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TEAM: (Left to right) Centre Managers Graham Pearce and Greg Foxon with Franchisee Colin May
up. Of course there are reservations but, you know what, I’m going into it and my mindset will be, let’s see what hurdles present themselves.’” It sounds as if there would have been a slim chance of holding Colin back as he said to his wife “If we manage to clear those hurdles, then we’ll be there.” “From that conversation until eight and a half weeks later, no great hurdles had presented themselves that I couldn’t get over and we were set to go.” That was in April. In that time, Colin has made a big impression on his new centre manager and MSSTs. Team effort Graham Pearce, who has been Centre Manager at Pirtek Harlow since
mid-2017 says, “It’s great to have a positive force behind us, driving us all – from the managers, to the admin staff to the engineers.
Greg Foxon, Centre Manager of Pirtek Basildon says, “The transition has been very smooth – and I think that’s down to
Colin, his positives filter down through me to the guys. I’ve spoken to a couple of people here in Harlow and they’ve said it’s a great environment to be in already.
‘The transition has been very smooth’
“We’ve put changes in place here, meaning we work in exactly the same way as Basildon. Anybody could step straight out of Basildon
into the Harlow depot and it would run the same way. Accounts and ordering now work in the same way over both centres, we work as one – almost like a six-van enterprise.” Graham is more ambitious than that, however. “I’d like to see four vans running out of both centres. I think the work’s there, you’ve just got to go and find it.”
“It feels like a family business. It’s a close-knit team we’ve got, with both experience and new blood. The way Colin’s built the business at Basildon, he’s made everyone’s little bit of the business their own. The MSSTs have their vans. That’s what they take care of and have pride in.”
Responding to his centre managers, Colin chips in, “I think it’s really important
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