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Broker brothers build booming business despite initial market resistance Aidan Barrett Taupo

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Broker brothers build booming business despite initial market resistance Their business is thriving after 12 years in operation but these brothers say the challenges to get there were considerable Insurance News By  Maryvonne Gray Dec 12, 2016 Share No-one can accuse the Jensen brothers of resting on their laurels. Both Matt and Andy, who are the sibling force behind Taupo’s Matt Jensen Insurance Brokers (MJIB), admit they are driven people whose appetite for building the business perhaps only equals their passion for high-intensity sports. The brokerage has grown to a team of 12 staff, all of whom profess to a love of some kind of outdoor sport, ranging from ironman, to motorsport, to mountain biking, boxing and wakeboarding. Matt told  Insurance Business  that building the business from scratch was tough in the beginning, despite their considerable passion and drive, but the culture they had created had attracted a group of like-minded people prepared to invest themselv...

Aidan Barrett Taupo racing his 13bb rotary rx7

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Aidan Barrett has been racing this RX7 for the past 7 years now. Spending most weekends at his father's garage John Barrett motors working on the car. The RX7 has a 13B rotary engine capable of speeds up to 190 mile per hour. According to Aiden the car took over $150,000 to build and restore and then is his pride enjoy. Recently Aiden Barrett has been in the Facebook news and views with allegations of scamming which weekend confirm has taken place. March this year he sold a car knowing it to be unsafe to a very poor guy and basically scam the poor guy out of $3,000 cash for a car that wasn't even driveable. Mr Barrett then contacted his lawyers Lance Lawson law Rotorua and told him to issue the poor guy with a cease and desist letter when he asked for a partial refund for repairs to be done to the vehicle. After speaking with the poor person it's going to take him another 2 years to get another vehicle and we think Aiden should do the right thing and just pay him back. From...

Aidan barrett taupo racing his rx7

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 Aidan Barrett RX7 racing at Taupo Park. Play second overall on the weekend and race quite competitively in the Apple climb you took first place last weekend spent about $100,000 doing the RX7 up