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of the more complex cases and they’re also more expensive.’
‘Okay, thank you both for your help. I just have a few more questions for Lloyd,’ said Rachel.
Audrey went back to her desk outside Lloyd’s office and Rachel spent another half an hour running through the rest of her questions with Lloyd.
When the meeting finished, Rachel went back to the project room and sat down. She wasn’t totally happy with the answers she’d been given, but a bit of sloppy paperwork was hardly a major issue. The business was growing quickly and Lloyd’s sales figures were impressive, as he’d been so quick to point out. Even so, she’d better talk it through with Carl.
Chapter 6
Rachel was sitting at her desk waiting for Carl Stephens to ring. While she waited, she flicked through her Beau Street file and thought about how to raise her concerns about the missing sales details and cash payments with him. She had no real evidence that it was anything more than a minor issue with record keeping, and for all she knew paying in cash might be really common. Both matters were easily fixable and hardly likely to worry the buyers if the basic business was trading well. But her gut feeling was that there was more to it, yet if she raised it again with Beau Street she would effectively be accusing Lloyd Cassidy and his nurse of lying. On the other hand, Carl was bound to want a thorough job. He was a stickler for detail and she had Payne Stanley’s reputation to think of. It would be a disaster if she missed something. Hopefully Carl would help her work out what to do next and without upsetting everyone.
She jumped when her phone rang.
‘Rachel Altman. Oh hi, Carl, yes, I’ll pop round. See you in a second, thanks.’
She spent the first few minutes of their meeting giving Carl a general update on how the project was going.
‘That all sounds like great progress,’ he said. ‘It’s good that they’re getting you the information you need so quickly. That will help us to finish on time.’
‘There’s a meeting on Monday at two p.m. with all the other advisers to go through the deal timetable. I think it would be good if you could be there. I can give them a progress report, so you won’t need to prepare, but I think Tom would like it if you came,’ said Rachel.
Carl checked his diary. ‘Yes, I can just about do that. I need to be away sharpish, though, as I have another meeting at three thirty,’ he said.
‘Okay, that’s good. There are a couple of points that I wanted to just chat through with you now; not problems necessarily, but I’d quite like your advice on how to deal with them,’ said Rachel. She went on to explain her concerns to Carl.
‘It doesn’t sound like anything much to me,’ said Carl when she’d finished. ‘I’ve known Tom for many years and he runs a pretty tight ship. The new computer systems probably didn’t help; there are always a few teething problems.’
‘I just thought that maybe I should look into it a bit further? Widen the sample out a bit maybe and see how common a problem it is?’
‘I don’t think there’s any need,’ said Carl. ‘Just add a section to the report with recommendations for improvement and note it there. That way we’ve made it clear that it needs sorting, but I’d definitely categorise it as minor. No need to raise it at the meeting on Monday.’
‘Well, if you’re sure,’ said Rachel, rather hesitant to just dismiss it.
‘I am,’ said Carl. ‘Right, anything else? Are we done?’
‘Yes, I guess we are.’
‘Great, thanks. Let’s have another catch up next week. Sounds like this is going to be a good project for you, Rachel. I know the client is pleased so far.’
How did he know? He must have been speaking to Tom Duffy.
Rachel felt a bit deflated as she went back to her desk. Carl seemed to think she was making a bit of a fuss about nothing. Maybe he was right. She should write it up as a minor recommendation in the report and then
‘Okay, thank you both for your help. I just have a few more questions for Lloyd,’ said Rachel.
Audrey went back to her desk outside Lloyd’s office and Rachel spent another half an hour running through the rest of her questions with Lloyd.
When the meeting finished, Rachel went back to the project room and sat down. She wasn’t totally happy with the answers she’d been given, but a bit of sloppy paperwork was hardly a major issue. The business was growing quickly and Lloyd’s sales figures were impressive, as he’d been so quick to point out. Even so, she’d better talk it through with Carl.
Chapter 6
Rachel was sitting at her desk waiting for Carl Stephens to ring. While she waited, she flicked through her Beau Street file and thought about how to raise her concerns about the missing sales details and cash payments with him. She had no real evidence that it was anything more than a minor issue with record keeping, and for all she knew paying in cash might be really common. Both matters were easily fixable and hardly likely to worry the buyers if the basic business was trading well. But her gut feeling was that there was more to it, yet if she raised it again with Beau Street she would effectively be accusing Lloyd Cassidy and his nurse of lying. On the other hand, Carl was bound to want a thorough job. He was a stickler for detail and she had Payne Stanley’s reputation to think of. It would be a disaster if she missed something. Hopefully Carl would help her work out what to do next and without upsetting everyone.
She jumped when her phone rang.
‘Rachel Altman. Oh hi, Carl, yes, I’ll pop round. See you in a second, thanks.’
She spent the first few minutes of their meeting giving Carl a general update on how the project was going.
‘That all sounds like great progress,’ he said. ‘It’s good that they’re getting you the information you need so quickly. That will help us to finish on time.’
‘There’s a meeting on Monday at two p.m. with all the other advisers to go through the deal timetable. I think it would be good if you could be there. I can give them a progress report, so you won’t need to prepare, but I think Tom would like it if you came,’ said Rachel.
Carl checked his diary. ‘Yes, I can just about do that. I need to be away sharpish, though, as I have another meeting at three thirty,’ he said.
‘Okay, that’s good. There are a couple of points that I wanted to just chat through with you now; not problems necessarily, but I’d quite like your advice on how to deal with them,’ said Rachel. She went on to explain her concerns to Carl.
‘It doesn’t sound like anything much to me,’ said Carl when she’d finished. ‘I’ve known Tom for many years and he runs a pretty tight ship. The new computer systems probably didn’t help; there are always a few teething problems.’
‘I just thought that maybe I should look into it a bit further? Widen the sample out a bit maybe and see how common a problem it is?’
‘I don’t think there’s any need,’ said Carl. ‘Just add a section to the report with recommendations for improvement and note it there. That way we’ve made it clear that it needs sorting, but I’d definitely categorise it as minor. No need to raise it at the meeting on Monday.’
‘Well, if you’re sure,’ said Rachel, rather hesitant to just dismiss it.
‘I am,’ said Carl. ‘Right, anything else? Are we done?’
‘Yes, I guess we are.’
‘Great, thanks. Let’s have another catch up next week. Sounds like this is going to be a good project for you, Rachel. I know the client is pleased so far.’
How did he know? He must have been speaking to Tom Duffy.
Rachel felt a bit deflated as she went back to her desk. Carl seemed to think she was making a bit of a fuss about nothing. Maybe he was right. She should write it up as a minor recommendation in the report and then
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