It started with a margarita and a beach bar floating away on the tide… Now, it’s a thriving family firm making quality drinks available anywhere.

Tim and Ria Ball tell us how their lockdown cocktail-making hobby became Bar Buoy, a growing canned cocktail business rooted in the Southwest.

They share what it’s really like to build a company together: the excitement, the cash-flow worries, and the smaller, more domestic negotiations…

Bar Buoy Cocktails have also very kindly given our listeners a code for 15% off before the 31st of December! Listeners can use the code FAMILY15 at www.barbuoy.co.uk.

🔑 Key Themes

• Turning a lockdown hobby into a growing business
• Working together as a couple and defining responsibilities
• Building a cocktail brand around quality and provenance
• Managing the realities of small-business growth and cash flow
• Trust, resilience and staying true to your own direction

🔗 Connect with us

Bar Buoy Website: https://www.barbuoy.co.uk/

Bar Buoy IG: https://www.instagram.com/bar_buoy

Bar Buoy LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bar-buoy-limited/

Ria Ball: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riaball/

Tim Ball: https://www.linkedin.com/in/timballbarbuoy/

Liz Willingham: https://www.instagram.com/lizzielean/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-willingham-09273a3/

Leila Willingham: https://www.instagram.com/leilawillingham/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leila-willingham-821530a1/

Liz Lean PR: https://www.lizleanpr.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/lizleanpr

https://www.linkedin.com/company/liz-lean-pr/