesty prevents him from saying whether they were magic rings or not, but they are still married Mentions he would like an intro to Davina McCall of Big Brother which makes him nervous for a different reason.

Master Coach www.georgemetcalfe.com explains coaching with an analogy from his military career mentioning a pin-up and map grid. With a map you know where you are to start with and where you want to be – and the pin-up (who was she George?) improved the attention span of the young soldiers considerably. Makes you wonder what would the pin-up be if the soldiers or audience was female. Feedback welcome from the ladies here.

Nigel Hakkak our mortgage broker wants people who are with the Halifax so he can get them a better deal while litigator Paul Marmor of Sherrards would like referrrals for people involved in disputes.

Anne Breary standing in for Mike Nightingale does not have his 60 seconds so tells us about her charity employer www.athsma.org.uk They have a business advisory programme for this condition which affects 5 million people in the UK, causing the loss of 12 million working days each year. In the same vein, Alexis of www.thehappinesscentre.com wants to help people who develop lower- and mid-backache induced by trying to get everything done before the holidays.

Roy’s 10th 10 minutes in his 5 years at BRX Bond Street covers his interesting career starting at age 17 building up a taxi business, changing at age 23 to driving a driving a lorry and then taking a physically easier option of university and qualifying as an accountant. His marketing degree and experience with recruitment show him a better way of doing things bringing him to his present position where he looks after companies with turnovers ranging from a £500,000 to £1 billion. USP is a 3 month no quibble guarantee if the appointment doesn’t work. This has only been called upon once and the client had a refund after 24 hours. www.rgduncan.com

Mike Segall now of www.jnetradio.com mentions that 400,000 people are in “debt management” whereas the potential market is 4 million. Appeared on his Sunday “Talking Business” progamme which was great fun. Mentioning that you have been on radio goes down well with clients.