{"id":157,"date":"2016-12-19T10:54:17","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T10:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lelienltd.com\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2018-07-23T12:00:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T12:00:02","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lelienltd.com\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row type=&#8221;vc_default&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1482154001440{padding-right: 40px !important;padding-left: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1482148487448{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;border-top-color: #bababa !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;border-bottom-color: #bababa !important;border-bottom-style: dashed !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h4>About Us<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;148&#8243; img_size=&#8221;640&#215;480&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;150&#8243; img_size=&#8221;640&#215;480&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;152&#8243; img_size=&#8221;640&#215;480&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; image_hovers=&#8221;false&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1486140665511{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;border-top-color: #bababa !important;border-top-style: dashed !important;border-bottom-color: #bababa !important;border-bottom-style: dashed !important;}&#8221;]Le Lien Ltd was founded in 1992 by its late Chairman Peter Stagg; with the principal objective of becoming the UK\u2019s market leader in importing fresh fish. Currently Le Lien Ltd import over 150,000kg of fresh fish weekly from more than 15 countries worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Today the business is owned by Chris Driver (Managing Director), Matt Marshall (Finance Director) and Lee Fawsitt (Commercial Director).<\/p>\n<p>Le Lien Ltd has achieved its position as the number one importer of fresh fish for the UK wholesale sector by embracing and<\/p>\n<p>offering several work ethics including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a great team dynamic energy<\/li>\n<li>making our business personal<\/li>\n<li>offering service excellence<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An experienced, friendly and helpful team are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to serve all customers\u2019 needs and<br \/>\nrequirements to the best of our ability.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1482147980253{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 30px !important;padding-bottom: 30px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; 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