Barmans Ltd Company Timeline

• 1977 January - Barmans starts trading as "Barmans Supplies"
• 1991 February - Barmans becomes Barmans Limited (company number 2563265)
• 1998 February - drinkstuff launched as barmans.co.uk
• 1998 February - Appointed vmware hosting expert, Datanet, to host the drinkstuff site and our internal emails
• 1999 February - Joined Secure Hosting to take online secure payments
• 2000 February - Stuart Goode joins the company as Sales Manager
• 2000 April - Appointed Affiliate Window to provide our Affiliate Program
• 2000 June - Paul Lochhead joins the company as General Manager
• 2000 July - Moved from Business Post to Parcelforce for Worldwide despatch
• 2003 January - LT Net appointed to re-design the site and backend software
• 2003 April - New software launched (successfully)
• 2003 June- Nick Harding joins the Warehouse Team
• 2004 July - Signed agreement with E-Directory
• 2004 December - Re-located to Melbourn (5500 sq ft) from Harston (1800 sq ft)
• 2005 January - Matt Graney joins the company as Logistics Manager
• 2005 March - Took on 6000 sq ft warehouse for storage of imports
• 2005 April - drinkstuff receives its trademark - TM
• 2005 April - Signed agreement with shop.com
• 2005 June - £2,500 give away with Nuts mag
• 2006 January - Kelly Easter joins the company as Accounts Manager
• 2006 January - Completed purchase of 21000 sq ft warehouse in Melbourn
• 2006 Febuary - Joined Liquid HR for Barmans Ltd internal Contracts and Health and Safety
• 2006 Febuary - Mike Perry joins the Warehouse Team
• 2006 March - Joined Kelkoo
• 2006 April - Barmans Ltd hit the £3 million turnover mark
• 2006 June - Duncan Hann joins the company as Website Development Supervisor
• 2006 June - Antony Steel joins the company as head of Trade Sales
• 2006 October - Haydn Gowan joins the Warehouse Team
• 2006 November - Barmans Ltd make their new contemporary home furniture and accessories website, HomeTemptations.com live
• 2006 November - First Lay Z Spa container arrives at Barmans Ltd
• 2007 January - drinkstuff.com opens its eBay Shop
• 2007 - drinkstuff.com features on Joe Pasquale's 'The Price Is Right'.
• 2007 September - drinkstuff launches its own Home Cinema Seating range
• 2007 September - Facebook group 'I Want To Buy A Ruddy Great Big Dinosaur' started, based on our Lifesize Camarasaurus Dinosaur Replica
• 2007 October - drinkstuff.com opens its Amazon Shop
• 2008 October - drinkstuff exhibits at Grand Designs London for the first time
• 2008 December - drinkstuff website redesign goes live
• 2008 December - Appointed Celebros to host our website search
• 2009 January - Emma Bysouth appointed position of Customer Services Supervisor
• 2009 June - Nick Tune joins the Warehouse Team
• 2009 July - Moved from Parcelforce to DPD for worldwide parcel despatch
• 2009 July - Appointed PCS to host our email server network
• 2009 August - Sally Quincey Edwards appointed position of Senior Buyer
• 2009 September - Suzy France joins the company as a Website Content Assistant
• 2009 September - Triple Helix appointed to handle web development for Barmans Ltd
• 2009 December - drinkstuff's Home Cinema Seating featured on ITV's All Star Family Fortunes with Vernon Kay
• 2010 July - drinkstuff's Inflatable Pubs receive nationwide media coverage in magazines, online, and on the radio
• 2010 July - New Mezzanine flooring installed in the warehouse, increasing floor space to 25,000 sq ft
• 2010 July - Sue Hunt starts as our new Sales Representative
• 2010 October - Inside Online appointed to assist in optimising drinkstuff for search engines
• 2010 November - New Checkout process launched to offer a smoother transaction
• 2011 November - Jim Hardman joins the Warehouse Team
• 2010 December - The drinkstuff Blog moves from Blogger to Wordpress
• 2010 December - drinkstuff achieves its best December on record
• 2010 October - Inside Online appointed to assist in optimising drinkstuff for search engines
• 2011 January - Two new members of staff join our warehouse team
• 2011 February - James Seber appointed position of Website Content Supervisor
• 2011 April - Financial year ends on £3.85m for Barmans Ltd.
• 2011 April - Mezzanine floor extended to 28,000 sq ft with new enlarged packing room below
• 2011 April - Custom packing room built to accomodate our larger packing team
• 2011 May - drinkstuff processes its 500,000th order
• 2011 May - bar@drinkstuff brand launched
• 2011 June - Lindsey Wilkin joins the company as Assistant Buyer
• 2011 June - First bar@drinkstuff product landed in the UK
• 2011 July - Barmans Ltd are 39.4% up on turnover in Q1 of their financial year (May-July)
• 2011 August - Barmans Ltd install a dedicated broadband line into the building
• 2011 October - New packing room parcel roller system installed
• 2011 October - Barmans Ltd change couriers from DPD to Yodel
• 2011 December - The Barmans Ltd team raises money for the Addenbrookes children's ward to help send a child home for Christmas
• 2011 December - Barmans Ltd has its best Christmas and best month in its history, up 43.9% on turnover on the previous December
• 2012 March - The new 2012 Lay Z Spa models arrive
• 2012 April - Barmans Ltd achieves its best financial year with a turnover of £5.5 million
• 2012 April - Charlie Proud joins the Customer Services team
• 2012 May - drinkstuff.com publishes its own cocktail book - 150 Party Drinks
• 2012 May - Barmans Ltd purchases The Cocktail Store
• 2012 May - Lauren Binge joins the Customer Services team
• 2012 June - Paul Harrison joins as our new Sales Administrator
• 2012 August - Acquisition of 3500 sq ft of external storage space. Barmans Ltd total storage space now 32,000 sq ft
• 2012 August - Jemma Page joins the company as Assistant Buyer
• 2012 October - The drinkstuff staff move to our new larger office to accomodate a growing team
• 2012 November - Claire Bedford joins the Customer Services team
• 2013 February - Sally Burt joins the company as Website Content Assistant
• 2013 April - Barmans Ltd achieves its best financial year with a turnover of £5.9 million