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Breakfast with the Latvian Prime Minister

Breakfast with the Latvian Prime Minister

Many of you will not know that Andy’s family is of Latvian origin. Now you do know, it will come as no surprise that Andy was invited to a working breakfast at the Latvian Embassy and had the honour of meeting the Prime Minister of Latvia, Laimdota Straujuma....
Alexander Jansons Foundation Facebook Challenge

Alexander Jansons Foundation Facebook Challenge

Ok everyone, time to click over to Facebook to ensure maximum embarrassment for Andy! I’m sure alcohol had nothing to do with it, but Andy has pledged to wear a comedy wig for a whole working day if the AJ Foundation page on Facebook reaches 1,000 likes by...
Anyone for Polo?

Anyone for Polo?

The Association of Women in Property (WiP)and Young Entrepreneurs in Property (YEP) (more on them later) held a polo event at Hurtwood Park Polo Club last week. Just to change things around from the norm, Lynda took Andy and Michael along as her guests, a pleasant...
Tip of the Ibisberg

Tip of the Ibisberg

It’s been a while since we reported on progress on the Ibis Budget Hotel at the Edinburgh Business Park, next to Edinburgh Airport, one of about 1700 Ibis hotels worldwide, of which 89 are in the UK and the second built by Jansons in Edinburgh. We’re very...
Jansons, Edinburgh and The Fringe

Jansons, Edinburgh and The Fringe

This month, Jansons’ trip to Edinburgh wasn’t just to check progress on our various projects there (more of those in future blogs), it was also to soak up some of the atmosphere of the Fringe Festival, a favourite event in our calendar. We were joined by a...