Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 164,583 pages of information and 246,144 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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Bowmaker

From Graces Guide
October 1936.
1938.
September 1947.
1950.
October 1951.
Oct 1960.
Oct 1962.
1965.
October 1973.

of Bowmaker House, Lansdowne, Bournemouth, Hants. Industrial Bankers

of Bowmaker House, Lansdowne, Bournemouth (Western Region); of Cornhill House, 144 West George Street, Glasgow, C.2. (Scottish Region); of 24 St. Andrews Road, Sheffield 11 (Northern Region); of Yeoman House, Kew Bridge, Brentford, Middlesex (Eastern Region).

c.1928 Company established - Bowmaker Finance Corporation

1936 Hire-purchase finance. Public issue of shares[1]. Renamed Bowmaker Ltd about this time.

1941 Established a private company - Bowmaker (Plant) Ltd

1942 Having established the hiring of industrial plant as part of the business, recognised this equipment needed maintenance, so had established a subsidiary to provide it - Bowmaker (Plant) Ltd; also acquired Norcon Ltd which was involved in concrete products[2]

1950 Industrial Banking, Export and Import Credit, Finance for Manufacturers, Retailers and Purchasers. Hire Purchase Plans for all Machinery, Agricultural Equipment, Refrigeration Plant and Other Essential Capital Goods.

1952 24th AGM; subsidiaries were Bowmaker (Plant) Ltd and Norcon Ltd[3]

1958 All new hire-purchase and credit agreements would henceforth be handled by Bowmaker (Commercial) Ltd[4]

By 1960 Member of the Finance Houses Association

1969 Acquired by C. T. Bowring, insurance brokers[5]

By 1972 was a member of the Bowring Group[6]

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Apr. 1, 1936
  2. The Times Jan. 23, 1943
  3. The Times Mar. 28, 1952
  4. The Times Oct. 24, 1958
  5. The Times Jan. 29, 1969
  6. The Times Wednesday, Sept. 27, 1972