About DMP – Ethics, History & Services

Company Ethics and Values

Our approach to business is shaped by the following principles:

  1. To build and maintain a reputation for integrity and reliability.    
  2. To develop long term relationships, not short term benefit.    
  3. To do business which is creative, not destructive.    
  4. To work with like-minded people to facilitate business development.  

Company Services

Our services comprise a large number of inter-locking specialist functions:

  • Grower liaison throughout the season including coordination of grower groups
  • Providing regular, relevant and accurate market reporting     
  • Supply of imported seeds
  • Continual market presence and contact    
  • Freight negotiation     
  • Onshore logistics     
  • Facilitating packing     
  • Procuring, stocking and suppling packaging materials     
  • Supervision of storage, local transport and containerisation     
  • Export documentation     
  • Quality assurance including managing customer specifications     
  • Technical compliance issues, MAF, OECD, Bio-Gro, USDA     
  • Ocean freight including negotiation, formation and coordination of reefer charter programmes     
  • Negotiation of marketing arrangements     
  • Selection, development and on going evaluation of our retailing and importer partners for each market     
  • Specialisation in pre programmed retail sales     
  • Arrangement of financing     
  • Foreign exchange management    
  • Collection of payments     
  • Sales reconciliations     
  • Development of new markets     
  • Continual cost reviews at all stages of the export process

Company History

The original business was established in 1980 with the export of squash and onions into Japan. DMP now exports a wide range of horticultural products, including certified organic produce, and works with a variety of companies in Continental Europe, UK, USA, Canada, South East and North Asia.

Upon the retirement from the business of founding shareholder, David Palmer, in 1999 John Bostock purchased a minority shareholding.

In 2003 John Bostock purchased 100% of the shares. The result is a vertically integrated grower owned export company with a wealth of fresh produce exporting experience.