Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
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PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Alan Taylor
A.S. Taylor Transport Limited
Barton Turn Garage Barton Turn
Barton Under Needwood
Burton On Trent
Staffordshire
DE13 8EB


Dear Alan Taylor,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 4 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

A.S. Taylor Transport Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 28 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road
transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Cardwell
Delstron Systems Limited
Project House
58 Cross Street
Burton-On-Trent
DE14 1EF


Dear Mr Cardwell,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 5 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Delstron Systems Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 35 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years running
operations in transport and logistics, the last of them as Group Operations
Director, and I built and ran my own business for sixteen years before selling
it.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Rose
Bearing Transmission & Pneumatics Limited
8 Siddals Road
Derby
DE1 2PW


Dear Mr Rose,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 9 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Bearing Transmission & Pneumatics Limited came to my attention simply because
it has been trading for 42 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years
running operations in transport and logistics, the last of them as Group
Operations Director, and I built and ran my own business for sixteen years
before selling it.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Harpur
Harpur'S Coaches Limited
Unit 2 Wincanton Close
Off Ascot Drive
Derby
DE24 8NB


Dear Mr Harpur,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 10 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Harpur'S Coaches Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 23 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road
transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Cooper
Agricultural Requisites And Mechanizations Limited
Rydal House
Colton Road
Rugeley
Staffordshire
WS15 3HF


Dear Mr Cooper,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 12 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Agricultural Requisites And Mechanizations Limited came to my attention simply
because it has been trading for 79 years and is clearly well run. I spent
thirty years running operations in transport and logistics, the last of them
as Group Operations Director, and I built and ran my own business for sixteen
years before selling it.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Walters
Service Systems Limited
1 Tape Street
Cheadle
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST10 1BB


Dear Mr Walters,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 14 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Service Systems Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 42 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years running
operations in transport and logistics, the last of them as Group Operations
Director, and I built and ran my own business for sixteen years before selling
it.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Hayden
Rayden Engineering Limited
Wentworth House
Wentworth Street
Ilkeston
Derbyshire
DE7 5TF


Dear Mr Hayden,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 16 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Rayden Engineering Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 30 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years running
operations in transport and logistics, the last of them as Group Operations
Director, and I built and ran my own business for sixteen years before selling
it.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Archer
Haulmaster'S Limited
Haulmaster's Limited Allen End Garage
London Road
Middleton
Tamworth
Staffs
B78 2BP


Dear Mr Archer,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 18 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Haulmaster'S Limited came to my attention simply because it has been trading
for 38 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road transport
and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director running a fleet
of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Winfield
S.Winfield Limited
S.Winfield Ltd
Burdock Close
Hawks Green
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS11 7GB


Dear Mr Winfield,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 19 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

S.Winfield Limited came to my attention simply because it has been trading for
55 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road transport and
logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director running a fleet of
over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Blazier
Systems Technology Consultants Limited
Cauldon Locks
Shelton New Road
Stoke-On-Trent
Staffordshire
ST4 7AB


Dear Mr Blazier,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 23 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Systems Technology Consultants Limited came to my attention simply because it
has been trading for 29 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in
road transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Parnell
K. P. Parnell Transport Limited
Govan Road
Fenton
Stoke On Trent
Staffs
ST4 2RS


Dear Mr Parnell,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 23 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

K. P. Parnell Transport Limited came to my attention simply because it has
been trading for 46 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in
road transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Ball
Quality Glass (Stoke-On-Trent) Limited
Leek New Road
Cobridge
Stoke On Trent
ST6 2JY


Dear Mr Ball,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 25 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Quality Glass (Stoke-On-Trent) Limited came to my attention simply because it
has been trading for 50 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years
running operations in transport and logistics, the last of them as Group
Operations Director, and I built and ran my own business for sixteen years
before selling it.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Gibson
Keith Gibson Cars Limited
Keith Gibson Cars Limited
18 Station Road
Albrighton
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV7 3QG


Dear Mr Gibson,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 30 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Keith Gibson Cars Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 45 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road
transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Perry
Solid Swivel Company Limited(The)
Portersfield Road
Cradley Heath
West Midlands
B64 7BL


Dear Mr Perry,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 32 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Solid Swivel Company Limited(The) came to my attention simply because it has
been trading for 76 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in
road transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Doherty
Stoke Plant Hire Limited
Sovereign House
12 Warwick Street
Earlsdon Coventry
Warwickshire
CV5 6ET


Dear Mr Doherty,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 32 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Stoke Plant Hire Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 38 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road
transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Evans
Davy Engineering Limited
Stirling Road
Shirley
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 4NE


Dear Mr Evans,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 33 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Davy Engineering Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 37 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road
transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mrs Bolshaw
Bolshaw Industrial Powders Limited
Harrop House
Rainow
Nr. Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 5UU


Dear Mrs Bolshaw,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 34 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Bolshaw Industrial Powders Limited came to my attention simply because it has
been trading for 52 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in
road transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mr Quinn
John Quinn And Sons Car Transport Limited
Mundial House John Quinn & Sons Car Transport Ltd
Kiveton Park Station
Sheffield
S26 6NP


Dear Mr Quinn,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 37 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

John Quinn And Sons Car Transport Limited came to my attention simply because
it has been trading for 34 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years
in road transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations
Director running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport
Manager CPC since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Mrs Shakeri
Eurolynx Taxis Limited
297a London Road
Hazel Grove
Stockport
Cheshire
SK7 4PS


Dear Mrs Shakeri,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 40 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Eurolynx Taxis Limited came to my attention simply because it has been trading
for 30 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road transport
and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director running a fleet
of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton

Adrian Whetton
88 Station Road
Hatton
Derbyshire
DE65 5EH

ade.whetton@phwltd.com
[TELEPHONE — add before sending]


PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL — ADDRESSEE ONLY

Terrence Carnevale
Highway Recovery Limited
Norham House Mountenoy Road
Moorgate
Rotherham
South Yorkshire
S60 2AJ


Dear Terrence Carnevale,

I am writing to you directly rather than through an agent, because what I want
to ask is a personal question rather than a commercial one.

My name is Adrian Whetton. I live in Hatton, about 40 miles from you. I am
looking to buy and personally run one established local business - not to
invest in one, not to broker it, and not to strip it. One business, which I
would take on and continue.

Highway Recovery Limited came to my attention simply because it has been
trading for 45 years and is clearly well run. I spent thirty years in road
transport and logistics — the last of them as Group Operations Director
running a fleet of over 150 vehicles, and I have held a Transport Manager CPC
since 1994.

The question I wanted to put to you is this: have you given any thought to
what happens to the business when you decide to step back?

I ask because businesses like yours are often the hardest to hand on. They are
too small to interest the trade buyers and the private equity people, and too
valuable - and too full of other people's livelihoods - to simply wind up. A
great many end up closing not because they were failing, but because nobody
was there to take them over.

If that is a question you have already answered, please accept my apologies
for the intrusion and ignore this letter entirely.

If it is not, I would welcome a conversation - no obligation, complete
discretion, and no agents or brokers involved on my side. I am not asking you
to name a price or commit to anything. I would simply like to buy you a coffee
and hear about the business.

I should be straightforward about how such a purchase would be structured. I
am not arriving with a cheque for the full value on day one. What I would
propose is a structure paid substantially out of the business's own future
profits over an agreed period, secured properly in your favour, with you
staying on in whatever consultancy capacity suited you during the handover.
For the right business, that usually delivers the owner more in total than a
cash sale would - and it means the business, the name and the staff continue.

If you would like to talk, my number and email are above. If I do not hear
from you, I will not write again.

Yours sincerely,



Adrian Whetton