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The two members of the chairlift-making dynasty are branching out with startup led by the sixth generation of the familySam Stannah is only 31 but is already feeling the pressure to produce the next generation to lead the family-owned lift business. In a recent blooper reel from a corporate video, his 89-year-old grandfather Brian was filmed telling him “get going, don’t hang about”. Smiling, he points out: “I’ve only been married a few months!”He is the sixth generation of the family to run the business founded by Joseph Stannah in 1867 as a manufacturer of cranes handling goods off the Thames docks during the Industrial Revolution. Continue reading…
The two members of the chairlift-making dynasty are branching out with startup led by the sixth generation of the family
Sam Stannah is only 31 but is already feeling the pressure to produce the next generation to lead the family-owned lift business. In a recent blooper reel from a corporate video, his 89-year-old grandfather Brian was filmed telling him “get going, don’t hang about”. Smiling, he points out: “I’ve only been married a few months!”
He is the sixth generation of the family to run the business founded by Joseph Stannah in 1867 as a manufacturer of cranes handling goods off the Thames docks during the Industrial Revolution.
