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Melanie Short : Good afternoon , ____________________ . Peters .

Mr . Peters : Good afternoon .

Melanie Short : I'm Melanie Short , from our ____________________ Business ____________________ Department , I understand you wanted to speak to somebody today about getting a loan for your company .

Mr . Peters : Yes , that's right .

Melanie Short : You had a ____________________ from us last year , didn't you ?

Mr . Peters : Yes , we did .

Melanie Short : Excellent , can you tell me something about your ____________________ ? What is its name ?

Mr . Peters : Pool Protect .

Melanie Short : Okay , and what do you do ?

Mr . Peters : We make swimming pool covers .

Melanie Short : Oh , I didn't know such companies exist .

Mr . Peters : Well , it's very ____________________ to cover your swimming pool if you have one and are not using it . You ____________________ stop leaves going into it , but it makes your home and your garden a lot safer if you have young children .

Melanie Short : Of course , it's very dangerous to have an open pool .

Mr . Peters : Yes , it is .

Melanie Short : And how is your company doing , Mr . Peters ? Are you ____________________ strong ?

Mr . Peters : Well , the company started three years ago . We have 24 people ____________________ for us and we now have two ____________________ . We want to open a third office next year . This is one of the reasons that we want the loan from you .

Melanie Short : What about ____________________ ? I have all the documents saved in my e - mail , but you can tell me something , just a summary , please .

Mr . Peters : We made a small ____________________ in the first year because of ____________________ costs .

Melanie Short : That's understandable .

Mr . Peters : Yes . In our second year , we made a small profit and we ____________________ this profit by 40% last year .

Melanie Short : 40% is very good , Mr . Peters . Do you sell only in this country ?

Mr . Peters : We have some international sales and this is another reason we need extra capital .

Melanie Short : Oh ?

Mr . Peters : We need some money to go to international ____________________ fairs and also to pay for some newspaper and magazine advertising in some selected countries .

Melanie Short : Which countries ?

Mr . Peters : The United Kingdom , Ireland , Holland and Germany . We are very ambitious about the future .

Melanie Short : I'm very happy to hear it . You said you have a workforce of 24 - - do you think you will take on more people if you increase your international business ?

Mr . Peters : Absolutely . We need new people , international salespeople , interpreters , advertising and marketing people , and so on .

Melanie Short : What are your profit forecasts for the current year , Mr . Peters ?

Mr . Peters : We forecast profits about 30 to 40% above last year's .

Melanie Short : Okay , we can give you an answer for the loan in the next day or two . We will call you , but I don't think there will be any problems .

Mr . Peters : Thank you very much .

Melanie Short : Goodbye .

Mr . Peters : Goodbye .