Phil Groom writes:
Thought it might be a worthwhile exercise to look back at how this month panned out last year. These are the reports that I’ve tracked down, most recent first, Dave Walker posts courtesy of Cease & Desist unless otherwise indicated. (B) = Blog post, (N) = News report:
- Christian or… what, exactly? Phil Groom, UKCBD Blog, 28/04/2008 (B)
- Church Times report on former SPCK shops: Dave Walker, 24/04/2008 (B)
- Former SPCK shops to be auctioned: Dave Walker, Church Times, 24/04/2008 (N)
- Former SPCK staff gathering: Dave Walker, 24/04/2008 (B)
- SSG sells four shops: Dave Walker, 21/04/2008 (B)
- SSG to sell four shops: Graeme Neill, Bookseller, 21/04/2008 (N)
- Google Warns Visitors: Beware spckonline.com: Phil Groom, UKCBD Blog, 12/04/2008 (B)
- SSG / SPCK bookshop reports: Dave Walker, 03/04/2008 (B)
- SSG to face staff tribunal: Graeme Neill, Bookseller, 03/04/2008 (N)
- Dismissed Christian bookshop staff to go to tribunal: News & Star, Carlisle, 03/04/2008 (N)
- Unholy row erupts over bookshop jobs: Dave Walker, 02/04/2008 (B)
- Unholy Row Erupts Over Bookshop Jobs: News & Star, Carlisle, 02/04/2008 (N)
- SPCK Online…: Neil Denham, Neil’s Slightly Random Wiblog: 02/04/2008 (B)
- Quieter month at SSG? – No: Christian Marketplace, April 2008 (N)
If nothing else, it highlights the need for vigilance: as we saw with Exeter, the moment Brewer thinks he can get away with a bit of dodgy dealing through the back door, one of the other remaining shops is sure to go to line his back pocket — or his retirement fund, whatever it was he used that half a million for…