This web site has been designed, written and co-ordinated
by Syd Partridge with the help of
many others including our suppliers, customers and local
businesses.
The author is a director of a small manufacturing company
based in the Black Country.
He has found it increasingly difficult to purchase
materials that are manufactured in Britain
and to locate companies producing British goods- often
they are small businesses who
gain their work by word of mouth.
The final straw came, whilst trying to locate a cast iron
fireplace insert.
A manufacturer's representative, when asked if the part
was made in Britain, was unable
(or unwilling) to say.
This led to a fruitless search on the web; although
individual companies could be found
along with directories of British or U.K. businesses,
there did not appear to be a catologue
specific to British manufacturers and producers or British
made products.
- if you know of one please let us know.
We talked about the feasabiltiy of creating a directory of
British producers, not only to
reach the general public but also a directory for
businesses to use.
Apart from the occasional "You've got no chance, their
aren't any left", most people
thought it a good idea.
The one comment we came across quite often, was that small
businesses do not always have
a web site.
This led to the development of our 'customer dedicated web
pages' which enable a pseudo web
site within the directory.
To learn more about customer dedicated web pages - click here, to see examples
The intention was to create a site that is easy to use and
competively priced so enabling
even the smallest business to become involved.
We believe that the marks - 'Made in Britain' and 'British
Made' were synonymous
with quality and this is still the case today!
We hope you like what you see.
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