30th March 2000: Peter and Chris Rigby decided that they have had enough of working for big faceless companies, and set up Planet Trim. With Peter's lifelong experience in the car industry, they started off being on the road specialising in plastic repairs on vehicles.
12th June 2018: The roof is removed from the old stable building.
30th July 2018: Demolition of the old stable buildings begins.
2nd August 2018: All of the old stable buildings are gone.
21st September 2018: Joe managed to cycle from Land's End to John O'Groats,
raising money for Help for Heroes; 980 miles in 9 days!
12th October 2018: Receive our first smart card reader.
30th November 2018: Chris, Joe and Jade rent a mini-digger to lay the pipes and electric for the new workshop.
25th February 2019: The brand new workshop is erected.
7th March 2019: The concrete floor is laid in the new workshop.
16th August 2019: Our new workshop's lighting system was completed.
11th February 2020: Our LPG rig broke down, and we were unable to refill gas bottles.
18th February 2020: Had to evacuate the farm due to the River Trent flooding the surrounding fields,
and closed for several days while the water receeded.
21st February 2020: New metal barriers were placed around the parking area,
which meant we could finally get rid of the ORANGE CONES!
11th March 2020: The new pump for our LPG rig arrived from America, via Cardiff.
18th March 2020: The LPG rig was finally fixed, by fitting a new pump and shut-off valve.
24th March 2020: The company furloughed three staff due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
30th March 2020: Our planned for 20th birthday had to be delayed to the Coronavirus causing us to be closed.
6th June 2020: We adopted four female orpahned wild ducks.