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I hope you are all well and are enjoying the mild autumn we are having after the very warm summer.

I am not sure what the plants and the insects and birds are making of these changes to our weather systems. Even for me in the rainy county of Lancashire we have had much less rain this year.

As I write this update I am on the beautiful island of Madeira, a place I always come back to time and again.  Whilst the flowers are not quite as abundant at this time of year there are some spectacular flowering trees.  

I am not looking forward to coming back to the shorter days and the clocks going back making at th end of the month making them seem even shorter.

I can’t believe we are nearing the month of November when the APPA activities seem to ramp up with the Exeter and Bristol lunches taking place in the 7th and 14th respectively.

December will be a busy month with Haverhill holding their lunch on the 4th December and Newcastle on the 12th followed by Kendal on the 15th December. The Maidstone lunch will also be held on the 3rd December.

I do hope many of you will attend and if you know of any of your ex-colleagues who would like to be included make sure you let them know when the events are being held. It is fantastic to see so many of our ex-colleagues and their partners attending these events.

John Lyons, the vice chairman recently met up with a number of ex-colleagues who transferred across from Prudential to the direct sales force.

The AGM was held at Castle Green hotel on 4th September attended by the majority of the regional representatives, local members from Kendal and a few members on Zoom. The minutes of the meeting, along with the slide presentation and reports are on the website.

This year has marked the celebration of 85 years since the Dunkirk evacuation and the 80th anniversary of VE Day and VJ Day. John Lyons has penned a note to commemorate these milestones and to remember the colleagues from Provincial Insurance who served. See the special tribute on the website.

Before I close, I would like to thank all the members of the APPA Committee and your regional representatives for their hard work in keeping in touch with people and arranging events.

I hope to see many of you at the forthcoming events.  Have a wonderful Christmas and my best wishes to you and your loved ones.

Warmest regards