Occasionally, however, such investment makes such strong business sense that there is no need for agonising, just a consideration of the practical aspects in order to make it happen. An instance of this state of affairs can be found at Rawdon Optical, a BSI registered lab located to the north of Leeds, which has recently invested £1.5m in order to add anti-reflection coating capabilities to its lens repertoire.
'The decision made logical and sound business development sense,' comments Richard Crook, managing director of Rawdon Optical. 'Of course it has entailed a great deal of hard work and there is always a element of risk in any investment but if we want to continue to be a national and well supported laboratory - as we do - we have to be able to control our own destiny. In my opinion the risk to the business would be much greater if we did not make the investment now.'
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