by miltiades » Wed Sep 25, 2019 11:23 am
I qualified in 1971, age 25. Originally I wanted to study law or medicine, however both of these options precluded my desire to earn dosh by working. I never liked accountancy, somehow I considered accountants as rather boring and petty.
My first job was with a subsidiary company of UDT( United Dominion Trust). Within a year I had discovered that the GM of this subsidiary motor trade company in collusion with the then accountant was defrauding the company. Cut a long story short the GM was fired. A call came from the MD of UDT offering me the job of General manager, my salary would then go up to £6000 pa, this was in 1972, good dosh and also 3% ot TP ( Trading Profit)
I allready had a company car but as a GM I could give my self any car that I cared for !!
That was effectively the end of my Accountancy career . Boy did I invent some wonderful recepies to push TP ....sky high !!
By the way as s GM I met Ilias of Ilia hotel, who was also in the motor trade. A good man and a terrific business man.