About Us

Though the very definition of Candour is to be frank, I’m Trevor.

I was born in a small village in Nottinghamshire back in the 60s, so count myself fortunate that any of the misdemeanours of my youth occurred prior to the invention of social media.

At 16, I joined the Armed Forces (The Royal Artillery). My father had been a Gunner, and that was pretty much enough reason for me to sign up. I served 24 years and left as a Warrant Officer.

A slight change of pace and focus saw me go on to work for a FTSE 100 company, which believe me could be just as eye-opening as the sights witnessed in the forces!

After serving my time, I left after 17 years to set up Candour Facilities Management. I’m proud to say we proved to be a company that really lived up to its name when it came to Facilities Management and Workplace Optimisation.

The business life was fun and the extensive lunches and celebrations had a price, mostly around my waistline. I have got the scars and worn the T Shirt, bought the next size up several times more to hide my belly.

I woke up one day and decided the I didn’t like “The Man in the Mirror” and set to do something about it.

So maintaining the same name and approach to my previous career I set about making the change. I got back into my fitness, knuckled down and studied all I could. I asked all the silly questions and watched what others did, well and not so well.

On my own journey I lost over 25kg and kept it off and maintain that well.