THIS, is what start-ups are all about: hardship, community spirit, trips to IKEA and doing whatever we can to get hold of some cash to pay the faithful. All ideas please come forward, we will do anything and everything, before our casino opens, to feed our recruits. Last night mutts innovated chilli soup surprise (hot water and tabasco sauce and bread). Necessity is the mother of invention. Watch this space.

Our newest full-time recruit, the Wit, wasn't so happy with the last entry and wanted to add a few words to the blog. Since it was so fresh and comical, I thought why not?

'My name's Mavy, a knight-errant who has dabbled in many trades; tourism, fashion and pharmaceuticals to name a few. I've picked up knowledge along the way that will bring an added dimension to the Casino Boys venture. It's refreshing to join a group of people who are not going down the main stream...better to branch off and take some risks. In the meantime book me in for a lower bunk at the barrack hotel.'

I'd also like to welcome 3 new part-timers to the scene:

• a Northern advertising wizard who refuses to bow to the trend of wearing normal clothes in order to make the continuous transition from bed to work to pub to bed that much smoother
  
• a graphic designer with a penchant for dressing up as puss-in-boots and a flair for events management
• a lawyer intent on helping us to stop infringing the law and side-stepping it instead.
  

Our burgeoning office in One Sun Street has been steadily kitted out. The phones have now arrived (yes, we are a real office, call us on 0207 330 1160 if you want), as well as several Skype lines (the cutting edge of the digital age, just don't ask us to fix your toaster...), and a clutch of hand-me-down PCs from all over london. We also managed to pick up some screens for the new computers from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for the Blind which were apparently surplus to their requirements (thanks to all those who helped us on this!). To sum it up, we now have 8 screens, 5 1/2-functionning workstations, 3 of them already fully-filled. So when you arrive, please bring a laptop.

Lounging on our sleek scandinavian furniture, enjoying our freshly-brewed coffees from our very own espresso machine, catered for by Messrs. Marks and Spencer's round the corner, who wouldn't want to join the "Casino Boys at the Barrack Hotel"?