Michael Heler was just three years old when his father, Joseph, took the first steps towards establishing what was to become one of Britain's biggest independent regional cheese manufacturing companies. Today, it produces 14,000 tonnes of high quality cheese a year for a wide range of market needs. Joseph Heler bought Laurels Farm, Nantwich, Cheshire, in 1954 and milked around 40 Shorthorns. But that was not enough for the budding entrepreneur, who increasingly became aware that the most successful farmers were also cheese-makers.
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