On Saturday 13 September I am hoping to revisit my teens by going back to the eighties. There’s a Here and Now concert at Breamore House on the edge of the New Forest promising a wonderful array of talent including Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Bananarama, Kim Wilde, Paul Young, Altered Images, Belinda Carlisle […]

The Worker Co-operative Code of Governance, produced by Co-operativesUK and experts from the worker co-operative sector, sets out how to successfully run and govern a workers’ co-operative.
Corporate governance is an increasingly important issue in business today and nowhere more so than in co-operatives. As member-owned businesses, co-operatives have a long tradition of involving people in […]

Total Coverage was recently invited by one our print suppliers to attend the Southampton v Blackpool football match. Being originally from Blackpool, how could I refuse? So last Saturday I saw the Seasiders win one nil at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton. Hurrah! Needless to say my colleagues and the other 15000 Saints supporters […]

I recently had a wonderful Saturday evening with family and friends at Meyrick Park in Bournemouth. Conductor Nicolae Moldoveanu together with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performed music by Bach, Beethoven, Debussy, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky as part of Fantasia Musical Spectacular. The music and fireworks were fabulous and it didn’t rain!

During Soil Association Organic Fortnight, people across Britain will be celebrating all things organic. From 6-21 September, individuals, businesses and communities will be hosting events to raise awareness of the environmental, health and social benefits of organic production. Not only that, but the campaign gives everyone a chance to enjoy organic products from delicious food […]

Our thanks go to Southampton Solent University BA Hons graphic design student Paul Hicks who spent two weeks on work experience with us over the summer.

Hoorah! We’re through to the finals of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainable Business Awards 2008.
Total Coverage plus other shortlisted businesses will be judged at the end of October by an eminent judging panel including representatives from the Environment Agency, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Hampshire County Council and […]

It’s St Swithin’ Day today. Tradition says that whatever the weather is like today, it will continue for the next forty days. St. Swithin (or more properly, Swithun) was a Saxon Bishop of Winchester and legend says that he asked to be buried out of doors, where he would be trodden on and rained on. […]

Faith in Maintenance is a new initiative from The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings which aims to help volunteers who look after historic places of worship. They provide training to help people understand how a building works and how to solve problems caused by leaky gutters and blocked drains. Their training courses are […]

Total Coverage recently attended Co-operativesUK Congress for worker co-operatives, community and multi-stakeholder co-operatives and co-operative consortia. There were a number of talks given and discussions held based upon the theme Going for Growth. We discussed how we can really go for growth. A series of specialist sessions addressed key business issues led by those who […]