"Kit Hesketh-Harvey Christopher John ""Kit"" Hesketh Harvey is a British musical performer, translator, composer and screenwriter. Born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), into a Foreign Office family, he was educated as senior chorister at Canterbury Cathedral and then at Tonbridge School in Kent. He gained an Exhibition in English Literature as well as a choral scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, where he studied under John Rutter and joined the Footlights. Hesketh Harvey worked for six years as a staff producer for the BBC-TV Music and Arts Department, leaving to write the script for Merchant Ivory's ""Maurice"" (1987). He won the 1988"
"JD Sports JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as just JD Sports, is a sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It is a subsidiary of the Pentland Group. The letters JD in JD Sports stand for the initials of the many founders of the company, John & David. In 1981, the company was established by John Wardle and David Makin, trading from a single shop in Bury. In 1983, the company opened a"
"kits were designed by Warrior Sports, who became the club's kit providers at the start of the 2012–13 season. In February 2015, Warrior's parent company New Balance announced it would be entering the global football market, with teams sponsored by Warrior now being outfitted by New Balance. The only other branded shirts worn by the club were made by Umbro until 1985, when they were replaced by Adidas, who produced the kits until 1996 when Reebok took over. They produced the kits for 10 years before Adidas made the kits from 2006 to 2012. Liverpool was the first English professional"
"as Firetrap, Alu, Henleys & Adidas Originals for around £19M. JD Sports is the official supplier and sponsor of numerous association football teams, players and associations. In August 2008, JD Sports announced sponsorship deals with Bournemouth, Charlton Athletic, Dundee United, Blackpool, Luton Town & Oldham Athletic. In May 2009, JD Sports acquired """", which operated 75 small stores in France. In addition, JD acquired the rugby heritage brands 'Canterbury' and 'Canterbury of New Zealand' as well as 'The Duffer of St. George' and 'Kooga Rugby' brands. In January 2011, JD Sports acquired Champion Sports for €19.6M, In January 2012, JD"
"of Monatic, which set up Canterbury South Africa to run these operations under licence. Following Petr Čech's head injury in 2006, Canterbury supplied his protective rugby-style helmet until adidas decided they would supply the helmet. The European arm, Canterbury Europe Ltd, based in Stockport, was purchased by JD Sports in 2009, then sold on in 2012 to sports and fashion retail group Pentland Group for £22.7m. Canterbury of New Zealand is the wholesale provider of sportswear to the sports teams at Northumbria University in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, with the exception of the Gaelic Football Team whose kit is manufactured by O'Neills. The"
"Carbrini Sportswear Carbrini Sportswear is a leisure wear brand of clothing owned by and sold exclusively at JD Sports. They have developed a full range of leisure wear, ranging from trainers to tracksuits. The brand is associated with football and several pro teams that play in the English and Scottish football pyramids are supplied with Carbrini kits and training range. Carbrini was first introduced to JD Sports in 2006 with their funky clothing line of urban footwear. In March 2009 Carbrini Sportswear manufactured a one-off set, of unique pink kits for Oldham Athletic for their home game against Leeds United."
"Reebok Reebok () is an English footwear and apparel company, subsidiary of German sportsgiant Adidas since 2005. Reebok produces and distributes fitness, running and CrossFit sportswear including clothing and footwear. It is the official footwear and apparel sponsor for Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), CrossFit, Spartan Race, and Les Mills. In 1958, Reebok was established as a companion company to J.W. Foster and Sons, founded in 1895 in Bolton, Lancashire, England. From 1958 until 1986, all Reebok apparel featured with the UK flag. The Union Jack is featured on Reebok's ""Classic"" line of apparel. The company's global headquarters are located in"
"£238m, which has been credited partially to growing trends in athleisure. In 2018, JD Sports reached a deal to acquire Finish Line for $558 million. This will expand the brand's presence into the US and Puerto Rico. JD Sports JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as just JD Sports, is a sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. It is a subsidiary of the Pentland Group. The letters JD in JD Sports stand for"
"followed suit. The Focus Group (business) The Focus Group was founded in 1976 and has become one of the leading companies in the UK for the design, sourcing and distribution of branded and own brand footwear, apparel and accessories. It holds a number of third party licences and also designs and sources product from a number of sports and fashion retailers. The company is 49% owned by JD Sports parent company. In May 2007, Manchester City Footbal Club agreed a deal with the group that saw the club kitted out by French manufacturers Le Coq Sportif. In May 2009, Everton"
"Mitre Sports International Mitre Sports International Ltd., known as Mitre, is a British sportswear and equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's oldest sports manufacturer. Existing for over 200 years, the company was established in Huddersfield, England, in 1817 and is now owned by the British family owned company The Pentland Group. Mitre currently uses the Mitre Delta Football in competitive professional matches. This includes the Football League Cup, The Football League, Scottish Premiership, Welsh Premier Division and the Football League Trophy. Mitre also supplies many other competitions including the Isthmian League, Evo-Stik Southern League, Spartan South Midlands League and"
"John Cooper Works John Cooper Works (JCW) is an English company based in Farnborough, Hampshire,founded in 2000 by Michael Cooper, son of John Cooper, the racing car maker and tuner responsible for the original Mini Cooper. JCW produces tuning parts and accessories for BMW's new Mini. Formally incorporated in January 2002, BMW acquired the rights to the name in January 2007 and bought out the company in 2008. The first ever JCW kit was a upgrade for the Mini Cooper. The kit consisted of the following components: Despite its price tag of over €2000, this kit only offered a power"
"the Superbike World Championship video games. RTR Sports RTR Sports LTD is a British consultancy firm specializing in sport marketing with headquarters in London, founded in 1999 by Riccardo Tafà. Its main focus is providing personalized services to companies wishing to use sport as a communication tool in order to reach their reference market in a targeted way. In 1999, after several years spent working in the sports sponsorship industry in the UK with clients such as Williams F1, Riccardo Tafà chose to open his own independent sports marketing agency: RTR Sports Marketing was born. With a special focus on"
"the chest with white accents, sometimes with black or navy socks and shorts. The away kit usually consist of a navy blue uniform, white or navy shorts and navy blue socks, sometimes with white collar or panels, or black. The kit supplier since the 1960s is Canterbury. Currently, the jersey sponsors are Lipovitan D (in the front) and Toshiba (in the back). Previously, between 1997 and 2000, the shirt sponsor was Epson. Japan national rugby union team The Japan national rugby union team (often known as the Cherry Blossoms and more recently The Brave Blossoms) represent Japan in international rugby"
"Dunlop Sport Dunlop Sport is a British sporting goods company that specialises in tennis and golf equipment. Dunlop have manufactured sporting equipment since 1910. In most of the world, Dunlop Sports is owned by SRI Sports, a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sumitomo. Spartan Sports have the rights to the brand in Australia and New Zealand. Dunlop was established as a company manufacturing goods from rubber in 1889. The company entered the sporting goods market in 1910, when it began to manufacture rubber golf balls at its base in Birmingham. The company introduced the Maxfli golf ball in 1922. Dunlop extended"
"Commonwealth Games England, Kukri also provided kit to other nations including Canada, Wales, Scotland, Jersey, Papua New Guinea, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, Anguilla and Guernsey. For the first time a range of Team England merchandise was available to purchase. Kukri Sports Kukri Sports Ltd (pron: ""kuk-ree"") is an international sportswear brand specialising in manufacturing bespoke sportswear for over 100 sports, including rugby league, rugby union, netball, hockey, cricket and football. The name 'Kukri' is taken from a well travelled Rugby team, The Flying Kukri's, who were inspired by the Gurkhas and their Kukri knife. Kukri provide sportswear -"
"JD Sports Fashion plc from its founders, John Wardle and David Makin, in May 2005. Pentland Group is the majority owner of JD Sports, which has 600 retail outlets in the UK, including JD, Bank, Scotts, Size, Blacks and Millets. In 2013, the company reported a 45% drop in pre-tax profits to 62.9m. However, Pentland Group saw total revenues rise 14.2%, to £1.74bn, a fact Drapers magazine linked to the Olympics fuelling growth from sportswear brands such as Speedo. On the subject, Andy Rubin commented: “There’s no doubt the Olympics helped overall, but in summarizing 2012 I’d say it was"
"Team Lotus – later Caterham F1 – as official gearbox supplier from 2011 to 2014 and KERS supplier from 2012 to 2014. Red Bull Technology uses ""rFactor Pro"" driving simulation software. Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT) is the commercial technology and engineering services arm of Red Bull Racing. The company is based in the United Kingdom, in a dedicated facility, adjacent to the Red Bull Racing Formula One facilities. Red Bull Advanced Technologies in collaboration with Aston Martin have developed the Aston Martin Valkyrie sports car. In the autumn of 2005, Red Bull announced that they had purchased the Minardi"
"JLT–Condor JLT–Condor () was a British UCI continental cycling team. They were previously Rapha Condor–recycling.co.uk following a merger between the recycling.co.uk Pro Cycling Team and the original RaphaCondor team at the end of 2007. Rapha Condor was owned by Rapha, a cycling clothing company, and Condor Cycles, a London-based bicycle manufacturer and store. The team is mainly British, including 2009 British champion Kristian House and double Olympic champion Ed Clancy. The team rides senior professional events in the United Kingdom and second-tier races such as the UCI Europe Tour (i.e. those other than the Grand Tours and UCI ProTour) as"
"away kit has either been all-blue, all-red or all-white. The current kit supplier of the national team is local firm, LGR Sportswear. German companies Adidas and Puma, as well as Japanese company Mizuno, has provided kits for the team in the past Puma was the official outfitter of the national team during the 1996 AFC Asian Cup qualification. Later that year, Adidas assumed that role and outfitted the team that participated at the 1996 Tiger Cup. For three years from March 2008, Mizuno served as the official outfitter and equipment supploer of the team. It also helped the national federation"
"Kukri Sports Kukri Sports Ltd (pron: ""kuk-ree"") is an international sportswear brand specialising in manufacturing bespoke sportswear for over 100 sports, including rugby league, rugby union, netball, hockey, cricket and football. The name 'Kukri' is taken from a well travelled Rugby team, The Flying Kukri's, who were inspired by the Gurkhas and their Kukri knife. Kukri provide sportswear - playing kit, training kit, leisurewear and accessories - for over 100 sports worldwide. On April 24, 2013, Kukri announced a deal to supply all delegation and teamwear for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for Commonwealth Games England. The announcement was"
"kit to the Rugby Football Union (RFU) between 1991 and 1997, including supplying the rugby shirts worn by the England national rugby union team. As an official supplier, Cotton Traders also produced replica shirts for sale to the public. Following the loss of the contract to Nike in 1997, Cotton Traders continued producing a rugby shirt for sale in the style of the English national team, namely a white shirt with a red rose emblem on the chest. This culminated in a legal case being brought against Cotton Traders by the RFU and Nike in 2002, seeking to ban the"
"permitted in English football. The first company to do so was photocopier manufacturer Rank Xerox who sponsored the club for three years from 1980. Other sponsors have been Air Florida (1983), Draper Tools (1984–93), Dimplex (1993–95), Sanderson (1995–99), Friends Provident (1999–2006), Flybe.com (2006–10), aap3 (2011–14), and Veho (2014–16). Since 2016 the shirt sponsor has been Virgin Media. Since 2016 Sounthamptons kits have been manufactured by Under Armour. Previous manufacturers have included Umbro (1974–76, 2008–13), Admiral (1976–80, 1991–93), Patrick (1980–87), Pony (1993–99), and Adidas (2013–14, 2015–16). From 1999–2008 and in 2014–15 they used their own brand, Saints. Longest winning run Longest"
"the business to Morrisons for £1.5 million. Whelan acquired Wigan fishing and sports store JJ Bradburns in 1977. He renamed the company JJB Sports (even though JJB are the initials of previous owner John Jarvis Broughton) and soon focused purely on sports goods. By 1980, JJB had seven stores, and continued to expand throughout the 80s and 90s, to become the UK's second biggest sports retailer. In 2005, JJB Sports was fined £5.5 million by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) for fixing the price of the English National Team and Manchester United shirts in 2000 and 2001. ""Which?"" (the"
"Netherlands, Portugal, France and other countries. Caterham Racing Caterham Racing is the practice of racing Caterham Seven-type sportscars. The Caterham Seven (or Caterham 7) is a small sports car produced by Caterham Cars in the United Kingdom. It is based on the Lotus Seven, a lightweight sports car sold in kit and pre-built form by Lotus Cars, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. After Lotus ended production of the Lotus Seven, in 1972, Caterham bought the rights to the design, and today make both kits and fully assembled cars. 2007 marked the 50th year of production of the"
"passed their ownership to Condor. In September 2018 the team announced that it would disband at the end of the season after failing to find a primary sponsor to replace JLT, whose deal with the team would expire at the end of the year. Source: JLT–Condor JLT–Condor () was a British UCI continental cycling team. They were previously Rapha Condor–recycling.co.uk following a merger between the recycling.co.uk Pro Cycling Team and the original RaphaCondor team at the end of 2007. Rapha Condor was owned by Rapha, a cycling clothing company, and Condor Cycles, a London-based bicycle manufacturer and store. The team"
"present the official kit supplier is Macron who were newly announced for the 2014–15 season to replace Puma after their 3-year deal with the club expired. Previously the club kits were supplied by New-Zealand based sporting goods manufacturer, Canterbury who were announced as the official kit supplier to Motherwell for the four years beginning with the 2009–10 season, taking over from Bukta. However Canterbury went into administration after less than one year of the contract had been completed. Major manufacturers Adidas, Admiral, Hummel, Patrick, Pony, Umbro and Xara have all been kit providers for Motherwell. Motherwell F.C. Motherwell Football Club"
"of obtaining (valuable) consideration from Jewson Ltd or for the sake of obstructing their own registration of a name, then they could have a defence to the application. Jewson Ltd's application was struck out by the adjudicator. In June 2015, it was announced that Jewson were to become the main shirt sponsor of newly formed phoenix club Hereford F.C., for at least the upcoming football season of 2015/16. Jewson Jewson is one of the largest chains of British general builders' merchants, selling to small and medium building contractors, as well as to the general public. The chain comprises over six"
"Cup in South Africa. From its head office Long Stratton, Norfolk the Company supplies kits around the world. Unlike most of its competitors Samurai Sportswear manufacturers garments at its own factory in China, providing customers access to the latest garment and fabric technology and the most skilled garment technicians in the world. More than a thousand clubs, schools and universities around the world wear Samurai Sportswear kit, including: Samurai Sportswear Samurai Sportswear Limited is a privately owned English sportswear brand specialising in the manufacturing of custom made team wear and leisurewear garments for sports clubs, schools and universities around the"
"Kitbag Kitbag Ltd. is a United Kingdom sports retailer. The company was purchased by Fanatics, Inc. from Findel PLC in February 2016 for £11.5M, previously the company was purchased by Findel PLC in October 2006 from European Home Retail plc. Kitbag Limited (Now Fanatics International) has the rights to operate the official online stores of Manchester United, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Atletico de Madrid, Everton, Celtic, Aston Villa, Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund, England Rugby, Valencia, Le Tour, Wimbledon, NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, McLaren Motorsports, Formula 1, Leicester Tigers, Team GB, The Open Golf and European Tour. In addition to these"
"The Focus Group (business) The Focus Group was founded in 1976 and has become one of the leading companies in the UK for the design, sourcing and distribution of branded and own brand footwear, apparel and accessories. It holds a number of third party licences and also designs and sources product from a number of sports and fashion retailers. The company is 49% owned by JD Sports parent company. In May 2007, Manchester City Footbal Club agreed a deal with the group that saw the club kitted out by French manufacturers Le Coq Sportif. In May 2009, Everton Football Club"
"Premiership (rugby union), Top 14 and by all Gilbert-sponsored National Unions in the test matches in November 2015. The following teams, associations and players wear uniforms and equipment provided by Gilbert: Gilbert Rugby Gilbert is a sports equipment manufacturing brand, specialising in rugby union and netball. The company was established by William Gilbert, a cobbler, in 1823, who along with his nephew, James, developed footballs for the neighbouring Rugby School. In 2002, after experiencing financial difficulties following a management buyout, Gilbert was purchased by Grays International. Gilbert have supplied an unprecedented 6 Rugby World Cups in a row; starting with"
"late 1952, closing sometime after. Design presentations J Gurney Nutting & Co J Gurney Nutting & Co Limited was an English firm of bespoke coachbuilders specialising in sporting bodies founded in 1918 as a new enterprise by a Croydon firm of builders and joiners of the same name. The senior partner was John (Jack) Gurney Nutting (1871–1946). Nutting had done well from wartime government building contracts and with his partner from that business, a man named Cresswell, they set up operations in the old Marlborough Carriage Works in Oval Road, Croydon. The first Gurney Nutting designs made their appearance at"
"to be the first instance of training kit sponsorship in English football. The DHL contract lasted for over a year before the club bought back the contract in October 2012, although they remained the club's official logistics partner. The contract for the training kit sponsorship was then sold to Aon in April 2013 for a deal worth £180 million over eight years, which also included purchasing the naming rights for the Trafford Training Centre. The club's first kit manufacturer was Umbro, until a five-year deal was agreed with Admiral Sportswear in 1975. Adidas received the contract in 1980, before Umbro"