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Sarah is Operations Director at Papaya Trading Ltd, a family-owned furniture wholesale business which she and her husband, Graham, took over in 2014 when its turnover was under £100,000 per annum! Over the past 10 years they have built a business supplying interior oak furniture from UK wholesale stock to retailers all over the UK as well as a growing container-only garden furniture business under their brand Sunnii Lifestyle. Papaya is a customer-focussed business: sales, after-sales, product design and bespoke services are all configured around each and every one of Papaya’s ever-growing customer base.
Sarah has over 25 years of experience in the furniture industry. Running the business on a day-to-day basis requires a host of skills and expertise. Her specialist skills include:
- Financial management: cashflow management, debtors, costing in a multi-currency business, financial planning for growth.
- Import/export: shipping, overseas payments, due diligence
- Product Development
- Regulation: EUTR, packaging, import/export
Outside work Sarah spends time with her family and labrador Ruby at their home in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside and is a Governor at Giggleswick School.