The Foreign Secretary, The Rt Hon William Hague MP, accompanied by local Conservative MEP Candidate, Richard Ashworth and Mid Sussex MP, Nicholas Soames, visited Time 24 in Burgess Hill on Friday afternoon.
David Shore, Managing Director of Time 24, gave a short presentation to the Foreign Secretary before he visited the factory.
Commenting on the visit Nicholas Soames said; “William Hague was extremely impressed not only by the presentation given on the company’s current success, but on everything that he saw and heard about the future of this extraordinarily successful and important business.”
David Shore said; “We were so pleased that the Foreign Secretary could make the time to visit Time 24 in such a packed schedule that includes handling issues on the Ukraine, Syria and Nigeria. He was extremely well received and very rapidly engaged our workforce with great warmth and inclusivity”.
Richard Ashworth said; “I was delighted to join the Foreign Secretary in visiting Time 24, a shining example of individual entrepreneurship producing world class products, European contracts and South East employment.”