I’m a Uttoxeter resident, entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded and runs a successful global company with nearly 300 employees, headquartered in Staffordshire.

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I like to think that we look after our employees and are a positive force generally. I volunteer my time as a Non-Executive Director of a Youth-Work Charity, and recently I volunteered to advise on a Staffordshire Business Chamber Advisory Board. I’ve previously given talks at local schools and academies and volunteer at Uttoxeter sporting events.
I strongly believe that we all want a better society where people thrive and also where those less fortunate than ourselves are looked after. Equally we all need thriving businesses and organisations to provide products and services that we rely on (or simply enjoy) day to day. Not forgetting those same organisations provide vital, productive employment.
We all benefit from a healthy environment. We should act respectfully to our local environment and so we do not throw litter on the street for others to clear up, and in the same way we simply need a system of incentives so businesses are encouraged to also act respectfully of their environment and society in general. If companies can profit more by allowing our rivers to become polluted, then clearly we have got something wrong. (And it really can’t be the case that having acted badly for decades, those same businesses expect us to pay to clear up their mess).
It seems to me that if we can agree fundamental principles such as the above, and agree to work sensibly together to solve the issues, then solutions can be found. What I don’t believe will work is to seek to point the finger at those less fortunate than ourselves as being to blame for all our problems.
I’m currently treasurer of your local East Staffordshire Green Party. Come along to one of our monthly meetings to see what we’re all about, even if you’re only currently thinking about joining or helping.