Expert Eye with

John Shepherd

Owner and Managing Director of Partridges

  • “When things go wrong”

    29 September 2017 Expert Eye
    Just over 40 years ago on July 13th, during the summer of 1977, the whole of Manhattan Island and many parts of greater New York suffered an electrical blackout and were plunged into darkness. The cause was found to be...

  • “The rhyme of the ancient mariner”

    25 August 2017 Expert Eye
    As I have recently entered my seventh decade of existence on this planet (61 and a half years to be precise), I was interested to read the observations about the age of our main political party leaders. It has widely...

  • “Strange basketfellows”

    07 July 2017 Expert Eye
    Week ending 10th June 2017 – what a week that was! England winning a football World Cup for the first time in 51 years. I never thought I would live to see that. Then there was the small matter of a...

  • “Trump slump or May sway?”

    22 May 2017 Expert Eye
    "Here we go round the mulberry bush” one customer said on hearing the news of a General Election in June this year

  • “Never trust an expert”

    14 April 2017 Expert Eye
    On a recent trip to Scotland I read an old adage that I do not recall hearing before: “A grain of truth does not make a loaf of success”. This reminded me of why it is always a daunting task to...

  • “The Easter enigma”

    09 March 2017 Expert Eye
    What’s It all About Easter? (to the tune of What’s It All About Alfie? Sung of course by Cilla Black) often springs to mind at this time of year

  • “The results are in”

    06 February 2017 Expert Eye
    I am pleased to report that Christmas 2016 proved to be our busiest Christmas yet. For the 24 days of December up to Christmas Day itself, we were 5.7% up on 2016. For the entire month of December 2016 our...

  • “Reasons to be cheerful”

    02 January 2017 Expert Eye
    As I write this halfway through November 2016, the very thought of the past year causes a sharp intake of breath. The Brexit uncertainty, the American election, declining sales and a fainting pound scarcely bring a smile to the face...

  • “Six things I learned this year”

    03 November 2016 Expert Eye
    We are now just about to enter our 45th year at Partridges. So much has been learned along the way and (dare I say it) quite a lot forgotten. However, in every year that passes there is, it seems, an...

  • “What are the Brexit brands?”

    04 October 2016 Expert Eye
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