Author Archives: johnjex

This is a brief note to wish a very Happy New Year to all of my industry colleagues, clients and associates. It’s been a pleasure to work with you during 2022, a relatively “normal” year after the challenges of 2020-21. I’m pleased to report continued growth for Jex Business Services, with our client base expandingContinue reading “Happy New Year”

A year ago, at the end of 2020, we were in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic, but most people probably expected things to get better during 2021. And in many ways they have – the vaccines that were launched a year ago have reduced (but not eliminated) the levels of serious illness and death,Continue reading “2021 – Another strange year”

As we move into September, the weather here in Sheffield had a last gasp of summer over the past couple of days, but is now feeling distinctly autumnal. This period is typically a busy time for a lot of businesses – I remember my days working for multinational organisations when it would be last pushContinue reading “Autumn update”

I will be visiting ChemUK 2021, at the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham, all day on Wednesday 15th September. Look forward to meeting industry colleagues and catching up face to face! If you would like to discuss oilfield chemicals, consulting assignments, chemical industry recruiting, or anything else, let’s arrange to meet up. https://www.chemicalukexpo.com/

Wishing all of my American friends and colleagues a very happy Independence Day!

It’s one year since I established Jex Business Services Ltd. and took the leap into the unknown of self-employment and a portfolio career. I had a few ideas about what I might do, no idea whether it would work out but a determination to “give it a go”! Here is my review of the pastContinue reading “First Anniversary”

Best wishes at the start of the holy month of Ramadan.

I first stepped on an aeroplane at the age of 13, a Kuwait Airways Boeing 747 from London Heathrow to Frankfurt, on a Town Twinning visit from my hometown of Dronfield, Derbyshire to Sindelfingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Prior to that, my family holidays had been spent in on the beaches and in the stately homesContinue reading “An Anniversary”

So that was 2020! The strangest year that I can remember… and it’s not over yet! After a life of overseas assignments which has involved a lot of travelling for business and pleasure, during 2020 I made only one business trip (to the Netherlands in January) and just one personal trip (to Germany in February).Continue reading “What a year…”

Don’t worry, there will not be any financials presented! It is now 3 months since Jex Business Services Ltd. opened for business, so I thought I would update my network on how things are going after the first quarter. As I have mentioned previously, starting up during a global pandemic was a challenge, and IContinue reading “Q1 Update!”