News in brief: Farnell golfs for charity; EmpireDirect MD honored and more
LEEDS-BASED engineering company Farnell has held its annual charity golf event at Leeds Golf Club to help raise money for Epilepsy Research UK.
More than £54,000 has been raised by these events over the last five years.
The event draws in players from all over England and this year Farnell’s new president Andy King and directors Andy Camm and Paul Horton were there to tee off, alongside 60 employees, associates and suppliers of Farnell.
Each hole on the 18-hole picturesque parkland course was sponsored by a supplier for £500.
Barry Fogal, a stock control manager at Farnell and an organiser of the event, said: “We chose Epilepsy Research following the death of a colleague’s son, who died from a seizure caused by epilepsy. The level of involvement that we get from employees and suppliers demonstrates not only a commitment to the charity but also to the company and people that they work with.”
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JASWANT Toor, managing director and founder member of the electrical firm, EmpireDirect, has received an honorary doctorate from Huddersfield University.
Born in the Punjab, India, he moved to Huddersfield at the age of eight.
After graduating he went into business with Madan Showan, a family friend, and together they opened a small shop in Bradford selling branded household electrical goods.
Today, EmpireDirect is the largest independent retailer in the UK.
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LIBRARY House has listed Sarian Systems as one of the Top Exits of the Year.
YFM backed the team in 2000, providing a range of financial, managerial and development advice at all stages in the companies development throughout the 8 years the investment was held.
In April 2008 YFM exited Ilkley based Sarian when it was acquired by US firm Digi International in a $30.5m sale.
