For generations the funfair industry has been run by a small number of families that have organised the events then sublet the fairground to individual operators. In the past if anyone wanted funfair attractions at their events they only knew of these select few. With the advent of the internet this has all changed, we have put an immense effort into marketing our services and this has really paid off over the past couple of years.

Unfortunately the 'old' operators cant cope with competition, additionally they seem to feel that they have a divine right to control any funfair activity that becomes available. Not for the first time we have come up against another operator that feels we have no right to operate at an event and we've just received a phone call from a competitor telling us he is unhappy over our decision to attend the Yorkshire Carnival at Pateley Bridge. Know we have had calls like this in the past, but I must say this one was exceptionally civilised, usually they follow the Gary Cooper school of acting with a line something like 'This is my town' or 'if you don't leave we will run you out of townbut this time it was an amicable discussion. We indicated that we were not prepared to back down and the other guy accepted this, but no doubt he will make some attempt to prevent us attending the event.

Competition is part and parcel of any business, unfortunately some 'dinosaurs' don't accept this, 'Oh Well', dinosaurs rules the earth for millions of years, but you don't see many now.