Another auspicious event in Dock-World this week: the first time that all the Dock Directors have been in the same room at the same time. (At all previous meetings there was always someone who couldn’t make it – although I’m honour-bound to say that they always had a good excuse…)

So here for the very first time is the full Usual Suspects-style line-up of the masterminds behind The Dock:

(L-R Michele, Philip, Sarah (ultra-efficient company secretary), David, Hugh, Margaret (honourable chairperson), Michael, Me)

And can I just say, what an utterly, utterly brilliant team to have at the centre of Dock-World – I couldn’t be more excited about all that lies in store for us…