Social researchers had for some time been predicting the growth in sporting activity that we have experienced over the past five years. They now point to the changing economic situation, the increased availability of (and funding for) sporting facilities and the success of Irish athletes as the key reasons for this growth. They also note that increasing Irish athletic success has helped achieve this greater funding for sporting facilities, which has in turn increased the number of world class Irish athletes.

All of the private addresses that we deliver to have been entered onto our "Matrix 9.0" database and have reviewed the figures. On the basis of this, we have decided to cease making deliveries to private addresses as we lack the resources to make this profitable (on average we lose £1.34 on each delivery). We have seen a rapid growth in our business deliveries and will focus on these instead as profits average £14.22 for each of these. Inevitably this means that we will cease some individual deliveries that are profitable and continue with some that are not, but overall this strategy should maximise the profitable use of our available resources in both personnel and vehicles. Please note that E.P. Wilson has two entries on the Matrix 9.0 database.