20. The history of the company.
Harper
and Grant Ltd. Started 42 years ago by Ambrose Harper and Wingate
Grant. Wingate Grant died and his son Hector is the Managing
Director, Ambrose Harper is the Chairman. He is semi-retired but he
comes to the office and attends the board meetings. The company began
to produce steel wastepaper bins for offices. As smoking in offices
became widespread steel bins were in demand. As they are safer than
the old ones made of straw. Wintgate Grant always believed that luck
turned business into success or failure. H and G Ltd. became
successful when they got a big contract to supply government offices
with steel wastepaper bins.Later H and G Ltd began to produce office
equipment: desks, chairs, cupboards and smaller objects. All of them
are made of pressed steel. H.G believes that he knows the best way to
run a business. However, his nephew Peter Wiles (Production Manager)
and John Martin (Sales Manager) are more adventurous. They want to
treble business. So they are planning to introduce new business
techniques and increase export.