Promoting the brand

Entrepreneurship happens when someone sees a market need and has an idea that will satisfy that need. The entrepreneur follows up, explores and develops the idea into a real product or service. In post-war Britain, in the late 1940s and 1950s, Donald Shepherd saw that there was a need for simple, easily made, portable buildings. These had the potential to provide all sorts of accommodation. Donald worked on his concept and began production of the first Portakabin buildings in 1961, registering the Portakabin trademark in 1963. Today, Portakabin provides modular and…