Lusky

British Leyland used to have some bad examples, I remember both Marina and Allegro had a "special" model that wasn't, but the worst one was an Allegro Equipe at least I think that's what they called it, to try and make the 1750 Allegro sporty!! It didn't work.

Black trousers, branded shirts and fleeces, no ties work well for us.

We close on Monday night, for 24/25/26, then open 27/28/29/30 and 31 but only to 2pm, then everyone is back on the 2nd. We do weekend hours on 27 and 30 and the workshops admin parts just have a skeleton staff. As for bonus, party etc, that used to be easy when we only had one franchise and less than 20 staff, but now we are 40, but we had the same party, hotel in Leeds with other companies, and I offer a room at the hotel free or pay for the taxi home, and have a good night, I think we all deserve it, and for a bonus this year I spent a few quid on a prize draw and everyone got at least a drink or a big tin of chocs, and the lucky ones got an I pad, TV, hamper etc. They should all get a bonus at our year end too. I cant do it without them, so I share it about.

We all mug in together, my desk is in an open office, everyone talks to everyone all the time, we dont have a divide between any members of staff, we are all the same, but just do different jobs. It seems to work, and everyone seems to enjoy the open management style. Offices are where people hide, so dont have them!!!! We have our lunch on the run, where ever and when ever we get a couple of minutes.