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BUSINESSM50M50
HEALTH-conscious con-sumers will be delighted to learn that Dee’s Wholefood Burgers will soon be available at select SuperValu and Cen-tra outlets across Ireland.
Widely-recognised as being one of the most suc-cessful business ideas show-cased on last season’s Drag-ons’ Den, Dee’s Eat Well, Be Happy range has been stead-ily growing in popularity ever since the show aired.
Dee’s organic Omega Burger and Dee’s organic Spicy Bean Burger will be stocked in the chilled section of many of the Musgrave-owned supermarkets and
convenience stores.The award-winning range
is considered unique because Dee’s products are made from natural, non-processed ingredients such as pro-tein- rich seeds, wholegrains and vegetables – the type of simple ingredients that you would find in your kitchen.
Dee’s burgers are not just meat-free, but also wheat-free, gluten-free and made without using dairy ingre-dients, soy or eggs. As the range has no added salt or sugar, the burgers are proving extremely popular with par-ents looking for meal options for their children.
A FOODIE SUCCESS STORY ...
Dragons’ gaze brings new opportunities
Q: When you were a kid, what did you want to be?A: A naval officer, like my cousin,
Liam
Q: What was your first job?A: After leaving school, as a trainee
accountant, although I worked in a
nightclub at weekends while at school
Q: And your first pay cheque?A: £56 per week (and that was before
any tax deductions!) as a trainee – train-
ees have it really good these days, they
earn about nine and ten times that now
Q: How many people do you have to talk with every day?A: It varies from day to day, and from
job to job
Q: What is the greatest thrill of your working week?A: When a former client returns to our
practice because they found that the
firm they left us for either did not look
after them as well as we did, or they
found us to be better than the other
firm
Q: And what part of your job do you dislike the most?A: At the moment being asked to
liquidate insolvent companies, because
everybody is losing out. Even though it’s
still business for us, it is very disheart-
ening, as we are dealing with former
employees who have lost jobs and
livelihoods, directors whose personal
guarantees are being called in by the
banks and who may lose their homes,
and creditors who are unlikely to see
much (if any) of the money they are
owed by the company being liquidated
– there is a very human side to account-
ants, which we don’t often get credit for
Q: What car do you drive?A: A Saab 93
Q: Can you swim?
A: Yes, I regularly swim three times a
week
Q: Would you ever bungee jump? A: I very much doubt it
Q: Do you play any sport? A: Well, my rugby days are over unfor-
tunately, and I just don’t get golf, but I
really do enjoy sailing with friends out
in Skerries, whatever the weather
Q: What is your favourite food and drink?A: A good Balti, a home-made La-
sagne, or a beef stew – washed down
with Fuller’s India Pale Ale, or Timothy
Taylor Ale
Q: Who would you rather have dinner with, Brian O’Driscoll or Brian Cowen?A: Brian O’Driscoll – we could boast
to each other about our rugby injuries
and scars
Q: How many times each week do you go to the ‘hole in the wall’? A: Hardly ever – I’m a laser and Visa
man, I’m not into carrying cash around
Q: How many times each year do you
shop for clothes? A: Probably only once really, and it’s
usually on-line
Q: What is the name of your favourite shop?A: Coolers Off-Licence in Ongar – they
don’t mind making the effort to find
and stock lesser-known drinks if you
ask them to – they really understand
what it means to be in business and
how to look after customers
Q: How many pairs of shoes do you own? A: Not sure, but definitely less than my
wife
Q: Where is your favourite holiday destination? A: Malta, Orlando and Scotland
Q: When do you wish to retire? A: When I’m not able to enjoy my
present work anymore
Q: What will you do then? A: Head off to the Virgin Islands, and
either buy that yacht or start those
novels!
Interview: Andrew Bonehill – Principal, Hanley Morgan Cooper
Q&A
Taking accountANDREW Bonehill is the principal accountant at Hanley Mor-gan Cooper in D15.
In addition to servicing the usual demands from its business customers, the firm is currently also very busy looking after pri-vate individuals who are not in business, but who are, instead employees of other businesses. This is as a result of the firm now offering a Personal Tax Back facility to all PAYE workers in the Dublin 15 area.
Andrew says: “We’re delighted with the amount of inter-est we have had from the public so far. The processing of the paperwork fits naturally into our existing internal processes for the other tax work we do, so it just made sense for us to offer this service to the general public. Why restrict your client base to businesses and companies, when there are hundreds of work-ing people out there who are paying too much tax, not claiming their full entitlements, but don’t know where to go for help?”
1 & 8 August 2010 GAZETTE 27
Andrew Bonehill, principal accountant
Sadhbh Gash-rudy, from Grange, and Deirdre Collins
from Veggie Burgers in the English Market to celebrate
the achievement of eight innovative Cork food companies
MATERIAL World, a retailer of designer curtain and upholstery fabrics, has launched one of Ireland’s first online fabric stores.
Sourcing all of their cur-tain and upholstery fabrics, tiebacks, fringing and acces-sories directly from the man-ufacturers and mills across
the globe, they now provide their full range online at www.materialworldireland.com.
With 25 years experience of fabric retailing, Peter and Paula Whyte have built a reputation as one of Ireland’s premier suppliers of designer quality fabrics.
It’s a Material World