Ilford Purchased by Pemberstone Ventures Ltd

There was a lot of speculation at the Harman sale thread:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Likely we are going in circles here.


Anyway I would like to see him back here. In whatever appearance.

Ricardo Miranda said:

Hi

I know it is buried on page 14 of a huge thread, but this is the news that Simon had left Harman/Ilford: (there was a url link here which no longer exists)

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I missed that, thanks for posting it. Much appreciated !

Sitting on a Tropical Island with no internet distractions...

Since he was Director of Marketing, and getting better at marketing to a new generation is one of their talking points, I suspect his departure may not have been on the most pleasant of terms.

pbromaghin said:

Since he was Director of Marketing, and getting better at marketing to a new generation is one of their talking points, I suspect his departure may not have been on the most pleasant of terms.

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I'd suggest that is entirely unwarrented speculation. Simon was one of the four-or-five ex-directors who took the risk of financing the management buyout about 10 years ago....having pulled-round the company and run it successfully since then, it seems evident from the public information readily available (via Companies House, etc.) that they simply thought it was time to realise their efforts and investments. (And none of us are getting younger, everyone hopes to retire at some stage!)

And, as I said above, a simple confidentiality clause is absolutely normal in such a situation. I left as a director of a company about 15 years ago, perfectly amicably (still have lunch with the present directors occasionally), but the agreement at the time prevented me from disclosing any information concerning the business, or setting up in competition to the new owners. Totally standard procedure.

+1,000

railwayman3 said:

It may very well be that, under the terms of the sale, there is a confidentiality clause which prevents Simon commenting on any matters relating to Ilford/Harmon or their products and activities after his leaving the company. This would be standard procedure in any business sale or takeover.

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Yes, very likely.

I have a wild suspicion. He and cliveh are actually one and the same, and Simon's leaving Harman has freed him to post all those questions he has wanted to ask in the past, but didn't dare.

Can you prove me wrong?

I too wish he would drop in and just post about how much he likes Ilford Delta 3200.

Of course, now that he might have to pay retail :devil:.....