It’s Robert Burns’ Birthday (so it says in my diary), so here’s a quick poem from the man himself.

As I gaed up by yon gate-end,
When day was waxin’ weary,
Wha did I meet come down the street,
But pretty Peg, my dearie!

Her air sae sweet, an’ shape complete,
Wi’ nae proportion wanting,
The Queen of Love did never move
Wi’ motion mair enchanting.

Wi’ linked hands we took the sands,
Adown yon winding river;
Oh, that sweet hour and shady bower,
Forget it shall I never!

Since the announcement yesterday about Kraft taking over Cadbury’s, will their brand and sales suffer?

American’s are not renowned for making amazing chocolate, in-fact American chocolate pales in comparison to British and European chocolate. Now that American owned brand, Kraft have taken over Cadbury’s, it will be interesting to see if the British public still warm to Cadbury’s now that the Britishness has been sucked out of it?

Also, with the announcement of British job losses I’m sure Cadbury’s fans will lose faith and trust in one of Britain’s most iconic brands which has built up an amazing reputation over the past 200 years.

I’m sure great-great-grandad Cadbury is spinning in his grave at the thought of Dairy Milks made from plastic cheese!

“Today’s real competition doesn’t come from other organisations but from the extreme clutter of the marketplace.”

With this in mind we’re now offering brand workshops to organisations who need to develop their businesses and grow their brands.

Click here to take a look – www.jealousdesign.co.uk/brandworkshop.php

After much deliberation to decide how best to show some of our work, we’ve finally updated our portfolio section on the Jealous website.

It’s always tricky displaying design work because we’ve done so much. The temptation is to show everything but the page would be ram packed and the work wouldn’t get the breathing space it deserves.

So, as you’ll see we’ve taken a simple approach and have displayed highlights of our work from 2008 – 2010.

Click to view the portfolio jealousdesign.co.uk/portfolio/

This is a video I put together of me snowboarding (on a skateboard deck) somewhere in Cheltenham.