History

Tony Shakespeare started Sharay Marketing in the autumn of 1976, acting as a commercial sales agent for bathroom and associated products. After many years working the South East of the country Tony employed Nathan Helms.

Nathan had been working in a busy showroom on the South Coast and had been there about three years when he joined Tony in the summer of 1990. Nathan's enthusiastic approach led to excellent results and after many years of successful teamwork Nathan was appointed as a partner in April 1999.

In January of 2000 Mark Livesey joined the team. Mark had worked with Triton showers as an area sales manager and also for Dimplex heating as a Regional Sales Manager. Mark's professional sales training and similarly professional approach has lead to excellent results in the North London and Northern Home Counties area and as a result of his fine performance Mark was appointed as a partner in April 2002.

Working the competitive area of South London and the South East is Geoff Hogg. Geoff joined us in September 2002 after many years at Gummers. He had also worked in the Merchant and Retail sector and his experience there along with his tenacious approach has proved invaluable.

In February of 2005 Sharay expanded further by employing David Cheshire. David is working alongside Mark in Sharay North, covering East Anglia and surrounding area. David brings with him first class IT skills and a similarly structured approach to business development. David has fast become an excellent member of Sharay Marketing

Sharay Marketing Team

For some time Sharay had looked to the National Merchant customer base as a way of increasing sales with particular brands. The national groups have a large presence in the South East so to that end we took on Daniel Webb in May 2008. Daniel has worked for a top London showroom and for a large national Distributor of Bathroom Ware. Daniel primarily covers the National Merchant Groups along with a number of independents in Sharay South, effectively shadowing the same regions as Nathan & Geoff. This means that Nathan & Geoff can focus on the independent showrooms and strengthen the brands with them.

In January 2009 Sharay decided to drill down further into their areas of coverage and divide the area further and so we recruited Angela Cryan. Angela has worked in a very busy North London showroom for 15 years. Her enthusiastic detailed approach and great product knowledge has ensured both stability with our customer base and added further growth in the area.

Most recently we have decided to replicate the merchant role in the Sharay North region. To further strengthen the depth of coverage in the area we have taken on Tony Smith. Tony has spent some years working in the bathroom retail sector and Tony’s conscientious and thorough approach will help him use those same skills to good effect on the road. Tony started with us in November 2009.

We have found that with a team of 8 people covering this area not unusual for two representatives yields both excellent results and build a sound relationship with our customer base. The depth of coverage means that we can deliver first class customer service to our customer base.