‘Brandsthatlastarerunbypassionatepeople,’believes
David.‘Oncesomeonegetsthebug,it getspassedon.’And
heis proofofthatphilosophy,becausehecurrentlyworks
withhisbrother,Phillip,whilehisfather,SteveCole,ran
thisquintessentiallyBritishbathroomandkitchenbrand
formanyyears.‘Ourhistoryis relativelyshort,butwe
nowhaveglobalreach,’saysDavidofthecompanythat
startedinthe1970s,initiallyoutofBobPerrinandGreg
Rowe’seastLondongardenshed.A toolmakerandan
engineerrespectively,thepairdevelopedtheworld’sfirst
three-in-onetap,dispensinghot,coldandfilteredwater.
Perrin&Rowecontinuestothriveonthoseexacting
methods,anditsbathroomfittingsarebelovedbyinterior
designersandarchitectsalike,gracinghotelsincluding
Gleneagles, the Corinthia and The Langham, London.
DaviD Cole sales director, Perrin & rowe