The poor summer last year was the perfect storm for a one-man Ducati servicing and repair business based in Strood. For three months there were not enough bikes coming through the doors for Ducati ProTeam, which had “an empty diary and bills to pay”.
Despite taking a part-time job with Amazon, owner Alec Short had no choice but to announce on his Facebook page in November that it looked as though Ducati ProTeam would have to shut its doors at the end of the month.
“Basically, I had two weeks to sort things out, so I posted that if anyone was thinking about getting some work done, they should phone now. It sounded desperate, and it was.
“The response was absolutely fabulous. I was completely choked. I now have work booked in through to February and I can’t thank my customers enough.”