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Written by Peter Church on Nov 12, 2020 8:30:00 AM 35 years ago, Back to the Future was the highest-grossing film in cinemas, Live Aid raised £150 million for famine relief in Ethiopia, the wreck of the Titanic was found, Microsoft launched Windows 1.0…and FB Chain was established in the UK. On …
Written by Peter Church on Sep 11, 2020 9:15:00 AM There have been a lot of headlines recently about Boris Johnson’s drive to get more people back to the office – and while it might not be appropriate for all businesses, the time feels right for us. This week our commercial team at FB …
Jim, who has worked at FB Chain for over 25 years, was praised for his vital work in the field of chain safety. Dedicated to improving the quality and safety of industrial chain products and manufacturing processes for all, Jim regularly attends the esteemed BSI Technical Policy Committee meetings and …
JCB, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers, has reported record annual revenues and profits for the financial year 2011-2012. Revenues for the Staffordshire-based company rose 37pc to £2.75bn in 2011, whilst earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation reached £355m in comparison with £235m last year. These figures are the …
Managing director of FB Chain Peter Church says the unfolding horse meat scandal should make every company – particularly those supplying safety critical components – review their product recall systems. Like many others, I have followed the unfolding ‘horse meat scandal’ with a mixture of amusement and horror. Only time …
Peter Church: “I could eat a horse. In fact, I probably have.” Read More »
Peter Church, managing director of industrial chain supplier FB Chain, reflects on whether it really is possible, or even desirable, to be a ‘specialist in everything.’ Today I followed a van down the M1 that had a sign written in large red letters on the back saying “specialist in” and …
Peter Church: “Specialist in everything – really?” Read More »
FB Chain started life in Eskilstuna, Sweden in 1870 – but it’s fair to say that when the UK subsidiary opened in 1985, our mindset was initially a lot more Anglo than Swedish. Before I started working for FB my knowledge of Swedish culture was limited to the usual stereotypes …
My job involves a lot of travel. Over the last eight weeks, I’ve spent just seven nights at home, but somehow still managed to fit in a family holiday in Cyprus. It was wonderful to spend some quality time with my wife and children and the weather was a huge …
In 2011 I made a commitment to taking on one new apprentice every year for the next 5 years and we are about to take on our third. When discussing this with other business principals I am often told I must be mad. How can I spare the time to …
On our office wall we have a cartoon of a machine gun salesman trying to sell a gun to a medieval knight heading off to battle with his sword. The knight says that he doesn’t have time to speak with the machine gun salesman as he has a battle to …