There is something immediately distinctive about walking into the Beekman Group’s headquarters in Port Shepstone. Perhaps it is the warmth of the welcome, the sense of history that surrounds the business, or simply the way John, Cindy, Wayne and Neville Beekman speak about the Group with a shared sense of pride. Whatever it is, it quickly becomes clear that the Beekman Group is more than a family-owned business in the traditional sense – it is a business built around family.