1935 Table of 50 Largest Employers
From Graces Guide
From 'A Business History of Britain 1900-1990s' by David J. Jeremy. OUP 1998. ISBN 0198773765
- General Post Office - 231,877 employees
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway - 222,220
- London and North Eastern Railway - 171,339
- Great Western Railway - 95,729
- London Passenger Transport Board - 77,500
- Southern Railway - 65,005
- Unilever - 60,000
- Imperial Chemical Industries - 55,119
- Co-operative Wholesale Society
- Vickers - 44,162
- Naval Dockyards - 31,680
- Imperial Tobacco Co - 30,000
- J. Lyons and Co - 30,000
- Guest, Keen and Nettlefolds - 30,000
- Associated Electrical Industries - 30,000
- Fine Cotton Spinners and Doublers Association - 30,000
- Dunlop Rubber Co - 28,888
- Dorman, Long and Co - 27,452
- United Steel Companies - 25,000
- F. W. Woolworth
- Textile Machinery Makers - 24,600
- General Electric Co - 24,000
- Courtaulds - 22,889
- Harland and Wolff - 22,570
- Gas Light and Coke Co - 22,000
- Joseph Lucas - 20,000
- Lancashire Steel Corporation - 19,450
- Boots Pure Drug Co - 18,697
- Prudential Assurance Co
- Tube Investments - 15,000
- Lancashire Cotton Corporation - 15,000
- Home and Colonial Stores
- Debenhams
- W. H. Smith and Son
- Royal Ordnance Factories - 14,231
- Manchester Collieries - 14,193
- Stewarts and Lloyds - 14,000
- Callenders Cable and Construction - 14,000
- Electric and Musical Industries - 14,000
- Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co - 13,800
- Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries - 13,636
- Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Co - 13,512
- Midland bank
- Cunard Steamship Co - 13,000
- Lloyds Bank
- Barclays Bank
- Metal Box Co
- Wigan Coal Corporation - 12,697
- Amalgamated Anthracite Collieries - 12,558
Total of employees in the Top 50 companies: 1,846,542 persons
Note: This list should probably include CWS who had a number of manufacturing facilities
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