meet wikipedia s quality standards . the specific problem is foully written please help improve this article if you can . may 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message rka records limited type private industry music & entertainment genre pop dance teen founded october 2010 founder ryan ashmore & liam webb headquarters london united kingdom key people duncan bannatyne ryan ashmore liam webb products music & entertainment owner sony music entertainment citation needed parent sony music 50 % tesco records 30 % joint citation needed website bannatyne music bannatyne music is a record label that was originally known as rka records . citation needed it was first established in october 2010 by ryan ashmore and liam webb . the label is best known for ashmore and webb s appearance on the well known bbc tv show dragons den . contents 1 history 1.1 founding 1.2 investment via the dragons den 1.3 renamed to bannatyne music 1.4 deal with sony music entertainment and gut records 2 artists 3 references history edit founding edit rka records was set up in october 2010 by ryan ashmore and liam webb in ryan s bedroom . the label began when ashmore was on holiday in spain . there he met current artist marq figuli for the first time . when ashmore returned he consulted webb and told him about the idea for the label . a couple of weeks later they went to germany to meet with figuli to discuss a possible recording contract . recording artist chris parham was visiting fuguli for some songs in the home studio ; ashmore and webb signed figuli and parham both to the label . the contracts were drawn up and two weeks later the pair flew back out to germany again to close the deal with the two singers . the company was formed on 5 november 2010 through companies house . ashmore held an 80 % share in the company and webb held a 20 % share . citation needed throughout the year when ashmore and webb worked with figuli and parham on their debut albums and were slowly getting them ready to start the promotion stage . investment via the dragons den edit ashmore and webb successfully gained investment from duncan bannatyne on the dragon s den . bannatyne got a 79 % share of the company in return for a 50 000 investment . 1 2 3 4 5 6 renamed to bannatyne music edit in 2012 rka records closed and was renamed to bannatyne music . citation needed bannatyne music s launch was covered in the nme . 7 deal with sony music entertainment and gut records edit in 2013 the company was sold to sony and gut entertainment group sony music entertainment and gut records . citation needed artists edit reconnected 8 9 10 jay milly 11 references edit telegraph news paper teenagers sell 79 % stake . real business bannatyne secures record stake in rka records . x factor reviewer . bannatynes new deal . teens strike deal with dragon . dragon invests in rka . teens secure deal . dragons dens duncan bannatyne launches label with new boy band . retrieved 4 december 2014 . simon harding 19 september 2011 . west music promoter back to boost chart hopefuls . blottr . blottr digital limited . retrieved 17 september 2012 . reconnected signed to rka records . t boy band signed to rka records . artistes . bannatyne music . retrieved 4 december 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bannatyne music & oldid 739326577 categories british record labelshidden categories use dmy dates from may 2014engvarb from may 2014articles needing cleanup from may 2013all articles needing cleanupcleanup tagged articles with a reason field from may 2013wikipedia pages needing cleanup from may 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from december 2014articles with unsourced statements from november 2012vague or ambiguous time from november 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 september 2016 at 01 49 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view