That sounded fair enough, thought Nick, accepting the business card Portland handed him. He would need to speak to Daisy about researching and writing another tender. “Thank you so much for taking the time to see me,” he said, shaking Portland’s hand again.
“Remember, we want to help you,” said Portland. “You just have to persuade us that you want this. It’s your job to make us want to sign on the dotted line.”
“Don’t you worry about that, Mr Portland,” he replied. “Between myself and Daisy, we’ll have you clambering over each other to sign.”
Nick walked him to the door.
Before he left, Portland turned to him. “You’re very lucky to have Ms Ripley working for you – she is very good at writing tenders. If it’s not her main job, it should be. Anyway, it was nice meeting you, Mr Cairns and
