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DownsMail Advertisement feature Someone who loves their homework “I offer a full range of newproducts and


repair services for all computers and networks. Repairs are normally turned around within 24 hours, or can be done overnight if necessary. Living on the premises allowsme to operate fromearly morning till late every day and I am happy to make site visits during the day, evening or weekend.”


“Whether you need a new screen for


your personal laptop or a complete solution for your business, I can help.”


AFTER suffering years of commuting coupled with unsatisfactory working environments, George Georgiou finally found the answer to his problems - at home!


It is now seven years since he made the


key decision to start his own computer services business in Grove Green.


He explained: “My goals for the


business are simple; provide high quality computer services for business and domestic users in Kent, at a fair price.


“I take customer satisfaction very


seriously as I want customers to recommend me to their friends, family and colleagues, and I want repeat business.


Of course, all this is a long way


removed from his schooldays spent building portable transistor radios in his spare time. Later, George studied at technical college for five years to gain an HNC in electrical and e l e c t r o n i c engineering.


and 1980s, integrated circuits


During the 1970s and


companies,Wang and DEC, that Iworked for in the ‘80s and ‘90s for a total of 14 years, disappeared.”


“Like others in a similar position, I


ended up chasing fewer and fewer job opportunities, often requiring less skill and ending in redundancy soon after, when the business failed.


“Finally, having endured a number of


IT contracts that required long distance commuting, periods away from home and working environments embroiled in endless politics, I sought more satisfying work.”


That was in early 2004 when he started his home-based business.


”Whether you need a new screen for your personal laptop or a complete solution for your business, I can help.”


mi c roproc e s sor s revolutionised the design of computers. By the mid-90s many of the large companies that had led computer development, had gone out of business.


He said: “Two of the world’s most successful and innovative computer


He explained: “Although I work long hours, I don’t have


the


m i n d l e s s commute, nor have to deal with politics and I am now able to


achieve a much better work-life balance with my wife and daughter.


“By the way,” he added, “the typical


transistor radio of my youth had six transistors; some microprocessors now have 1.9 billion transistors!”


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