"B&Q B&Q plc is a British multinational DIY and home improvement retailing company, headquartered in Eastleigh, England, United Kingdom and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kingfisher plc. Founded by Richard Block and David Quayle in 1969 originally as Block & Quayle, the retail chain offers over 40,000 products across three hundred physical shops and online shops. Since 2015, B&Q has been closing a number of shops, in favour of converting some to outlets of Screwfix. The company also has some outlets in Ireland. Shops in Taiwan and China were unsuccessful, and closed down in 2007 and 2015 respectively. B&Q"
"again but were forced to suspend operations due to 0.76- and 1.1-magnitude seismic events. Cuadrilla is a privately owned company with headquarters in the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2007, financed with investment from the Australian engineering company A.J. Lucas and the Anglo-American equity firm Riverstone Holdings. It is owned 47% by AJ Lucas, 45% by Riverstone Holdings, while Cuadrilla employees (including former employees) own the remaining 8%.<ref name=""ajlucas3/16""></ref> In 2009, Riverstone had settled corruption charges in New York through its partner The Carlyle Group. In April 2015, Roy Franklin, OBE, Deputy chair of the Board of Statoil"
"John Doyle Group John Doyle Group was a British civil engineering contractor, specialising in substructure, superstructure, basements and infrastructure works. The company was founded in 1966, and based in Welwyn Garden City, with other offices based in Warrington and Derby. Civil engineer Stef Stefanou joined the company early on, and over time became its owner and chairman. In 1999, Accord, a business, environmental, highways, housing and technical services was spun out and headed up by his brother Stelio Stefanou. On 21 September 2007, after eight years of growth, Accord was acquired by Enterprise plc for £180 million. On 12 June"
"2012, the administrators were called in. The company had a £80 million turnover and employed 260 people. John Doyle Group John Doyle Group was a British civil engineering contractor, specialising in substructure, superstructure, basements and infrastructure works. The company was founded in 1966, and based in Welwyn Garden City, with other offices based in Warrington and Derby. Civil engineer Stef Stefanou joined the company early on, and over time became its owner and chairman. In 1999, Accord, a business, environmental, highways, housing and technical services was spun out and headed up by his brother Stelio Stefanou. On 21 September 2007,"
"of Southampton. Esso has its main UK refinery at Fawley (the largest refinery, by production, in the UK); north of Fawley is Polimeri Europa UK (former International Synthetic Rubber, now owned by Eni) off the A326, which makes elastomers, and next door is GEO Specialty Chemicals UK (former Cognis). Ineos, the third largest chemicals company in the world, is in Lyndhurst in the New Forest (A35). Roke Manor Research (founded by Plessey in 1956, and owned since 2010 by Chemring) at Roke Manor at Romsey Extra developed the Hawk-Eye system in 2001. Cannon Technologies next to the railway in the"
"Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle PLC is a British-headquartered, global supplier of food and beverage ingredients to industrial markets. It was originally a sugar refining business, but from the 1970s began to diversify, eventually divesting its sugar business in 2012. It specialises in turning raw materials such as corn, tapioca, and oats into ingredients that add taste, texture, and nutrients to food and beverages. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Nick Hampton became CEO on 1 April 2018, replacing Javed Ahmed, who stepped down from this role and"
"Tate & Lyle Tate & Lyle PLC is a British-headquartered, global supplier of food and beverage ingredients to industrial markets. It was originally a sugar refining business, but from the 1970s began to diversify, eventually divesting its sugar business in 2012. It specialises in turning raw materials such as corn, tapioca, and oats into ingredients that add taste, texture, and nutrients to food and beverages. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Nick Hampton became CEO on 1 April 2018, replacing Javed Ahmed, who stepped down from this role and"
"under the Dunhill brand. The ten-year, worldwide agreement replaces Dunhill's contract with Procter & Gamble, which ended in April 2013. Developed in the mid-1950s, Dunhill produced one of the first butane gas lighters. This iconic design has remained relatively unchanged since and was regularly used by James Bond in both print and on the screen. Alfred Dunhill Ltd. Alfred Dunhill Limited (known and stylised as dunhill) is a British luxury goods brand, specialising in ready-to-wear, custom and bespoke menswear, leather goods, and accessories. The company is based in London, where it also owns and operates a leather workshop. The company"
"that runs through what is now Mayfield Park in Southampton. In 1781, he moved to Woodmill, Swaythling, Southampton where there was a better supply of water and room to power some of the equipment by steam engines. Taylor continued to make improvements to his blocks and diversified into the manufacture of ship's pumps and several non-nautical applications. Taylor was sole supplier of blocks to the Royal Navy from 1759, supplying 100,000 blocks a year, Subsequent developments led to the date stamping of blocks, and a commitment to replace any that failed. In 1801 Marc Isambard Brunel took out a patent"
"Coats Group Coats Group plc is a British multi-national company. It is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of sewing thread and supplies, and the second-largest manufacturer of zips and fasteners, after YKK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. In 1755 James and Patrick Clark began a loom equipment and silk thread business in Paisley, Scotland. In 1806 Patrick Clark invented a way of twisting cotton together to substitute for silk that was unavailable due to the French blockade of Great Britain. He opened the first plant for manufacturing"
"announced that it would be delisting from the Stock Exchange to become a private firm. The move was designed to simplify the company's structure and streamline costs. Quayle Munro Quayle Munro is a merchant bank founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1983. The bank specialises in corporate finance advice. In 2012 the firm moved its headquarters to London. The company was founded by Ian Quayle Jones and Michael Munro. Jones had previously been an executive director of the British Linen Bank and Munro a director of East of Scotland Investment Managers. The company was set up to provide 'professional financial services"
"acquired for £7m by wholesaler Bestway, while Matthew Clark and Bibendum were acquired by C&C Group, the owner of Magners cider. Bargain Booze Bargain Booze is a chain of off licence shops, that operates in the United Kingdom. Established in 1981, it grew to 611 shops, and opened the ""Bargain Booze Select Convenience"" shop franchise. From 2013 to April 2017, it was owned by Conviviality plc, who also owned the Wine Rack chain; both brands were acquired by Bestway on 6 April 2018. The company originates from a wholesale wine and spirits business, founded by Allan Whittle & Robert Mayor."
"Quayle Munro Quayle Munro is a merchant bank founded in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1983. The bank specialises in corporate finance advice. In 2012 the firm moved its headquarters to London. The company was founded by Ian Quayle Jones and Michael Munro. Jones had previously been an executive director of the British Linen Bank and Munro a director of East of Scotland Investment Managers. The company was set up to provide 'professional financial services to industrial and commercial companies, particularly those operating in Scotland and the North of England'. The company office was at 42 Charlotte Square and the first chairman"
"as a hardware factor and commission agent. His first customers were the Cornish mine-owners in the Redruth district. In March 1857, Richard Tangye, with brothers James and Joseph, started a manufacturing business in Mount Street under the title of ""James Tangye and Bros."" Principally manufacturing hydraulic appliances and particularly lifting jacks, on 31 January 1858, their jacks were successfully employed in the launching of Brunel's steamship . Tangye said of the project: In 1859, brothers Edward and George joined, together with George Price. The company acquired the patent of the differential pulley-block in 1861, and in 1862 James Tangye invented"
"Court of the European Union was dismissed, and the fine upheld. Coats Group Coats Group plc is a British multi-national company. It is the world's largest manufacturer and distributor of sewing thread and supplies, and the second-largest manufacturer of zips and fasteners, after YKK. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. In 1755 James and Patrick Clark began a loom equipment and silk thread business in Paisley, Scotland. In 1806 Patrick Clark invented a way of twisting cotton together to substitute for silk that was unavailable due to the French"
"PrimerDesign Primerdesignis a UK-based biotechnology company that designs and sells products for quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). The company was established in 2005 in Southampton, United Kingdom. Primerdesign was founded by Dr Jim Wicks, Dr Rob Powell and Professor Tom Brown within the University of Southampton to share their expertise in real-time PCR and DNA chemistry. The company has grown since then and its products have been widely used in over 100 countries. The company has a portfolio of over 400 qPCR detection kits and over 9000 research targets. During the Swine Flu pandemic in 2009, Primerdesign developed the"
"A company is set up by the Sturge and Albright families who fund the development of Montserrat estates in 1867. 1858: After several failed attempts of launching the steam ship, Isambard Kingdom Brunel turns to Richard Tangye's more powerful hydraulic rams, which are successfully employed in the launch. Richard Tangye's company then acquires the patent of the differential pulley-block in 1859, and in 1862 he invents the Tangye Patent hydraulic jack. This results in the 1862 purchase and demolition of Soho-located Smethwick Hall, on the site of which is built the Cornwall Works. 1867: The patent for a new type"
"founded in 1974 by Neville and Marilyn Wright in Bourges Bvd, New England, Peterborough. The couple then moved their business to a shop in the Oton Centre, Peterbough in the mid 1980’s by which time the couple were joined by daughter Elaine Wright. The business expansion continued with the acquisition of a former Co-op supermarket in Werrington Village where second daughter Joanne Wright joined the fast expanding family business which was growing from strength to strength to the point where a much larger premises was needed for the continued expansion of their very successful busines and in 2001 a further"
"of the 1930s, Platt Brothers, Howard and Bullough, Brooks and Doxey, Asa Lees, Dobson and Barlow, Joseph Hibbert, John Hetherington and Tweedales and Smalley merged to become Textile Machinery Makers Ltd., but the individual units continued to trade under their own names until the 1970, when they were rationalised into one company called Platt UK Ltd. In 1991 the company name changed to Platt Saco Lowell. Brooks & Doxey Brook & Doxey was a textile machinery manufacturer from West Gorton, Manchester in England. It was founded in 1859. It was incorporated in 1920. The company used the Union Iron Works,"
"England, (UK arm of Spectrol Electronics that was acquired by Vishay in 2000, originally known as Reliance Controls) was the last design by Team 4 (Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and their respective wives), and is considered the first example of High-tech architecture in the United Kingdom. It opened in 1967 and was demolished in 1991, Spectrol Reliance moving to a different part of Swindon. Vishay Intertechnology Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. is an American manufacturer of discrete semiconductors and passive electronic component founded by Polish-born businessman Felix Zandman. Vishay has manufacturing plants in Israel, Asia, Europe, and the Americas where it produces"
"Royal Caribbean Cruises UK (with Azamara Club Cruises UK) are in Addlestone; at Hamm Moor (in the east of Addlestone) on the A317 and Weybridge Business Park is Thales Group UK and the UK corporate headquarters of Toshiba, who have another base in Camberley; further west along the A317 is Aviator Park, on the B3121, a former main research site of Plessey Radar, later GEC Marconi. Near Weybridge are the UK headquarters of Sony with SSP Group (situated in Byfleet) and Procter & Gamble (next door to each other on The Heights Business Park near the former Brooklands racing circuit)"
"is based in Southampton, England, and operates a fleet of seven ships, dedicated to serving the British market. Carnival has various notable ships as follows: Carnival Corporation & plc Carnival Corporation & plc is a British-American cruise operator, currently the world's largest travel leisure company, with a combined fleet of over 100 vessels across 10 cruise line brands. A dual listed company, Carnival is composed of two companies, Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc, which function as one entity. Carnival Corporation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and Carnival plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange. As such,"
"service stations, eventually becoming ""Smith Fiberglass Products"" in 1986. In the early 1960s, the company opened a commercial water heater and boiler plant in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. In 1965, the Motor division invented the enclosed canopy, two-compartment motor, a design that improved the reliability in pool pump motors by separating the switching components from the motor windings. In 1967, fourth generation Smith family member, Lloyd B. Smith, was elected chairman and chief executive officer of the company. By 1969, the company had produced its 10 millionth residential water heater, and by 1972, the company had expanded to Europe. In 1974,"
"study conducted by brand analytics company Trust Research Advisory. In the 2017 edition of the report, it stands at the 350th position among 1,000 Indian companies surveyed. Karbonn is the first Android One phone to be sold in the UK. The company entered the UK market through Amazon.uk Karbonn Mobiles Karbonn Mobiles is a leading Indian mobile device manufacturing company founded in March 2009. It is a vendor of feature phones, smartphones, tablets and mobile phone accessories. Karbonn is a joint venture between United Telelinks Ltd., a Bengaluru-based firm and Jaina Marketing Pvt. Ltd., headquartered in New Delhi. Karbonn Mobiles"
"the Tangye Patent Hydraulic Jack. This resulted in the 1862 purchase and demolition of Soho-located Smethwick Hall, on the site of which was built the ""Cornwall Works."" In 1867 the patent for a new type of Direct-acting Steam Pump was acquired, and in 1870 the company commenced the manufacture of steam engines. The company was commissioned to design the hydraulic systems for the UK's first funicular cliff railway in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, in 1869. After completing another in Scarborough, they employed George Croydon Marks as head of lifts, in which capacity he designed the 1883 Saltburn Cliff Lift, which today"
"and services, including music streaming, online video, digital subscription services, mobile device app stores, social and free-to-play games, virtual goods, social networks and other online experiences. Boku focuses on making the mobile phone number a viable payment option not only for virtual goods, but for digital goods (i.e. MP3's, eBooks, movies, etc.) and physical goods. Originally called Vidicom Ltd, and founded in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, U.K. in 2003 by Glyn Smith, Thomas Kirk and original angel investors Dr Steven Gillam, Philip Meakin and Chris Harris. A small number of investors joined before Vidicom Ltd was convinvced by non exec board Chairman"
"South Africa. Sources Weir Group The Weir Group plc is an engineering company headquartered in Glasgow, Scotland. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. The company operates in over 70 countries employing approximately 14,000 people focused on mining, oil and gas and power markets. The company was established in 1871 as an engineering firm by two brothers, George and James Weir, founding G. & J. Weir Ltd. The Weir brothers produced numerous groundbreaking inventions in pumping equipment, primarily for the Clyde shipyards and the steam ships built there. These pumps"
"of asbestos claims in addition to the US-focused Asbestos Trust described above. Turner & Newall Turner & Newall was a leading manufacturing business based in Manchester, United Kingdom. At its peak, it was a constituent of the FT 30 index of leading companies on the London Stock Exchange. As part of their business, the company was one of the first to industrialize asbestos, and its eventual demise in 2001 left an aftermath of asbestos litigation. The business was founded in 1871 in Rochdale as Turner Brothers by John, Robert and Samuel Turner to manufacture cotton-cloth-based packaging. In 1879 it became"
"by McQuay International, then part of the Malaysian OYL group, and the J & E Hall name was reinstated.. OYL became part of Japanese Daikin Industries Ltd in 1996. J & E Hall no longer has a factory in Dartford (the Hythe Street site is now a retail park), but retains a head office (in Hawley Road) and some R&D facilities in the town. J & E Hall is strongly associated with the late career of steam engine pioneer Richard Trevithick. In 1832, he was invited by John Hall to work on a steam engine at the Dartford works, and"
"Oxford (toy company) Oxford Co., Ltd. () is a South Korean toy company, based in Busan, that makes interlocking brick toys. The company was first founded in 1961 as Dongjin Ind. Corp. In 1971, toy sales company Daegoo Lucky toy corp was established. In 1972, toy sales company Busan Lucky toy corp was established. In 1984, toy manufacturer PAPA toy Ind. Corp. was established. In 1992, PAPA was renamed to Oxford co., ltd. The company's small sized blocks are compatible with Lego brand bricks, and the company makes blocks in larger sizes for younger children. Oxford has licenses to make"
"Ashdown Engineering Ashdown Engineering is a British manufacturer of instrument amplifiers, particularly for bass and acoustic guitars. The company was founded in 1997 by Mark Gooday, a chief engineer and managing director at Trace Elliot. When Gooday was let go by Trace Elliot's then parent company, Kaman, and prior to Kaman closing the doors to the UK distribution and factory facilities, he had been planning to start his own company. The company was named 'Ashdown' after Gooday's wife's family name, and the logo was constructed from this, his passion for cars and the Austin-Healey motor badge. Besides bass amplifiers and"
"N Brown Group N Brown Group plc () is an online retailer headquartered in Manchester, England. N Brown offers a range of products, predominantly clothing, footwear and homewares with a focus on underserved customer groups. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. The oldest company within the group - JD Williams & Company Ltd - was founded by James David Williams in 1859 when he started in business operating three mobile shops. In 1882, he took advantage of the introduction of UK's parcel post service, to send his company's products direct to his customers. In 1907, JD Williams"
"be purchasing the company for an undisclosed sum, reported to be £300m. John Griffin initially remained as chairman with son Liam replacing Daryl Foster as CEO (see below). The Carlyle Group intend to grow the firm nationally and internationally. During 2014 Addison Lee announced several senior hires including Peter Boucher (CCO), Catherine Faiers (Ops Director), Gary Cust (Chief Council), Nick Kotsis (Data Scientist) and Nick Constantinou (Head of Marketing). In media interviews in October 2014 it was announced that founder John Griffin had stepped down earlier that year and is no longer involved with the company. Addison Lee relies heavily"