Over thirty years ago Trevor Palmer qualified from the Cordwainers Technical College, London, and embarked on an exciting career learning all aspects of the leather goods trade. Overseas work advising companies from as far afield as Outer Mongolia to Trinidad created an affinity with a variety of people and cultures. Having worked with high volume manufacturers in the Far East and with organisations in some of the most under developed parts of the world, Trevor felt that the powers of big business and commercial forces were doing little to improve the working environment, not only for the labour directly involved in manufacturing the leather goods but for those unfortunate enough to reside and work the land in the vicinities of the tanneries. This is due to the ever-increasing need to produce competitive leather which prohibits the tanneries from using safe treatments and from investing in efficient effluent systems to protect the environment and those employed in the processing.

During the past twenty five years Trevor has taken on several voluntary advisory assignments helping organisations in a number of countries to further the concept of sustainable development in the leather goods sector. Unfortunately, due to a medical condition, Trevor's freedom to travel is now restricted so he has developed the Globaleather product range in conjunction with organisations that he has worked with and which support proper training, ethical employment practices and help improve local capabilities. The enhancement of the quality of life of the communities involved with the manufacture of Globaleather products is central to the company's philosophy.

Trevor's Wales-based company, GLCC Ltd., has now been trading for nearly ten years and has taken many parts since it's original conception. Major international retailers are now being supplied with ethically manufactured products, which shows a positive move in the right direction.

Specialist products, including the Globaleather wheelchair gloves, have been developed as a result of Trevor's experience as a wheelchair user. The success of these gloves has inspired Trevor to develop new styles of gloves using the latest material technology. A comprehensive range or wheelchair accessories is now marketed as GL100 Wheelchair Accessories which can be found in the GL100 catalogue.