29 June 2017, 18:00 - 20:30
Ryder Architecture, Cooper's Studios, Westgate Road, Newcastle, NE1 3NN.
HomeServe Plc started from humble beginnings as FastFix on Osborne Road, Jesmond, and has grown with astounding success to its current position with a market capitalisation approaching £2bn and over 4,700 employees globally.
Leaving Procter & Gamble in the late 1980s, Jeremy Middleton and Richard Harpin, co-founders, set up an emergency property repair business called Fast Fix. After a difficult beginning, and with a brute determination to succeed, the business evolved into HomeServe PLC, now based in the West Midlands.
Jeremy remains on the Executive Committee, founded investment company Middleton Enterprises, received a CBE for charitable services in 2012 and remains a true advocate of the North East Region.
Join Jeremy to hear how HomeServe got started, what worked, what didn't, and what the future holds.
