A Ramsey-based business is celebrating its 10th birthday.

Outdoors Ramsey is a family business run by Steve and Luke Parker and it opened in 2007.

Steve started out specialising in cycles in what was previously the HSS Hire shop and Outdoors Ramsey.

Five years later, when the business was fully established, Steve’s son Luke left the motor trade to open a second shop near Milntown. This shop specialised in kayaks and a variety of other outdoors offerings such as clothing and outdoor accessories. Once Luke started to outgrow that premises, he moved down to Queen’s Promenade next to the bowling alley where he has been ever since.

He said: ’It seemed like the logical move as we wanted our presence to be more central in Ramsey town. We wanted a bigger place to able to expand our camping range, kayaks and cycles, including seven different brands of electric bikes.

’Along with that, we support many events including the Mannin Angling Club, Pokerstars Kayak fishing competition, Royal and Southern Agricultural shows and dozens of local fundraisers and organisations.’

To celebrate their 10th birthday, Luke and Steve launched a series of competitions in store and through social media.

Luke said: ’We wanted to try to give something back to our loyal customers and this was actually perfect timing with us also wanting to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.’