A company blog is not about self praise....

...or for telling the world all about the great things that a company is doing. But today I'm breaking the rules.

When things get busy at work, and busy times lead to challenging times, it crosses my mind to ask what I'm doing here. Let's be honest, it happens to the best of us.

But we're very lucky at Ascent PR as, once a quarter, we get a chance to take a day out together to look at what we've achieved and think about our hopes and plans for the future. What's more, we get to spend some ‘quality time' with our colleagues and generally take a break and enjoy ourselves.

Our latest ‘Qwerm' (the name assigned to these days, it's a long story) was no different. We joined the rest of our colleagues from Ascent PR (part of the Berkeley Communications Group), for a day of treasure hunting and boating on the Solent. All organised by the lovely Charlie at Seriously Cool Events.

Splitting into three teams, we spent the day competing to take the best photos, make the best hats and cross the Solent the quickest on RIBs, while doing our best not to fall in. The photographic evidence tells the story.....we had a ball.

It's these kind of events that make all the difference to me. The knowledge that a company invests in its staff to reward hard work and bring some light relief to our busy working lives, is something that keeps me going when we're under pressure to generate results for clients and motivate our teams.

Helen