I am just back from a 'roadshow' meeting staff in Wales and explaining to them how we are setting about creating the new Natural Resources Body for Wales . Anyone who has any bright ideas on the practical realisation of the concepts of natural , social and economic capital management - please do share them . For this resaon I was not able to go to the Modern Companies dinner on Tuesday 11 Sept and I very much appreciate the support of Peter Hall our Walbrook Warden ,who went in my place .

But Lis has been active  and she respresented the Company at a Luncheon for Modern Company Mistresses and Consorts at the Information Technologists Hall organised by the Mistress Tax Adviser yesterday 13 Sept . Lis reports that she had a great time and was very impressed by a short address by Alderman Fiona Woolf who will be a candidate for election as Lord Mayor in two years time ( I think that this is the correct expression ) . The  theme of her address was the challenges of equality for women in business - and this resonated with most of the Mistresses present