What gets me out of bed in the morning?"I'll never know what the day’s going to bring; I could be sitting in a top London hotel or a greasy spoon down the road but I know I've got the chance to shape either one for the better."

Howard Pearson

Howard is one of our directors and reckons he has the perfect job helping our customers run their businesses better.  He goes about it in a very up-front way though – it’s his aim that we always do what we say we’ll do.

It was while helping out at a local care home when still at school that he got his first glimpse of how the whole catering operation worked, something which completely fascinated him.  Two years in the family construction business followed next, until Howard decided to hang up his hard hat and get a job in the hospitality industry, in a sales role with food wholesaler Booker Fitch. 

It wasn’t long before he was territory manager, territory which saw his path cross with John’s heartland in Leeds, although it was some years before the two were to work together. Instead, when the time came for a change of scenery, Howard jumped at the chance to run his own catering operation and took on a 160 cover eatery and garden centre business in Tong near Bradford, a great, hands-on opportunity.  

He sold the business having built it up and eventually landed at Watson & Phillips food service, a business that was eventually bought by Brakes.  Here, he met John again and, realising he wanted the chance to make proper business decisions of his own, decided to set up Lynx Purchasing together with John. They shook hands a decade ago, and have never looked back. 

What gets me out of bed in the morning:  “I’ll never know what the day’s going to bring; I could be sitting in a top London hotel or a greasy spoon down the road but I know I’ve got the chance to help shape either one for the better.”

Drop me a line at howard@lynxpurchasing.co.uk or call 07799 622642