What can I say? The last two months have been only slightly less of a whirlwind than the previous two.
We had a welcome turnaround on the NI rise for the self-employed just seven days after it was announced, then hard on its heels came the possibility of a second Scottish referendum.
Amongst all this change, at least in the Chamber, we have great examples of success from people who are forging ahead with excellent work in their fields, much of it reported within these pages.
One of the most inspiring figures I have heard recently, with certainly the most ambitious plans, was Chris Fraser, founder and CEO of Sirius Minerals, who spoke at our Tees Valley AGM. If you haven’t read about his mining development in Whitby and Redcar, I urge you to do so. The project will create a £2bn mine to harvest the naturally occurring multi-nutrient fertiliser polyhalite under areas of the North Sea and North Yorkshire......
