Mr. Zdenek Grondol, the
chief of shareholders, Mr. Rudolf Želinský, the deputy
of the chief of
shareholders, and Mrs, Grondolová, a member of shareholders,
were left alone to
deal with the obligation - it was big gob for a genuinely Czech
company.
The construction needed to begin, loan contracts had already been signed,
there
was no co-investor because none of the potential investors believed in
the
project.
(It is necessary to add that, during the construction of the Nupaky area, the
board of directors managed some other companies in the Czech and Slovak
Republic, in Poland and cooperation partners and mandataries all around the
Europe.Besides the strategic management the representatives holded also
some
executive functions in the company management.)
It was an enormous pressure on the management and they worked extremely
hard.
Such kind of work required the management to be on-line 24/7, the
„stand-by“ regime remained but the frequency of getting up at night rather
decreased. |
The
company board at the ceremonial
approval
of the Logistical area Nupaky in 1999 |
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And the result?
The ceremonial colaudation of the Logistical area Nupaky took place in 1998 and
it was put in operation in 1999.
Mr Vrana, a deputy of the business section of the Shell company announced D to
Mr. Zdenek Grondol:
Many czech people have been building cloud castles. But you, Mr. Grondol, you
have managed to build one.
Both petrol stations were lucrative aboveaverage and they highest tapped
quantity in the petrol station chain of the Shell
company.
The recommended reduction, made by experts of renowned companies, of petrol
stands showed misleading. There was
a lack of petrol stands.
In the surroundings of the Logistical terminal Nupaky new storage halls and
logistical centers, including HQ of
companies, originated. The spread of Prague
continued around the D1 motorway towards the 10th km of the motorway.
Only the
Nupaky terminal was connected to the exit from the D1 motorway Brno-Praha. The
logistical terminal Nupaky,
after the division of the company – in accordance
with the project of division, belonged to one of its parts – to the Czech
International Logistic and later it was sold as a very profitable business.
It showed that the vision of the „bank in the crop field“ was not just a cloud
castle.
The logistical park Nupaky became, after the improvement, one of the most
profitable business articles On the czech
market – click
HERE.
We
are a TOP-Filantrop organization
We are, surely, Top
Filantrop organization, although we have never signed in the competition of that
name. For many
years we support art, culture, sport and education. We regularly
donate our time, money and other material goods to
various helpful purposes.This
our voluntary support has , more or less, impact on improving of the living
standards in
various areas.
Our other, and rather
unusual, charity projects are supported purely, i.e. not from the EU or other
funds, from the
Greyhound company bank accounts from dividend payouts of the
shareholders of this company. The shareholders of our
company voluntarily, and
to a very unique extend, decided to support better living standards of
„sportsmen“ – racing
greyhounds. The finances, that the shareholders could
rightfully use for their own from the company bank account item
„undivided
profit of shareholders“, have been used to improve the health standards of
racing greyhounds of various
greyhound owners in the Czech Republic and other
neighbouring countries.
We involved in many our employees who donate the finances, their own free time
to support this activity.
We
decided to significantly support the sport that stands out of interest of
sponsors and donators who would support this
sport with considerable amount of
money. This kind of sport – the greyhound racing – is operated solely on a sand
race
track, equipped with modern watering system and the most up-to-date
surveilance and digital control system, the most
up-to-date timing equipment and
also modern racing rules system.
Certainly
it would be more attractive to sponsor or operate some other activity that would
lead to larger recognition by
general public because it is concerned as a non-profitable
sport activity and it is rather unknown sport here in the Czech
republic.
However we are not concerned in the social status as a certain way of reward for
the support, sponsorship, partnership
and donation – we are concerned in the
health of greyhounds and greyhound racing in the way it deserves. After all, we
have the name Greyhound Company.
Our
non-profitable and charity projects:
Publishing of czech version
of the book „Ultimate greyhound“ by english author Mark Sullivan
This book uses a
popular reading aproach to describe the care of a greyhound very well, including
illnesses. Greyhound
owners and breeders missed such book in czech book stores,
veterinary surgeons also welcomed this book.
Veterinarians hadrly ever saw a
greyhound and only a little number of vets had experiences with them when the
book
was published. We reserved the copyright from the author – a
permission to spread the texts of this work, the translation
and publishing the book. First of all we had to pay most of the expences in advance
– otherwise the publisher would
not print the books. These expences, 750.000 CzK
worth, wont pay back to us.
Each printout of the czech version has been, a significant part, donated by us –
otherwise it would be unsalable
Publishing the book caused a boom both
in the Czech and Slovak Republic but also in Poland – some of the greyhound
owners bought five printouts in a row!
Red Mills – special irish
greyhound feed (pups, pregnant Bitches, racing greyhounds and also for
retired greyhounds)
Some czech
greyhounders dont distinguish too much between heavy-duty feed suitable for any
breeds and the special
feed developed solely for greyhounds. The Red Mills feed
was developed after decades of experiences in the profesional
area where knowledge and results could have been everyday on a large number of
greyhounds – that is impossible in our
czech conditions. A greyhound has a very
specific metabolical system and it is very tricky to feed a greyhound with feed
e.g. for work breeds or social breeds or to experiment with feeding.
It is essential to keep to the instructions – and discipline of a greyhound owner.
All income from
selling the Red Mills feed – if one can call it an income – goes back to the
support of greyhounds.
There is no other seller that can be trusted more in this matter – we do not
praise our goods just to sell them and have
more profit. We are interested in
greyhound wellfare.
The
greyhound race track Praskacka, situated in the village of Praskacka near Hradec
Králové – the only sand track in
the Czech Republic
The racecourse,
with the sand body, tilted curves and the level of the control, surveilance and
timing equipment, is
considered to be one of the best in the continental Europe.
The race track area is rented, for a symbolic fee, to a sport
organization – the
Czech greyhound racing federation that we regularly support in its activities
both financially and
technically.
This sport
organization guarantees that the protective race system, derived from the rules
of the world greyhound
federation – an association joining professional
racecourses, for greyhounds will kept.
The racing rules of this organization include a duty (unusual in this country)
to have a greyhound run only once a day and
a boundary classification of
greyhound runs.
Our investments would be only wasting money without such care. The sand surface
is much more suitable for
greyhounds because of their complicated leg bone
structure.
A racing greyhound can run up to the speed of 60 km per hour, a whippet around
40 km per hour. These dogs are
hunters and they love running whether you want or
not. Of course it is better to let them run on a controlled well-made
track
instead of running on places that can be fatal for greyhounds.
Nonspecialists hardly know that a well-made track is not equal to some grassy
hill. A good track must meet certain
technical conditions, certain surface made
of varios layers of various kinds of sand, and a dreinage layer. And also it
should contain a watering system – automatic one is the best choice.
Such equipment s rather expensive matter that will never pay back to the
investor. Operation and regular maintenance is,
in the course of years, even
more expensive than the purchase costs.
On the contrary to
horse races when a horse is driven by a man, a greyhound that is not willing to
run simply either stops
or runs back. We can appreciate the beauty and the speed
both when looking at greyhounds and horses, including the
horses under a hood of
a car. Both a horse and a greyhound were running together in the times of
nobility hunts and only
the noblemen were allowed to own greyhounds. Lets have
a look at the nowadays "hunting" and lets have a look at the
way greyhounds were
breeded. Lets have a look at the way the former hunting to the sport position
and the term - racing
machines - came to our our country from countries with
large greyhound racing traditions. Rightfully a greyhound is
called a king of
race tracks.
Multifunction sport stadium in Prague - Motol
- the project is in the phase of construction
HERE.
Business with greyhound elegance - an interview with Ing. Zdenka
Grondola - Denik.cz - uncut - click
HERE
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