Birmingham Business School (UCE) 1995. A crucial aspect of the NVQ4 was work placement, accordingly, the school maintained links with the local business community who could take advantage of the skills and expertise available in mature students who in turn benefitted from maintaining experience in the work environment, the long term hope, of course, was that the student would be offered a permanent position.
It was whilst I was working towards the NVQ4 Management at the Business School when a call came in from The Reliant Motor Co. they needed urgent procurement expertise following the recent resignation of their buyer, I fitted the bill and following a short meeting I started work, it was a testing time for me trying to maintain a flow of essential parts and materials to a company that didn't have a strong credit standing, the first letter that landed on my desk was from the company's supplier of hoods for it's small Scimitar and Sabre sports cars giving notice they no longer would be supplying after a specified date, Reliant were buying small volumes which made the challenge even greater.
I lived in Sutton Colfield so the journey along the Tamworth Rd of some 7 miles to the Two Gates factory was no hardship, it was a journey I had travelled many times previously - my first house after getting married in 1972 was close to the Reliant factory.
Little did I know what lay in store for me.
Peg.