ShannonsGardenCentre.co.uk
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The landscaping company was started in 1959 by Henry Shannon who saw the need for a company that provided good service and good standards of work. It was a hard life in those days as there were no machines to dig, load or move materials around as there are today.
The company, as others were, was extremely reliant on its workforce and Henry was fortunate to find the best. Not long over from Ireland he found that many of his own relations along with others were best suited to the work as they all had farming backgrounds and were used to the work. This paid off and many of the employees stayed with the company for twenty years or more. The work then and throughout the sixties, seventies & eighties was generated by the Greater London Council, the Inner London Education Authority and the various local councils throughout the London area.
The demise of the GLC and ILEA along with the cut backs in spending that affected all councils in the eighties meant that the same number of firms were chasing fewer and fewer contracts. Henry realized that this could not continue and looked for alternative business opportunities.
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