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
“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
“I put myself through college, studying an AAT which is an accountancy accreditation, and my first role was applying for a position at Simon Turner Refrigeration. I worked as an accounting administrator, the company was very different to what it is now with a large group of guys, and I worked with the owner running the finance side. Laura and Mark Gamlin STR - Simon Turner Refrigeration Limited
Video Interview – Podcast Episode 82 We chat with Pam Loch from the Loch Associates group about toxic cultures and… Play podcast now >>