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About Kobocrete Ltd

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Kobocrete is a small family-run company that supplies cast stone and concrete products, paving and outdoor garden furniture. It was founded by Kieran Overall-Barnes, who relocated his young family from East Anglia to Devon in 2015, to pursue a healthier more fulfilling lifestyle.

Yet his business idea started three years earlier when he purchased a cast concrete garden ornament for his mum for Mother’s Day. The generous gift sparked Kieran to take action.

He said “I’ve always dreamt of running my own company and always aspired to be a director since I started my working life at the age of 18 within the structural precast concrete industry. My business started by chance when I went to purchase an ornament for mum”.

Impressed with the quality of the cast stone product and seizing an opportunity for such items in the market, Kieran soon started trading on a part time basis and quickly benefitted from a lucky twist in fate. He said “There was an older gentleman who used to deliver to local garden centres who was retiring and we were lucky enough to purchase his company, order book, and goodwill”.

“We serviced the contracts but quickly established that we needed to supply direct to the end-user to make the business viable so we launched the Kobocrete website”

This business model to go online was clearly a shrewd move, as customers from all over the UK can now purchase a range of concrete and cast stone products, paving, and outdoor furniture directly from the website. 

Following the success of the website and sales growth in 2020, Kieran was able to commit to the company on a full time basis and put his 17 years of precast concrete experience and knowledge to work.

Kobocrete and the team were able to officially open their first cast stone and concrete production workshop in Colyton, East Devon during September 2020.

Now with five key staff members forming the Kobocrete team they are looking forward to future expansion and growth and aim to establish themselves as a leading manufacturer of cast stone and concrete products. 

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