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appropriate clothing , tooling , and vehicles to complete work to the highest standard .
“ One of the most gratifying things in my career is the amount of people who have remained with the company for years ,” Mike reflects . “ We ’ ve got a solid core of people who ’ ve been here for years , some of whom started over 20 years ago .”
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Mike is rewarding this loyalty by converting the company to a government-backed Employee Ownership Trust . “ I ’ ve had numerous people approach me wanting to buy Map and quite frankly , none of them excited me because I felt that everything within the business would change ,” he reveals . “ Whereas there ’ s no forced or required changes with an employee trust , which minimises my personal worry that staff would leave or be dismissed .
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