Beta Marine celebrates 25 years

An awards event was presided over by Neil Carmichael MP, Member of Parliament for Stroud. Guests included Beta’s long standing Japanese engine partners Kubota as well as international distributors, UK dealers, suppliers, associates, staff and their families.

The four founding directors, Ted Spash, Andrew Growcoot, Laurance Talbot and Paul Grigg, explained how Beta Marine started in a back bedroom in 1987 with no orders for the first four months but had grown through hard work and skilled staff into the highly successful £8m+ business of today. Particular tribute was paid to the loyal and committed workforce of 38, a number of whom have been with the company for over 20 years and to the company’s network of dealers, distributors and partners.

The event concluded with the presentation of awards for long service for three members of staff, an award for Beta Marine’s first overseas distributor, Beta Marine Germany, and a special award to celebrate Beta Marine’s long and highly successful partnership with Kubota.

Beta Marine CEO Andrew Growcoot said, “Looking back over our 25 years in the marine engine business I am extremely proud of all our achievements; particularly our skilled and loyal workforce as well as the committed and reliable network of dealers and international distributors that we have built up around the world. We’ve been lucky to have a very skilled team that have worked extremely hard to build a trusted and respected brand in the marine engine market and I’m delighted that so many of our partners, friends and families have been able to celebrate Beta’s success with us today.”