“My journey started at Sainsbury’s, I joined as a management trainee and worked for around ten years in the stores, they then sponsored me to go on and do an MBA which gave me a different direction and allowed me to learn a lot more about how a large organisation works. I did functional roles in HR, supply chain and commercial; the latter role that I then did after about twenty years with them was to run the stores in London. I was looking after forty to fifty stores, seven to eight thousand people with a half a billion turnover – I was just a small cog in a very big wheel; I enjoyed it, it was great! Chris Yates FFX.co.uk
At the end of 2012 we had a mutual friend who was involved in rennervating the whole site, the owner here wanted it to be maintained as one venue, rather than being split into various dwellings. Lots of tired barns have floors put in and it can ruin the internals of the building, it will still look the same from the outside but internally it will lose its originality, they were keen to keep it as original as possible. Kay Hamilton Crook The Barn at Alswick
“I retired from the printing world and got totally bored – I’m very interested in wine so wanted to create a business model that showcased English Wine. We built the wine tour around English wine and gave people the experience, taking them for a walk on the South Downs National Park, as well as Ashdown Forest, have a lovely pub lunch, then take them to an English vineyard and have a wine tasting experience and tour of the vineyard. Ian Shearer Fizz on Foot
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