Well, CFT Labels is almost 10 years old! I can remember the day we started CFT and my good friend and auditor, Haroun Mayet said that 10 years will fly by. It seemed like a lifetime away. But here we are 10 years down the line, celebrating the success of an amazing business and an amazing team of people.

It is hard for me to put into words exactly how I fell about CFT Labels. It certainly has not been an easy 10 years and we have had many ups and downs but then I began to realise that that is how business works – in fact, that is how life works! When I learnt to understand that and then also learnt to plan for that, it became a game of strategy and not so much a game of emotions. As a result, I became hugely grateful for the business that not only supports our family but 30 other families as well (not to mention all the extended families as well as the ripple effect on our suppliers and their employees’ families – it goes on and on)

I am extremely proud of the fact that we are about to celebrate our tenth birthday. It is a huge milestone for us and one that we see as the end of the foundation phase. We have now built the foundation for the business and are ready to take it to the next level of growth and profitability. I am also humbled when I think of the work and the hours that many of our staff have put into CFT Labels and there is no question that we would not be here today as a successful label printing company without each and every one of those people.

I would like to say a big thank you to every single person at CFT, as well as our suppliers and clients, all of whom make up the success of CFT. I would also like to say a big thank you to my mom and dad who started in the label business when I was only 3 years old. It took a lot of courage to leave their financially rewarding and stable jobs to start their own business and years of hard work and lots of challenges to build it up. They taught me about business from very little and allowed me to grow into the businesswoman that I am today. They both supported me and challenged me and I am really grateful for all of that.

CFT Labels is just a baby in business terms but now that we are done with all the teething problems and have learnt to walk firmly, it is time