| 2.8. Monday |
campus tour, introduction to facilities |
| 3.8. Tuesday |
forming project team, brainstorming ideas and
objectives |
| 4.8. Wednesday |
visit to Dartington Crystal, Torrington, museum and
factory tour, question time with Jeremy Jones, personnel department |
| 5.8. Thursday |
mini-survey presentations: issues of business culture |
| 6.8. Friday |
fine-tuning goals, identifying contacts |
| 8.8. Sunday |
visiting Exeter Sunday market; talking to various
traders |
| 9.8. Monday |
visiting shops and identifying potential
interviewees: Argos catalogue shop, talk with Sheila, (tel. of Exeter store: 436051) collected
Index catalogue and telephone number: 412095
various charity shops
various news agents
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| 10.8. Tuesday |
finding out about Sowage Dawson (news agent
wholesaler) Kingfisher Way, telephone: 258427, Lyn at reception, ring Steven
Ilsey,
operations manager on Friday for appointment Taste of the West (440745, Sue) will
return with advice on who does internet business; Sue says theirs is only an information
site
preview interview with manager of Chinese warehouse (oriental food wholesaler),
Asta,
manager/owner;
arranged contact at Car Auctions house tel. 425481, spoke to Peter Harvey on tel.
276404, who suggests we visit the auction next Monday from 1 p.m., and then try to find
someone on site or else get back to him.
PH identifies other car auctioneers: Rendall's
contact Tesco's re their distribution systems, general role as major supermarket, as
well as their ISP offer (Tesconet) and e-commerce: 607400, contact Brian Landou [au] on
Friday
review questions for interviewees
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| 11.8. Wednesday |
call Taste of the West, Sue is out today, try again
tomorrow contacted Clarke's Village, Street on 01458 840064, spoke to operations
manager Alan Tailor, who confirmed general manager Bill Goodwin would be available Mo to
Friday for a visit. tentative arrangement for Thursday week 3 in the morning. Fax number
01458 840031
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| 12.8. Thursday |
mini-survey presentations: Changes and current trends
in business |
| 13.8. Friday |
checking names and addresses of charity shops
visited; identifying a video-taped lecture on current trends in retailing;
contacting Steven Ilsey of Sowage Dawson (wholesalers), who agrees to meet the group on
Friday week 3 at 3 for an hour to talk about the distribution of newspapers and magazines
contacting Brian Landou re visit to Tesco's; after hearing the details, he promises to
get someone to call to make an arrangement for week 3
trying to contact Lexus car dealer, call again Monday
received fax from Sue, Taste of the West, on e-commerce contacts to be checked up on
the internet
|
| 14.8. Saturday |
Sue from Tesco's called to confirm visit on Wednesday
at 2.30 road-map and directions to Clarke's Village, Street sorted out
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| 15.8. Sunday |
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| 16.8. Monday |
car auction starting at 1! After the auction is
over, ask for Peter Harvey for any more details you would like to know. He may also point
you to someone else or help you establish some contact.
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| 17.8. Tuesday |
2.30: group visit for everyone to Stagecoach, Exeter
Coach Station, see Mr. Gardner for tour of station plus question time. 4.00: meeting
with Ester, manager of The Quay Shop, Asian food wholesaler and restaurant owner
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| 18.8. Wednesday |
2.30 Tesco Superstore - Sue will meet the group to
talk about the store and Tesco in general; as far as ISP services and e-commerce are
concerned, there is no-one here locally who can give any in-depth information; the
customer services manager Brian Landou suggested to check out the web-site. |
| 19.8. Thursday |
mini-survey |
| 20.8. Friday |
2.30 Steven Ilsey, operations manager at Surridge
Dawson, will see the group to discuss operations and the distribution of newspapers and
magazines in Kingfisher Way, Sowton Industrial Estate. 4.00 meeting with Lexus car
dealer
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| 21.8. Saturday |
Clarke's Village, Street? |
| 22.8. Sunday |
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| 23.8. Monday |
faxing questions to Clarke Village? |
| 24.8. Tuesday |
dry runs of project presentations and feedback |
| 25.8. Wednesday |
project presentations |
| 26.8. Thursday |
group visit for everyone to Graduate Career Services;
tour and question time with Mark Armitage, Graduate Career Officer |