We have our first guest host on this weeks catch up! @Brian Thomson will be joining me! Brian’s specialist topics are wills, mortgages, life insurance and critical illness as part of his work at The Wills Guys and The Financial Guys. If you have any questions you’d like to bounce off Brian drop them below!

#Weekly Catch Up | 18th January 2023 I agree that email is such a drain on people’s time & can simply suck the life out of you with its misuse (or even abuse!) but getting away from it is so difficult. I worked in a global worldwide organisation where email was simply the norm, it governed your workday, in a largely counter productive way. I agree to the “come & see me, give me a ring”, even “let’s do a teams or WhatsApp or FaceTime”. However, if you’re in the UK & it’s midnight & you should be considering bed, then do you want a call or teams from a 6pm Houston manager or a 7am Asian colleague, well I think the answer is no 🤔🤷🏻‍♂️. Also in the work environment I was in, everything had to be backed up by email, as “evidence”, “discussion log”, “action plan”, to ensure it was documented. Personally, I always preferred the chat & a summary email to support it, but still an absolute pain. I know people though who simply don’t answer email, with the approach of “if it’s important enough they’ll call me”, so there’s a risk of lost opportunity or this midnight calls. I guess, in summary, there’s no one size fits all 🤷🏻‍♂️, which also helps us stay that 1 step ahead of AI 🤔😉🤣

Want to help RL plant some trees? Each watch of this plants a tree!

It appears many landlords will have similar challenges in making a step change from a D to C rating with cavity wall / roof / floor insulation being key areas requiring attention. Wondering whether we should collectively approach local councils re potential upcoming grants or local business for volume discounts for installations. Thoughts on either or both approaches or alternative ideas? Thanks Steve