Malcolm Proves He's Fantastic with Plastic ; Hard Work and Determination Pay Off for Dad Hit by Redundancy

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BEING made redundant four times in as many years would be enough to demoralise most people.

But father-of-two Malcolm Harris has shrugged off his misfortune to launch a successful distribution business. Sales at Bignall End- based Polymech, which distributes engineering plastics, reached Pounds 100,000 in 2008 and Mr Harris is on target to beat that figure this year. The 57-year-old set up the firm in 2007, juggling launching his own company with two part-time jobs and a business management degree at Staffordshire University.

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Malcolm Proves He's Fantastic with Plastic ; Hard Work and Determination Pay Off for Dad Hit by Redundancy

Polymech's success means he can now concentrate solely on the business, but Mr Harris says the 20-plus-hour days he was putting in at the start have paid off. He said: "...

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