I was supposed to start writing again on August 1 but that heat wave we had really did a number on my ability to write. July and August were exciting months for Friuch Consulting and I wanted to start back into my writing schedule by sharing some of the things that have happened.

Our Office

Back in late June, I posted that we had found A Space of Our Own [LINK]. Shortly after making this announcement, I found out from the City of Vancouver that the lovely space we had found wasn’t zoned for office use. This was very disheartening because I really loved that space. Earlier this month, we thought we’d found another interesting space in Burnaby near Metrotown. That also turned out to be zoned improperly for our purposes.

I was starting to lose hope when I found a lovely space near Chinatown in Vancouver. It’s small but it’s in a beautiful heritage building and it’s walking distance from most things in downtown. We start moving in next week and I’m excited!

The Team

Friuch Consulting has welcomed a whole host of new team members in the last few months including two Angus Reid refugees – Eric Brooke (who will be starting on September 8, 2009) and Caroline Hickton. Sean Peters and Melissa Chungfat, who have been with the firm for a while now, continue to work with us and we’ve added some new associates who will be working with us on a project-by-project basis: Brandy Delves (Brandy Delves Consulting), Ray Walia (Apptastic) and Kirk Hutton.

We’re ramping up to take on a bunch of new projects in the Fall and we’ll be sure to throw a re-launch party so that old friends and new friends will have the chance to meet the expanded team.

Finishing up the Year

Now that we’ve got an expanded team, we’ve got some additional bandwidth to take on new projects. Research projects, communications projects, project management projects – you name it! We’ve got some amazing capabilities these days so if you’d like to learn more, drop us a line. We’d love to hear about your projects and how we might help.