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A modern fairytale

By Ross Williams

Alpha Contracts Leasing Ltd

IF you are sitting comfortably then I’ll begin.

A long time ago, in a county not too far away… there were two young ladies who worked for a local car dealer group renting vans and cars to local businesses. They did this quite successfully and then began providing long-term hire, something called a lease. One evening, following some light refreshments, they decided they would rather be working for themselves than the garage owner, who was a man with a black top hat, curly moustache, a cane and an evil laugh, you know the type. The next day, despite feeling slightly tired after the previous day’s exertions they remembered the conversation and Alpha Contracts Leasing Limited was born. And that was twenty years ago!

The years that followed were exciting for the two young ladies, they bought a Network Franchise, an exciting development from Barclays bank, and this became the cornerstone of their embryonic business and indeed remains so to this very day.

The girls’ business started to grow rapidly and they needed more help so they employed some staff, which, dear readers, you will know is a very straightforward thing to do! The girls persevered and employed top quality people, who still work in the company today.

In the meantime, the young ladies were courted by a number of handsome suitors and, in the way these things happen, they each chose their own Prince Charming, settled down and started families.

By now the company was located in an old shoe factory in Northampton, which attracted local businesses to their offices where they supplied working tradesmen with lots of vans who really liked dealing with the young ladies and their colleagues. Eventually they outgrew the haunted gothic factory and moved to a more rural location in Upton Mill. By this time they were also dealing with bigger companies and leasing vehicles on behalf of the big banks and finance companies. My word, how much the company had grown in a very short time.

The girls, still employing the best people they could find, were joined by a wise old head from the nearby county of Warwickshire. This experienced scribe (your humble correspondent) brought the average age of employee up and took the aggregate years of experience within the company to over 100 years of vehicle hire and leasing expertise.

If you would like to congratulate Lynette Randall and Sam Miles, for they are the two young ladies in question, on achieving 20 years of business success, a mighty milestone you will agree, then they would love to receive anything with bubbles in it, or chocolate. They would especially appreciate shortbread in any form. As you can see they are not without vices!

More than any of that they would love to hear from any local business that would like to help them achieve another 20 years of trading, so why not give them a call to say ‘Congratulations’ and speak to the team at Alpha Contracts Leasing Limited on 01604 756620.

Oh, I nearly forgot to mention that they all lived happily ever after!

A belated Happy Birthday ladies and safe motoring!

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