1999
Gowrie Limited is launched by Samit and Govind after having sold 22 pharmacies to Alliance Unichem. The first site was in a small 300 square-feet warehouse based in the Park Royal Business centre.
2000
Gowrie Limited participates in the UK's wholesaling pharmaceutical market trading as B&S Healthcare (Buying & Selling). The team members increase from 2 to 4 - Alpa Hathi and a picker/packer are now a valuable asset for the company's growth.
2001
B&S Healthcare continues to re-invest the profits into the business. The hyperbolic growth of the business requires a bigger facility and therefore after 3 moves within the Park Royal Business Centre, Samit Hathi decides to invest in the purchasing of a 2,500 sq. ft freehold site in a brand-new estate in Park Royal called Oliver Business Park. As the business grows, the team expands going from 4 team members to 15. B&S Healthcare is audited and awarded a parallel import licence by the MHRA.
2002
From a 2,500 sq. ft warehouse in Park Royal, the business moves to a larger facility of 10,000 sq. ft unit in the Crystal Centre in Harrow. The company continues to demonstrate its strength at a phenomenal pace, growing its Parallel Import product license portfolio from a standing start to over 500, the team members from 15 to 75 and a revenue turn-over from £30m to £150m.
2007
B&S Healthcare completes the development of a brand-new site facility in Ruislip. The site is officially opened & inaugurated by the local Mayor. The business counts a total number of 200 employees. B&S Group introduces other business areas:
- B&S Export
- B&S Property
- O'Neills Pharmaceuticals (Northern Ireland)
- B&S Specials
2010
B&S Group acquires the assets of Colorama Pharmaceuticals. The Group now has offices in London, Oxford, Manchester, Scotland and India and therefore employing over 800 workers. The focus turns into rationalising the entire group and stripping out unnecessary costs and streamlining the business. New technology and network infrastructure are implemented to bring the business to a new level.
2015
In November 2014, B&S acquires the distribution assets of one the original and dynamic pioneers of the Parallel import industry based in Basildon, Essex: Waymade PLC.
2016
To further expand the storage capacity for the site, the Perivale distribution centre was further expanded and renovated to cope with the additional volumes from the Waymade deal. Besides the whole site was upgraded to match the corporate image of the B&S Group.
2017
In 2017, the next site in the B&S group was opened. A brand-new facility in Ruislip, Stonefield was backing onto the Official opening of Stonefield Way, Ruislip (London). This is the third site in the UK.
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