But thousands more will have come into contact with Carlisle Brass and might not have even known it. If you’ve bought something from Screwfix, for instance, you may well have purchased something that began life at Carlisle Brass. ‘The market didn’t know what hit it,’ says managing director of Carlisle Brass, Angus Grant. ‘If a housing estate was going up, Mark was there, finding the buyer and making sure Carlisle Brass was on the spec. 138 people work at the Carlisle Brass offices today (Image: Carlisle Brass)Another long-term employee is Rebecca Stow, the company’s head of marketing.