Kennedy's Blog

Putting on his serious head, Angus Kennedy gets out his crystal ball and predicts a tough time ahead for the UK economy... but hopes that we will all turn to chocolate for comfort!

Well I know you won't believe me, but not so long ago in Candid, I made a brave prediction that there was a big property crash on the way in the UK. It's now cooking nicely in the oven and it's too late to take the old plucked bird out and make it walk again. She's well and truly cooked.

On his return from Interpack, with pockets emptied of Euros, Angus Kennedy gets the feeling that we are all becoming victims of the greed of the service industries.

Here goes. Mars and Mr Buffett purchase Wrigley's. I take an emergency night drive across Europe, through storms, to rescue one of the Kennedy's Interpack team. Or, Interpack charges £4.00 (8.00 USD) for a small glass of fruit juice. Which headline do I feel fired up about? Which of these headlines drives me to write in the early hours to deliver copy on time.

Angus Kennedy asks whether our children could be having too much of a good thing at Easter?

I am writing this at a timely moment - I am just about to go and buy Easter Eggs for my kids at lunchtime. It makes me feel almost the same as when I buy my wife cigarettes. They all love chocolate, but like Labrador dogs, they don't know when to stop and will keep eating until they are violently sick!

One of the most satisfying things about being immersed in the world of publishing is that you are never far away from a good, meaty story.

I have a theory that some of the best stories are told by editors and journalists who spend most of their time writing about machinery. They are so good at telling stories that are not about machines! I was in the enviable situation of being on the receiving end of one of these glorious stories not so long ago. It was at the end of a busy trade. I was sitting on our stand, to tired to get up. The storyteller was English and the story was true. He knew it was funny and was supremely confident in his delivery.