Barry & Son

If three's a crowd, then two's certainly a company for a couple of salford's few thriving firms. The dynamic duo of Barry and Son and W.S.Henderson and Son are engineering suppliers with a difference - they thrive on other companies' failures. For whenever a business folds and goes into liquidation - be it a back street garage or large conglomorate - Barry's and Hendersons are in like a shot to pick up any surplus stock. The fact that they've built up their stock to such an extent that they can claim to offer the best supply of engineering tools in the area, may be a sad sign of the times.