Family Business

[MrIncredible]

Just driven past Stewart Garden centre in christchurch Dorset and it said Est 1742
according to its web page its been in the same family all this time
http://www.stewarts.c...ticle&id=64&Itemid=60

Is this the oldest family run business still going?
Surely it must be some sort of record!

[spudqueen]

There's an amazing list of oldest firms here
http://en.wikipedia.o...t_of_oldest_companies
though interestingly it doesn't mention Steward Garden centre. Though there is an American firm which has been in the same family for just one year longer
http://www.lymanorcha...om/about/family.shtml