The Hall of Fame New Year cheer for 2012
It was hampers galore in Mortgage Introducer towers as Christmas drew to a close last year courtesy of our numerous industry friends. Coming after two weeks of party carnage that included various bashes with the likes of Coun- trywide’s Nigel Stockton; Mortgageforce’s Kevin Duffy (less said the better); Select & Protect; the Council of Mortgage Lenders (both Christ- mas drinks and the trade body’s annual dinner) and the exclusive John Wriglesworth Christmas Party it’s any wonder that you’re reading this magazine at all. Hic.
Kung Fu Yuan Phoon
The Mighty Yuan Phoon had a mixed Decem- ber. It started well with Mortgage Introducer’s starry eyed hack scooping just shy of £1000 at a poker tournament, leaving 78 other industry wannabes firmly in the cold. Literally. Alas it was all downhill from there and it seems the Mighty Yuan really does get mighty when it comes to partying. One night, three parties and one door down. It started with Select & Protect in Shoreditch’s
trendy Brickhouse cabaret bar. Then it was Kev- in Duffy’s Christmas drinks at the plush Mint Leaf restaurant in the City (less said the better). And it should have been off to MCIFA in the West End – but then it all went a bit hazy and poor Yuan managed to lose the keys to his be- loved Wardour Street penthouse. Undeterred, the Mighty Yuan resorted to his
Kung Fu Panda-esque techniques and kicked his own front door in. “It was nothing really,” the Mighty Yuan told . “I’ve learned all my skills from watch-
the HoF
ing Bruce Lee films. I didn’t really fancy spend- ing the evening on the streets of Soho.”
Don’t stop boozing
It seems all the Christmas parties of 2011 had a beneficial impact on the economy. Figures of from the Office for National Sta-
tistics last month showed that spending on alcohol had failed to drop amid the economic slowdown. The statisticians say that the average amount of alcohol duty paid by households now stands at £309, around five per cent higher than 15 years ago. They obviously haven’t stopped by the Mortgage Introducer office recently.
50 MOrTgAgE INTrODUCEr JANUARY 2012
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Xmas Crackers And so to the best of
the Christmas comedy crackers courtesy of our friends at Kensington and a rather long lunch at the delicious Imperial City at the footsteps of the Bank of England. What’s brown and sweet and glides around an ice rink? Bourneville and Dean. What do you call a short sighted dinosaur?
A do-you-think-he-saw- us!
What’s a specimen? An Italian astronaut. Why was Santa’s little helper feeling depressed?
He had low elf-esteem. What kind of paper likes music? (W)rapping paper. Who hides in the bak- ery at Christmas? A mince spy.
The Hof will get his coat.
No Measles Mumps and Rubella from the FSA
Our beloved Financial Services Authority waltzes into the Hall of Fame this month for NOT delivering a turkey for Christmas. Yes we’re sure that there are still some gripes
and groans about what was in and what was not in the FSA’s latest consultation paper on the Mortgage Market Review but CP 11/31 wasn’t all that bad.
In fact, it left rather a lot of us walking into 2012 feeling like champions. And as it’s the Olympic year, let’s hope that both
the regulator and we all manage to win gold again. One mortgage alumni almost certain to win Gold this year is John Charcol’s Ray Boulger. Expect more of the same from this great veteran of the mortgage market whose unique (and we never used the word unique) opinions will continue to educate and inspire, hopefully for generations to come.
Mr Boulger, the HoF salutes you. (Well, we couldn’t exactly salute the FSA, could we.)
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