I'm here with Tomas and Raul.. we are on the way to the UK. 

Last week I was telling you a business traveller secret, that might surprise you.. if you missed it you can catch up here.

I was also telling you about our new upcoming Yoga Department.. which seems to have generated an enthusiastic response, thanks for your ideas and suggestions. 

In the UK we will be focusing on AW-Aromatics - which is just in the process of moving into a long awaited new factory complex. Again any ideas and suggestions are welcome.

This week we crammed into the bulging offices of AW-Artisan in Spain.. Toni (our manager is doing his best) but as we continue to expand and more people are needed it's starting to get a bit squashed.. but the ever cheerful team seem to cope quite well.. our lease has another two years to run.. and we are already thinking about exactly where we can expand to. It was Spain's national day and a bank holiday on Wednesday so Tuesday after work we took  the team out after work for a meal on the beach.. they love to party in Spain. Work hard and play hard.. it's the Spanish way.. It's a tradition that I have to make a little speech and thank everyone for their hard work. We have a long running joke where I call them "My favourite team" - of course it's only in jest, all our teams in various parts of AW amazing, but it gives them bragging rights and the ability to poke fun at the other teams. All of AW is integrated on a thing called Slack it's a corporate version of WhatsApp so people can trade ideas and connect across the company. And sometimes it is used for social interactions..

So we went to trendy beach chiringuito not far from our warehouse and after to the roof top bar of a nearby hotel.. it was really special and nice time to get know the new people.