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AND FINALLY
Jason Williams,
Managing Director,
Cura Technical
60 seconds with…
50
What’s currently having the greatest
impact on your business?
Two headlines, firstly, Brexit. Even though
90 per cent of our income is in sterling,
most of our purchasing costs are related to
the impact of the euro or yen, we’ve been
impacted by the near 20 per cent decline in
the value of sterling this year.
Thus, the industry has seen most if not
all OEMs pass this uplift on predominately
in parts and consumables. These additional
costs we are finding it prohibitive to pass
on, and with compounding human resource
costs such as auto enrolment, this is putting
many organisations in our market under
sustained pressure. The second headline
which I see will have an impact across our
market this year is preparation to be fully
compliant with GDPR.
Where do you see the next big
opportunity?
Again two opportunities – one GDPR,
as well as I see it, this is going to cause
an impact, I do feel this will benefit
organisations such as Cura, as we have
always been heavily compliant with
ISO, Safe Contractorship as well as just
attaining Cyber Essentials PLUS, these
differentiators makes Cura unique as it is
becoming ever more challenging for service
companies to adhere and attain these
accreditations with the substantive and
ongoing investment that’s required to be
fully compliant.
The other opportunity I feel is
forthcoming and that excites me the most
is the ongoing development of additive
manufacturing, more commonly known as
3D printing.
What would make your day job
easier?
Another one hour on each day.
What’s the best bit of business
advice you’ve been given?
Turnover – Vanity
Profit – Sanity
Cash – REALITY
!
If you had had a crystal ball, would
you have done anything differently?
Yes, wished I bought 100 dollars of Bitcoins
in May 2010!
Describe your most embarrassing
moment.
In my early twenties I went on a coach trip
for a day to France where in the morning
rush I inadvertently put on a pair of my
girlfriends’ “drain-pipe” jeans, shall we just
say whilst on the journey I realised how
rather tight they were. Suffice to say the
whole coach enjoyed the journey at my
expense.
What was your first job?
Stacking shelves at Waitrose..
What would be your dream job?
I like to think that I have it! I’m privileged
to be leading a very talented team to be
one of the leading IT service companies in
our market.
Fine dining and good wine, or curry
and a pint?
I’ve been very lucky in eating at some
excellent restaurants in my time, however
you can’t beat a curry and a Cobra.
Money’s not an issue, what’s your
perfect car… and where would you
like to drive it?
Triumph Stag, traveling the Garden Route
from Cape Town to Port Elizabeth.
Favourite holiday destination.
Cape Town, South Africa.
How do you like to spend your
spare time?
With my children watching them both
play cricket.
