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The team for a London to Brighton Bike ride. Sten Chesser (Keep Able), Peter Salt (Salt & Sons), BSTA Secretary Ian Sherwood, Peter Greenwood (Sidhil) and Philp Salt (Salt & Sons). The team completed the 58 mile trip and raised £1600 for the British Heart Foundation.
Bulletin having raised an additional £1 million to fuel expansion plans. The investment came from County Natwest Ventures and 3i. The company had opened a 10,000 square foot retail outlet in Brentford in 1989, with a head of ce in Wellingborough.
An issue that retailers such as Keep Able were grappling with at the time related to VAT. The Rehabilitation Products Section was leading the discussions and trying to clarify the confusion as local of ces applied different interpretations to the regulations which had the potential to create arti cial competition, with one outlet charging VAT on an item and another not.
The number of member companies was now 184 but with 330 section representatives - a number of companies being members of several sections.
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