January is historically a quiet month but someone forgot to tell the customers not a mad month but suprisingley busy Brian and julie have returned from New York and Phil has disappeared to the Dominican Republic. This leaves Mike in the workshops working on sme Rodeo Sales projects while Josh and George are over in Halifax with Manx TT simulators, Dance Machines and the Rolling IPS Challenge to host a cross between a team building event and a company funday.
Saturday we are over the pennines for a premier league football teams Fan Zone in Manchester with the Ultimate Wipeout or as some call it Last Man Standing, Twin Lane Bungee Run, Both Junior and Adult Sumos an not forgetting the IPS Podiums so that Mike and Adam tied up for the day apart from on there way there dropping off a Retro Arcade game off at Oldham for a surprise birthday party. Kym and George are in York for a Photobooth at a wedding but not just any Photo Booth its a Green Screen Dream Machine.
So a road trip for Mike and Josh down the M1 to Lichfield to a hotel venue for a small scale team building event with 4 "V" Racers, Pit Stop Challenge and the 6 Lane Scalextric. George goes a bit further afield down to Bristol with 3 of the newly arrived Retro Arcade games.
Mike stays close to home today with a family set of adult and jnr sumos for a youth event in Leeds while everyone else enjoys a day off before a busy last weekend of the month. Friday see Mike working in the workshops getting a customers Beat The Bleep ready for dispatch while Josh heads over to Bradford for a supermarket promotion with the Twin dance Machines a all day instore promotion josh is in his element #danceoffking. George is also doing promo work this time in a shopping centre in Bootle Liverpool with a Grab A Grand Machine for a mobile phone company giving out some great prize for tickets plucket for the Cash Grabber.
Another long road trip for Josh and Mike this time down the A1 to Ipswich to a military base for a Snowboard Simulator for their very own Freeze festival.
Brian and Julie head up to Liverpool for the INPAS show a early meeting with a supplier from Texas and a look around the show before enjoying some hospitality for another long term supplier from England the night time is spent catching up with other exhibitors and visitors this all ties in with the Leisure Supplies Show we host in October. Other team members join us for a look and some lunch Monday we it is what January's are all about :-)
Today Mike is over in Manchester setting up for a two day event for a famous fried Chicken brand Laser Shooting is the game of choice for the next two days but that rounds the month off nicely and on we go with 2018.
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