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At Last, the REAL Story About the Origins of Cairn!

Published on: September 26th, 2019
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

In these blogs I’ve tried to tell, in a piecemeal kind of way, the story of how Cairn came into being, and in particular how our beginnings have allowed us to stay so stable and independent in such an unstable world (Brexit is currently raging around our ears as I write this in September 2019!).

Three decades of freedom, or “we’re still here but they’ve all gone!”

Published on: April 18th, 2019
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

The title for this blog was originally going to be “The First Thirty Years Were The Worst” until I realised that I’d already used that one in 2015! In case you doubt my sanity (although that’s a questionable issue in any case), I can explain that that anniversary was of the registration of Cairn as

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Consultation Rates

Published on: March 20th, 2019
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

Special Introductory Offer on our Consultancy Rates But first of all, if you are an existing or potential Cairn customer, there is no need to worry. We’ve always been happy to give free and no-obligation advice on any of our products or services, and we have absolutely no intention of changing this policy in any

We’re Growing! Planning application blog

Published on: November 21st, 2013
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

It’s been in the offing for a while, but now it’s official! Our planning application for a new business building here at School Farm has just been approved by Swale Borough Council at their latest planning meeting. Much as we would like to tell a story of how we had to battle for months or

Weirdos from another planet! – Martin’s return to Cairn’s ancestral home

Published on: November 16th, 2013
Posted In: Chairman’s Blog, Landlord’s Blog

No, the title of this blog doesn’t quite mean what you may have expected, as it actually refers to one of the books I bought during my current visit to the USA, from the MIT Coop in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It did nevertheless cause the salesperson no small amount of amusement, since this being a university

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