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		<title>The recipe for three decades of business success? For ORMS, it’s all about celebrating people, both on its 30th birthday and every day…</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beyond creating jobs and driving economic activity, local enterprises strengthen communities by keeping money circulating close to home, building personal customer relationships and offering services tailored to local needs. Their impact is both commercial and deeply human; yet they rarely receive the recognition afforded to multinational corporations and global brands. For an independent business to survive, let alone thrive, over several decades is no small feat. Western Cape-based photographic, printing and framing specialist ORMS, which was founded in 1996, is a success story worthy of our attention. Especially when you consider its humble beginnings. It all began in the small home garage belonging to Mike Ormrod, who’d been a dedicated shutterbug since his days at school.  This early love for photography led him to become a commercial professional, starting out in Cape Town before relocating to London to work for independent photographic retailer Wallace Heaton. It was his return to the Mother City that prompted the opening of the first ORMS store, which burgeoned into an outlet at Cavendish Square shopping centre followed by a flagship store on Roeland Street in the CBD, which is still open today.  Since then, the company has grown into one of the country’s leading [...]]]></description>
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