Premier Marine Paints, Maidstone - Are they still in business?

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I can't get a response from them, by telephone or email.
I have used their products with good results for three years and need to ask them about shelf-life and compatibility of a/f and a/f primer

Anyone any ideas what's happened to them?

Contact details:-
Premier Marine Paints Ltd
The Old Engine Shed,
Lenham Heath Road,
Lenham Heath,
Maidstone

Tel: 01884 220016
mailto:info@premiermarinepaints.co.uk

Thanks.
 
Just been using some Premier varnish, same phone but address, mostly illegible is 3, Acorn Close, ????????, Flintshire, CH7 3AA. Do not know who suppliers were, tin inherited with project boat sometime ago.
 
I recommended them to someone just the other day. Not heard any more though. They have a smart new website these days, I assumed they were doing OK.
 
third engines said:
Just been using some Premier varnish, same phone but address, mostly illegible is 3, Acorn Close, ????????, Flintshire, CH7 3AA. Do not know who suppliers were, tin inherited with project boat sometime ago.
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Thanks for that (and following posts)
I seem to remember when I first spoke with/bought from them they were in Flintshire.

And the new website is different, but still has same pictures, logo, motifs on the tins shown.

Hmm, not sounding good. Odd
 
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Minchsailor said:
I hope they are still around, as I used their antifouling last year and it was rather good, so looking to use it again for 2017
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I've been using it for three years, at least. Always been very pleased.

I have spoken with Bayside Marine, Brixham who are stockists. They are investigating the contact problem and hopefully will get back to me soon.
Watch this space.
 
All very odd.
I thought I'd be clever and look at a half-empty tin in my shed. But there isn't one, I must have used it all.
They have a big advert up on the Classic Sailor website this month so appear to be in business
I don't hold with conspiracy theory, but......the phone number on their website is 01884 220016, and dialling code for where they are in Lenham is 01622....... bit of a coincidence, hmmmm?
 
The number I have for them is 01884220016 (email confirming my order in March). I think it is quite possible that they have a sales office separate to their main works. I have just ordered some spares for my Hydrovane, a British based company but their sales office is in California.

Out of interest, I did I check on the Companies House register. They are still trading from Lenham Heath, but the accounts for the year to March 2016 do not look pretty - the sole director made a loan to the company of £136K to keep it going. Nothing wrong with that providing it is for good reasons; new machinery, working capital for expansion. If I was the sole owner of a company I would not invest that sort of money if it was going down the plughole.
 
They used to be based in Buckley in Flintshire, but I remember speaking to them a few years ago at a boat jumble and they said they were moving the buisiness down south, so that explains the number change.
 
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