Well, I've been in post now for just over 2 weeks and I thought I should introduce myself.  My name is Angela Hanvey and The Friends of The Birks Cinema have contracted me as Financial Co-ordinator to oversee the administration of funds during the refurbishment process.  I've lived in the Tay Valley area for more than 13 years and love this part of the country.  From a work perspective I bring with me to this post a wealth of experience from business, charities and the public sector. 

What a privilege it is to be part of this fantastic project to bring life back into the old cinema building and, what's more, to bring it back to life as a community cinema.  You'll see that work has now begun and over the next few weeks and months we'll keep you updated on progress.  We have also managed to get the office up and running in the Locus Centre where I am based.  We're now fully functional and enjoying the views over the rooftops.

Several meetings have taken place over the last few days, most importantly with Ronnie Horne, Anne Nicol and Bob Cobban of Hadden Construction Ltd near Perth; SGRIPD, who will process our claims for funding from Scottish Rural Development Programme; and our Quantity Surveyor, Alan Smith from Ralph A Ogg .  All of these meetings were interesting and very informative and hopefully I've climbed someway up the steep learning curve.

We now await with trepidation the work programme and cashflow projections from Hadden early this week.