Abiding by the stress code

Small Blue Planet

The chairman is getting bored of attending the same old industry functions

"You really had me worried," I said to the chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company SmallBlue Planet as I joined him for a pint of Woolnough's Higher Profile at The Griffin the other day. "When I didn't see you at the IMA dinner at The Grosvenor last night, I began to think maybe SmallBlue had been taken over by Gartmore and you and the others had been well and truly govetted." "Never fear," replied the chairman breezily. "It was nothing so sinister. It's just that I suddenly realised I'd been to more UTA, Autif and IMA dinners than I cared to remember and for far too many ...