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by fergus christie
Thu May 21, 2009 9:18 am
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: Update on Project?
Replies: 129
Views: 46127

Re: Update on Project?

Hi all As an interested bystander (with a few contacts still in post!) it is pleasing to see that the new money injected into Holloid is having an effect (net worth went from £17k(!!!) to £280k since christmas according to http://www.creditsafe.co.uk) with the security of further finance available...
by fergus christie
Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:43 am
Forum: Junior Chess
Topic: Chess in Schools
Replies: 16
Views: 3796

Re: Chess in Schools

Good morning I see that Fergus is online at the moment. Assume that he is waiting for an annoucement from Saturday's board meeting like the rest of us. Peter Much as I'd like to help (I tried to secure the tooling!) I'm reduced to an interested bystander... I passionately believe there is both the ...
by fergus christie
Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:10 pm
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: No news is bad news
Replies: 210
Views: 60587

Re: No news is bad news

Hi again (twice in one day...and not to be repeated) Re: my new companies... PDC is a loose confederation of designers and engineers that I'm representing as an alleged business development maestro - although a start-up it sadly has a significantly higher credit score and rating with D&B, CreditSafe...
by fergus christie
Wed Nov 05, 2008 5:53 pm
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: No news is bad news
Replies: 210
Views: 60587

Re: No news is bad news

Hi The Forum. Disappointingly Holloid are going through a difficult period and this has affected the Chess for Schools project. There have been some fundamental problems with the board injection mould tools but the tools that produce the pieces have been production capable since June... Unfortunatel...
by fergus christie
Mon Jun 02, 2008 1:37 pm
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: Chess for schools website
Replies: 17
Views: 16444

Re: Chess for schools website

All I've been following the various comments re: the website. It was set up as a pro bono gesture to suppport the project by Room 11 Design - using text and other info developed very much on the hoof. If there is some-one within ECF or the project who can take over the site I'd be delighted to pass ...
by fergus christie
Mon May 19, 2008 4:38 pm
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: Production and Project Update Number 2
Replies: 5
Views: 8042

Production and Project Update Number 2

Hi again. Apologies for the perceived silence from the manufacturing arm of this program!!! I've spent a lot of time overseas on business and we're also neck-deep in new projects so I have neglected to keep this forum updated... We now have live production and material availability to produce 40 ton...
by fergus christie
Thu Mar 20, 2008 2:46 pm
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: Production and project update
Replies: 12
Views: 4110

Production and project update

All This is just a brief post to let you know the production status of the chess sets... Those of you with a manufacturing background will hopefully appreciate that commissioning mould tools is a reasonably technical process and when all the work is carried out "in between" our main projects (our co...
by fergus christie
Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:57 am
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: Chess for schools website
Replies: 17
Views: 16444

Re: Chess for schools website

All First ammendment to the site took place over the week-end - all suggestions and comments gratefully received!! I've sent 10 of the production sign-off sets to the ECF so hopefully we can populate the site with some pictures of the sets in use to better demonstrate their size and quality. See my ...
by fergus christie
Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:05 pm
Forum: Chess Sets for Schools Project
Topic: Chess for schools website
Replies: 17
Views: 16444

Re: Chess for schools website

Hi Andrew Everyone in the project is operating "pro bono" - the website was designed and hosted free of charge by Room11 Design - the content is an amalram of content from various sources - but my name is on the bottom of it and therefore as the saying has it, the buck stops here. I've had requests ...