Received two correspondence's today from two very different but good businesses suffering unfairly at the hands of others.
The first was from my son's Nursery owner. She is closing her excellent nursery at the end of the year because of the unbearable and tiring pressure from Ofsted on paperwork and overbearing inspection requirements - she is likely to fail her next Ofsted inspection simply because it is uneconomic to repair a small and insignificant leak in the schoolhouse roof. Her educational and pastoral credentials are unquestionably excellent.
The second was from a small printing company in Largs who do my business cards. A recent order had gone missing in the CWU strike mess and I had let them know that the replacement order they shipped had arrived. His response: "The strike has really hit us hard but it seems we're over the worst."
It really shouldn't be like this for good small businesses. It makes me so angry sometimes.
