Please help a local family business ruined by theft...

Hi, my name is Paul and I am reaching out to you to ask you to help my family. While I know that many are facing challenges, I am hoping that with your support, they can weather this storm and keep going.

L Dempsey Tree and Garden Care is a small, local family business that employs just two people: Leon, who has over 30 years of experience in arboriculture, and Harrison, my eldest son, who is learning the trade and is set to eventually take over the business.

After many years of hiring a woodchipper for larger jobs, Leon was thrilled earlier this year to be able to afford to invest in a chipper of their own.

Since then they’ve made incredible progress together. Harrison has gained the skills needed to take on more complex work, and thanks to both their hard work, and their new equipment the business was starting to blossom.

Unfortunately, during the early evening of Sunday 8th December thieves broke through a security-controlled barrier and stole essential towable equipment with a replacement value of approximately £9'000.

The guy's have now had to cancel a huge amount of work, leaving customers disappointed and them both with absolutely no income going into their family household as we approach Christmas.

As the equipment had to be kept away from the business address (lack of space) it was exorbitantly expensive to insure, and so the guy's chose a secure location and added chains and wheel clamps to try to prevent theft.

These losses have literally set the business back years, and without your help they may not be able to recover at all.

Please accept our sincere heartfelt gratitude for any help you can provide, and Merry Christmas to you all!

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News of the theft was published in one of the local newspapers:

https://www.harboroughmail.co.uk/news/crime/its-our-whole-family-income-gone-thieves-steal-chipper-and-trailer-from-lutterworth-business-4901729#Echobox=1733757929