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Ian Rawcliffe

Business Owner at <span class="not-italic font-text_font lg:text-[18px] text-[16px] font-bold claimed">Spring Forest Trading 476cc</span>
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Ian Rawcliffe, a seasoned business owner and technical director with 17 years of experience in furniture manufacturing, boasts a diverse skill set and education in cabinet making, sales, and marketing strategy.
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Credentials

  • Furniture Manufacture
    City & Guilds of London
    Sep, 1968
    - May, 2026

Experience

  • Spring Forest Trading 476cc
    • Honeydew, Johannesburg
    • Business Owner
      • Jun 2007 - Present
      • Honeydew, Johannesburg

      Owner and manager of Spring Forest Trading 476cc, furniture manufacturers.The company was opened in 2007 in the small Free State town of Clarens manufacturing bespoke domestic furniture, kitchens and fitted cupboards. The addition of established retail clients a couple of years later, necessitate...

  • Roodefurn (Pty) LTd
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Technical Director
      • May 1988 - Apr 2007
      • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
  • GF Holding (Contractors) Ltd
    • Manchester, United Kingdom
    • Workshop Supervisor
      • May 1987 - May 1988
      • Manchester, United Kingdom

      Workshop and site supervision for the Rank Organisation (cinema and bar installations)

  • J Schleiblecker & Son
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Factory Manager
      • May 1985 - Apr 1987
      • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

      Factory floor manager of +_ 65 staff for chair and contracts manufacture for the hospitality industry.

  • VHV Marine
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Cabinet Maker
      • May 1982 - Apr 1985
      • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

      Outfitting ocean going yacht interiors.

  • Roodefurn (Pty) Ltd
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Factory Manager
      • Aug 1979 - Apr 1982
      • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
  • Self Employed - Furniture Manufacture
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Small Business Owner
      • Feb 1977 - Jul 1979
      • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
  • AH Scheerer's & Sons
    • Johannesburg Area, South Africa
    • Workshop Foreman
      • Feb 1975 - Jan 1977
      • Johannesburg Area, South Africa

      Arrived in South Africa from United Kingdom in January 1975.I started as Cabinet Maker at the workshop and was promoted to Workshop Foreman.

  • J Brown & R Ball
    • Blackburn, United Kingdom
    • Apprenticeship
      • Sep 1968 - Aug 1973
      • Blackburn, United Kingdom

      Cabinet Making apprenticeship

Education

  • 1968 - 1972
    City & Guilds UK
  • 1964 - 1968
    Billinge Grammer School

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