New thing at the office. We - Laithwaites - have joined the Prince's Trust Million Makers scheme whereby young people in the company are invited to come up with a new business that could raise £10,000 for The Trust, and at the same time giving the same young people experience of setting up a business, and coping with all the problems.
It’s based on 'Dragons Den', that weird TV show where perfectly normal, successful business people are forced to act the way TV people think business people act; like be rude and vile to all those nice young kids. Which would get you bloody nowhere in real life. But, hey, that is for telly and here we are not doing this for telly so we can be normal, polite and helpful instead!
Our team had come up with a way of recycling a load of Laithwaites rubbish; specifically the empty wooden wine cases which we currently pay to have carted away.
They have made prototypes of wooden trays, boards and mats for the kitchen and plan to test market them very soon. You'd all like a beautiful Chateau Guibot drinks tray wouldn't you? Well watch this space.
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