This has been an excellent year for the company, with sales well above our original forecasts, and the big increase in profits has enabled us to reduce our borrowings from the bank. Most of the Improvement has been in our exports to overseas customers, and this is partly due to better Market research. Our performance in the home market remains rather run-of-the-mill,
But there are encouraging signs that we are beginning to do better in this area too. Only three or four years ago, we were regarded as the lame ducks of the industry , So this has been a remarkable turnaround in the company’s fortunes.