Slug Busters
Slug Busters
A garden-shed 'Eureka' moment
As per Unilever's website, the history of their cleaning brand Domestos It was in 1925, in Newcastle - Tyne & Wear, that William Handley a 29 year old dental technician invented and sold the cleaning solution door to door in jars!Slugbusters also has its humble beginnings in Dunston, Tyne & Wear. Andy Bloomfield, a mechanical engineer and a keen gardener, faced the problem of slugs damaging his garden plants. Combining his unfaltering energy to experiment, his engineering skills and ecology-awareness, Andy arrived at Slugbusters.
Like most products out of a garden shed, Andy first got his neighbours, other hobbyist gardeners, fellow allotment holders and commercial gardeners to try Slugbusters. Andy has several inventions to his credit (pending patent)To see how our environmentally friendly product works and read any questions & answers head over to our Q&A updated regularly and where you can also subscribe to our future questions, answers & competitions.
Andy
The Inventor
Andy has a passion of how things work and looks at modern day problems as opportunities waiting for a solution. Andy is from Newcastle.
Andy worked as production welder for over 15+ years and embraced many management approaches including Kaizen and Gembacandry.
Keith
The Catalyst
Keith provides the business lens perspective for Andy's experiments and innovations. Keith who is also from Newcastle. He lived in Canada for 40 years but he is now back in Newcastle.
Keith's core expertise for over 20+ years is in marketing, sales and leadership roles.
