For today's agency meeting, lots of people had baked and brought in muffins. (It's nice, it boosts morale and it saves catering costs. Everyone wins.)

Laura Vent's apple crumble muffins were voted overall winners for both taste and aesthetic appeal. Laura Day's white chocolate and strawberry came a strong second.

Personally, I liked the bacon and cheese muffins, but others were narrow-minded about savoury muffin options.

In other news at the meeting, major business issues were discussed and massive new initiatives announced.

Head of HR / office manager Nat Field proudly displays our Sunday Times 'Best Small Companies' Award. We came number 74 out of loads of entrants. Which is nice, but a bit of a drop from last year when we just missed the top 30. Our scores for 'well-being' let us down, possibly because of the new policy that involves daily sandblasting and corporate taunting for all human work units. This policy will be stepped up until people feel more well.

See – it says on the base, 'providing its people with an outstanding place to work'. So it must be true.