Submitting... Originally a plumber’s merchant, running Taylor Baker with his uncle, he set out to capitalise upon the demand for stainless steel sinks, which were very expensive in Britain at the time. He went to Sweden, where he found a supplier who could deliver similar products at a fraction of the cost. Ignoring his uncle’s warning that he would bring down the business with such a deal, he bought 50,000 of them. They sold well, the business thrived, and Mr Baker was soon back in Europe, where he found a manufacturer of pressed steel baths in Austria which undercut those back home.