Hive Health

Blimey this is the fourth time I get to write one of these and its zipped by. Four years ago 3 of us kicked off  in a 600sq/ft office on Regent Street. Fast forward 4 years on and we are close to outgrowing our current 4500 sq/ft soho offices and kicking off the search for a bigger home  to help us grow further. Fuelling this growth in 2011 has been a host of really talented new arrivals joining an already so capable team and a continuing set of progressive clients wanting to do it a little differently.

We finished our year with walks in the heartlands of Scotland warmed by knitwear surrounded by snow (imagine a less aesthetic Marks’s & Spencer ad).

I post this from the seriously snowy french alps, where 50 cm fell last night and the slopes are calling. My Mac is reminding me that I should complete the appointment set by me a whole year ago – it feels like I set it last week.

As usual this ‘year in numbers’ finds me rushing around trying to get some new statistics with which to summarise our year. Numerically  2011 saw;

1 patient centric strategic approach

£5.3 million billed

43 brands

13 client companies

27 pitches

8 losses

1 burglary

100% clients retained

1 torture seminar/bobotie/marathon /in-office gig

66 blogs

5 podcasts

16,493 web visits

Our first eBee baby – bouncing little Josh

1 new company started

38 fantastic people

562 hours of team training

1 Scottish adventure

8 bottles of single malt

1 heartfelt thank you to everyone we have worked with in 2011

1 Happy New Year to you all.