DB Executive Travel & Wedding Cars
In last weeks blog, I mentioned about producing the month end accounts and managing the forecourt at my father’s garage business. This was a time of my life when I first started to learn about hard work and making sacrifices for the family business.
Customer care was
Read MoreContinuing on with the series on growing up within the family business and starting a career in accounting.
With both my parents heavily involved in the family garage business, it was expected that I would follow suit, but my father encouraged me to
Read MoreI would like to tell you a few more stories of the early days of just before my time, my childhood and growing up within the family business.
My father’s long distance driving really started in the 1940-50’s with the coach business known as Dauntsey Vale Coaches, which was then run as part of Barnes &
Read MoreThis being my initial blog, is to start a series that helps you to understand where I come from and how this passion to drive came about. I hope you enjoy reading this and that it gives you an insight into what ‘drives’ me, excuse the pun!
Born in 1959, I was brought up my by parents in the little village of Dauntsey Lock, near Lyneham and was one of 5 children, 1 brother and 3 sisters. My father Kenneth and his brother, my uncle Gordon ran a garage business G & K Barnes Ltd in the village, which later expanded to
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