The next challenge was to decide whereabouts to have an office – not as simple as it may sound given that I live in Leicestershire and Sarah in Kent!  For excellent reasons, we chose my home town of Market Harborough (which is well worth a visit if you have yet to discover it) and my wife Lisa, whose work as an estate agent came in very handy, found us the Treetop Rooms.  These two rooms are the hub of Rambutan’s office-based activity and we love them!

So, we were now a legal entity, with a domain name, email addresses, a VAT number, an office and a bank account – and we won’t dwell on the stories and struggles that awaited us as we undertook these seemingly simple tasks.  Suffice to say, we got there eventually and had reached the point where we could pay the rent and get paid by our clients!  We started trading on 1 September 2008.