Cayley Chemicals 30th Anniversary 1987 – 2017

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Cayley 30th Anniversary

I am very proud to have been trading for 30 years, especially as some of it has been during a very tough recession period. Unfortunately, not all businesses have been so fortunate. Starting your own business is never easy and we should all acknowledge and celebrate these achievements for our businesses, large or small.

It all started in 1986. While on a business trip for my employer, Albright & Wilson, to South Africa I was approached by John Thompson of Chemical & Industrial Marketing. John was the owner of CIM a major South African distributor based in Durban. CIM was the Durban distributor for…

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Supplying from the UK

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UK Map

Cayley Chemicals is based in the UK with its head office at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The UK is the best place in the world for an International Trading Company for a number of good reasons:

  • The UK is home to the world language of English
  • It is on GMT so that it’s easy to trade with all parts of the world during the working day
  • It has the best banking and legal system in the world
  • It is a free, democratic, capitalist country

Thirty years ago the UK was very strong in chemical manufacturing. For many years the biggest company was ICI Plc, initially based on Soda Ash used in large quantities in the manufacture of ….

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