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Connect Yorkshire Masterclass: From teacher to growing a multi-million pound company
16/06/2022
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Date: Thursday 16th June
Time: 09:00 for 09:30 till 11:00
From teacher to growing a multi-million pound company, whilst breaking boundaries along the way
Venue: Sugar Mill, Oakhurst Avenue, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7HL
Speaker: Fara Butt, Director at The Shire Bed Company
Fara will discuss her role in taking the company to the next level and the challenges she's faced along the way.
Time: 09:00 for 09:30 till 11:00
From teacher to growing a multi-million pound company, whilst breaking boundaries along the way
Venue: Sugar Mill, Oakhurst Avenue, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS11 7HL
Speaker: Fara Butt, Director at The Shire Bed Company
For our June Masterclass, we are delighted to be joined by Farkhanda Butt, Director of the award winning Shire Bed Company.
Having spent most of her working life as a secondary school teacher, Fara joined the family business in 2006, when turnover of the company was around £1million. Faras' vision and strategy have helped the company to grow and become a major manufacturer of beds and mattresses in the region.
Fara is the first chairman of The Furniture Makers’ Company’s Yorkshire and Central and a Liveryman of the City of London, is a main board member of the National Bed Federation (NBF) and chairperson of the NBF marketing committee. Fara was shortlisted for the Northern Asian Powerlist 2020.Having spent most of her working life as a secondary school teacher, Fara joined the family business in 2006, when turnover of the company was around £1million. Faras' vision and strategy have helped the company to grow and become a major manufacturer of beds and mattresses in the region.
Fara will discuss her role in taking the company to the next level and the challenges she's faced along the way.