A Year at Swordfish August 2018 and Swordfish is one year old! And, what a fun packed year it’s been. To celebrate, we thought we’d write a short blog to give a quick overview of what a year looks like at a Shoreditch based laser cutting company.
So let’s start with the essentials shall we – 5481 cups of tea and 2349 cups of coffee. PG Tips is our tea of choice and Kenco for coffee (although when feeling fancy a cafetiere is on hand). There’s also a wonderful stall here at Perseverance Works courtyard for when a hit of espresso is needed and nothing else will do. Along with this, 260 litres of semi skimmed milk and 20 cakes have been consumed. On the cake front chocolate is a favourite along with lemon drizzle and normally the birthday boy or girl has the choice on the day. Around Christmas time we were lucky enough to receive lots of chocolate and biscuits from suppliers and this kept us going through the winter months! Lunch is normally obtained from the many wonderful eateries around Shoreditch, which can vary from the bagel shop on Brick Lane to the street food stalls at Spitalfields Market. Every Friday we all dine together for a good old catch-up, resulting in 49 lunches mainly at the Premises on Hackney Road, a favourite of ours where we know the staff really well. We’re a small team here at Swordfish with one new employee recently joining the fold – a modelmaking graduate from Bournemouth who is learning the ropes on the machines and all about the various material properties. Over the last year we have also been lucky enough to be joined by four interns/students shadowing in our workshop over school holidays and term times. Not only is this great support for our