RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted May 23, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2011 Brian Lewis, well-known owner of C&L, is looking for more time to enjoy his retirement. He has decided that it's time for someone else to take over, and has announced that the C&L business will be changing hands on the 1st of July. In Brian's hands C&L has become a major resource for track builders in the UK, so we wish the new owner all success in his venture and look forward to seeing further developments from C&L in the future. Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Who has taken over, can you say? OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted May 23, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 23, 2011 Who has taken over, can you say? Brian hasn't made any announcement about that. You can see his statement here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/finescale/message/892 (scroll to the end of the message). He recently posted on E4um that the changeover was indeed going ahead on 1st July. regards, Martin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium polybear Posted May 23, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2011 Who has taken over, can you say? OzzyO. The new owners (husband & wife) were on the C&L stand at ExpoEM (so may be at Railex this weekend?). I spent a few minutes talking to them - they came across as being very nice people (he's into 7mm garden railways if I remember correctly). I wish them all the best in their new venture - I think that Brian Lewis has spent quite some effort in creating some sort of "handover pack" to assist the new owners, in order to help ensure that the business he has worked hard to build up over the years doesn't disappear. Brian Tulley Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_long Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Lets hope they can continue Brians impressive order turnaround and despatch times. I'll miss Brians wit though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted May 24, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2011 Lets hope they can continue Brians impressive order turnaround and despatch times. I was impressed by that too. Recently placed an order via the C+L site at seven in the morning, and 3 hours later got an e-mail saying item had been despatched. That'll be a tough act to follow! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold martin_wynne Posted June 26, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 26, 2011 An announcement today from Brian Lewis: C+L has been sold. Thursday is the last day that I will be at the helm. Pete Llewellyn, who some of you will know as being a 7mm modeller, is taking over as from Friday 1st July. More information at: http://groups.yahoo....ale/message/902 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Allen Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I have spoken with Peter Llewellyn recently regarding a future order and the subject of flat bottomed track came up. At present of course, they do not produce a chair for flat bottom rail, and I have suggested it i something they look into, especially as more modellers are now building layouts from the 70's through to the present day. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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