ANNOUNCEMENT: IMPORTANT CHANGES AT SHARK PERFORMANCE

Dear Briskodians

As a core community that have supported Shark Performance from the early days, we have decided to annouce our upcoming changes to the community first.

Some of my friends and customers of Shark Performance may already know, but for those of you who don't, I will be taking a large amount of leave through much of 2012. I will remain part of the management team at Shark Performance, however I will be stepping down from my role as Managing Director for a period of approximately 6 months, in order to deal with some medical problems.

Without getting too deeply in to the situation, I have a rare genetic illness which causes tumours in a select group of glands in the body. I now have four pancreatic tumours and this means that I will have to have an operation to remove it/them. The need for an operation has been underlying for some time and so far it has been possible to put it off, but the time has now come to tackle this stage of the problem which will mean some lengthy time off.

We have planned my temporary departure to ensure that we can continue to offer the wide range of services that we currently offer, and so that there will be a smooth transition between now and my return to work. Dates are yet to be confirmed but I will be attending the Autosport show along with the rest of the team at the beginning of the year, and shortly afterwards a full handover to Mikko will commence. I expect to be leaving sometime around mid February.

Throughout this time, Mikko will be picking up my role full time and will be based at our head office in Mansfield. Mikko has a huge amount of experience in running a workshop and of course tuning, and will continue in his current role as Technical Director heading up our technical operations as well as fulfilling my day-to-day role. This will ensure that business will continue as normal and our development work will not be affected.

We are also pleased to welcome another member to the team, Craig. Craig has joined the team as Operations Director. Craig brings with him a wealth of business experience and his role will focus on ensuring that the business runs well and efficiently. In my absence, Craig will also ensure that we can continue to offer a high level of customer service moving forward. Craig will take over the operational side of the business and will work closely with Mikko and the existing head office team.

So, in short, it's business as usual for Shark Performance, but there'll be a better looking man at the top and more staff to help you! Throughout my period of leave I will be relinquishing all day-to-day responsibilities to Mikko, Craig and the team and will therefore be off the radar for a while, to enable me to recover as quickly as possible.

I hope that you can continue to support Shark Performance in everything that we do, and while we are doing absolutely everything we can to ensure that all the loose ends are tied up, please bear with us all if any difficulties arise.

Best regards

Ben

Wishing you well with the op and I'm sure the team will do you credit.

All the best Ben, Wishing you a full & speedy recovery!

Wishing you all the best with everything mate.

There are times when you simply have to put yourself before work, no matter what.

All the best for the OP and a speedy recovery Ben

I wish you all the best and a speedy recovery.

Ben,

Good luck with the op. Hopefully the NHS will provide you with the same level of service that we have come to expect from SHARK and that you will back on your feet soon.

Matt

I can only echo everything which has already been said above, Ben

Health comes before everything else, take your time, and come back when you're good and ready

Sorry to hear your news.

Hope you have a speedy recovery Ben.

All the best

Definitely get well soon!

Hope you get well soon

All the best mate, I know Shark will be in safe hands with the team, get yourself well

Good luck Ben, hope you get things sorted and the op goes to plan.....Great guy ...........great company.....great remaps!

All the best Ben, my thoughts are with you.

Sorry to hear you ain't keeping well Ben , can't have been easy trying to work with with that on your mind,hope all goes well for you.

Wishing you a speedy recovery. Sounds like you are leaving your business in safe hands.

Good luck Ben with the Op

Good luck Ben, I wish you a speedy and successful return to business.

Dude, get well soon. Make sure Mikko keeps one eye on Rob

Take it easy mate and don't rush back early, your health is more important! Get well soon and good luck with everything!

As said before ben

You have the full team in place behind you with a great customer base. Your in good enough hands to not need to worry about work for a long time.

Wish you a speedy recovery and enjoy the rest, you need it with the crazy hours you work.

Get well soon fella, all the best

echoing everythign that has been said above, get well soon and all the best for the op.

Hope all goes well mate