ALWAYS KEEP A SPARE!!!

Being the Managing Director of Beatson Fans & Motors wasn’t the original plan!! Or that’s what I kept telling myself!!

As a teenager all I wanted to be was a rock star!! I did it all; learned the electric guitar, did heavy metal bands with my school friends, went to college and even got a degree in music, joined a ‘proper’ band, toured the UK and Europe and gigged every weekend for 12 years!! Until it finally dawned on me that I was working un-sociable hours, chasing little bits of money up and down the motorway and not seeing enough of my beautiful wife and fantastic daughter. So I changed my life a lot in a short space of time and I have never looked back. I play my guitar for fun now, I dont have to play what I think people might like or whatever dross is in the charts. I play what I like!! I’ve even started writing again!! But there was one thing throughout all those years of gigging that I always had to make sure I never ran out of . Guitar strings!!!!!!

A guitar string only costs about 80p. A whole packet of guitar strings costs about £5.00. The potential earnings for one night’s gigging was about £300 (less agents fees, van, overheads and tax). but there was absolutely no way on God’s earth that I was going to lose out on a whole night’s work just for the sake of 80p. A concept in engineering, manufacturing and for business owners that seems completely alien!!

How many times in this industry have you heard ” But the whole plant is down and we’re losing £3000 a day!!!!” When it all rests on one small specialized motor or a wierd type of fan, that normally takes 4-6 working weeks from the manufacturer? the cost of which is probably less than half of a days turnover? Just have a spare!! then if that absolutely vital motor or fan does fail there won’t be any disastrous gaps in trade or manufacturing!! Less stress, less hassle, more profit in the long run!!

Have a think how you could prevent the inevitable. Have a good proper think. Do I need to call Beatson Fans and Motors?? 0114 2449955 or email them even on enquiries@beatson.co.uk I think so!!

Remember! Don’t cancel the gig over a broken string !!