Barmans ltd
Barmans Ltd is a sales company supplying catering products to trade and retail customers. The company is based in Melbourn, Cambridgeshire, England, and was formed by Barry Bowskill. The company runs three websites, Barmans.co.uk, Drinkstuff.com, and HomeTemptations.com.
History
Company Beginnings
Barmans began in 1977 as a small business reconditioning spirit measures. Barmans was founded by Barry Bowskill and was run from his garden shed.
Company Growth
Bowskill started by refurbishing up to 100 measures per week and eventually peaked at 1500 measures per week. For AbOUT 18 months, Bowskill joined the family business J.T. Supplies, during which time, in 1979, he invented the Rota-Price; a device for displaying and altering the prices of spirits displayed behind the bar. The Rota-Price went on to sell 2 million. Bowskill then returned to running Barmans, and began buying trade products and sold them on to the catering trade. By 1982 the company had grown to employ up to 20 staff members, with a peak turnover of £1.6m, all housed in a 10,000 square foot warehouse. In 1992 Barmans became Barmans Limited and enjoyed regular success as a provider of catering supplies.
Hard Times
By 1996 the pressures of employing a large workforce had hit Barmans Ltd, and so the company had to downsize to a smaller premises and 8 members of staff.
Drinkstuff.com
In 1999 Barry’s son, Scott Bowskill, joined the company and started the Barmans Ltd website to further sales. Scott created the company Home Bar as a retail subsidiary of Barmans Ltd, and concentrated on selling drink related gifts and gadgets to retail customers. The name Home Bar was changed when the website Drinkstuff.com was launched. By 2003 Drinkstuff.com had enjoyed success and managed a turnover of £1m. With the two websites Barmans.co.uk and Drinkstuff.com, and a combined product range of over 6000, Barmans Ltd. was now able to move to a 21000 sq ft warehouse and offices in Melbourn, Hertfordshire in 2006.
HomeTemptations.com
By the end of 2006, Barmans Ltd launched a further website, HomeTemptations.com, providing home furnishings to retail customers.
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