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Diesel Repair Shop Rescued from Sand-Up-Hill Country

A top sales engineer deciding on a change of lifestyle takes over a diesel repair business. As the business heads into liquidation, his wife discovers the way out

After two days’ conducting workshops for 40 business clients of an accounting practice, I was ready to fly home, when John, one of the partners, said, “There’s one client I really wanted to attend the workshop. He needs it more than any of the others, but he refused on the grounds he was too flat-out.”

The accountant sighed, then said, “Fact is, he is heading down the tubes faster than a rabbit down a burrow and needs help badly. ...

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