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your home every month!at the time, but the business continued to grow. Also, there was no car parking. When we Jeremy said: ‘It was perfect
first moved here to Somerton Business Park 10 years ago, we went from 1,500 square feet to just under 10,000 square feet.
We rattled around like a pea in a drum for the first year, and now as you can see we’ve run out of space. We came up here with
seven staff, now we have 15.the business – sometimes one bit’s up and the other’s down. ‘There are different parts of
On the whole it’s pretty good. Business is looking bright.comfortable position, but it ‘We’re in a reasonably
has to keep growing. If it does keep growing we might have to look to expand into the empty factory next door.’
things planned for 2016: Wendy said: ‘We’ve got
we’ve produced a catalogue for the first time in 20-odd years. Doggy lifejackets are something we need to look at in the future
as we get so many calls for that. Another thing we’re going to introduce is a children’s lifejacket range for ages eight
upwards. We’ve had some material samples, and some of our existing designs for young, funky adults would
suit the teen range.and did a lot of her clothing for her last charity challenge. ‘We sponsor Natasha Lambert
That looked stunning – black on pink. If Natasha comes in everything has to be pink, it’s non-negotiable.
50 years, so we must be doing something right somewhere down the line. ‘We’ve been going for
We’re very passionate about our business.’A rogue’s gallery of rusty COhave had otherwise, and it brings people into their chandleries.’ 2 bottles found during lifejacket servicing
are inflated for a minimum of 12 hours. All items are washed with organic powder. Matt Barry, During the check-up, the lungs
service manager, said: ‘If the lung inflation fails we destroy them so there can’t be any problems. If we just repackaged it and gave it
back we would no doubt see it come in a year later.’ He added: ‘We’ve had a few lifejackets come in where they’ve obviously tinkered
with it themselves: the bottles are loose, and if they’d gone in the sea there would be problems. There’s nothing wrong with people
servicing their own lifejackets if they know what they’re doing. We’re happy to provide training. ‘If we get sent in a lifejacket
model we don’t recognise, we take photos as we take them apart. If the lung seems to be slowly deflating we inflate it again
and immerse in water, which normally brings to light any pin holes.’ (A common cause of holes is small pin badges.)
‘rogue’s gallery’ of rusty CObottles found during lifejacket inspections. Jeremy said: ‘It’s The SeaSafe website has a 2
common because some people don’t open them up or service them for years. The bottles get rusty and that rust becomes
jagged. Over time the jagged rust will puncture the lung. And you’re relying on that to save your life. It’s not ideal, is it?’
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