Crystal & Cashmere Come Together
Kevin Glancy Ltd and Jonathan Fawcett Ltd – the finest tableware and linen suppliers to the superyachting world, who have complemented each other on projects for two decades, discreetly supplying over 280 luxury yachts – are formally merging. Appointed Glancy Fawcett Ltd‘s Group Managing Director is Rob Bieniasz; Kevin Glancy (left) and Jonathan Fawcett (right)- Directors of Glancy Fawcett Ltd – continue leading sales.
Kevin Glancy Ltd specialises in crystal, silver and porcelain. Jonathan Fawcett Ltd is the authority in linens, towels and accessories. Fawcett’s operations are relocating from The Old Bakery in Wales to join Glancy at Glancy Fawcett Ltd’s enlarged 700 square-metre premises and showrooms in Manchester – at The Old Engine Works (the former workshop of Gardner whose marine diesels are renowned for their quality – so it has good Feng Shui).
The two companies have built up a portfolio of knowledge and supplier contacts that is unrivalled in the industry. Their turnover of certain top brands is the highest in the UK. As a result of their yachting work, satisfied clients have commissioned them to fit out private jets and homes too, enjoying impartial expert advice. The lists of brands, from Baccarat to Bernardaud and Frette to Yves Delorme on their web sites, from which possibly 30 companies are briefed in any one project, is only a part of the story. The relationships with the key people at each company are what counts when clients need something fast – typically at the start of a charter season, to replace a breakage, or the weeks before a new launch.