I BET THE FARM

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>This is the story of how a farmer from the Isle of Arran in Scotland's Firth of Clyde started a business trading in shellfish which grew within a few years from small beginnings into a major player in its market.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>On the way he faced a plethora of bureaucratic challenges some of which threatened the viability and even the survival of the business necessitating arguments and even battles with multiple regulatory authorities.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1); background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>All this was while being conscious of the financial risks involved in a business which paid for its purchases on the nail yet had to wait weeks for payment for its sales. This required massive borrowing for a business secured against a working farm in an industry notorious for bad debt.</span></p>