An East Yorkshire luxury vehicle cleaning entrepreneur turned his premises into a PPE workshop, using his tools to create face masks to donate to care homes and pharmacies in need.
Harry Hall, who is the founder and managing director of Attention to Detail, teamed up with his firm’s paint protection manufacturer to create specialist face shields to protect vulnerable people from the coronavirus pandemic.
The face shields have been delivered personally by Harry to locations in the area.
Harry launched into the meticulous detailing while still at school, starting a business at 15, and quickly gaining an elite customer base. Five years on and he has recently moved from Hessle to Beverley as the business expanded.
He said: “Normally, at ATD we would cutting and fitting paint protection film to our customers’ cars to protect them from stone chips and other road debris. However, while we have been closed due to the lockdown restrictions imposed during the Covid-19 outbreak, we decided to put our equipment and materials to good use.
“In times like this, helping each other is so important and at ATD we are really keen to help people however we can. We had the equipment available to create face shields for staff who rely on PPE and care homes where vulnerable residents need it to protect themselves.”
Production is well into the hundreds.
It is another example of a phenomenal effort from people to play their part, and comes as Hull-based tailor Cock of the Walk this week revealed it had produced 2,795 surgical and dental gowns through the lockdown period.
Others also quickly switched focus, from small start-ups with 3D printers to major manufacturers.