Showers boss shares secrets of success

Stockport businessman Tony Hughes is helping to spearhead a campaign to promote the contribution small companies can make in the economic recovery.

At the inaugral meeting of the Forum of Private Businesses in the Houses of Parliament, the managing director of Hughes Safety Showers, a world leader in emergency safety showers, outlined his approach to business to a group of MPs and business owners.

Hughes offered advice on surviving difficult trading conditions and how to make the most of new opportunities when the economy recovers. He emphasised the important role played by small companies in Britain and suggested ways in which many could learn from his experience.

He also emphasised the moral responsibility of successful businesses to pass on the benefit of their experience to help other SMEs.