Cut to Ribbons

October 25th

Running a successful business requires a good business plan, a lot of hard work and careful financial planning. As Brett Gillespie from Computer Sashes and Rosettes explained; “I am sure no one had an outbreak of EI in their business plan. At Computer Sashes and Rosettes, we are fully committed to providing excellent customer service along with value for money and the highest degree of individuality in our range of award sashes, ribbons and rosettes. Our sashes and rosettes are available in over 60 colours and our products are awarded annually to competitors at the Sydney, Auckland, Hobart, Launceston, Darwin and Geelong Royal Shows as well as nearly all major equine, dressage and showjumping societies. We proudly manufactured sashes and rosettes for the Sydney 2000 Olympic Equestrian events.

This is normally our busiest time however show after show are canceling their orders due to EI. At this stage we look to be severely impacted until January with almost 80% of our work gone. We can keep the business ticking over with dog and cat shows and a little bit of help from the Government, but it is really just a token gesture. We are holding our breath until after the Cup, when we might start to get some answers to when things might start to return to some normality.

Sydney Show is one of our biggest orders, taking over a week to produce, their order normally comes in soon but unfortunately my crystal ball is on the blink, and I have no way of know what the future holds. Hopefully things start to pick up at the end of the year and I can work over Christmas when we normally have holidays.

We like people to order four weeks in advance but at the moment we are recommending people order ribbons without the date on them, then they are guaranteed to get their order and be able to use them now or if the show is cancelled later down the track.”

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