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ZERO! Williams & Co sold in management buyout

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Sure you have a drink to toast it with lol
You could of sold it for that £5 lol
 
Well done Ray and team, here's to cheaper prices from here on in! :party:
 
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Congratulations Ray,

It really shows how much faith you and your staff have in the business.

Onwards and upwards.

On a side note trust me to leave the facebook group a couple of days ago. I just couldnt stand the knob heads anymore. Whats the offer?
 
fantastic news Ray, you have a great company there and a great workforce as well. i wish you all well in your fantastic adventure and i raise a glass to you all :8:
 
Well thats buggered it .....Dean in the Slough branch will want me to pay for the tea now that he is a shareholder and minimising anything given away for free......damn you Stafford........and damn you again.

Well done and congratulations to all at Williams.
 
soon be like John Lewis, a nicer place to shop than tescos, congrats and Mr W has a little pension to retire on now :)
 
gasmanrob said:
I take it you'll be refurbishing you're East and west wing next year!
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Ha flippin' ha. Not for so long as the bank manager has my gonads in his vault.

gasmanrob said:
Well done and congratulations to all the team.
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Thanks

gasmanrob said:
Where the shares limited per employee or did you find s few really went for it?
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We had some existing shareholder employees, and the ones that had been with us for years had really quite valuable stakes to roll over. For a lot of the guys its just a few hundred quid or a grand or two, but there are a small number of bigger hitters who have made serious (tens of thousands) investments.
 
Riley said:
Now if somebody could just explain the biscuits thing to me
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Its really easy. Deliveries on our own vehicles don't come with biccies. So you get deliveries (presumably from Nigel in Southampton, or possibly StevieD from Fareham). You get the pleasure of their witty banter and repartee, but have to make your own calorific arrangements.

When we started the ecommerce thing, we felt the loss of control over the selection of drivers, since we obviously don't control the carriers choice of driver. The last thing we wanted was a customer's primary impression of us being a miserable git of a driver, so we started including packets of jelly babies with orders. Not many people can resist smiling when given jelly babies. But jelly babies get boring after a while, so we ring the changes, and a big favourite is the biccies.

Unless you have transgressed against the unwritten code, obviously. Then you get blacklisted. :)
 
Congratulations Ray to you and your team, I'd say I hope you do well but you've already proven that you and your team are winners , all the best ,
 
Congratulations ray and the team just remember Ray the only way is up.

Take it you will still be here providing helpful advance.
 
Ray Stafford said:
Its really easy. Deliveries on our own vehicles don't come with biccies. So you get deliveries (presumably from Nigel in Southampton, or possibly StevieD from Fareham). You get the pleasure of their witty banter and repartee, but have to make your own calorific arrangements.

When we started the ecommerce thing, we felt the loss of control over the selection of drivers, since we obviously don't control the carriers choice of driver. The last thing we wanted was a customer's primary impression of us being a miserable git of a driver, so we started including packets of jelly babies with orders. Not many people can resist smiling when given jelly babies. But jelly babies get boring after a while, so we ring the changes, and a big favourite is the biccies.

Unless you have transgressed against the unwritten code, obviously. Then you get blacklisted. :)
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And and here's me thinking it was because you loved us.
 
Leo21 said:
And and here's me thinking it was because you loved us.
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There's a reason why there are signs up at Zoo's that say 'Don't feed the animals'

That's the same reason why Ray sends out goodies with his delivery's.
 
Sorry ray only just seen this, (on holls). Just a massive congratulations and good luck from me, it goes without saying , keep up the good work. So theres no change there then.
 
Congratulations, top man, Ray! All the best for the future!
 
I fear ive transgressed at some point. I can't believe I haven't :wink:
 
Congratulations Ray, we just need branches in the north now. ( in fact one in Northern Ireland where I am at the moment) as well
 
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