Lancashire Leaders: Life changing leadership

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Recycling Lives is a business like no other. Not only is it an extremely successful recycling business that reprocesses 10,000 tonnes of steel a month, it runs a charity programme with the prison service helping people get back in to employment and accommodation upon release.

“When I came here I really hit it off with founder Steve Jackson and loved the idea of making profits for the business and putting something back in to the community in terms of the charity, which helps homeless people get back in to employment.

"There’s a far more entrepreneurial approach here. It’s family-owned and they’re a phone call away so we can make really quick decisions and turn on a sixpence, and that’s something I really enjoy. We can implement new ideas immediately and respond to the market very quickly.”

Will says: “The biggest challenge we face is the metal market, especially with the uncertainties at TATA Steel. The whole market is suffering from a lack of demand and over-supply, so the challenge is continuing to grow through such a difficult market.