Steve Haywood

摘要

You only have to surf the net briefly to discover the high regard so many on the cut had for Allen Matthews, the former boss of the Ownerships timeshare company which recently collapsed leaving in its wake a trail of small investors, some whose homes are said to be at risk as a result of the money they entrusted to him.rnOn his death earlier this year there was fulsome praise for his 'enthusiasm', his 'entrepreneurialism' and the 'vision' he had for the canals.rnThere were effusive testimonies from ex-employees about how much he 'cared' about his customers and how much he would 'go out of his way for them'. A fawning obituary on one of the narrowboat websites spoke of Matthews' 'slightly bemused demeanour (which) hid an exceptional brain.'