 In August 1931, Brian Lewis and C.D.Barnard Ltd merged with the aviation department of Selfridges to become Brian Lewis & Co., Ltd.

On 10 April 1930, he took off from Lympne in Fokker F.VIIa (G-EBTS, renamed 'The Spider'), on a flight to Cape Town.He was accompanied by Robert (Bob) Little, and the passenger was the Duchess of Bedford, who had purchased the aircraft in September 1929.