Well, what can I say, the weather was fantastic on Saturday morning as all the participating staff of the People first Group met at the Royal Quay marina in Newcastle.  After a good breakfast and welcome introdution by the skipper of Polar Bear, Mark Richardson, we all donned our woolly jumpers and life jackets (it’s cold at see you know!). There were two boats we chartered for the day, one being Polar Bear, a 72 ft craft famously owned by Dee Cafrey, the first female to sail around the World ‘West about’.  The other craft was a 50 ft gentlemans yacht called Whisper.  The sailing conditions...

Hello and welcome to our first of our weekly blogs.  All the staff of People first Group have an exciting Saturday coming up; we have charted 2 racing yachts on the Tyne in Newcastle, a 72 ft boat, and a 50 ft boat.  After getting everyone accustomed to the yachts, we plan to head out to the North Sea and give everyone the chance to station different areas on the boat, winching the sails, helming, making the tea!  I am sure it will be a superb day and we also get to know which of our staff have steady sea legs!  We have some exciting news coming shortly explaining in more detail our businesses...