With Eric away his workforce enjoy a pub lunch in The Woolpack and his worst fears soon become reality when Steph threatens to start docking wages if they’re late back from lunch. Productivity plummets when Zak takes this as his cue to take the afternoon off. Shelley is determined to put Steph straight on a few things and try and win her round. When she finds her alone at the factory she tries to build bridges but ends up telling Steph that if she can’t stop herself being so bitter, this is how she will end up: all on her own. Laurel is ecstatic to hear Ashley followed her to Finland to declare his love. Meanwhile, in Helsinki, Ashley can’t believe his leap of love has left him high and dry when Laurel is nowhere to be seen. Laurel endures a day of anxiety as she awaits his return. Things