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we have, we have also planted 5000 trees as a way to offset some
of the carbon.”
Having previously won four Queen’ s Awards for export, the company recently won its first King’ s Award for exporting. Ian explains how the company is approaching the uncertain economic situation and preparing to face any incoming challenges.“ Exporting accounts for around 95 percent of our business, and we sell a lot to Americans, so any tariffs could have a big impact on our business. We’ re not a small company but we retain the feel of a small family-run business.
“ We are very proud of maintaining that feeling. For example, I know almost everyone’ s names, and all of the people working on the floor know me and know they can come and talk to me. We don’ t want to become
In a manufacturing business, planning ahead is crucial
the type of big corporate entity where the people at the top have no idea what’ s going on below them. Apart from our finance team, everyone in the company is an engineer, and we’ re all entrepreneurs. We’ re all constantly looking for great opportunities. We go to exhibitions and trade shows and look at everything. When we find an interesting product, we try to find out what parts they are buying and for what price. If we see an opportunity, we’ ll seize it because we’ re a private company and can move on with capital expenditure very quickly. We don’ t have to go through several rounds of board approval; if we see an exciting prospect, we can move forward with it.
“ In a manufacturing business, planning ahead is crucial. For the expansion of facilities, for example, the planning stage
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