Gareth Parkinson
As Owner and MD of Arctic Cabins from the day it was created, there is no-one in the company who knows the product better. Gareth’s wife Virpi is a native Finn and introduced Gareth to the world of BBQ cabins when they first met in 1998. He proactively leads all sales and distribution throughout the companies and with the rapid growth of the BBQ Cabin Villages, Gareth works closely with all departments and takes pride in the high quality buildings manufactured by us here in the UK.
Cliff Hickling
With an extensive sales background Cliff joined the team back in 2014 as a Sales Executive. He worked his way up to Head of Sales across all the companies in 2017. Cliff is based at our midlands show site but travels up and down the country visiting customers, attending trade shows and managing both our Nottingham & Studley Show Sites.
Simon Lees
Since Simon started with Arctic Cabins as a Sales Executive his role has quickly progressed. His innovative ideas and strong eye for detail he has taken the lead in developing new systems across the businesses. Simon has an active sales role within Arctic Cabins and you may deal with him if you have opted for a bespoke cabin build.
David Lees
With an extensive sales background, David is a valuable member of our team. With a vast knowledge of all of our buildings, Arctic Cabins and Cabin Master customers are in safe hands when dealing with David.
George Jefferies
George has been a strong member of the Nottingham show site team since 2017. He has a high level of knowledge both on the Arctic BBQ huts and the Cabin Master garden rooms. George is also fully trained on our Hydropool Hot Tubs and Swim Spas.
Anne-Marie Adams
Anne-Marie joined the show site team in 2018. She works with Arctic Cabins, Cabin Master, Camping Cabins & Cabins For Schools delivering customers projects with 1 - 20 cabins.
David Coveney
David joined our sales team in 2022. He has an extensive background in house extensions & conservatories allowing him to understand the needs of the customer when it comes to creating more space at home! David is working across our Arctic Cabins & Cabin Master businesses from our Nottingham show site office.
Debbie Pickering
Debbie works within all 5 of Gareth’s companies since starting in 2014. She deals with all the incoming and outgoing payments of the businesses and is the oracle when it comes to what went where, how, when and why!!
Sean Calladine
Sean runs our 2 factories in Derbyshire and has worked for the company since 2007. He oversees the production of the cabins and manages all the factory workers. Sean is also in charge of all materials and components being shipped in and out of our factories, working closely with Rob Lee who is Head Of Installations.
Virpi Kokko-Parkinson
Virpi, who is from Finland, met Gareth back in 1998 while travelling. They soon became the strongest team and after settling back here in the UK they decided to bring a Scandinavian tradition to Britain in the form of Arctic Cabins, established back in 2002. Virpi helps in many areas of the business including the Show Site & the Factory.
Victoria Parkinson
Victoria heads up the marketing across all the companies. With a background as a professional photographer her skills have been invaluable in developing websites and company literature.
Her team manage the ad & event campaigns as well as build good relationships between new and existing customers, ensuring imagery & information is readily available.
Nikki
Nikki joined our team in spring 2020 to take over the role of calendar management. All customers will speak to Nikki to organise the dates for their cabin installations. She also works closely with our Aftercare Team and supports Marketing too... she's one busy lady! Gifts of chocolate & Gin are gratefully received!
Kay Pollard
Kay joined our Marketing team to support Victoria and be a bridge between our owners and new customers. She concentrates her time on Social Media posts and stories showing our 100k plus followers the range of cabins we install on a daily basis.
Sophie Lamb
Sophie is our in-house Graphic Designer. She creates all our literature designs from brochures & signs through to website assets and social media creations.
Rachael Butler
Rachael is part of our Garden Room Design Team. She creates the visuals for our Cabin Master Garden Rooms and Arctic Cabins BBQ huts. She also works with our factory to supply detailed drawings for manufacturing.
Rob Lee
Rob joined our sister company Cabin Master back in 2015 and quickly became a Team Leader on one of our fitting teams. He has always been complimented on his friendly and professional manner, not only on site but at the factory too! In 2020 he was promoted to Installations Manager and now overseas all the fitting teams for Cabin Master & Arctic Cabins.
Pete Dann
Pete has been our resident Electrician for many years and works on all projects from small to big. He has been an electrician for over 40 years and is Part P Certified and does both Domestic and Commercial work. EV charging installations, network installs and intruder alarms.
Simon Walker
5 years ago Simon came on board to assist Pete as an electrician when our Cabin Master & Camping Cabins businesses soared. Simon & Pete may visit you if you are having one of our luxury Garden Rooms installed.
Jamie Gillon
Jamie has worked with us for over 6 years now and knows our cabins like the back of his hand. He is mainly on the Arctic Cabins teams as a team leader but also works with our Cabin Master installation teams.
Tod Angelov
Tod has been with Arctic for over 6 years and has fitted in excess of 1,000 BBQ huts up and down the country. He is one of our team leaders out on the road and has great feedback from all his customers.
Adam Males
Since Adam joined the team 4 years ago he has worked on many of the big projects. He is team leader on our 3rd van and helps train up our new fitters.
Nikki Macpherson
Nikki joined us back in 2020 and is in charge of installation bookings, if you have bought from us since May 2020 you will have no doubt chatted to Nikki over the phone or via email.
James Parkinson
James is Gareth's youngest son and has completed work for the company in different departments over the last few years. He is now full-time on the installation teams and loves being out on the road.
Danny Marshall
Danny started with Arctic Cabins back in 2015 and manages the warehouse where all the BBQ units, roofing felt and accessories are held. He also works on the base teams in the summer months.