Archive for February 2011
Thanks Sandra and mates from Vodafone
Fox & Associates is based on Level 13 of the PriceWaterhouseCoopers building. It’s well inside the Earthquake CBD cordon and access is impossible at the moment. Just before midday today I received a phone call from Sandra at Vodafone. Our business is on the same floor as their sales team in Christchurch, and they have…
Read MoreEarthquake
A quick update from Fox & Associates – We’re all ok. All staff and families are fine. As you know this earthquake is much worse than the previous one. At this stage we’re planning not to be at work this week. We’ll let you know when this changes. You can’t contact us on email, as…
Read MoreHousing Affordability
By: Mike Martin You might have heard some grumblings about housing affordability recently. It’s obviously true that we’ve come to the end of a period of significant rise in the value of our housing stock and for some the increased asset value is good, but for others it has meant that buying their own home has become…
Read More20 years – what an effort!
We take this opportunity to congratulate Mike Martin on the completion of twenty years with Fox & Associates. This was celebrated with a quiet dinner at a local restaurant and involved a lot of reminiscing about the “old days”! Needless to say there was plenty to talk about and a collection of photos that Mike…
Read MoreWe say Sayonara to Jason and Calvin
This year February says “adios amigo” to Jason who is leaving us to commence his Certificate in Youth Work with Praxis and March says “au revoir” to Calvin who is off overseas for his big OE. Although we will be sad to see them go we wish them both all the very best of luck…
Read MoreAn exciting new project for F & A
We are proud to announce our appointment as consultants for the Lake Hood Extension Project and are very excited about the prospect of being involved with such a unique development in Canterbury. The current Lake Hood development (Stage I) comprises 150 allotments and 70 hectares of lake. It has proven to be a great asset…
Read MoreThe Bill
By: David Fox An unfortunate political arrangement drives the proposed Marine and Coastal Act Bill. There are a lot of issues and matters that upset each and every one of us, but most we let slide by. The Select Committee I had never felt sufficiently moved to appear before a select committee before but in…
Read MoreRestrainers – who needs ’em?
By: Michael Martin Over the Christmas break I read the following quote that set me thinking: “the age of heroism” will be followed by the decline of the “expanders” and the rise of the “restrainers.” Now, to be fair, in its original context “heroes, expanders and restrainers” are about growth and resource use – click…
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