4X4 Parts master and A Recipe For Success noted by minister as good examples of e-commerce with EU
Date published: 18th July 2003
A Recipe For Success and Suffolk company 4x4 Parts Master were noted by the government minister for Europe Dr Denis McShane, as a good example of exporting to countries new to the EU or about to join it.
In an exclusive interview with the East Anglian Daily Times, Dr Denis McShane said the general public would see a huge difference in the Government's approach to the anti-European set. "All over Europe there are areas where they don't accept or agree with the EU directives, but I don't believe, and I know Europe very well indeed, that you will find such xenophobic anti-European feeling within the opposition party and the media". He admitted the government had been 'backward in coming forward' when it came to stamping out the concentrated and highly organised voice of the 'xenophobic elements within parliament'.
Dr McShane was speaking outside BT's Adastral Park home on the outskirts of Ipswich. He is on a tour of 100 towns and cities across the UK in a bid to win over the hearts and minds of the UK business community, and it was clear that he would have his work cut out for him. 4x4 Parts Master and Suffolk company A Recipe For Success, which enables other companies to take advantage of the e-commerce explosion through its consultancy works, were invited to hear the minister speak as it is a good example of exporting to countries new to the EU or about to join it.
Duncan Mansfield, the co-founder of 4x4 Parts Master - a company which exports Land Rover parts all over the world using the website built and designed by ARFS, said he had been adamantly against the euro, but was now sitting on the fence. While it appeared that he might be moving towards acceptance of the euro, he said he needed to hear an extremely convincing argument to persuade him that the euro would have any benefit to him. " We work in a company where the customers are the end user. The currency is very much plastic. It really doesn't matter what they are paying in because it ends up in our bank account as pounds sterling. There also needs to be greater checks on who these people are. Last year we lost £5,000 to fraud alone. Short of spending £150 a time on a credit check there needs to be a simpler method of checking". He added: "40% of our turnover is generated by export sales to the US. We sell more to Argentina than to the whole of Europe. It is a huge market for us, you have to convince us that the European market is more important". Dr McShane's answer was: "You can argue the pros and cons endlessly, but in trading in one currency, there are ceasing to be any barriers. I am sure the bank helps itself to a little bit and the credit card helps itself to a little bit as well for moving one currency to the other and for the consumer it means not having to worry about using a different currency".
In an exclusive interview with the East Anglian Daily Times, Dr Denis McShane said the general public would see a huge difference in the Government's approach to the anti-European set. "All over Europe there are areas where they don't accept or agree with the EU directives, but I don't believe, and I know Europe very well indeed, that you will find such xenophobic anti-European feeling within the opposition party and the media". He admitted the government had been 'backward in coming forward' when it came to stamping out the concentrated and highly organised voice of the 'xenophobic elements within parliament'.
Dr McShane was speaking outside BT's Adastral Park home on the outskirts of Ipswich. He is on a tour of 100 towns and cities across the UK in a bid to win over the hearts and minds of the UK business community, and it was clear that he would have his work cut out for him. 4x4 Parts Master and Suffolk company A Recipe For Success, which enables other companies to take advantage of the e-commerce explosion through its consultancy works, were invited to hear the minister speak as it is a good example of exporting to countries new to the EU or about to join it.
Duncan Mansfield, the co-founder of 4x4 Parts Master - a company which exports Land Rover parts all over the world using the website built and designed by ARFS, said he had been adamantly against the euro, but was now sitting on the fence. While it appeared that he might be moving towards acceptance of the euro, he said he needed to hear an extremely convincing argument to persuade him that the euro would have any benefit to him. " We work in a company where the customers are the end user. The currency is very much plastic. It really doesn't matter what they are paying in because it ends up in our bank account as pounds sterling. There also needs to be greater checks on who these people are. Last year we lost £5,000 to fraud alone. Short of spending £150 a time on a credit check there needs to be a simpler method of checking". He added: "40% of our turnover is generated by export sales to the US. We sell more to Argentina than to the whole of Europe. It is a huge market for us, you have to convince us that the European market is more important". Dr McShane's answer was: "You can argue the pros and cons endlessly, but in trading in one currency, there are ceasing to be any barriers. I am sure the bank helps itself to a little bit and the credit card helps itself to a little bit as well for moving one currency to the other and for the consumer it means not having to worry about using a different currency".
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