"Pretty much the same, I suspect. When it isn't takeaway grabbed at my desk."
Richard sipped his wine and gathered his thoughts. "A few of us bought what was left of the old Bluebottle Broom company. Trademarks, the works buildings,and so on. Long story short, the rest are boffins and and racing enthusiasts. I'm the chief test rider and token businessman. It all came about after a pleasantly lubricated discussion about the absolute crap, not to mention bootleg, brooms some riders have been bringing to the track. We wanted to bring a race capable - at least for the lower classifications of riders - broom to the market. Thing is, it has to be a money maker too."
He shrugged. "We'll be bringing back the Family Broom and the Two-Place for the every day market. But we'll also be introducing what we currently call the C-Class. Papered by the Ministry for everyday use, but fast enough and strong enough to be competitive in C-level class broom racing. A premium ride at a premium price."
"We were thinking that the C-Class would add a certain cachet to the brooms that most riders would actually want to buy. The sort of broom a family could afford as opposed to someone who wants to go racing. Maybe even a factory team riding our brooms in races. Am I making sense? At any rate, this isn't the sort of thing I usually do, so we decided to bring in a marketing expert to either point us in the right direction, or take over the account."