Donnison, Parmiter and Barber
of 10 Corporation Street, Manchester.
Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.
1894 Partnership between Arthur Percy Donnison, Herbert Dugdale Parmiter and Matthew Henry Barber dissolved.[1]
1899 Company acquired by Vernon Hope.
Mr. Parmiter dropped out but his name remained, the firm then trading as Parmiter and Hope.
1901 Mr. Hope was joined by Mr. Sugden, and the firm became Parmiter, Hope and Sugden.