It’s just two years since I moved from working out of my front room in Gurnard to start Into the blue, so I can’t say how excited I was to finalise the purchase of and move into our new shiny office on Cowes Parade which is part of the prestigious One the Parade development. I’m sure lots of people will have differing views on the new development, but we love it...and what a view! There’s a bit of a white leather fetish theme throughout the new office with white Barcelona chairs in the reception area and white leather chairs around the shiny new white boardroom table! Well we do undertake quite a lot of PR so I guess we’ll be forgiven. The new office definitely gets the vote from my two children Ella (5) and Millie (3) who beg daily to come to work with Mummy in the new office, I don’t think it has much to do with spending more quality time with me, much more the Volvo C70 pedal car that resides in the boardroom, and the natural race track we unwittingly designed around the office! Working on the Island is no longer an obstacle, we’ve recently filled a graduate position and we’re really pleased with the calibre of applicants we received, even an Oxford graduate. There’s something about Island life that brings out the creative side of people, so much so that we’re finding since moving our clients (who are all bar one based on the Mainland) prefer to hold meetings in Cowes. Into the blue continues to flourish and I look forward to going to work everyday.....I know strange but true!!!!
Jo Grindley
Managing Director
Into the blue
www.intotheblue.biz