Lawrence Batley
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Lawrence Batley
cash and carry
business in UK, and supported local endeavours in arts, education and sports.
Leaving school at the age of 14, Batley worked in a
pharmaceuticals business. His biggest contribution to business was when he founded "Batley's Cash and Carry"; he claims to be the first to use the phrase and the concept of "cash and carry",[1]
and his idea became popular, bringing a whole new way of working to retailers across the UK. He put his success down to daily two-hour siestas between 12pm-2pm.
In later life, Batley sponsored the
Galpharm Stadium for its first 10 years, the Lawrence Batley Theatre and the National Arts Education Archive at Bretton Hall College (now part of the University of Leeds
).
The business has now been taken over by his only child, Rita Firth. Helped by her husband, Bruce Firth, they have sold Batley's Cash and Carry and also sold L.Batley Pet Products, one of the leading pet food distributors in the UK, which the family started after Cash and Carry was sold.
He died in August 2002.[1]
References
- ^ Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 20 December 2008.
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