Chubby wroteI remember that they seemed to have a queer policy at that time of supplying products badged as Tann only to banks. A jeweller might order a Tann product but when it arrived it would be the same product but with a Ratner name plate.
You’re not far off the mark there Chubby. When the Ratner Safe Company was purchased by Borewood Holdings in
1970, they continued to trade as a separate unit as they had a valuable section of the market with such companies as Mecca, Waitrose, H.Samuels, and Ernest Jones on their books.
The standard Borehmwood range of products were quickly badge engineered to replace the original Ratner products, some with slightly different specifications to conform to the original product.
Within the J W Levy commercial sales arm of the group, Ratner continued to trade very successfully from a small office in Southwark until everything came together under the banner of John Tann Ltd, the sales division of John Tann Security, the manufacturing company, in 1971.
Ratner benefited from a strong brand loyalty particularly in the Jewelery Insurance market which explains why the label continued up until 1982 with the Tann TS Range being offered as the Ratner RQ 1,2,3,and 4.
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