MD Matthew Barker was featured on Sam Fraser’s BBC Radio Solent programme in Sam’s daily ‘Live, Look, Learn’ feature. It’s an engaging 60- minute conversation during which listeners learn more about the Barker heritage, Barker Brand, detachable collars, eco ambitions...
Barker Group is proud to have joined the business syndicate that is supporting Vendee Globe yachtswoman, Pip Hare. The syndicate has been formed in order to make backing the challenge as socially inclusive – and affordable – as possible. Pip is Poole based and is just...
After a long winter, there’s nothing more cheering than when the daffodils start to emerge. A sure sign that Spring has at last arrived. It is this association of flowers with the arrival of warmer, better weather that is just one of the reasons why flowers can make...
Barker’s Managing Director and Chair of Trustees for MyTime, Matt Barker, recently joined the rest of the MyTime team to get into the festive spirit. MYTime provides young carers with a break at its outdoor centre in Worth Matravers, Dorset. It’s an opportunity for...
Krista Cartlidge is settling into her role as Executive Director at MYTime Young Carers Charity. Matthew Barker, Managing Director of barker and Chair of Trustees at MYTime Young Carers Charity, said: “We are delighted to welcome Krista on board. “The charity has...
Dorset based Barker, the largest domestic laundry in the UK and a leading specialists Dry Cleaner, is showing its continued commitment to Bournemouth Rugby Club and has renewed its sponsorship of the club for the 10th consecutive year. MD Matthew Barker advised, “We...
Barker in Dorset has offered its support to the 2020 Vendee Globe competitor, Pip Hare, by signing up as an official partner. The successful sailor and marine journalist, who hails from Poole, will be lining up in November 2020, along with 30 international skippers to...
If you’ve had a great night’s sleep, everything just feels so much better and you have more energy to do the things that are important to you. So, to avoid a night of tossing and turning, it’s important to make your bed as comfortable as possible. When it comes...
Downton Abbey has sparked a revival in men wearing formal starched collars with their eveningwear. Here’s how to recreate the Earl of Grantham’s look for yourself.
A Bournemouth-based firm has become one of only 160 companies in the world to receive royal approval, for supplying a high quality laundry service to the family home of the Prince of Wales. Local laundry and dry cleaning service, Anthony A Barker Ltd, better known as...
A Bournemouth laundry has revived the art of producing a starched collar, thanks to film and TV productions including Downton Abbey. Read the full story.
THEY provide a stylish elegance more commonly associated with a bygone era. But the world’s last remaining starched collar laundry is now doing a booming trade in a British seaside town – thanks to period TV dramas such as Downton Abbey. A century ago, starched...
The Barker Group in Bournemouth, Dorset, is reporting a huge increase in demand for its traditional starched-collar service. The laundry now processes around 80,000 stiff collars a year for clients all over the world, who include royalty, the judiciary and the...
14th June 2016 The Marketing team at The Barker Collection chose the opulent setting at Downe Hall to capture the magnificence of the new Majestic Collection. It’s the family home of Managing Director Matthew Barker, his parents have lived there for the last...
2nd June 2016 Our Managing Director Matthew Barker, recently hosted Conor Burns MP (Member of Parliament for Bournemouth West, Alderney and Branksome East). When he visited the Barker laundry facility. Conor really believes in the importance of the...
Sunday June 12th 2016 Here at Barker, we were delighted to be invited to feature in a tribute book to mark the 90th Birthday of Her Majesty The Queen. Published by Publications UK and in association with Bond Street Association. You’ll find us on pages 100-101....
